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Sizing pants: men's vs women's (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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 [Edit: ~~diameter~~ half circumference] in millimeters ±2mm tolerance. Because, you know, size matters here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Half circumference? Why?

(Yeah I zoomed in. It's 52mm, which is fractionally over 2 inches)

[–] Jesus_666 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just divide that number by pi.

Then you can reasonably approximate with a ruler over the top with no math.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Why not divide by tau and then again by 2? Tau is superior anyway.

[–] Anticorp 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So that thing is 4 inches across? Eek!

Edit: oh, you said "half circumference". For some reason I thought that I read diameter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It did read “diameter”. I remembered it wrong and corrected my mistake. Sorry for not highlighting the edit. I did so now.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 5 months ago

Right on. I was going to feel pretty inadequate if there were enough guys walking around with soda cans between their legs to justify a market for 4" unstretrched diameter condoms.