Cletus! Look out! She has a tampon!

[Blakk Metal]

%60 chance of execution, %30 chance of acquittal, %10 chance of eternal prison rape (Texas has a hella crappy prison system.)

Those are shitty odds.

Just self-defend your way out of court.

Not after Kenny did some hot hoes hardcore.

[Dakini]

Does that include tampons currently in use?

Yeah... I mean, the clean ones aren't the problem. It's the ones that are being menstruated upon that I'd assume should be the main concern.

[Frisivisia]

Does that include tampons currently in use?

Yeah... I mean, the clean ones aren't the problem. It's the ones that are being menstruated upon that I'd assume should be the main concern.

You can deal with it.

[The Black Forrest]

Possibly. It would be interesting to see more reliable sources making those claims.

I do not know townhall at all, just what came up on google when looking for another source.

I read some of their sources for the claims and I start going when I see articles titled like "the multiple personality disorder of abortion supporters."

It also has Michelle Maulkin.........

[Dakini]

I'm tempted to buy a plane ticket and just go there and steal those confiscated sanitary products. Heaven knows how much money I'd save.

They're probably mostly not the wrong kind.

Also, once I switched to tampons I never, ever wanted to switch back to pads. I tried once and it was just all gross-feeling.

[Dakini]

Yeah... I mean, the clean ones aren't the problem. It's the ones that are being menstruated upon that I'd assume should be the main concern.

You can deal with it.

I can deal with what? DIscarding my soaked and bloody tampon with some nice blood clots stuck to the outside by throwing it at some misogynistic douchatard?

[Frisivisia]

You can deal with it.

I can deal with what? DIscarding my soaked and bloody tampon with some nice blood clots stuck to the outside by throwing it at some misogynistic douchatard?

That was a joke, simmer down, Daki.

[Wind in the Willows]

That's fucking stupid.

[Dakini]

I guess you can still bring condoms, right? Throw them. Extra small, for added insult.

Just buy some finger cots if you want the extra insult.

[Gigaverse]

Oops, double post. >_>

[Gigaverse]

Does that include tampons currently in use?

...

I have a bad feeling when THAT happens.

ESPECIALLY in Texas.

[Dakini]

I can deal with what? DIscarding my soaked and bloody tampon with some nice blood clots stuck to the outside by throwing it at some misogynistic douchatard?

That was a joke, simmer down, Daki.

Aww... but now that I've been given this idea of throwing de-sanitarized sanitary products at some jerkwads, I kinda want to do it. I think a slingshot would be an effective means of transport for these.


Too bad I'll have to wait three weeks to try this. I guess that's enough time to figure out where they sell slingshots though...

[Northern Dominus]

Just self-defend your way out of court.

Not after Kenny did some hot hoes hardcore.

This is assuming that the police would bother with the arrest at all. I mean again, isn't that sort of gunplay a Class A misdemeanor at best in Texas? 1 year in jail max?

[Nailed to the Perch]

I'm tempted to buy a plane ticket and just go there and steal those confiscated sanitary products. Heaven knows how much money I'd save.

They're probably mostly not the wrong kind.

Also, once I switched to tampons I never, ever wanted to switch back to pads. I tried once and it was just all gross-feeling.

I find I like tampons best for the first half of a period, and pads best for the second half. Pads on heavy days feel gross and require changing too frequently, and tampons on light days are painful to insert and remove. Hooray for having options! I don't know how women did it back when it was all giant pads, all the time.

[Bodobol]

There is not much that can be said about his action. WTF?!?!?!?! Just about covers it.

It seems in Texas, they are confiscating tampons and pads if you want to enter the senate gallery. They are afraid women might throw them at the legislature when they vote to significantly restrict women's rights in the area of reproduction.

However, you can still carry your weapons.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/ ... ampon?lite

God. Fucking. Dammit.

And I thought living in Kansas was bad.

I'm 453953% done.

[Torcularis Septentrionalis]

I do not know townhall at all, just what came up on google when looking for another source.

I read some of their sources for the claims and I start going when I see articles titled like "the multiple personality disorder of abortion supporters."

It also has Michelle Maulkin.........

Ugh someone signed me email up for their newsletter updates. I wasn't pleased.

[Northern Dominus]

I read some of their sources for the claims and I start going when I see articles titled like "the multiple personality disorder of abortion supporters."

It also has Michelle Maulkin.........

Ugh someone signed me email up for their newsletter updates. I wasn't pleased.

Oh come on, it's good for a laugh. And an anthropology lesson. Just think, your ancient ancestors were just as ignorant... you know the ones that tried to eat rocks at one point.

[Dakini]

I know, right? You can tell men came up with this whole "oh noes they might throw tampons at us" idiocy, because I can't imagine very many women would want to spend even more money on the damn things than usual.

Exactly. I mean, seriously, I'm not rich enough to have boxes of sanitary products in my house. If I wanted to throw something, I'd throw either condoms (you could get them in a bulk package of 150 on Amazon for $15 apparently, that's pretty cheap) or toilet paper. *nod*

Condoms are less cheap if you have to buy non-standard sizes though, unfortunately.

(Okay, so we have packages of pads -- my mother refuses to buy tampons, she thinks they're too fancy or something when I asked -- from Costco sitting around. Shaddup, those are like over two years old. )

Once my mom asked my dad to pick up some pads at Costco... and he didn't notice that there was a difference between "regular" and "thin".


My dad bought the "regular" and was never asked to buy pads again.

[Torcularis Septentrionalis]

They're probably mostly not the wrong kind.

Also, once I switched to tampons I never, ever wanted to switch back to pads. I tried once and it was just all gross-feeling.

I find I like tampons best for the first half of a period, and pads best for the second half. Pads on heavy days feel gross and require changing too frequently, and tampons on light days are painful to insert and remove. Hooray for having options! I don't know how women did it back when it was all giant pads, all the time.

I kinda want to try out the Diva Cup. I've used menstrual sponges before, they were great, I just hated cleaning them.

[Dakini]

They're probably mostly not the wrong kind.

Also, once I switched to tampons I never, ever wanted to switch back to pads. I tried once and it was just all gross-feeling.

I find I like tampons best for the first half of a period, and pads best for the second half. Pads on heavy days feel gross and require changing too frequently, and tampons on light days are painful to insert and remove. Hooray for having options! I don't know how women did it back when it was all giant pads, all the time.

I have different tampons for light days than for heavy days.

Also, I don't even think pads are the worst part. Apparently back in the day, there used to be some sort of belt contraption that would hold that shit in place. There were diagrams in the bathroom of the high school I went to (though I'm pretty sure they didn't sell those kinds of pads anymore) and they looked horrific.

[Nailed to the Perch]

Exactly. I mean, seriously, I'm not rich enough to have boxes of sanitary products in my house. If I wanted to throw something, I'd throw either condoms (you could get them in a bulk package of 150 on Amazon for $15 apparently, that's pretty cheap) or toilet paper. *nod*

Condoms are less cheap if you have to buy non-standard sizes though, unfortunately.

(Okay, so we have packages of pads -- my mother refuses to buy tampons, she thinks they're too fancy or something when I asked -- from Costco sitting around. Shaddup, those are like over two years old. )

Once my mom asked my dad to pick up some pads at Costco... and he didn't notice that there was a difference between "regular" and "thin".


My dad bought the "regular" and was never asked to buy pads again.

I seriously don't understand why "regular" pads still exist. Why would anyone prefer the sensation of stuffing a giant wad between their legs? So strange to me.

[New haven america]

It's Texas. (I wonder if most people there believe they're in the biggest state, Bad Joke I know )

[Dakini]

I find I like tampons best for the first half of a period, and pads best for the second half. Pads on heavy days feel gross and require changing too frequently, and tampons on light days are painful to insert and remove. Hooray for having options! I don't know how women did it back when it was all giant pads, all the time.

I kinda want to try out the Diva Cup. I've used menstrual sponges before, they were great, I just hated cleaning them.

Oh! I've heard about the Diva Cup and want to try it, but I don't want to shell out $40 for something that might suck so I haven't.

I might buy it before I move to Japan since I get the sense that Japan isn't big on tampons and I don't want to have to import my own when I move there. :/

[Torcularis Septentrionalis]

I find I like tampons best for the first half of a period, and pads best for the second half. Pads on heavy days feel gross and require changing too frequently, and tampons on light days are painful to insert and remove. Hooray for having options! I don't know how women did it back when it was all giant pads, all the time.

I have different tampons for light days than for heavy days.

Also, I don't even think pads are the worst part. Apparently back in the day, there used to be some sort of belt contraption that would hold that shit in place. There were diagrams in the bathroom of the high school I went to (though I'm pretty sure they didn't sell those kinds of pads anymore) and they looked horrific.

I wonder if there's any information on historic menstrual devices??? Because I want to see that.

[Nailed to the Perch]

I find I like tampons best for the first half of a period, and pads best for the second half. Pads on heavy days feel gross and require changing too frequently, and tampons on light days are painful to insert and remove. Hooray for having options! I don't know how women did it back when it was all giant pads, all the time.

I have different tampons for light days than for heavy days.

Also, I don't even think pads are the worst part. Apparently back in the day, there used to be some sort of belt contraption that would hold that shit in place. There were diagrams in the bathroom of the high school I went to (though I'm pretty sure they didn't sell those kinds of pads anymore) and they looked horrific.

Yeah, I've seen those belts. They are crazy.

(For people too young to have heard of these, an image: http://www.mum.org/belt02b.jpg )