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[-] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 55 minutes ago

The condom part is silly.

Cost and availability aren't barriers to condom usage. They sell 36 packs of condoms at Walmart for like $15. Basically every single convenience store sells them for prices that, while massively inflated, are pretty low in the grand scheme of things. Most college health centers give them out for free.

The reason people don't wear them is because doing it raw just feels better.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 52 points 7 hours ago

Well if we want to have them cover IVF then they should cover the opposite and preventing pregnancy. I just wonder what the limit will be on condoms, for those that fuck it might not be enough.

Your insurance covers 1 per month, uhh when I was 18 that was good for a year.

[-] NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 hours ago

Oregon has a program that will let you order 20 a month shipped to your door

[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago

I mean, free to order and a limited supply sounds like a good way to have people who actually use and want them.

Easy, free but inconvenient enough you won't do it for the hell of it.

[-] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

Sounds like a good idea, I don't see why not. Now if only I had health insurance...

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago

I finally got insurance. Now if only I had sex.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 12 points 7 hours ago

When I was a teen, the nearest health center was a LBGT-friendly one. And we got LOTS of free condoms.

Of course, I didn't actually use any until much later in life. But still...

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I used to volunteer for planned parenthood and they gave me all sorts of condom goodies to hand out wherever I went. I’m asexual so it was fun for me to swat down men asking if they could use them on me! “Do you want the free awesome condoms, or do you want to piss off the safe sex fairy? That’s what I thought. Go have fun now.”

Around Halloween, condoms taped to a stick like a sucker. Actually year round for fun. Those were always a big hit at parties. “Hey want a sucker? This will make it safe!”

Xmas, they had red and green flavored condoms. Red was peppermint green was fruity.

Going to a convention they would ship me with several hundred glittery shiny package condoms. I had an alligator clip necklace for those shiny bitches. Got so much love for it.

You name it, they did it with condoms. Because why the hell not make it fun??

Sadly I’m too old to social these days (jk I’m just not an event person anymore). Or I’d keep it up for sure.

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Inevitably it will only be covered by Medicare, commence pulling apart the grilled cheese sandwich.

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