• Waldelfe@feddit.org
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    17 days ago

    The left one goes into the left ovary, the right into the right ovary. S is for “straight ahead”.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    Fun fact: The L and the R don’t actually mean “Large” and “regular”. they stand for “Lotta Blood” and “REALLY lotta blood”. So it’s reversed. Gotta be careful about that.

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          17 days ago

          They are different sizes but they are rated by how much they can absorb, L is light flow, R regular

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            17 days ago

            I dont buy tampons except as a secondary backup now that I use a cup, but I’ve never seen this. I just look at the 1-5 little drops of blue liquid…

            And cups DO come in different (extremely inconsistent) sizes.

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            17 days ago

            Confusing that L could be interpreted as Large size and Light flow. Surely you would know what is meant by looking at the packaging (or maybe feeling this particular one). I hope for the person in need of it that they won’t have to guess in a case like this.

        • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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          17 days ago

          If you felt them, you’d realize the Super one does have more girth than the Light one, in order to absorb more before it starts leaking. I don’t know why it never occurred to me the use the same/opposite letters as Small /Large, probably because I first learned them back when companies wrote whole words on their packaging.

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      16 days ago

      Okay, serious answer here. Please don’t believe these other jokers (except for the ones who posted the serious and sensible links.)

      Here's how it goes.

      Not getting into the actual mechanics of how periods work, the system is pretty simple. It’s “Light, Regular, and Super”.

      Most period-havers I know typically have a light flow on their first day as a little warning that the next two or three days (or seven, if you’re a REALLY lucky genetic lottery winner) are gonna be basically Noah’s First Plague.

      After the really rough part of the downpour has dried out, you’re supposed to downshift from Super to Regular, then down to Light or just use pantiliners until the bleeding stops.

      Most folks use Supers or pads at night, or if they’re planning on doing something where bathroom breaks aren’t guaranteed, like long road trips or theater performances. Never leave one in for longer than 8 hours. You have a slight risk of developing something called Toxic Shock Syndrome where a sudden explosion of bacterial growth can send you on a potentially one-way trip to the ER. (Not very likely, literally 1 in 1000 odds. But 0 sounds pretty good to me, so I never leave them in for too long.

      Size does NOT matter here, capacity does. And so does application. Every tampon will absorb moisture, but if you put in a Super on a Light day, it can lead to some seriously uncomfortable dryness. Everyone has their own preference for brands and type, since some may have ingredients (like fragrances or residual cotton pesticides or certain kinds of plastic) they’re allergic to. Or, y’know, boycotting Unilever or Procter & Gambel is also pretty based.

      If you’re asked to pick up a box, the person issuing the fetch quest will make those specifications for you. If you wanna score extra points on the quest reward, ask them if they want Midol too. It’s usually in the pharmacy section, roughly in the same area as Aleve and Tylenol.

      Hope that clears it up.

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        17 days ago

        I love people coming in, apparently with no knowledge, and giving an incorrect answer. This wouldn’t even have been hard to look up, but you just couldn’t help but assume you were correct, just like the person in the OP.

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          17 days ago

          They said “I ASSUME” for a reason, they didn’t said to be right, they said they assume, it’s so fucking easy to just ignore the comments that say “i assume XYZ” if you want an answer

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          17 days ago

          I think it’s more fun to see people’s creative answers and get a good chuckle.

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            17 days ago

            It is funny, just like the OP. Part of why it’s funny is that people can be so wrong but assume they’re right enough that they want to share with the world. I’m glad they do, but it’s crazy to me.

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        17 days ago

        It’s good we have you here. Your ability to use context clues really came in clutch. Don’t have to worry about finding someone who uses these alien devices to explain them.

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          17 days ago

          I kind of needed it cause i never hear “regular” as a size, only “medium”, so i was hung up on the R

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          17 days ago

          I always found “super” pretty funny.
          “So how’s your period flow?”
          “Super!”
          Kinda expect the next option to be “magnificent”, “über” or something like that.

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            17 days ago

            Is it an american thing? Pretty sure in Australia it’s “heavy”.

            Super would be weird, as you say.

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              17 days ago

              Super absorbancy or something along those lines.

              It explains the absorber rather than the flow. I’ve mostly stared at pads my life, but it’s the same wording

              Just for context I’m Danish, so it’s not just an American thing

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      17 days ago

      Tampons wick away fluid, it’s their primary purpose. Vaginas are never meant to be dry. If you wear a tampon that is designed to wick away a lot of moisture on a low flow day it will dry you out which may cause an infection and lead to toxic shock syndrome - TSS. The L is low, R is regular, but higher ones exists. The goal is to use the lowest absorbancy necessary.

      This page has a pretty good article about it.

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    17 days ago

    I wonder why more mensing people haven’t switched to discs. I see them more frequently for sale in a growing number of places. TSS freaks me out just hearing about it. Glad my lady mate went the disc route.

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    17 days ago

    It’s obviously about the political spectrum. They have tampons for left wing pussies and for right wing cunts.

  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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    17 days ago

    I read an interview with an escort with two vaginas. She used one for business and one for pleasure. No joke. 😅

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    17 days ago

    I have a wife and can confirm it’s the size, i.e. regular or large. If you have a large cooter, then you use the large. Smaller women use the regular or small.

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      17 days ago

      I’m maybe getting whooshed here, but it’s light, regular and super. They are different sizes, but it’s determined by the flow level of the day, not body or vagina size.

      So many people will use a combination of absorbency levels over the course of the period. There is also super+ and super++.