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by ben_tilly
6/19/06 7:48:50 PM
6/19/06 7:49:30 PM
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New Note that that's not a one-time failure rate
That's typical odds of getting pregnant after one year of routine sex while using that method of birth control. The wide difference reflects differing source's interpretations of what level of ignorance qualifies as using.

For instance many teenagers and young adults believe that they are properly using condoms if they make sure the condom is on when they orgasm. Some studies would include these misguided souls as using condoms, others would not.

Cheers,
Ben
The great masses of people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. -- Adolf Hitler
Collapse Edited by ben_tilly June 19, 2006, 07:49:30 PM EDT
That's not a one-time failure
That's typical odds of getting pregnant after one year of routine sex while using that method of birth control. The wide difference reflects differing source's interpretations of what level of ignorance qualifies as using.

For instance many teenagers and young adults believe that they are properly using condoms if they make sure the condom is on when they orgasm. Some studies would include these misguided souls as using condoms, others would not.

Cheers,
Ben
The great masses of people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. -- Adolf Hitler
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     After 15 years, you haven't figured it out? - (ratbastard) - (59) - June 20, 2006, 08:37:08 AM EDT
         You'd have my sympathies except for the nickname. -NT - (warmachine) - (7) - June 19, 2006, 04:14:51 PM EDT
             The nickname was chosen for a reason. - (ratbastard) - (6) - June 19, 2006, 04:21:21 PM EDT
                 You're not a ratbastard - (imqwerky) - (4) - June 19, 2006, 04:57:04 PM EDT
                     If he feels that ratbastard is a good description - (ben_tilly) - (3) - June 19, 2006, 07:51:15 PM EDT
                         He assumed the females would judge him - (imqwerky) - (2) - June 19, 2006, 07:56:27 PM EDT
                             Correct. Thank you. -NT - (ratbastard) - June 19, 2006, 08:13:04 PM EDT
                             I'm not judging him either - (Nightowl) - June 19, 2006, 09:52:45 PM EDT
                 The wisest men choose their own direction... - (warmachine) - June 20, 2006, 03:11:54 AM EDT
         Certainly sounds like a learning experience... - (hnick) - June 19, 2006, 04:48:19 PM EDT
         What, 15 years ago YOU hadn't figured out... - (CRConrad) - (18) - June 19, 2006, 04:53:23 PM EDT
             Dr. Condom has been known to fail on ocassion, Fuckwit. -NT - (ratbastard) - (2) - June 19, 2006, 05:06:42 PM EDT
                 On occasion??? - (hnick) - (1) - June 19, 2006, 05:30:08 PM EDT
                     Note that that's not a one-time failure rate - (ben_tilly) - June 19, 2006, 07:49:30 PM EDT
             I can see that you've been through sex miseducation - (ben_tilly) - (14) - June 19, 2006, 07:58:41 PM EDT
                 No, you disgustingly smug little fuckwit, you THINK you can. - (CRConrad) - (13) - June 20, 2006, 04:20:32 AM EDT
                     Let me run some statistics - (ben_tilly) - (12) - June 20, 2006, 04:49:40 AM EDT
                         Not to use the Mark Twain (or Disraeli) line, these stats... - (CRConrad) - (11) - June 20, 2006, 07:02:24 AM EDT
                             Since you seem to be slow on comprehension - (ben_tilly) - (10) - June 20, 2006, 03:34:53 PM EDT
                                 There you go again... No, I'm not. YOU, OTOH, definitely are - (CRConrad) - (9) - June 20, 2006, 06:05:10 PM EDT
                                     I began a complete response to this - (ben_tilly) - (8) - June 20, 2006, 09:18:03 PM EDT
                                         That might be true - (jake123) - (7) - June 21, 2006, 05:52:49 AM EDT
                                             He shouldn't, but I'm not surprised if he does -NT - (ben_tilly) - (6) - June 21, 2006, 12:57:35 PM EDT
                                                 That doesn't change the fact that he's still punishing the - (jake123) - (5) - June 21, 2006, 03:21:59 PM EDT
                                                     Agreed, but emotions are not logical - (ben_tilly) - (4) - June 21, 2006, 03:40:21 PM EDT
                                                         You sound like Mr. Spock -NT - (bionerd) - (3) - June 21, 2006, 09:14:38 PM EDT
                                                             /me raises an eyebrow - (ben_tilly) - (2) - June 21, 2006, 09:37:18 PM EDT
                                                                 Fascinating..... -NT - (n3jja) - (1) - June 21, 2006, 09:28:18 PM EDT
                                                                     Dammit Jim, I'm a Doctor! Not a Greenblood! -NT - (folkert) - June 22, 2006, 08:07:47 AM EDT
         Mr Ratbastard, fine last paragraph, excellent note -NT - (boxley) - June 19, 2006, 05:28:11 PM EDT
         Life's like that sometimes. Thanks for posting. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 19, 2006, 07:17:12 PM EDT
         One nit - (ben_tilly) - (3) - June 19, 2006, 08:04:03 PM EDT
             Re: One nit - (imqwerky) - June 19, 2006, 08:15:15 PM EDT
             Re: One nit - (ratbastard) - (1) - June 19, 2006, 08:26:50 PM EDT
                 Then that should be a relief to her -NT - (ben_tilly) - June 19, 2006, 08:31:29 PM EDT
         Let's turn this dupe into an ICLRPD - (ben_tilly) - June 19, 2006, 08:22:58 PM EDT
         You're not getting off the hook so easy with me. - (bionerd) - (3) - June 20, 2006, 08:20:10 AM EDT
             Nature vs. nurture - (drewk) - (1) - June 20, 2006, 09:09:10 AM EDT
                 No, Laura's got a point - (ben_tilly) - June 20, 2006, 02:38:17 PM EDT
             On the other hand... - (Another Scott) - June 20, 2006, 10:10:59 AM EDT
         And now, the version I will probably send. - (ratbastard) - (16) - June 20, 2006, 06:39:53 PM EDT
             /me likes, short and to the point -NT - (boxley) - June 20, 2006, 06:56:50 PM EDT
             Been there. done that - (beentheredonethat) - (14) - June 21, 2006, 12:07:39 AM EDT
                 Welcome you first time poster and fuck you. - (Silverlock) - (13) - June 21, 2006, 12:27:20 AM EDT
                     Fuck you too, dear friend. - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 21, 2006, 02:40:04 AM EDT
                         No he does not write like me - (orion) - July 30, 2006, 03:51:05 PM EDT
                     I told you I'll be back. - (orion) - (8) - July 30, 2006, 03:48:45 PM EDT
                         You earned those comparisons. - (bepatient) - (5) - July 30, 2006, 04:23:15 PM EDT
                             Re: You earned those comparisons. - (orion) - (4) - July 30, 2006, 04:25:45 PM EDT
                                 Unjustified and untrue? - (bepatient) - (3) - July 30, 2006, 05:07:35 PM EDT
                                     Re: Unjustified and untrue? - (orion) - (2) - July 30, 2006, 05:13:27 PM EDT
                                         That wasn't the reference - (bepatient) - July 30, 2006, 05:36:36 PM EDT
                                         I really don't want to see a response to this item... - (ChrisR) - July 30, 2006, 06:01:40 PM EDT
                         Just a suggestion... - (ChrisR) - (1) - July 30, 2006, 05:25:52 PM EDT
                             Re: Just a suggestion... - (orion) - July 30, 2006, 05:28:44 PM EDT
                     motherfucker do you even read these posts? - (boxley) - (1) - July 30, 2006, 05:30:58 PM EDT
                         Why yes, shit-for-brains, yes I do. - (Silverlock) - July 31, 2006, 07:20:05 AM EDT
         Holy Shit.. let me guess: you 'program' stuff. - (Ashton) - (2) - June 20, 2006, 08:18:56 PM EDT
             Welcome back! and your closure remark is good advice -NT - (boxley) - (1) - June 20, 2006, 10:12:38 PM EDT
                 Ditto that! It's good to see you, Ashton! - (Nightowl) - June 21, 2006, 10:00:40 AM EDT

You're typing on a device that stores trillions of pieces of data and makes billions of computations per second with the ability to grab data on almost anything from around the world in milliseconds, using electricity transmitted from hundreds of kilometers through wires on towers dozens of meters tall connected to megastructures that do things like burn coal as fast as entire trains can pull into the yard, or spin in the wind with blades the size of jumbo jets, or the like, which were delivered to their location by vehicles with computer-timed engines burning a fuel that was pumped up halfway around the world from up to half a dozen kilometers underground and locked into complex strata (through wells drilled by diamond-lined bores that can be remote-control steered as they go), shipped around the world in tankers with volumes the size of large city blocks and the height of apartment complexes, run through complex chemical processes in unimaginable quantities, distributed nationwide and sold to you at a corner store for $1.80 a gallon, which you then pay for with a little piece of microchipped plastic, if not a smartphone, which does all of the aforementioned computer stuff but in a box the size of your hand that tolerates getting beaten up in your pocket all day.

But technology never seems to advance...


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