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Graphene To Make Thinner Condoms

Posted November 21, 2013 4:13 PM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Safer condoms will be one of the first products developed at the University of Manchester's new National Graphene Institute.

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11/22/2013 12:37 AM

And then it will be thinner condominiums (for another variety of erection).

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11/22/2013 12:54 AM

Why stop at condoms?

What else is made from latex?

Surgical/protective gloves is an obvious one. Stronger thinner gloves would be nice.

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11/22/2013 3:07 AM

this is not important....this,to me,is just another way for planned parenthood to meddle in the lives of others.....why should it be condoms??...why not create something that is actually needed??...there is way too much sex going on in this world today...out of all the things that are needed in the world today, I believe condoms should be the LAST thing on peoples minds....unless you are a sick and twisted sexual pervert....ITS INSANE!!!

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11/22/2013 3:29 AM

For real?

Which is worse?

To be a sick and twisted sexual pervert, or

to be a sick and twisted sexually transmissible disease vector.

Well?

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11/22/2013 3:33 AM

people with certain diseases don't care who they infect so what difference does it make....condoms don't stop all diseases anyway...even a kiss can infect someone..

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11/22/2013 7:05 AM

You may want to consider using the OT section that is advertised on the top of the home page.

On a lighter note...

I wonder if the condoms are equipped to use friction to generate electricity...making it possible for a person to charge their ipad during sex?

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11/22/2013 3:35 AM

How does Planned Parenthood meddle in anyone's lives? They aren't compelling anything, nor restricting anything; only providing options.

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11/22/2013 3:40 AM

murder should never be an option...Planned Parenthood only cares about death and money....they don't agree with anything but abortion because THAT is all they care about....

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11/22/2013 4:00 AM

You are either running off at the mouth/keyboard, or just plain lying.

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11/22/2013 4:15 AM

Condoms help to reduce the incidence of abortions. So they're good on that count.

Or are you from this camp?

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11/22/2013 6:32 AM

Personally I would like to see a world wide regulation on reproduction be based on IQ. If you are under 100 when you turn 18 you get a sterilization shot and no babies for you and should you manage to reproduce before 18 you and your partner get fixed regardless of IQ!

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11/22/2013 9:15 AM

Dis vas mein plan!!

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11/22/2013 9:42 AM

Have you seen the studies on declining birth rates in Europe? The US is not far behind. Check out which societies have the largest birth rates, and think what that will do for the existing way of life where you live?

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11/22/2013 5:26 PM

One word... Eugenics...

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11/22/2013 6:02 PM

No need for all of that, but I don't think it's unfair to expect people to care for their own offspring. The day we decided that the result of someone's 15 minute thrill, was a problem that society was responsible for paying for, was the day we started sliding into the sh*thole...at least in the US.

If we keep rewarding irresponsible behavior, and calling it "freedom", it will eventually destroy us.

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11/22/2013 11:26 PM

I an in agreeance with ol TCMTech, in Oz we have similar leftard government instigated social issues, the recent regime change will need a long time to fix these issues.

We have nearly 3 generations of "entitled" ferals for whom these condoms are not a priority.

I only mention Eugenics, because that was a similar institutional response ....

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11/23/2013 5:08 AM

I tend to be in agreement also, although political correctness will prevent anything like eugenics from happening.

I don't see why we couldn't use those contraceptives that are placed under the skin and last for months, though.

In the US, creating illigitimate children has become a pastime. The absent fathers are called "my baby daddy", and some women are quite proud to have a brood of kids by random "baby daddies".

Good things happening in Oz. You can tell, because the left is going absolutely berserk.

Edit: I hope that better condoms help in places like Africa, but I'll always believe that the key is education.

They will be of no help in the US; we've got masses of uneducated, lazy people, that see children as nothing more than a pay raise in entitlement benefits.

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11/22/2013 12:18 PM

somebody needs coffee........

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11/22/2013 3:28 PM

I hope you are not equating using a condom as murder...

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I hear a Monty Python song in this somewhere!

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You poor thing. You are so confused.

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11/22/2013 8:03 AM

I don't see why thinness is that important. It seems to me women would prefer *thicker* ( ) condoms with an interesting texture on the outside, and guys would prefer condoms with some interesting texture on the inside.

And both sexes want a condom that is 'safer'.

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11/22/2013 8:03 AM

It's good to finally see some stiff competition in the condom industry.

The market has been a bit flacid...hopefully they can arouse some interest.

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11/22/2013 12:10 PM

No doubt this is the result of continuing interest in penetrating the deep dark points of those regions which have been off limits to proselytization of prophylactic devices....

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11/22/2013 1:40 PM

I just hope they don't get tunnel vision; this sounds like a slippery slope, and it could end up being a hairy ride.

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