Slog - Comments on Meanwhile in Sweden

Comment by bohica

bohica — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:45:40 -0800

Which reminds me - Dan, could someone over there put together a page (or relieve my ignorance at where such a page exists) that collects all the Youth Pastor Watch postings?

People who don't read here (sadly, they exist) find it hard to believe when it's mentioned how often this happens...and especially that it isn't just for Catholics anymore.

Comment by miss_m

miss_m — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:52:52 -0800

Wouldn't the heat from being kept so close to the body harm the condoms? I thought you weren't supposed to keep them in a back pocket for that reason.

Comment by AMB

AMB — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:08:06 -0800

@1:

You should start a Tumblr blog for it.

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:10:09 -0800

Um, isn't this a counterproductive invention?

I thought you were not supposed to store condoms in your wallet or pocket, because the body heat causes them to break down over time. No? (Maybe I'm completely wrong). IF that is the case, wouldn't storing a condom in your underwear be even worse?

Handy, yes, but if it causes them to fail at a higher rate, not especially helpful.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:25:11 -0800

Condoms are murder, people. Every sperm is sacred. A box of Trojans is a million Holocausts. And don't go spilling your seed on the ground, either, you heartless bastard.

Comment by Hippies!!

Hippies!! — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:28:54 -0800

My friend was talking about making these in 2002. It was more about making it easier to sneak drugs into Widespread Panic shows than tackling an epidemic, but they could have been adapted. Sadly, all he did was smoke pot all day they never came about.

Comment by HJB

HJB — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:40:33 -0800

I came in here to say that body heat damages condoms and this is a bad idea in the same way that keeping a rubber in your wallet is a bad idea (unless you're just doing in for the super-cool ring indentation so people will think you're getting laid), but it's been said...

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:42:04 -0800

Doesn't anyone use the change pocket in their jeans for this?

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:42:44 -0800

Calvin Klein and Joe Boxer already did this in the 90's. I remember it being kinda a "thing" when AIDS education was at its peak.

It's probably not still that common because it isn't that practical for most of us. For young people who don't always have a place to go to have sex however, and who hopefully have the foresight slip a condom in there just before going out for the night (and not wear it around all day, every day), this is probably useful.

Comment by P to the J

P to the J — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:05:51 -0800

And here I thought only mormons had magic underpants. And @1, if you go to the categories section of slog and go to religion, you can easily scroll through to find Dan's YPW columns. I did that last weekend.