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Re:Why people don't want to have children any more by lovich on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:11PM (#50008620)
They had a few examples of condoms, they didn’t have mass produced relatively cheap ones, or the more effective chemical based contraceptives
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Re:Why people don't want to have children any more by Isamu on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:21PM (#50008766)
Anything before latex would be a based on an animal intestine eg rather the same as a sausage casing, except maybe tanned to make it durable. Not inexpensive, not very disposable. Not in widespread use.
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Re:Why people don't want to have children any more by onlypassingthru on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:18PM (#50010662)
And, uh, not very sexy?

"Babe, hang on while I go chop off some pig intestine. Brb"

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