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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 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 half circumference in millimeters ±2mm tolerance. Because, you know, size matters here.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHalf circumference? Why? (Yeah I zoomed in. It’s 52mm, which is fractionally over 2 inches)
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat 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.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSure, but diameter is also harder to measure on something like a latex tube. Just measure the circumference, divide by 2, then measure the condom. I’d personally prefer it to be the circumference (so double the condom width).
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoJust divide that number by pi. Then you can reasonably approximate with a ruler over the top with no math.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSo that thing is 4 inches across? Eek! Edit: oh, you said “half circumference”. For some reason I thought that I read diameter.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI did read “diameter”. I remembered it wrong and corrected my mistake. Sorry for not highlighting the edit. I did so now.
In Germany the packaging indicates the half circumference in millimeters ±2mm tolerance. Because, you know, size matters here.
Half circumference? Why?
(Yeah I zoomed in. It’s 52mm, which is fractionally over 2 inches)
The literal translation of what’s on the box makes it easier to understand:
It’s simply the easiest width measure you can do yourself.
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.
Sure, but diameter is also harder to measure on something like a latex tube. Just measure the circumference, divide by 2, then measure the condom.
I’d personally prefer it to be the circumference (so double the condom width).
Just divide that number by pi.
Then you can reasonably approximate with a ruler over the top with no math.
So that thing is 4 inches across? Eek!
Edit: oh, you said “half circumference”. For some reason I thought that I read diameter.
I did read “diameter”. I remembered it wrong and corrected my mistake. Sorry for not highlighting the edit. I did so now.