• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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    12 days ago

    When I was a teen, the nearest health center was a LBGT-friendly one. And we got LOTS of free condoms.

    Of course, I didn’t actually use any until much later in life. But still…

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      12 days ago

      I used to volunteer for planned parenthood and they gave me all sorts of condom goodies to hand out wherever I went. I’m asexual so it was fun for me to swat down men asking if they could use them on me! “Do you want the free awesome condoms, or do you want to piss off the safe sex fairy? That’s what I thought. Go have fun now.”

      Around Halloween, condoms taped to a stick like a sucker. Actually year round for fun. Those were always a big hit at parties. “Hey want a sucker? This will make it safe!”

      Xmas, they had red and green flavored condoms. Red was peppermint green was fruity.

      Going to a convention they would ship me with several hundred glittery shiny package condoms. I had an alligator clip necklace for those shiny bitches. Got so much love for it.

      You name it, they did it with condoms. Because why the hell not make it fun??

      Sadly I’m too old to social these days (jk I’m just not an event person anymore). Or I’d keep it up for sure.

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      11 days ago

      The local Planned Parenthood had a basket of them inside the entryway doors whether they were open or not when I was a teen in the 90s.

      And yeah, fun to fuck around with them as a teenager when you’re not going to get to fuck using them.