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Somewhat playing devil's advocate, but they do have a failure rate. An insanely small one with perfect use, but still
by space_fountain 11y ago
Somewhat playing devil's advocate, but they do have a failure rate. An insanely small one with perfect use, but still
- JupiterMoon 11y ago'perfect use' for condoms is a somewhat pointless idea. In the real world this is an activity where things are not perfect. It's dark, people are rushing to get to the good bits, you may be a little tipsy. We should consider real world use and here they have a rather high failure rate. For me they have failed 100% to protect unwanted pregnancy in a real world setting.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoSeriously. Condoms have one the worst user interfaces of all modern technology.
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- peterwwillis 11y agoThey're not modern technology. The material is (somewhat) but the method isn't. Condoms are at least 400 years old, and there's plenty of evidence of other forms of contraception even by the Egyptians, Greeks, etc. The first rubber condom was produced in 1855, with them primarily being made of sheeps' guts and other natural materials before. Latex condoms came into play in the 1920s.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoEvery time you've had sex it resulted in conception? That's amazing fertility. I'm certain that reproductive medicine specialists would love to have a word.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoHaving children is a binary state. A single contraceptive failure flips that bit and changes everything. On a personal level one failure is a 100% failure.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoThat makes it a risky venture, to an insanely small degree.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoGiven real world usage and failure rates it is a risky venture to a moderately high degree.