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Tampon Tim

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
That's the thing too, there is very little price variation. (I always go for the stuff on sale, if I can. I am very frugal when it comes to things for myself).
If there's very little price variation, but it still varies,
this suggests a competitive market for a product
that simply costs more than consumers want to pay.
Hard to say for sure. Can't get a straight answer anywhere.
Who've you asked?
I mean, from everything I can read on it, it sounds like they're trying to blame inflation, but prices went up loooong before inflation got seriously out of hand after COVID. So not sure I'm buying it.
Democrats are ramping up calls for rent control.
Want tampon price control?
Be cautious about government doing that. If priced
below what it's worth it for manufacturers to produce,
there'd be shortages. That's what happens under rent
control. Prolly the worst is Sweden.
 

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
20 years ago, the price for a 40 pack of tampons was over $6. Now the average price is around $9 or $10.
 

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
If there's very little price variation, but it still varies,
this suggests a competitive market for a product
that simply costs more than consumers want to pay.
It varies very very little.

Oh wow, I just read that employers are supposed to be supplying them in workplaces now. Excuse me, I've got a call to make to my male boss ...

"Menstruation is natural and menstrual products, such as pads and tampons, are essential to the health of Canadians. They enable menstruating persons to take part fully in the workforce and society at large.

Employers currently provide basic sanitation products such as toilet paper and soap. Starting December 15, 2023, employers must also provide menstrual products for their employees. These products must be readily available in all toilet room in workplaces controlled by the employer.

Providing employees with access to menstrual products supports better health outcomes and workplace productivity while reducing the stigma often associated with menstruation. Workplace access to products will reduce the medical and psychological impacts of:

  • reusing products
  • using products for longer than indicated
  • not using any products at all"



(In the meantime, I'm going to pray for early menopause.)
Who've you asked?
I was just reading around trying to find some answers somewhere.

I found one article that seems to think it's the individual stores jacking up the prices, but I'm having a hard time with that, given the prices are pretty much the same everywhere I've looked. And I've looked.
Democrats are ramping up calls for rent control.
Want tampon price control?
Be cautious about government doing that. If priced
below what it's worth it for manufacturers to produce,
there'd be shortages. That's what happens under rent
control. Prolly the worst is Sweden.
And .... crash, down to reality. :(
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
It varies very very little.

Oh wow, I just read that employers are supposed to be supplying them in workplaces now. Excuse me, I've got a call to make to my male boss ...

"Menstruation is natural and menstrual products, such as pads and tampons, are essential to the health of Canadians. They enable menstruating persons to take part fully in the workforce and society at large.

Employers currently provide basic sanitation products such as toilet paper and soap. Starting December 15, 2023, employers must also provide menstrual products for their employees. These products must be readily available in all toilet room in workplaces controlled by the employer.

Providing employees with access to menstrual products supports better health outcomes and workplace productivity while reducing the stigma often associated with menstruation. Workplace access to products will reduce the medical and psychological impacts of:

  • reusing products
  • using products for longer than indicated
  • not using any products at all"



(In the meantime, I'm going to pray for early menopause.)

I was just reading around trying to find some answers somewhere.

I found one article that seems to think it's the individual stores jacking up the prices, but I'm having a hard time with that, given the prices are pretty much the same everywhere I've looked. And I've looked.

And .... crash, down to reality. :(
Supplying tampons seems analogous to providing TP.
Although when I had employees, I just provided the TP.
Those who needed tampons handled the matter themselves.

Gawd....government regulations telling employers what to
supply in lavatories. Is there no limit to their regulation of
our lives? Next will be laws regulating napkin sizes in
cafeterias, & chair padding thickness.
Expanding on this....
Back when I had employees, when my personnel manager
left, I couldn't cope with all the complex regulations, so
I sent all my employees to an agency, from whom I "rented"
the very same employees.
 

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
They are not against providing tampons to girls.

What is clear is that they attacked Walz for doing just that. So you are contending that they attacked a Democrat for doing what they're in favor of. So rather than being against free tampons in school they are complete hypocrites. That is another interpretation of their actions which might indeed be true for some.
 

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
Supplying tampons seems analogous to providing TP.
Although when I had employees, I just provided the TP.
Kinda, I mean, both are necessary.

I'm trying to think back to middle school ... (it's a long way back) ... I think we had those vending machines on the wall where you could buy them for 25 cents or something. I was always too shy to use them lol. I would settle for those though. Sometimes you forget to bring some extra ones in your purse.

The best, most funnest thing of all though, is having to bring your own tampon from your purse to the bathroom without everyone else seeing it and knowing what you're going in there to do with it. That used to mortify me. I'd try to hide it deep in my pocket and cover it with my shirt or something. LOL so pathetic.
Those who needed tampons handled the matter themselves.
This is what we do.
Gawd....government regulations telling employers what to
supply in lavatories. Is there no limit to their regulation of
our lives? Next will be laws regulating napkin sizes in
cafeterias, & chair padding thickness.
Expanding on this....
Back when I had employees, when my personnel manager
left, I couldn't cope with all the complex regulations, so
I sent all my employees to an agency, from whom I "rented"
the very same employees.
LOL Our work bathroom had a giant flood about two months ago and is still completely unusable. So I'd just settle for a working toilet at this point. :D

I get your point though and it's duly noted.
I'm not about to ask the guy I work for if he'll supply me some tampons. I'm not even sure he knows what they are, to be honest with ya.
 

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
The legislation Walz signed provides for tampons being placed in all bathrooms in schools, not just "unisex toilets".
You ignore or don't know how that came about. What To Know About Gov. Tim Walz's Controversial Tampon Bill -

Politics & Government

What To Know About Gov. Tim Walz's Controversial Tampon Bill​

Tampons, pads, and other menstrual products must be stocked free of charge in Minnesota's public schools.​

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William Bornhoft, Patch Staff
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Posted Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 9:09 am CT|Updated Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 12:34 pm CT

Democrat Tim Walz's selection as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate has brought national attention and criticism to the bills he's signed into law as Minnesota's governor.

Democrat Tim Walz's selection as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate has brought national attention and criticism to the bills he's signed into law as Minnesota's governor. It was a ding dong who made that stupid statement not Walz. Or do we now blame Trump for anything any Republican does? That works for me.

ST. PAUL, MN — Democrat Tim Walz's selection as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate has brought national attention and criticism to the bills he's signed into law as Minnesota's governor.
Some of the most progressive laws in Minnesota's history were passed in the last two years, during the period when Democrats held a trifecta in the state government.


Among those laws is one that requires public schools in Minnesota to stock menstrual products in all girls and boys bathrooms at no charge to students. The bill went into effect Jan. 1.

The products, which include pads and tampons, must be available in restrooms "regularly" used by students in grades 4 to 12.


The state will supply the funding for the tampons with "$2 times the adjusted pupil units of the school district for the school year," the law states.

Rep. Sandra Feist, a Democrat from New Brighton who pioneered the measure, said in January that the associated cost of the measure would be a "wise investment" because it would keep students from missing school due to "period poverty."


"One out of every 10 menstruating youth miss school during their menstruating cycle due to lack of access to menstrual products and resources," Feist said in a House Education Finance Committee hearing.
A Republican-backed amendment to add the word "female" to the bill failed in committee. "Not all students who menstruate are female," Feist said, persuading committee members to vote "no" on the amendment.


Feist said some schools have gender-neutral bathrooms. She acknowledged that female students use menstruation products more often, but said it is still important to have them in all bathrooms.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Kinda, I mean, both are necessary.

I'm trying to think back to middle school ... (it's a long way back) ... I think we had those vending machines on the wall where you could buy them for 25 cents or something. I was always too shy to use them lol. I would settle for those though. Sometimes you forget to bring some extra ones in your purse.

The best, most funnest thing of all though, is having to bring your own tampon from your purse to the bathroom without everyone else seeing it and knowing what you're going in there to do with it. That used to mortify me. I'd try to hide it deep in my pocket and cover it with my shirt or something. LOL so pathetic.

This is what we do.

LOL Our work bathroom had a giant flood about two months ago and is still completely unusable. So I'd just settle for a working toilet at this point. :D

I get your point though and it's duly noted.
I'm not about to ask the guy I work for if he'll supply me some tampons. I'm not even sure he knows what they are, to be honest with ya.
Plumbing issues can be vexing indeed for the landlord.
At times, it's meant tearing up a concrete floor, & many
weeks of getting all the various trades to each do their job.
 

PureX

Veteran Member
What do you mean by real change? Any change or a certain ideological change?
'Real' meaning effective, positive, meaningful change. Like universal health care kind of change as opposed to the Obamacare band aid kind of change that the democrats managed to barely muster. I mean a universal living minimum wage kind of change as opposed to spotty and mostly ineffective minimum wage hikes that are far too little and far too late. I mean real across the board tax reform that close loopholes and make those who gain the most pay the most, and those who gain the least pay the least.

You know, all the kinds of real, meaningful reforms that "conservative" (greedy) republicans fight so hard to deny.
 

SkepticThinker

Veteran Member
Plumbing issues can be vexing indeed for the landlord.
At times, it's meant tearing up a concrete floor, & many
weeks of getting all the various trades to each do their job.
There's still an ongoing leak somewhere too, that nobody can seem to find the source of. We've had everybody and their mother come through this bathroom multiple times. The hardwood floor is a squishy mess. The ceiling and half the wall is caved in. Can't I just like, hook up the toilet somehow?


I've been going next door to the Tim Horton's to pee and change my tampons. They don't have free ones there either. :D
 

Whateverist

Active Member
Hey, all I know is that many years ago, when I was buying tampons and using them, I was always absolutely shocked at the price of tampons. I think it was because the people making or distributing them or whatever KNEW that women would buy them no matter what the price was so there. TAKE THAT.

But if the fertile ground of a young woman’s uterus is viewed as property of the state in MAGA land how can they not share the cost of controlling the flow? Having to use the products is imposition enough for one sex to bear. This ad reminds us of their hatred of women as well as of their prurient obsession with exploiting them.
 
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