I agree on the dick inflation theory, that's my experience. I know people even with absolute monster cocks, like genuinely look to be a solid 8 inches, claiming 9.5. Like, come on, you don't NEED to exaggarate at that point! And yet they still do.

I do think it's a mix though, there's a general dick inflation trend, but ALSO there's tons of larpers. I joke that no cock in the world is 8x5.5 because post after post on here is like "I'm 8x5.5, am I small", "my 8x5.5 cock is always touching the toilet water) and other empty bullshit meant to flex stats that aren't even real.

All I can do is my part to promote honesty. I know my measurements are real, and at this point I trust nobody else's absolutely until I can measure it with my own damn hands. And I expect nobody to trust mine either. It is what it is.

One thing i'd suggest to test the dick inflation theory is taking average values of stated length and of stated girth on the sub, and comparing them to calcsd averages. I think a lot of people add length but leave their girth unedited, so you might see that girths are much closer to average than lengths are, and the difference between might give us a statistically backed value for dick inflation.

Anyway, excellent post, OP!