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Man Probably Thinks He’s Protecting Society’s Purity By Commenting On A Tampon Image, Makes A “Fool” Of Himself
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Brits are rejoicing that as of January 1, 2021, there is no longer any value-added tax (VAT) on women’s sanitary products. Her Majesty’s Treasury announced the dissolution of the tax (more commonly known as the ‘tampon tax’) with a simple infographic that featured a drawing of a tampon. Libertarian radio presenter and journalist Adam Garrie created a storm on Twitter after stating that, in his opinion, the image was “obscene.”
Like you could have expected, the internet was ruthless. Twitter blew up with negative comments against Garrie. Meanwhile, the media was having a field day as well. Keep in mind that Garrie fully supports the actual policy—it’s the drawing that he has an issue with.
Bored Panda reached out to Garrie to get his take on the public’s reaction to his tweet and the broader implications this has for people’s freedom of speech due to “conformity through compulsion.” He revealed to us that he’s received “quite a few threats” for sharing his opinion online.
“If someone wants to publish photos of their genitals, bodily fluids, or anything else of that nature, I shall defend their right to do so. If someone seeks to bully me into enjoying it, I shall calmly state my entirely reasonable opposition,” he said. Read on for our full in-depth interview and be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section below, dear Readers.
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Adam Garrie, who supports abolishing the ‘tampon tax,’ received a large amount of backlash after sharing his opinion about this drawing
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Here’s how people reacted to Garrie’s tweet and what he answered. Quite a few people were upset with his opinion
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“In an age where most schools are concerned with teaching people what to think rather than how to think, it should surprise no one when a simple and reasonable statement can arouse such a storm in a teacup. Beyond this, the remarks of many on the self-described left make something else abundantly clear. We are living in an age in which conceptions of public and private spheres have become worryingly reversed,” Garrie shared his thoughts with Bored Panda.
“Such people believe that the freedom of artistic expression, free speech, and the freedom to assemble should be contingent on the approval of a numerically small but heavily amplified mob. Simultaneous to this, they offer nothing but a whirlwind of execration for those who wish to lead their private life in a manner that is based on the teaching of traditional religions (whether Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc) and on the principle that one’s home is one’s castle. Not only are they comfortable with sharing photos of their bodily fluids and genitals online, but they seek to force those with personally traditional values to revel in the kind of exhibitionism which they enjoy,” he explained his position.
Garrie, who identifies as a libertarian, stated that he has no problem with other people being open about the things that would have been classified as a person’s ‘private life’ in earlier generations. However, he believes that he’s being coerced to follow a single line of thought. “I refuse to genuflect before a movement which seeks to make erstwhile private activities into a kind of public idolatry to which we must all pay tribute,” he said.
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“‘To each their own,’ used to be the mantra of the liberal. Today, however, it would seem that those who disingenuously call themselves liberals have adopted the Maoist principles of conformity through compulsion. In other words, it is not just enough to tolerate one’s point of view (which myself and other libertarians certainly do), but one must publicly endorse it or else be treated as some sort of criminal.”
Garrie continued: “In this sense, my opposition to a piece of crude government propaganda has been most educational. I have seen first hand the intolerance, bigotry, and sexism of those who want all men and all women to think alike. I believe in individual liberty and I shall continue to oppose all those who want to enforce a single point of view on others.”
The radio presenter also had a warning that the political situation might shift in the future; he was open that he’ll be on the frontlines fighting against any censorship, whether enforced by the left or the right.
“To those who revel in the fact that the leftist elite are currently in power, I shall say this: one day, the extreme right may take power and become the new elite. If they do, they shall seek to censor you. As a classical liberal, I shall defend you against them when and if they take power. The words of John Donne ought to toll heavily in the ears of those who think that censorship and bullying is a one-way street. It is certainly not.”
Garrie also said that he’s gotten “multiple unsolicited photos” of people’s genitals and bodily fluids as part of the backlash on Twitter.
And here’s what some other people on Twitter had to say
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In short, Garrie, like most of his critics, believes that abolishing the tax was a positive thing, but he personally objects to broadcasting ‘an image conjuring thoughts of bodily fluids’ on a government channel. In other words, he has different standards for government social media accounts than for private ones.
Some people started calling Garrie’s face “obscene” while others even suggested sending Garrie tampons. Just remember—even if you don’t agree with Garrie’s position, it’s no reason to threaten him. So keep it classy, Pandas.
According to the UK Government’s website, the decision to abolish the ‘tampon tax’ is part of wider action to End Period Poverty that includes rolling out free sanitary products in schools, colleges, as well as hospitals.
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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
He finds a slightly curved piece of string 'overly suggestive' - seriously, how does this person cope with everyday life? Must be offended every five seconds. Pathetic prat.
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E Menendez 5 years ago
I am upset by the fact that the tampon tax is a thing in most U.S. states. I am confused why sanitary supplies are not considered essential everywhere. But I have also seen the posts where men ask why we don't "hold it in until we reach the bathroom", so...
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
That just proves how important teaching everyone the basics of human biology is - either in human biology classes or as sex education. Don't care what you call it (I had both classes in the UK) people need to know about it so that they don't have stupid and impossible expectations.
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Hooked 5 years ago
Is there anyone else who can't figure out WHY he finds the string offensive/obscene ? I read the piece twice and although English is not my first language I'm pretty sure I understand it correctly. He keeps rambling on about liberals, choices, freedom, bodily fluids, genitals, etc, from which none has anything to do with the add or the image. Not directly that is. I just can't figure out from the interview what he finds wrong with the string...... Anyone ???
Remi Flynne 5 years ago
It's often the shape used when drawing a cartoon sperm... Maybe that's where his mind went and the two images together in his head... Oh my! 😮
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Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago
I am one of many who called this guy out on Twitter. Not to brag.
earringnut 5 years ago
So he's real? I mean... not just a made-up account by a troll? Asking out of curiosity.
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Alexis draskinis 5 years ago
So tampon cartoons are "obscene" because they conjure imagines of bodily fluids BUT we've used toilets as a universal sign for bathrooms for as long as i can remember. He does realize what we do/put into toilets right?!
M O'Connell 5 years ago
I'm guessing Everybody Poops wasn't on his parents approved reading list.
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Chaotic_pansexual 5 years ago (edited)
It’s sad because this is a perfect example of these kind of people, because it’s not just online that it happens. I’m only in high school but if I need to ask my friend for a sanitary product during class, it’s like we’re exchanging illegal substances. We have to be so discreet about it because if someone sees us (that isn’t a person who menstruates) they lose their mind. I’m not really sure where all of this came about because it’s quite ridiculous
Carrie Laughs 5 years ago
Let them lose their mind - totally their problem. Pass these things to each other openly and don't let them force you to act like something natural and normal should be hidden. I assume you know they'll react this way because they have? Laugh at them.
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I am pretty sure everyone else who looks at that string just sees a string. I'm not sure what Adam finds so provocative but he needs to realize that it's coming from his kinky head.
Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago
I think he didn't know it was a string till someone told him and then tried to cover up with some misogyny
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Seabeast 5 years ago
"Implication of bodily fluids"?? Um, yeah, it's called "menstruation". Pretty much every female over age 12 and under age 52 does it about once a month, genius.
Aliquid A 4 years ago
His inability to come out and say what he actually means is part of the problem... I think he was talking about the "implication of _male_ bodily fluids"... i.e. he thinks that it looks like a sperm. But he is so uptight, he cant articulate what is bothering him.
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Reynard 5 years ago
It's Elena's boyfriend, apparently, since she's earning downvotes all over this page defending this misogynist.
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Deborah Brett 5 years ago
This is why the string is supposed to be blue, people. So we don't accidentally contaminate innocent minds with thoughts of suggestive bodily fluids. Shock! Horror! Cartoon tampons! It could be *sperm*, or a trickle of (shudder) *feminine secretions*.
Daria Z 5 years ago
I had a good laugh. His female relatives and friends might have had one too :D
DogMatic 5 years ago
He's certainly not a man you could ask to go sanitary product shopping for you in an emergency!
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SheHulk 5 years ago
I don´t think this asshat gives a s**t one way or the other. He is just trying to offend and also covering his ass by the vauge and weird references in his tweet to make a twitter storm. Made me think about Dr. Stranglove and precious bodly fluids! Dr-strange...299647.jpg 
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Me reading this:. It's a cotton spongy thing that is meant for soaking up blood when placed it the intended orifice. A medical thing I would say. How in heck can anyone go all sexual about that? Just because it is used "there"? Wait. It's about the STRING? Holy puritanical notions Batman.
Jessica Rebar 5 years ago
Does he think it's sperm and not a tampon? He keeps mentioning bodily fluids and there is none there unless he is that much mistaken ......
Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago
I think he thought it was a suggestive of "flow" and didn't know a tampon had a string
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TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
🎼🎶Well they say about sixty billion years ago A small fish changed into a tadpole Wackadoo wackadoo...🎵🎶 (Maybe "tadpole" is a clue?)
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
If drawn as a straight line it's incomprehensible, or even looks like a lollypop. He's fine indicating a "problem" but please also present a "solution". (In this case, so we get a second laugh.)
Nora AlMeida 5 years ago
He should be outraged whenever he sees a post with a condom on it (it has some curvature) then, but of course he wouldn’t because his weak misogynist self wouldn’t be fair.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
How this person saw anything obscene is a statement on *their* brain, not on society/advertising/etc. IMHO
Jill Bussey 5 years ago
The only obscenity is that we have paid tax for these essentials for so many years. Do his comments also betray a lack of education in human biology?
J. Normal 5 years ago
I am actually more upset we tax food, but paying high taxes is the "american way" unless you are rich. He is upset the string is curvy... he would have had a real cow if it was straight and frayed at the end.
Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
Some food is untaxed. It depends on if its considered a "staple" or a "luxury" and it may vary by state.
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Lauren Murphy 5 years ago
Are bandaids also obscene because they cover bodily fluids? Asking for a friend.
DC 5 years ago
"Publicising"? Uh, well ... well ... I'm yet to understand why american male humans make such a deal of things like buying tampons for their girlfriend ... it's just a regular product, regularly needed without any wronging around, doesn't need a prescription, doesn't even imply any medical issues that might be seen as embarrassment. I'd understand if this were about, say, adult diapers or so ... although these, too, shouldn't be something to be ashamed of buying (or needing) ... damned, guys over the pond - grow up. And this string-obsessed guy ... I don't get it. Nothing of it. Not even a bit of a bit.
Hazel Waring 5 years ago
The tax on feminine hygiene products in the UK went to women's charities. The money contributed to the Tampon Tax Fund raising more than £62million for charities like Eve Appeal, SafeLives, Women’s Aid, and The Haven. So I hope they're going to be given equal funding now from the government, which get its money from taxes. Hmm.
Shinomi Chan 4 years ago
Tampon is....obscene? WHAT. Never let this man see a menstrual cup. He'll absolutely die of a heart attack
Yvonne Taylor 4 years ago
Ahh but the bodily fluids are a nice pristine blue. 💙Surely that won’t offend him🤦♀️ I’m that old I’ve forgotten
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Jus 5 years ago
If his mother had kept sanitary products on a bathroom shelf, just like mine, for every person to see, he wouldn't have problems now. This is a piece of cotton with a string, seriously! And body fluids? What about a picture of a salivating child? What about diapers, condoms, things in all the sex ads everywhere?! He chose small, clean, useful tampons. Unbelievable.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
This moron clearly didn't get the memo: "Could we make this a 2021 goal? Let's not get offended by silly things that a normal human being wouldn't even notice as offensive."
Mad Mar 5 years ago
Ask him how much tax he pays. Or his wife does for the products. Or his kids. Or his parents. Seriously.
Reynard 5 years ago
Elena, why are you going so ar out of your way to defend this guy in many comments here? What is he to you?
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Christine Ladyman 5 years ago
I wonder if he had one of those earlier Christian upbringings. I had friends who'd been taught to sprinkle talc on the bath water before getting in, by the nuns, lest they should see a reflection of their genitals!!! Also, a psychiatrist i had the misfortune to work with, who adored Freud, he got distraught so often, claiming things were too phallic! Twisted minds.
Jennifer Rice 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure he didn't know that it was string because he's never seen a tampon and got all wound up because he thought it was something else.
Shawn Marie 5 years ago
Imagine he turns green every time he smells a fart. Or sees the curvature of a chair. My gods, does he ever use a toilet? The curves!
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
Ignore this Adam. Clearly he has NO idea what a tampon is, how to use it, doesn't understand a vagina, never has been inside one.
Mad Mar 5 years ago
The usa loves tax. My state ct has a very high tax rate. And it keeps going up. Sanitary products. Birth control for men an women. Daily hygiene items. Soap. Water. Sewage. It's. All. Taxed. But it should just be the price of the item. Not a tacked on tax because they want the money to build a bridge an figure let's tax the tampon. Nope. It's that tampon plus the bridge. Tax tax tax.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 5 years ago
So, you know... taxes are important. I know, it's annoying, but without taxes, you don't have schools, not health-system (oh... sorry, you're from the US, but that's how it works in other countries) and no roads, no national-parks, no goverment-employees, no military... all that stuff is paid for by taxes. I agree that some items are completely ridiculously taxed - hygiene products are not luxury items! - and sometimes the taxation is completely incomprehensible to the regular human being. But man, just put the prices on the products with the tax already included and nobody would have to care how much goes to the gvt and how much of the price remains at the shop and the producer.
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Bacony Cakes 5 years ago
Who the hell is this nerd? Are they the same guy who came up with the YouTube Demonetization System?
Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago
I think he didn't know a tampon had a string and thought it was suggestive of "flow" and when he got schooled about it, didn't want to admit he didn't know, so he dug a deeper hole for himself
Micah Pettit 5 years ago
"you absolute melt" I have no idea what this means but I freaking love it.
Caroline Overill 5 years ago
Perhaps if he draws some eyes and a little nose and whiskers he could pretend it's a little mousie. Of course then it would imply women have to stick little mousies up their do dahs (polite expression) so maybe not.
Grace Skerp 5 years ago
Here's a fun fact for Garrie. Unless he's a test tube baby, until mom's placenta kicked in, for the first few weeks of his life, he existed on menstrual fluid. If bodily fluids are obscene, then you are what you eat, Puddin'
spirit wolf 5 years ago
What he really needs is his head looked into :'D and a god damn hobby.
Donna Leske 5 years ago
I'm so, so, so happy. I laughed several times. First to absorb a British expression "you absolute melt" as I'd just explained that to a friend YESTERDAY and now I can show him this as reinforcement.
Carney 5 years ago
Some men!! Ugh. What is wrong with some of these people? I suppose they focus on the idiotic because real issues, real problems are far beyond their very tiny mental capacity. Can we all say "loser snowflake?"
Board Panda 3 years ago
This Adam Garrie cuckoo is now the "Culture Spokesman" for UKIP!!!! https://bit.ly/3DYx58i Figures, a match made in Heaven, no (tampon) strings attached. ;D ;D ;D
Ray Martin 4 years ago (edited)
As it clearly states in The Snowflake's Bible, "Here lieth the rules of public engagement, and whosoever doth deviate from these commandments doth incur the wrath of the Holy Right --- Step 1 - sayeth something stupid: Step 2 - If challenged, double down thy stupidity: Step 3 - Keeping repeating the stupid, yea even though thou art being mocked, and overlay with more stupid: Step 4 - Go silent and engage not further, but complaineth thou mightily to thy peers on other forums."
M Jones 4 years ago
Let me throw out a broader view. I'm slightly disgusted with these commercials. Tampons, sanitary napkins, incontinence panties, form fitting knit boxers or "tighty whities", womens panties and bras. It's the lack of creativity to shill their products any other way, but showing a naked woman in a shower rubbing the latest body shower soap on herself. Whether it's suggestions in sexuality or pushing a form of hygiene, isn't there a better way? Or let's not forget snot covered laundry.
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
I agree, but as they say "Sex Sells" and retailers will use every manipulative trick that they can come up with to part us from our money, the shysters.
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TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
And that would definitely make his head implode 🤯
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Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago (edited)
It seems obvious to me that he didn't know a tampon had a string and thought it was suggestive of "flow" and then couldn't live with the idea of looking dumb once he got schooled
Nirity 5 years ago
Omg, Adam on your own picture there are so many lines which are not straight but curved - your head is round, your nose, your eyes... Are those curves really necessary? I think you should be wearing a burka to hide all those obscene overly suggestive curves.
Caroline Driver 5 years ago
Mainly I think he's backpedalling frantically and pathetically by pretending to be referring to the string, but if not, then his mind is really weird. I wonder what he makes of cat toys and Christmas tinsel?
Cheryl Senay 5 years ago
Perhaps the bodily fluid from below the belt he is referring to is a sperm. If you squint a little and tilt your head a bit one could imagine this is a representation of one. How utterly scandalous!
Rita Shapiro 5 years ago
Agreed that this loser is a misogynist. Also stipulate that he's most likely an incel. I hope he finds satisfaction praying to his sky fairy and tsk-tsking at those evil tampon users who won't share their bodily fluids with him. P.O.E.!
Yana Makarevitch 5 years ago
Are you sure he's for real? There's no way I'd take it seriously.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
If this person finds tampons visually obscene then DON'T LOOK AT THEM! It seems to me that you have a string fetish! I suppose that's possible with a mentality like yours! There you go you are in a class by YOURSELF STAY THERE AND STAY MUTE!
Marco Conti 4 years ago
That was hysterical. I had to read halfway down the page to learn that he objected to the shape of the string. What? I hadn't even noticed the string. I mean, I did, of course, but it looked like a string and unless they are starched, strings sort of fall more or less on a sinewave. For him to get triggered about it, either he realized, too late, how misogynistic he was being and deflected to the string so he didn't have to tell the entire world that the tampon looks like a mini d**k, or he truly has a warped mind. "The shape of the string". Now I can say I have heard them all.
JustAnother Soul 4 years ago
He’s having a laugh. He’s just winding every one up and getting a good chuckle out of it. Surely?
Corey Wilson 4 years ago
he needs to have a truck load of used kotex to look at now thats a nice view
Briana Landers 4 years ago
The fact that this man doesnt even know the proper history of the political parties AND he cant form a proper argument. Geez. Hes just being picky because his type literally CAN'T be happy with a single thing in the world. Allllways lookin for a fight. Always tryna be some underdog. Guess what buddy. Your not a hero. Your a fragile hag
Tammy Judd 4 years ago
Weird this guy's take on a tampon string, but I'd like just to take this time to express thanks and gratitude to my left leaning fellow members of humanity in finally, at last getting on board with eliminating a tax. Kudos to all of you for at last seeing the harm, and unfairness of certain taxes.
Sarah 4 years ago
I genuinely don't understand the upset behind tampons (and pads) being taxed. Almost all goods we purchase are taxed, even things that are essential. Toilet paper, diapers, most groceries, other personal care items (like soap), ...nearly everything. Not trying to be a jerk or anything (I mean hey, if someone makes my tampons less expensive, great!) just honestly not following the debate. Anyone want to share their thoughts? I'd love to hear the ideas behind the topic.
Monika Wyrwicz 4 years ago
I think he lies its all because of depopulation politics which is goimg on now and this tampon with the string resembles a sperm cell ,there is overpopulation and they dont want people to reproduce ;)))
Evelyn Haskins 4 years ago (edited)
What, for heaven's sake is obscene about bodily fluids?? We all have them. Yeah, we don't want them spread around as they can spread various diseases - so therefore he should see Tampons as the very opposite of Obscene, They prevent bodily fluids (like menstrual blood getting onto other things -- like seats, and undies. I see them as very similar to Handkerchiefs (tissues) and masks (in the Days of COVID) in preventing bodily fluids from getting on things for both hygiene and decency's sake
Maggie King 4 years ago
My grandmother blushed when the Playtex Living Brassiere ads came on in the 60s. As a 60s rebel and feminist, I fought for legal abortion and the end of the stigma of "babies born out of wedlock". The brouhaha over this minute issue is sooo sad. I think that my millennial daughter and friends have not only missed the point of our movement but also lost their sense of humor. And society has lost any pretense of good manners. Aren't there bigger issues worth your impassioned defense?? Like FGM or thousands of untested sexual assault kits in police warehouses? The gentleman is voicing an opinion....ok,a stupid one but move on. AND, I would've photographed a wrapped tampon, but I am hopelessly old and still bear the modicum of modesty typical of "nice girls" in my era....I also cringe at gratuitous sex on TV, just a step up from my Nana's bra ads.
Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 4 years ago
Oh my lord. It's a string attached to cotton that makes it so that no blood gets on your clothes causing stains and/or mortifying embarrassment from immature people who still laugh at potty humor. I think that's all the explanation needed.
Sakura 4 years ago
Also uh... "leftist elite"? Leftism is by definition anti-capitalism and quite often anti-government, or at least anti-authoritarian. If your country has a capitalist government, like the US, then there is no "leftist elite" in it, because if so your country would not have a capitalist government anymore.
Frozengeckolover 4 years ago (edited)
If the string in the drawing was straight, it would look like a popsicle (ice lolly). I think this guy just has a dirty mind: he is visualizing the curve of a woman's parts, and the curve that the string would assume while inside of her. Edit: when I showed my husband the original ad, he just said, "That's good. Women should get that stuff for free." When I showed him that guy's rant, he said, "Hmm. Sounds like he needs some of those tampons himself." Lol.
Emiri-chan 4 years ago (edited)
Maybe he's just joking. Sure sounds like he is. Please tell me he is. He HAS to be trolling around.
Smitten Kitten 5 years ago
This guy is obviously struggling with mysophobia, the amount of times he references bodily fluids shows a rather unhealthy obsession.
Troy Ison 5 years ago
He's offended because 'to him', it looks like sperm because of the curvy string. And obviously he can't even bring himself to say 'sperm'. Dude has lots of internalised issues that quite likely will never be resolved. He should have recognised that and not said anything, but he also has an internalised need to be understood. There's a huge Lifetime Movie somewhere in this guys head...Meredith Baxter Birnie can play his weird mom.
Christine Ladyman 5 years ago
Boy, Freud would have a field day with this guy! Such a prude as well as a misogynist. But, the worst part is that it was the string that bothered him!!!? I do hope he gets some help.
JayWantsACat 5 years ago
I wonder of he'd find a straight, rigid string also obscene. He would.
Pan Narrans 5 years ago
Note his 'sedate 90 degree angle' remark: the obscenity in this picture is the fact that the tampon reaches 45 degrees and his W***y won't go higher than 'a flat 90'.
Amy Stone-Chandler 4 years ago
Yeah dude. We "Get it." Your an obese white man in a suit who gets your panties in a knot easily. Twat.
Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
I bet he'd be REALLY upset if they'd made the string straight and stiff like it gets when it actually is soaked with menstrual blood. Dickhead!
Kieron Macken 5 years ago
Is he trying to suggest that the cartoon image of the tampon looks somehow like a sperm cell? I get the feeling this guy self flagellates every night because he had an "unclean thought". There needs to be an IQ test before you are allowed access to the internet.
Christine Maxfield 5 years ago
Why give this guy a platform for his views BoredPanda? You certainly let him dither on about his weird, wrong and outdated opinions.
Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
He finds a slightly curved piece of string 'overly suggestive' - seriously, how does this person cope with everyday life? Must be offended every five seconds. Pathetic prat.
Load More Replies... E Menendez 5 years ago
I am upset by the fact that the tampon tax is a thing in most U.S. states. I am confused why sanitary supplies are not considered essential everywhere. But I have also seen the posts where men ask why we don't "hold it in until we reach the bathroom", so...
Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
That just proves how important teaching everyone the basics of human biology is - either in human biology classes or as sex education. Don't care what you call it (I had both classes in the UK) people need to know about it so that they don't have stupid and impossible expectations.
Load More Replies... Hooked 5 years ago
Is there anyone else who can't figure out WHY he finds the string offensive/obscene ? I read the piece twice and although English is not my first language I'm pretty sure I understand it correctly. He keeps rambling on about liberals, choices, freedom, bodily fluids, genitals, etc, from which none has anything to do with the add or the image. Not directly that is. I just can't figure out from the interview what he finds wrong with the string...... Anyone ???
Remi Flynne 5 years ago
It's often the shape used when drawing a cartoon sperm... Maybe that's where his mind went and the two images together in his head... Oh my! 😮
Load More Replies... Luther von Wolfen 5 years ago
I am one of many who called this guy out on Twitter. Not to brag.
earringnut 5 years ago
So he's real? I mean... not just a made-up account by a troll? Asking out of curiosity.
Load More Replies... Alexis draskinis 5 years ago
So tampon cartoons are "obscene" because they conjure imagines of bodily fluids BUT we've used toilets as a universal sign for bathrooms for as long as i can remember. He does realize what we do/put into toilets right?!
M O'Connell 5 years ago
I'm guessing Everybody Poops wasn't on his parents approved reading list.
Load More Replies... Chaotic_pansexual 5 years ago (edited)
It’s sad because this is a perfect example of these kind of people, because it’s not just online that it happens. I’m only in high school but if I need to ask my friend for a sanitary product during class, it’s like we’re exchanging illegal substances. We have to be so discreet about it because if someone sees us (that isn’t a person who menstruates) they lose their mind. I’m not really sure where all of this came about because it’s quite ridiculous
Carrie Laughs 5 years ago
Let them lose their mind - totally their problem. Pass these things to each other openly and don't let them force you to act like something natural and normal should be hidden. I assume you know they'll react this way because they have? Laugh at them.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I am pretty sure everyone else who looks at that string just sees a string. I'm not sure what Adam finds so provocative but he needs to realize that it's coming from his kinky head.
Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago
I think he didn't know it was a string till someone told him and then tried to cover up with some misogyny
Load More Replies... Seabeast 5 years ago
"Implication of bodily fluids"?? Um, yeah, it's called "menstruation". Pretty much every female over age 12 and under age 52 does it about once a month, genius.
Aliquid A 4 years ago
His inability to come out and say what he actually means is part of the problem... I think he was talking about the "implication of _male_ bodily fluids"... i.e. he thinks that it looks like a sperm. But he is so uptight, he cant articulate what is bothering him.
Load More Replies... Reynard 5 years ago
It's Elena's boyfriend, apparently, since she's earning downvotes all over this page defending this misogynist.
Load More Replies... Deborah Brett 5 years ago
This is why the string is supposed to be blue, people. So we don't accidentally contaminate innocent minds with thoughts of suggestive bodily fluids. Shock! Horror! Cartoon tampons! It could be *sperm*, or a trickle of (shudder) *feminine secretions*.
Daria Z 5 years ago
I had a good laugh. His female relatives and friends might have had one too :D
DogMatic 5 years ago
He's certainly not a man you could ask to go sanitary product shopping for you in an emergency!
Load More Replies... SheHulk 5 years ago
I don´t think this asshat gives a s**t one way or the other. He is just trying to offend and also covering his ass by the vauge and weird references in his tweet to make a twitter storm. Made me think about Dr. Stranglove and precious bodly fluids! Dr-strange...299647.jpg
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Me reading this:. It's a cotton spongy thing that is meant for soaking up blood when placed it the intended orifice. A medical thing I would say. How in heck can anyone go all sexual about that? Just because it is used "there"? Wait. It's about the STRING? Holy puritanical notions Batman.
Jessica Rebar 5 years ago
Does he think it's sperm and not a tampon? He keeps mentioning bodily fluids and there is none there unless he is that much mistaken ......
Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago
I think he thought it was a suggestive of "flow" and didn't know a tampon had a string
Load More Replies... TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
🎼🎶Well they say about sixty billion years ago A small fish changed into a tadpole Wackadoo wackadoo...🎵🎶 (Maybe "tadpole" is a clue?)
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
If drawn as a straight line it's incomprehensible, or even looks like a lollypop. He's fine indicating a "problem" but please also present a "solution". (In this case, so we get a second laugh.)
Nora AlMeida 5 years ago
He should be outraged whenever he sees a post with a condom on it (it has some curvature) then, but of course he wouldn’t because his weak misogynist self wouldn’t be fair.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
How this person saw anything obscene is a statement on *their* brain, not on society/advertising/etc. IMHO
Jill Bussey 5 years ago
The only obscenity is that we have paid tax for these essentials for so many years. Do his comments also betray a lack of education in human biology?
J. Normal 5 years ago
I am actually more upset we tax food, but paying high taxes is the "american way" unless you are rich. He is upset the string is curvy... he would have had a real cow if it was straight and frayed at the end.
Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
Some food is untaxed. It depends on if its considered a "staple" or a "luxury" and it may vary by state.
Load More Replies... Lauren Murphy 5 years ago
Are bandaids also obscene because they cover bodily fluids? Asking for a friend.
DC 5 years ago
"Publicising"? Uh, well ... well ... I'm yet to understand why american male humans make such a deal of things like buying tampons for their girlfriend ... it's just a regular product, regularly needed without any wronging around, doesn't need a prescription, doesn't even imply any medical issues that might be seen as embarrassment. I'd understand if this were about, say, adult diapers or so ... although these, too, shouldn't be something to be ashamed of buying (or needing) ... damned, guys over the pond - grow up. And this string-obsessed guy ... I don't get it. Nothing of it. Not even a bit of a bit.
Hazel Waring 5 years ago
The tax on feminine hygiene products in the UK went to women's charities. The money contributed to the Tampon Tax Fund raising more than £62million for charities like Eve Appeal, SafeLives, Women’s Aid, and The Haven. So I hope they're going to be given equal funding now from the government, which get its money from taxes. Hmm.
Shinomi Chan 4 years ago
Tampon is....obscene? WHAT. Never let this man see a menstrual cup. He'll absolutely die of a heart attack
Yvonne Taylor 4 years ago
Ahh but the bodily fluids are a nice pristine blue. 💙Surely that won’t offend him🤦♀️ I’m that old I’ve forgotten
Load More Replies... Jus 5 years ago
If his mother had kept sanitary products on a bathroom shelf, just like mine, for every person to see, he wouldn't have problems now. This is a piece of cotton with a string, seriously! And body fluids? What about a picture of a salivating child? What about diapers, condoms, things in all the sex ads everywhere?! He chose small, clean, useful tampons. Unbelievable.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
This moron clearly didn't get the memo: "Could we make this a 2021 goal? Let's not get offended by silly things that a normal human being wouldn't even notice as offensive."
Mad Mar 5 years ago
Ask him how much tax he pays. Or his wife does for the products. Or his kids. Or his parents. Seriously.
Reynard 5 years ago
Elena, why are you going so ar out of your way to defend this guy in many comments here? What is he to you?
Load More Replies... Christine Ladyman 5 years ago
I wonder if he had one of those earlier Christian upbringings. I had friends who'd been taught to sprinkle talc on the bath water before getting in, by the nuns, lest they should see a reflection of their genitals!!! Also, a psychiatrist i had the misfortune to work with, who adored Freud, he got distraught so often, claiming things were too phallic! Twisted minds.
Jennifer Rice 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure he didn't know that it was string because he's never seen a tampon and got all wound up because he thought it was something else.
Shawn Marie 5 years ago
Imagine he turns green every time he smells a fart. Or sees the curvature of a chair. My gods, does he ever use a toilet? The curves!
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
Ignore this Adam. Clearly he has NO idea what a tampon is, how to use it, doesn't understand a vagina, never has been inside one.
Mad Mar 5 years ago
The usa loves tax. My state ct has a very high tax rate. And it keeps going up. Sanitary products. Birth control for men an women. Daily hygiene items. Soap. Water. Sewage. It's. All. Taxed. But it should just be the price of the item. Not a tacked on tax because they want the money to build a bridge an figure let's tax the tampon. Nope. It's that tampon plus the bridge. Tax tax tax.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 5 years ago
So, you know... taxes are important. I know, it's annoying, but without taxes, you don't have schools, not health-system (oh... sorry, you're from the US, but that's how it works in other countries) and no roads, no national-parks, no goverment-employees, no military... all that stuff is paid for by taxes. I agree that some items are completely ridiculously taxed - hygiene products are not luxury items! - and sometimes the taxation is completely incomprehensible to the regular human being. But man, just put the prices on the products with the tax already included and nobody would have to care how much goes to the gvt and how much of the price remains at the shop and the producer.
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 5 years ago
Who the hell is this nerd? Are they the same guy who came up with the YouTube Demonetization System?
Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago
I think he didn't know a tampon had a string and thought it was suggestive of "flow" and when he got schooled about it, didn't want to admit he didn't know, so he dug a deeper hole for himself
Micah Pettit 5 years ago
"you absolute melt" I have no idea what this means but I freaking love it.
Caroline Overill 5 years ago
Perhaps if he draws some eyes and a little nose and whiskers he could pretend it's a little mousie. Of course then it would imply women have to stick little mousies up their do dahs (polite expression) so maybe not.
Grace Skerp 5 years ago
Here's a fun fact for Garrie. Unless he's a test tube baby, until mom's placenta kicked in, for the first few weeks of his life, he existed on menstrual fluid. If bodily fluids are obscene, then you are what you eat, Puddin'
spirit wolf 5 years ago
What he really needs is his head looked into :'D and a god damn hobby.
Donna Leske 5 years ago
I'm so, so, so happy. I laughed several times. First to absorb a British expression "you absolute melt" as I'd just explained that to a friend YESTERDAY and now I can show him this as reinforcement.
Carney 5 years ago
Some men!! Ugh. What is wrong with some of these people? I suppose they focus on the idiotic because real issues, real problems are far beyond their very tiny mental capacity. Can we all say "loser snowflake?"
Board Panda 3 years ago
This Adam Garrie cuckoo is now the "Culture Spokesman" for UKIP!!!! https://bit.ly/3DYx58i Figures, a match made in Heaven, no (tampon) strings attached. ;D ;D ;D
Ray Martin 4 years ago (edited)
As it clearly states in The Snowflake's Bible, "Here lieth the rules of public engagement, and whosoever doth deviate from these commandments doth incur the wrath of the Holy Right --- Step 1 - sayeth something stupid: Step 2 - If challenged, double down thy stupidity: Step 3 - Keeping repeating the stupid, yea even though thou art being mocked, and overlay with more stupid: Step 4 - Go silent and engage not further, but complaineth thou mightily to thy peers on other forums."
M Jones 4 years ago
Let me throw out a broader view. I'm slightly disgusted with these commercials. Tampons, sanitary napkins, incontinence panties, form fitting knit boxers or "tighty whities", womens panties and bras. It's the lack of creativity to shill their products any other way, but showing a naked woman in a shower rubbing the latest body shower soap on herself. Whether it's suggestions in sexuality or pushing a form of hygiene, isn't there a better way? Or let's not forget snot covered laundry.
TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
I agree, but as they say "Sex Sells" and retailers will use every manipulative trick that they can come up with to part us from our money, the shysters.
Load More Replies... TheAnimalLady 4 years ago
And that would definitely make his head implode 🤯
Load More Replies... Stephen Atterbury 5 years ago (edited)
It seems obvious to me that he didn't know a tampon had a string and thought it was suggestive of "flow" and then couldn't live with the idea of looking dumb once he got schooled
Nirity 5 years ago
Omg, Adam on your own picture there are so many lines which are not straight but curved - your head is round, your nose, your eyes... Are those curves really necessary? I think you should be wearing a burka to hide all those obscene overly suggestive curves.
Caroline Driver 5 years ago
Mainly I think he's backpedalling frantically and pathetically by pretending to be referring to the string, but if not, then his mind is really weird. I wonder what he makes of cat toys and Christmas tinsel?
Cheryl Senay 5 years ago
Perhaps the bodily fluid from below the belt he is referring to is a sperm. If you squint a little and tilt your head a bit one could imagine this is a representation of one. How utterly scandalous!
Rita Shapiro 5 years ago
Agreed that this loser is a misogynist. Also stipulate that he's most likely an incel. I hope he finds satisfaction praying to his sky fairy and tsk-tsking at those evil tampon users who won't share their bodily fluids with him. P.O.E.!
Yana Makarevitch 5 years ago
Are you sure he's for real? There's no way I'd take it seriously.
Brian Bennett 4 years ago
If this person finds tampons visually obscene then DON'T LOOK AT THEM! It seems to me that you have a string fetish! I suppose that's possible with a mentality like yours! There you go you are in a class by YOURSELF STAY THERE AND STAY MUTE!
Marco Conti 4 years ago
That was hysterical. I had to read halfway down the page to learn that he objected to the shape of the string. What? I hadn't even noticed the string. I mean, I did, of course, but it looked like a string and unless they are starched, strings sort of fall more or less on a sinewave. For him to get triggered about it, either he realized, too late, how misogynistic he was being and deflected to the string so he didn't have to tell the entire world that the tampon looks like a mini d**k, or he truly has a warped mind. "The shape of the string". Now I can say I have heard them all.
JustAnother Soul 4 years ago
He’s having a laugh. He’s just winding every one up and getting a good chuckle out of it. Surely?
Corey Wilson 4 years ago
he needs to have a truck load of used kotex to look at now thats a nice view
Briana Landers 4 years ago
The fact that this man doesnt even know the proper history of the political parties AND he cant form a proper argument. Geez. Hes just being picky because his type literally CAN'T be happy with a single thing in the world. Allllways lookin for a fight. Always tryna be some underdog. Guess what buddy. Your not a hero. Your a fragile hag
Tammy Judd 4 years ago
Weird this guy's take on a tampon string, but I'd like just to take this time to express thanks and gratitude to my left leaning fellow members of humanity in finally, at last getting on board with eliminating a tax. Kudos to all of you for at last seeing the harm, and unfairness of certain taxes.
Sarah 4 years ago
I genuinely don't understand the upset behind tampons (and pads) being taxed. Almost all goods we purchase are taxed, even things that are essential. Toilet paper, diapers, most groceries, other personal care items (like soap), ...nearly everything. Not trying to be a jerk or anything (I mean hey, if someone makes my tampons less expensive, great!) just honestly not following the debate. Anyone want to share their thoughts? I'd love to hear the ideas behind the topic.
Monika Wyrwicz 4 years ago
I think he lies its all because of depopulation politics which is goimg on now and this tampon with the string resembles a sperm cell ,there is overpopulation and they dont want people to reproduce ;)))
Evelyn Haskins 4 years ago (edited)
What, for heaven's sake is obscene about bodily fluids?? We all have them. Yeah, we don't want them spread around as they can spread various diseases - so therefore he should see Tampons as the very opposite of Obscene, They prevent bodily fluids (like menstrual blood getting onto other things -- like seats, and undies. I see them as very similar to Handkerchiefs (tissues) and masks (in the Days of COVID) in preventing bodily fluids from getting on things for both hygiene and decency's sake
Maggie King 4 years ago
My grandmother blushed when the Playtex Living Brassiere ads came on in the 60s. As a 60s rebel and feminist, I fought for legal abortion and the end of the stigma of "babies born out of wedlock". The brouhaha over this minute issue is sooo sad. I think that my millennial daughter and friends have not only missed the point of our movement but also lost their sense of humor. And society has lost any pretense of good manners. Aren't there bigger issues worth your impassioned defense?? Like FGM or thousands of untested sexual assault kits in police warehouses? The gentleman is voicing an opinion....ok,a stupid one but move on. AND, I would've photographed a wrapped tampon, but I am hopelessly old and still bear the modicum of modesty typical of "nice girls" in my era....I also cringe at gratuitous sex on TV, just a step up from my Nana's bra ads.
Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 4 years ago
Oh my lord. It's a string attached to cotton that makes it so that no blood gets on your clothes causing stains and/or mortifying embarrassment from immature people who still laugh at potty humor. I think that's all the explanation needed.
Sakura 4 years ago
Also uh... "leftist elite"? Leftism is by definition anti-capitalism and quite often anti-government, or at least anti-authoritarian. If your country has a capitalist government, like the US, then there is no "leftist elite" in it, because if so your country would not have a capitalist government anymore.
Frozengeckolover 4 years ago (edited)
If the string in the drawing was straight, it would look like a popsicle (ice lolly). I think this guy just has a dirty mind: he is visualizing the curve of a woman's parts, and the curve that the string would assume while inside of her. Edit: when I showed my husband the original ad, he just said, "That's good. Women should get that stuff for free." When I showed him that guy's rant, he said, "Hmm. Sounds like he needs some of those tampons himself." Lol.
Emiri-chan 4 years ago (edited)
Maybe he's just joking. Sure sounds like he is. Please tell me he is. He HAS to be trolling around.
Smitten Kitten 5 years ago
This guy is obviously struggling with mysophobia, the amount of times he references bodily fluids shows a rather unhealthy obsession.
Troy Ison 5 years ago
He's offended because 'to him', it looks like sperm because of the curvy string. And obviously he can't even bring himself to say 'sperm'. Dude has lots of internalised issues that quite likely will never be resolved. He should have recognised that and not said anything, but he also has an internalised need to be understood. There's a huge Lifetime Movie somewhere in this guys head...Meredith Baxter Birnie can play his weird mom.
Christine Ladyman 5 years ago
Boy, Freud would have a field day with this guy! Such a prude as well as a misogynist. But, the worst part is that it was the string that bothered him!!!? I do hope he gets some help.
JayWantsACat 5 years ago
I wonder of he'd find a straight, rigid string also obscene. He would.
Pan Narrans 5 years ago
Note his 'sedate 90 degree angle' remark: the obscenity in this picture is the fact that the tampon reaches 45 degrees and his W***y won't go higher than 'a flat 90'.
Amy Stone-Chandler 4 years ago
Yeah dude. We "Get it." Your an obese white man in a suit who gets your panties in a knot easily. Twat.
Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
I bet he'd be REALLY upset if they'd made the string straight and stiff like it gets when it actually is soaked with menstrual blood. Dickhead!
Kieron Macken 5 years ago
Is he trying to suggest that the cartoon image of the tampon looks somehow like a sperm cell? I get the feeling this guy self flagellates every night because he had an "unclean thought". There needs to be an IQ test before you are allowed access to the internet.
Christine Maxfield 5 years ago
Why give this guy a platform for his views BoredPanda? You certainly let him dither on about his weird, wrong and outdated opinions.
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