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Sizing pants: men's vs women's
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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2024
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In Germany the packaging indicates the [Edit: ~~diameter~~ half circumference] in millimeters ±2mm tolerance. Because, you know, size matters here.
Half circumference? Why?
(Yeah I zoomed in. It's 52mm, which is fractionally over 2 inches)
The literal translation of what's on the box makes it easier to understand:
It's simply the easiest width measure you can do yourself.
That isn't equal to the "width" of your dick though. Diameter is closer.
I guess it doesn't really matter if the measure is standard (though elasticity would also affect fit) so you "learn your size" once, but it doesn't seem super useful to me.
Sure, but diameter is also harder to measure on something like a latex tube. Just measure the circumference, divide by 2, then measure the condom.
I'd personally prefer it to be the circumference (so double the condom width).
Just divide that number by pi.
Then you can reasonably approximate with a ruler over the top with no math.
Why not divide by tau and then again by 2? Tau is superior anyway.
So that thing is 4 inches across? Eek!
Edit: oh, you said "half circumference". For some reason I thought that I read diameter.
It did read “diameter”. I remembered it wrong and corrected my mistake. Sorry for not highlighting the edit. I did so now.
Right on. I was going to feel pretty inadequate if there were enough guys walking around with soda cans between their legs to justify a market for 4" unstretrched diameter condoms.