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0 pointsjrflowers5mo ago0 comments

> If you found children buying condoms, lubes, or intimate apparel at unusually high rates, that would be very alarming. But, normally, they are purchasing these products for very lazy adults.

“Children buying condoms or lube at unusually high rates” is a funny phrase because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a child buy either of those things. What is the threshold between usual and unusual for these purchases in hard terms?

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hapless5mo ago

You've never seen a kid buy condoms because mom and dad are lazy?

I aspire to your lifestyle ;)

kids buy condoms for the same reasons kids used to buy cigarettes or beer. It would be super weird to see the same neighborhood kid buy condoms every week, but it's not particularly alarming on a one-time basis.

Maybe I am just very old, and I should be alarmed by a one-time purchase. I am relating the basic guidelines from my own youth.

It is plainly a bad idea by any standard to provide an application for teenagers to keep diaries of their sexual abuse.

jrflowersOP5mo ago

> You've never seen a kid buy condoms because mom and dad are lazy?

Not that I can think of, and I’ve worked retail. I’m assuming that ‘lazy parents’ have been buying condoms and lube online for a long time now given the selection and price points available. Like you can get a hundred pack for ~$20 which is way cheaper than what you’d get at a gas station.

hapless5mo ago

Gonna file this away under the "I am very old" category

Revised opinion: Maybe it should be EXTREMELY ALARMING to see a neighborhood kid make a one-time purchase of condoms or lube

edit: i have worked retail but it was 30 years ago

bigyabai5mo ago

Wait until you see how many condoms you can buy off Amazon with a $20 Visa card. It even ships in an unmarked cardboard box, the West will fall any minute now.

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hapless5mo ago

You've never seen a kid buy condoms because mom and dad are lazy?

I aspire to your lifestyle ;)

Maybe I am just very old, and I should be alarmed by a one-time purchase. I am relating the basic guidelines from my own youth.

It is plainly a bad idea by any standard to provide an application for teenagers to keep diaries of their sexual abuse.

jrflowersOP5mo ago

> You've never seen a kid buy condoms because mom and dad are lazy?

hapless5mo ago

Gonna file this away under the "I am very old" category

Revised opinion: Maybe it should be EXTREMELY ALARMING to see a neighborhood kid make a one-time purchase of condoms or lube

edit: i have worked retail but it was 30 years ago

bigyabai5mo ago

Wait until you see how many condoms you can buy off Amazon with a $20 Visa card. It even ships in an unmarked cardboard box, the West will fall any minute now.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse