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I have taken psychic damage and still don't even comprehend what this is supposed to mean.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

If I'm not mistaken, this is referring to a bill that requires tampons to be stocked at Minnesota public schools free of charge, which is nice,. My wife is a teacher and we buy certain things to keep stocked in her classroom: tampons, deodorant, blah blah.

The kids really use em too. I don't care to buy it, but I'm sure it's much nicer to just have it done through the school.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Holy guacamole that's why? I've seen other tampon memes and couldn't figure it out. That's hilarious they're treating that like it's a cudgel to beat him with. I guess the schools shouldn't supply toilet paper either

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not quite. They are going after him for putting tampons in men’s restrooms. I assume this would be for trans men if it’s even true, which is cool and good ofc but they’re not attacking it as a “government handout”, they’re attacking it as a transphobia thing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's certainly primarily for trans men, but it's a good idea for other reasons too. Making tampons widely available helps destigmatize menstruation, and makes it far less likely that anyone who gets a period will be caught without one. It's unequivocally a good thing he did, and it's hilarious that they've settled on it as a primary line of attack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I feel like it will be primarily used for when the girl's room runs out and staff hasn't restocked yet

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I saw some lib elsewhere on the internet explain and this is why. Really continuing with the weird loser vibes these guys have been giving out lately if this ”Painty Can Ned” tier insult is what they're going with.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Seriously. This will be a controversial issue to a handful of freaks online that will mention it in the same breath as litter boxes in school restrooms. I put this under: guaranteed I will never see this discussed offline category.