Just think about how many used condoms there must be somewhere in the world. All the condoms you’ve ever used. And your grandparents. And theirs. Surely they could be made out of some of those plant-based plastics that are currently being developed?
And don’t get me started about disposable nappies.
Most of them are made of natural latex which is biodegradable
Organic latex / natural rubber condoms are biodegradable.
vulcanized rubber isn’t, but it gets better if some biodegradable fillers are included (decomposes in years in favorable conditions)
Just fuck without them, the resulting humans are perfectly biodegradable!
You would have yo go through so many condoms to even approach the waste that comes with a baby. Like even if you use cloth diapers, you go on a trip and use a few disposable diapers? Boom that’s more landfill space than a decade of condoms.
I can’t imagine that would be good for their reliability, unfortunately
Yeah, out of all the plastics to reduce the waste of, the ones protecting from diseases and economic ruin are not the ones we should look to first
Same goes for drink straws, they should be fining and sanctioning the large companies for their wanton pollution that could be greatly reduced. But, you know, money.
Regarding nappies: you can start ‘potty training’ pretty much as soon as they’re born. It is babies instinct to try not to soil themselves. This is why it’s so common for parents to get peed on the moment they take off their baby’s nappy. You mostly just have to give your baby lots of opportunities, be attentive to signs they need to go (usually wriggling or squirming), and associate a word/sound/gesture, for them to communicate it to you. I can count the number of times our daughterhas shat herself on one hand, and she’s nearly three years old. For a lot of parents and babies/toddlers it’s a daily occurance. It’s crazy when you think that you have to ‘potty train’ children precisely because you’ve taught them to soil themselves in the first place.
Hope this proves useful to someone. Feel free to AMA about any of this. Parenting is intense and things have a tendency to get blasted out my working memory before long.
Just because you got lucky doesn’t mean it works. Pre-cum can have sperm in it, and accidents can happen way too easily.
For anyone reading along, this is absolutely terrible advice.
Point taken, removed that bit 👍
Get the sheepskins if you can
Was it the welsh that invented the sheep intestine condom and the english that perfectioned it by removing the rest of the sheep around it, or was it the other way around?
Reminds me of Dana Carvey’s Angry Old Man bit about only having one communal condom growing up.
Yeah…what could go wrong if they degrade from bodily fluids half way through sex?
idk about you, my great-grandparents were serfs
rubbers in general are highly crosslinked and this means they are not soluble in anything, and this makes biodegradation harder
I don’t think India uses condoms.
