This story always drives me insane. I’m a woman with endometriosis. When I was younger and was being dismissed as “dramatic” and “attention seeking”, I absolutely had times where I went through a tampon an hour for 6 days straight (even overnight, had to set an alarm every hour to go swap), so 100 tampons for 6 days isn’t actually ridiculous.
always drives me insane that people think that they should have packed less. imagine running out of something in space that is cheap, light, necessary for lots of reasons and in a situation where things can go wrong, yes it was a week trip, but, sometimes that week trip can get extended because things can go wrong.
This is a really good point. Never thought of that. There’s really no limit to how adaptable a tampon can be in an environment where a leak can be catastrophic.
Sure, I’m an edge case, but I’m just saying that this isn’t entirely ridiculous. Are most women going to need 100 tampons for 6 days? No. But it’s not like it’s some absolutely absurd amount that no women would ever need, it’s actually realistic for a very small percentage of us, and it’s always told like hur hur this is so dumb. It’s really not. It’s worth asking.
The story comes from a stand-up comedian’s set. It is not a true story or a real thing that happened. The real story that the comedian’s joke is based on was NASA did ask Sally Ride if 100 tampons would be enough, but they did not actually send her with 100 tampons. So yes, they did ask the woman.
This story always drives me insane. I’m a woman with endometriosis. When I was younger and was being dismissed as “dramatic” and “attention seeking”, I absolutely had times where I went through a tampon an hour for 6 days straight (even overnight, had to set an alarm every hour to go swap), so 100 tampons for 6 days isn’t actually ridiculous.
always drives me insane that people think that they should have packed less. imagine running out of something in space that is cheap, light, necessary for lots of reasons and in a situation where things can go wrong, yes it was a week trip, but, sometimes that week trip can get extended because things can go wrong.
This is a really good point. Never thought of that. There’s really no limit to how adaptable a tampon can be in an environment where a leak can be catastrophic.
Also like 100 tampons don’t take up that much room, afaik they don’t expire if stored properly either.
Yeah only thing is that they start to taste stale after a week or so, otherwise fine.
You can just mask that taste with more sauce
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I pray for you 🙏
You poor fucking thing. Just reading that made my guts churn
It’s ridiculous that they didn’t ask the woman, you’re obviously an edge case.
Sure, I’m an edge case, but I’m just saying that this isn’t entirely ridiculous. Are most women going to need 100 tampons for 6 days? No. But it’s not like it’s some absolutely absurd amount that no women would ever need, it’s actually realistic for a very small percentage of us, and it’s always told like hur hur this is so dumb. It’s really not. It’s worth asking.
The story comes from a stand-up comedian’s set. It is not a true story or a real thing that happened. The real story that the comedian’s joke is based on was NASA did ask Sally Ride if 100 tampons would be enough, but they did not actually send her with 100 tampons. So yes, they did ask the woman.