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[-] Catoblepas 134 points 3 months ago

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 108 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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 3 months ago
[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

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 3 months ago

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

[-] msage@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago
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[-] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

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.

[-] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

Just use the washable ones, made from organic cotton. Lower environmental impact, shorter time until potty trained as well on average. Still not as good as not putting extra people on the planet though 😁

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[-] Neon@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

Wellll

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

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 9 points 3 months ago

Chlamydia and all other stds are biodegradable

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 70 points 3 months ago

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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

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

/s

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

(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 3 months 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.

[-] anivia@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Polyurethane also biodegrades, just very slowly. Since condoms are very thin there will be not much left of them after a century

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 months ago

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

[-] oftheair 56 points 3 months ago

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 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

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[-] forrgott@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

That's...not how chemistry works.

[-] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

Sheep intestine condoms ftw!

/s

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This, but un-sarcastically.

Would be an interesting boost to the Sheep industry.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

aren't sheep about as bad as cows for the climate?

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago

I don't think so. But I think that that's going to vary a lot based on how you want to measure "badness for the climate".

My instinct is to look at Feed to Gain Ratio, which is the measure of food eaten to weight gained. This will vary animal to animal based on the animal's purpose (meat cows vs dairy cows, meat lambs vs wool sheep, etc) and the type of food they're fed.

Still, there are reliable bands for estimating for each animal. According to This Article, it looks like sheep can fall into a 4:1 to 6:1 ratio while cows are closer to 12:1 (this is a bit higher than I was taught in high school biology, but not by much). Of course, the higher these numbers, the "worse" the animal is for the environment.

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

They might have been asking about methane production, that's a big topic for cattle because it's a very potent greenhouse gas and having a lot of cattle produces a lot of methane - and it's a byproduct of how their digestive systems work and all ruminants, sheep included, have that problem to some degree.

I wasn't able to find a definitive answer, but per animal sheep aren't as bad, but it's due to their smaller size and if western countries kept eating the same amount of meat but ate more sheep (due to it being cheaper from the demand for sheep condoms, lol) instead of beef I'm not sure it would be better. (Replacing chicken with sheep would definitely be worse though.)

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

So what I'm hearing is that we just need to selectively breed people to have smaller penises so we can just use chicken intestines for condoms instead?

[-] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

About as bad as any of the animals that can eat grass, wild or farmed

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Raverbunny@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I see you're unaware of what goes on in New Zealand...

With love from across the Tasman 😁

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 months ago

Nah, they're full of microplastics these days.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 3 months ago
[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Standard Deviations are not biodegradable

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Neither is statistical thermodynamics

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Santa Domingo Airport probably isn’t as well.

I dunno. Never been to Venezuela.

Kind of an unfortunate airport code, though.

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[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 months ago

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

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 12 points 3 months ago

This is incorrect now, there are some which are.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 11 points 3 months ago
[-] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

sesbiab lex

[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 9 points 3 months ago

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

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

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[-] nicknonya 7 points 3 months ago

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

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago
[-] nicknonya 2 points 3 months ago

latex is plant based i think

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

HIV is not biodegradable once it's inside you

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[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 3 points 3 months ago

lol what a wild ride.

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