Imagine, you're sitting in a coffee shop enjoying a latte and a guy comes up and says "did you hear about tampon tim?" No one can imagine that. It's fucking weirdo abnormal behavior.
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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I'd love that opportunity to grab him by the ear and explain why it's so beneficial for our society to actually cater to the needs of humans.
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Well he is going to help stem the red wave so I don’t know how this is actually an insult…
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And finally, as Walz reminds us—anyone who thinks that period jokes are appropriate or funny is just plain, well, weird.
Nah. Period jokes can be funny. The problem here isn't a joke. It's the anger they're trying to stir up about the Boogeyman of transgender students.
Menstruation jokes aren't funny, period.
I almost got whooshed by this one.
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Like what the fuck does tampon availability have to do with trans kids? These people are deranged.
He made tampons available in all bathrooms (boy's and girl's) to accommodate trans kids. You are right, these people are deranged - and weird as hell.
Because they also may or may not have been available in the boys room. I think that was initially the intention but, well, some teenage boys are going to be dumbasses with menstrual products.
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As for the latest round of name calling, it seems the aspect of the Minnesota law that has conservatives most agitated is its language: the law states that pads and tampons must be available to “all menstruating students” and “in restrooms regularly used by students in grades 4 to 12.” A failed attempt to amend the bill to only name “female restrooms,” did not keep it from passing as is with bipartisan support.
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Period jokes can be bloody hell
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"Hey guys we're polling really poorly with women after we stripped them of their rights in several states. How can we smear this guy to gain back ground?"
"Let's highlight how he made schools provide menstrual products to children that need them. That's a bad thing. Women won't like that."
"Brilliant! It's curtains for this guy's career."
We're definitely not going to outlaw abortion, though.
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More weirdness. You'd think they would be mindful of how they come off at this point...
They must want high school students who have a uterus to free bleed all over the place.
They want them to get pregnant and drop out
I think their long-term goal is to just quietly do away with the whole "women being allowed to get an education" thing
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Texas eliminated taxes on menstrual products. Utah provides them for free in schools.
Is that really all these unimaginative and pathetic bullies have to throw at Waltz?
Wow.. that’s the best they can come up?
I feel like they were trying to have a response to Diaper Don and this was their best.
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I'm a Pro Life Republican trying to Save The Children and it's SOCIALISM to use MY Tax Dollars giving Girls TAMPONS! MY Tax Dollars should ONLY be used for Billionaire's YACHTS and Millionaire's ABORTIONS! NOT Poor Girl's TAMPONS!
Weirdass fucking rightists fantasizing over the creepiest weirdass shit.
Tampon Tim is meant to be an insult?
Right?
One time I had some friends over, one of the gals suddenly got very anxious, and privately asked if I had tampons in the house. Luckily an ex had left a box, and seeing the relief was incredible. If helping others in that way gets him the nickname Tampon Tim, I'm celebrating that shit.
The ones who think it's a pejorative are the ones that refuse to buy feminine products for their partners because they're so "manly".
Just makes them sound like they have the IQ of a six year old. Which might be true.
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