• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    It’s the same reason condoms sizes are all on the spectrum of large to extra large without actually providing a length and diameter.

    In Germany the packaging indicates the [Edit: diameter half circumference] in millimeters ±2mm tolerance. Because, you know, size matters here.

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        The literal translation of what’s on the box makes it easier to understand:

        Width of the condom when laid flat: 52 mm

        It’s simply the easiest width measure you can do yourself.

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          That isn’t equal to the “width” of your dick though. Diameter is closer.

          I guess it doesn’t really matter if the measure is standard (though elasticity would also affect fit) so you “learn your size” once, but it doesn’t seem super useful to me.

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        It did read “diameter”. I remembered it wrong and corrected my mistake. Sorry for not highlighting the edit. I did so now.

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          Right on. I was going to feel pretty inadequate if there were enough guys walking around with soda cans between their legs to justify a market for 4" unstretrched diameter condoms.