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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 143 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Have protected sex even if you only have access to non-biodegradable condoms, getting antibiotic resistant chlamydia isn’t going to save the planet.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 116 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Also from an environmental perspective, having a child is about the worst thing you can do compared to...using a fucking condom lmao.

[–] msage@programming.dev 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't recommend this highly enough if you're never planning on having a kid or if you're done having kids. I am a huge weenie when it comes to medical procedures and mine was super simple. I was sore for a few days, did my follow up, and that was it.

I still use condoms because of STDs but I never have to worry about accidentally having a kid if a condom breaks.

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's the bees knees when you're married - cream pies all day, every day

[–] msage@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago
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[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

One baby can go through 6,000 diapers until potty trained.

One condom vs 6,000 diapers. I think your right about the condom doing less damage to the environment.

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[–] Neon@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Wellll

If it kills you early, it is certainly good on the climate

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 10 points 1 month ago

Chlamydia and all other stds are biodegradable

or just be a based virgin and don't have sex. That would've been the funny answer.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Latex is natural rubber and is indeed biodegradable though it is slow to break down. Polyurethane condoms will probably be found in the archeological record.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I only use authentic Amish made sheep intestine condoms because they are definitely biodegradable.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

and edible.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, true but they're better than the styrofoam ones....

/s

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

(I know you're joking but the builder in me is genuinely curious if you can make a rubber-like substance out of polystyrene)

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Styrene is in the vynal family, Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene is used to make extremely expensive surgical gloves so I'm going to say yes.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Over a long enough time span... everything returns to star dust

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I, for one, am ready for the sun to consume us all.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm not. We need to get star lifting going, and turn the solar system into our command ship, using the sun as the engine, and structural basis.

[–] Kwiila@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

"So after a million years of putting off adjustment maintenance, the size of the sun has grown to critical levels and it is now too late. We will be evacuating at the next solar system in 120 [MINUS FIVE] years and diverting all available resources to emergency maintenance in the mean time. This announcement is a recording." Frickin' humans, eons of progress and can't even do eons of progress right.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"If you care about the planet, be sure to cut down on this product that contributes 0.01% of all plastic waste"

You need a few more zeros there.

[–] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why use plastic condoms? Latex is good.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 8 points 1 month ago

Latex allergy, apparently that's a thing.

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

STDs are biodegradable too

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're natural. They're from the Earth.

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

I start my day with a bowlful yim yum

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn’t all latex biodegradable? It’s cured tree sap.

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, however, it's the other chemicals they mix it with that make it not biodegradable. Thankfully there are some companies not using those chemicals now which is lovely.

Also, for those who are allergic to latex, unfortunatley the only option is polyurethene which is plastic, and as such not at all biodegradable.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nitrile is an option as well. They don't contain the protein that triggers allergic reactions

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[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

That's...not how chemistry works.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sheep intestine condoms ftw!

/s

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

This, but un-sarcastically.

Would be an interesting boost to the Sheep industry.

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[–] PervServer@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 month ago

Classic supporter of the Sheep-Sex-industrial complex... But not the Welsh kind.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As long as it’s not still in the sheep.

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[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

They're not as good at preventing STDs, but they're decent at preventing pregnancy.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 month ago

Nah, they're full of microplastics these days.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Standard Deviations are not biodegradable

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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 month ago

just stay a virgin guys it's really easy!!

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 15 points 1 month ago

This is incorrect now, there are some which are.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah... 2019... The year of the distortion memes.

You see, it's funnier because the letters are being silly.

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[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

this is why you should do as old times and use sheep intestines as condoms

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[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

HIV is not biodegradable once it's inside you

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 6 points 1 month ago

lol what a wild ride.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Are progesterone pills biodegradable?

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