biodegradable
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 08 Sep 2024 16:25
https://mander.xyz/post/17792266

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SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 08 Sep 2024 16:29 next collapse

This is incorrect now, there are some which are.

MF_COOM@hexbear.net on 08 Sep 2024 16:33 next collapse

STDs are biodegradable too

TankieTanuki@hexbear.net on 08 Sep 2024 19:31 collapse

They’re natural. They’re from the Earth.

MF_COOM@hexbear.net on 08 Sep 2024 20:26 collapse

I start my day with a bowlful yim yum

deegeese@sopuli.xyz on 08 Sep 2024 16:45 next collapse

Isn’t all latex biodegradable? It’s cured tree sap.

forrgott@lemm.ee on 08 Sep 2024 17:13 next collapse

That’s…not how chemistry works.

oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 08 Sep 2024 17:15 collapse

Yes, however, it’s the other chemicals they mix it with that make it not biodegradable. Thankfully there are some companies not using those chemicals now which is lovely.

Also, for those who are allergic to latex, unfortunatley the only option is polyurethene which is plastic, and as such not at all biodegradable.

BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee on 08 Sep 2024 18:24 collapse

Nitrile is an option as well. They don’t contain the protein that triggers allergic reactions

oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 21 Sep 2024 19:32 collapse

We didn’t find anything about Nirtrile and protection. Could you clarify?

jet@hackertalks.com on 08 Sep 2024 16:47 next collapse

Over a long enough time span… everything returns to star dust

spicytuna62@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 16:58 collapse

I, for one, am ready for the sun to consume us all.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 20:01 collapse

I’m not. We need to get star lifting going, and turn the solar system into our command ship, using the sun as the engine, and structural basis.

Kwiila@slrpnk.net on 09 Sep 2024 00:54 collapse

“So after a million years of putting off adjustment maintenance, the size of the sun has grown to critical levels and it is now too late. We will be evacuating at the next solar system in 120 [MINUS FIVE] years and diverting all available resources to emergency maintenance in the mean time. This announcement is a recording.” Frickin’ humans, eons of progress and can’t even do eons of progress right.

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee on 08 Sep 2024 17:28 next collapse

Are progesterone pills biodegradable?

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 08 Sep 2024 17:55 next collapse

Have protected sex even if you only have access to non-biodegradable condoms, getting antibiotic resistant chlamydia isn’t going to save the planet.

NikkiDimes@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 18:19 next collapse

Also from an environmental perspective, having a child is about the worst thing you can do compared to…using a fucking condom lmao.

msage@programming.dev on 08 Sep 2024 19:48 next collapse

Vasectomy

TexasDrunk@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 20:42 collapse

I can’t recommend this highly enough if you’re never planning on having a kid or if you’re done having kids. I am a huge weenie when it comes to medical procedures and mine was super simple. I was sore for a few days, did my follow up, and that was it.

I still use condoms because of STDs but I never have to worry about accidentally having a kid if a condom breaks.

Delta_V@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 21:15 next collapse

it’s the bees knees when you’re married - cream pies all day, every day

msage@programming.dev on 08 Sep 2024 21:24 collapse

I hear ya

ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 2024 09:19 collapse

Not to mention your wife’s boyfriend will buy you a Nintendo Switch.

JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee on 09 Sep 2024 10:28 collapse

One baby can go through 6,000 diapers until potty trained.

One condom vs 6,000 diapers. I think your right about the condom doing less damage to the environment.

GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Sep 2024 16:24 next collapse

Just use the washable ones, made from organic cotton. Lower environmental impact, shorter time until potty trained as well on average. Still not as good as not putting extra people on the planet though 😁

0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Sep 2024 02:39 collapse

kill the baby.

lauha@lemmy.one on 08 Sep 2024 19:02 next collapse

Chlamydia and all other stds are biodegradable

KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Sep 2024 20:29 next collapse

or just be a based virgin and don’t have sex. That would’ve been the funny answer.

Neon@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 22:41 collapse

Wellll

If it kills you early, it is certainly good on the climate

infuziSporg@hexbear.net on 08 Sep 2024 18:01 next collapse

“If you care about the planet, be sure to cut down on this product that contributes 0.01% of all plastic waste”

pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online on 08 Sep 2024 19:07 next collapse

You need a few more zeros there.

vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Sep 2024 21:43 collapse

Why use plastic condoms? Latex is good.

Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc on 09 Sep 2024 01:06 next collapse

Latex allergy, apparently that’s a thing.

infuziSporg@hexbear.net on 09 Sep 2024 07:00 collapse

In the past 2 decades vinyl ones have become a lot more common. I don’t know if there’s any difference in strength, but being hypoallergenic gives them a broader market.

CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 18:05 next collapse

Sheep intestine condoms ftw!

/s

DahGangalang@infosec.pub on 08 Sep 2024 18:29 next collapse

This, but un-sarcastically.

Would be an interesting boost to the Sheep industry.

stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Sep 2024 21:45 collapse

aren’t sheep about as bad as cows for the climate?

DahGangalang@infosec.pub on 08 Sep 2024 22:36 next collapse

I don’t think so. But I think that that’s going to vary a lot based on how you want to measure “badness for the climate”.

My instinct is to look at Feed to Gain Ratio, which is the measure of food eaten to weight gained. This will vary animal to animal based on the animal’s purpose (meat cows vs dairy cows, meat lambs vs wool sheep, etc) and the type of food they’re fed.

Still, there are reliable bands for estimating for each animal. According to This Article, it looks like sheep can fall into a 4:1 to 6:1 ratio while cows are closer to 12:1 (this is a bit higher than I was taught in high school biology, but not by much). Of course, the higher these numbers, the “worse” the animal is for the environment.

AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works on 09 Sep 2024 02:48 collapse

They might have been asking about methane production, that’s a big topic for cattle because it’s a very potent greenhouse gas and having a lot of cattle produces a lot of methane - and it’s a byproduct of how their digestive systems work and all ruminants, sheep included, have that problem to some degree.

I wasn’t able to find a definitive answer, but per animal sheep aren’t as bad, but it’s due to their smaller size and if western countries kept eating the same amount of meat but ate more sheep (due to it being cheaper from the demand for sheep condoms, lol) instead of beef I’m not sure it would be better. (Replacing chicken with sheep would definitely be worse though.)

DahGangalang@infosec.pub on 09 Sep 2024 03:05 collapse

So what I’m hearing is that we just need to selectively breed people to have smaller penises so we can just use chicken intestines for condoms instead?

psud@aussie.zone on 09 Sep 2024 01:12 collapse

About as bad as any of the animals that can eat grass, wild or farmed

PervServer@lemmynsfw.com on 08 Sep 2024 19:25 next collapse

Classic supporter of the Sheep-Sex-industrial complex… But not the Welsh kind.

ramble81@lemm.ee on 08 Sep 2024 20:17 next collapse

As long as it’s not still in the sheep.

Raverbunny@aussie.zone on 09 Sep 2024 03:10 collapse

I see you’re unaware of what goes on in New Zealand…

With love from across the Tasman 😁

grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org on 09 Sep 2024 00:25 collapse

They’re not as good at preventing STDs, but they’re decent at preventing pregnancy.

[deleted] on 08 Sep 2024 18:10 next collapse

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KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Sep 2024 20:31 collapse

i dont know about that figure. It’s certainly more than the average third world individual, but then again i believe third world countries are some of the most polluting out there based on the resource extraction, so while the individual may not create a shit ton of pollution, all that mining sure does create a lot.

0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Sep 2024 02:38 collapse

a lot of mining is just outsourced pollution of first world countries.

KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Sep 2024 19:50 collapse

that’s globalism for ya

HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one on 08 Sep 2024 18:18 next collapse

lol what a wild ride.

stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Sep 2024 21:42 next collapse

just stay a virgin guys it’s really easy!!

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works on 08 Sep 2024 21:57 next collapse

Latex is natural rubber and is indeed biodegradable though it is slow to break down. Polyurethane condoms will probably be found in the archeological record.

[deleted] on 08 Sep 2024 22:37 next collapse

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 09 Sep 2024 02:56 next collapse

I only use authentic Amish made sheep intestine condoms because they are definitely biodegradable.

leisesprecher@feddit.org on 09 Sep 2024 05:56 collapse

And reusable!

Iheartcheese@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 09:26 collapse

and edible.

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 03:22 next collapse

I mean, true but they’re better than the styrofoam ones…

/s

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works on 09 Sep 2024 03:50 collapse

(I know you’re joking but the builder in me is genuinely curious if you can make a rubber-like substance out of polystyrene)

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 10:15 collapse

Styrene is in the vynal family, Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene is used to make extremely expensive surgical gloves so I’m going to say yes.

anivia@lemmy.ml on 10 Sep 2024 06:42 collapse

Polyurethane also biodegrades, just very slowly. Since condoms are very thin there will be not much left of them after a century

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 09 Sep 2024 02:55 next collapse

So are STDs.

iAvicenna@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 06:10 collapse

Standard Deviations are not biodegradable

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 09:36 next collapse

Neither is statistical thermodynamics

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 11:24 collapse

Santa Domingo Airport probably isn’t as well.

I dunno. Never been to Venezuela.

Kind of an unfortunate airport code, though.

samus12345@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 17:17 collapse

Star Trek: Discovery is not biodegradable.

Cort@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 2024 05:34 collapse

Pretty sure the space mushrooms could degrade the fuck out of it

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org on 09 Sep 2024 04:38 next collapse

Say gex!

0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Sep 2024 12:33 collapse

sesbiab lex

ColdWater@lemmy.ca on 09 Sep 2024 09:18 next collapse

HIV is not biodegradable once it’s inside you

jol@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Sep 2024 05:41 collapse

HIV becomes part of you so kinda.

psud@aussie.zone on 14 Sep 2024 09:57 collapse

HIV speeds up your recycling (especially untreated) so it’s quicker recycling than an unmodified human

pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Sep 2024 09:26 next collapse

Nah, they’re full of microplastics these days.

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Sep 2024 14:04 next collapse

this is why you should do as old times and use sheep intestines as condoms

jol@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Sep 2024 05:41 collapse

Any vegan alternatives?

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 10 Sep 2024 08:03 collapse

latex is plant based i think

[deleted] on 09 Sep 2024 17:16 next collapse

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Zozano@lemy.lol on 10 Sep 2024 08:49 collapse

Ah… 2019… The year of the distortion memes.

You see, it’s funnier because the letters are being silly.

0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Sep 2024 02:37 collapse

for me the distortion adds to the meme because it changes how I pronounce the second part in my mind. because of the distortion I read it with a rising and falling tone or whatever it’s called, which made it a lot funnier.