Another post I'm not up to making on Tumblr

[soc_puppet]

Going back for a moment to "Tampon Tim" Walz: I feel like there's a very good argument to be made for tampons to be available in every single classroom across the country, and that is that they can be used in an emergency to plug bullet and other puncture-type wounds.

And if people aren't comfortable with that, they can always work on ways to reduce school shootings instead.

Comments

[grayestofghosts]

I remember the urban legend being that tampons were originally invented for this purpose and weren't used for period hygiene until later.

[soc_puppet]

Oh, I hadn't heard that one! That's kind of a neat idea for something that's probably not true.

[grayestofghosts]

Yeah, it was something like, they were originally made for bullet wounds and some field nurses were like "hey wait a minute, you know what these would be perfect for?"

And then there was like the idea that the very first tampons came from ancient Egypt? I have no idea the veracity of that one.

I dunno, this was the kind of stuff you hear in the girl's cabin at sleepaway camp.