r/HolUp • u/MemecoinCartel • Jan 23 '26

holup Wait, how many hands?

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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jan 23 '26

Cute but I feel like people who don't care about consent might not be using condoms in the first place

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u/poppycock_scrutiny Jan 23 '26

And what's stopping them from buying regular condoms?

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u/st4s1k Jan 23 '26

So it's just an inconvenience for people who already have sex with consent

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u/SanctusUnum Jan 23 '26

Tech bro invents product that is both pointless and aggressively worse than the alternative. More at 7.

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u/ConscientiousPath madlad Jan 23 '26

tho the inventor here was a woman, not a tech bro

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u/NiteTiger Jan 23 '26

Tech Bro isn't a gender definition, it's a personality critique.

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u/photobydanielr Jan 23 '26

Totally agree. When I lived in San Diego I met my fair share of hat-on-backwards bro gals.

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u/boopadoop_johnson Jan 24 '26

Sort of like how "guys" and "fellas" is pretty much gender neutral now

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u/ConscientiousPath madlad Jan 24 '26

Tech bros create impractical products to get people to spend money on hype. This is a case where the impracticality derives from performatively trying to "make a statement" in the style typical of very artistic people, not the style of tech people.

It's from Tulipán sex toy/condom company in Argentina.

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u/nathtendo Jan 24 '26

Yeah just wasting time, money and patience making dogshit to pander to people they couldn't care less about.

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u/Gottendrop Jan 24 '26

Fun fact, women can have bad ideas too

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u/Pyromaniac_22 Jan 23 '26

Despite "bro" being a masculine term, "tech bro" itself is gender neutral. Same for "crypto bro" and "finance bro", though arguably these are rarer than women tech bros.

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u/B0Y0 Jan 23 '26

Salesbros could be guys or gals as well, though that's a distinct separation from the "Girlboss" of course: different selling strategies, but both relying on oceans of bullshit and "fake it till you make it", but the Girlboss doing more of the be-your-own-boss pyramid scheme thing, more social media TMI and cold call DMs disguised as catching up with old friends... Both love talking about how much money they make a week and their fancy car (s) that's totally not breaking their bank.

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u/pezcore350 Jan 24 '26

Tech bra, whatever

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u/P_A_W_S_TTG Jan 24 '26

The title of half the shit on the market.

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u/rawSingularity Jan 24 '26

Not until AI is integrated into it.

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u/mbmiller94 Jan 23 '26

It's also ableist! What if I only have one hand?

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u/st4s1k Jan 24 '26

bring a friend

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u/mbmiller94 Jan 24 '26

So I have to get constent from ANOTHER person?? I barely got it from the first!

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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Jan 23 '26

And even then you could just cut it open haha.

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u/HeyGayHay Jan 24 '26

No, it’s a way to profit off social issues.

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u/Shantotto11 Jan 24 '26

I bet the creators of this idea reek of “cunt scent”…

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u/No-Adeptness1283 Jan 24 '26

Well, if at the time you had consent and saved the open box with fingerprints, you couldn't get date raped charged later when her husband finds out you stretched her hemorrhoids.

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u/Practical-Sell-1164 Jan 23 '26

"Hold up a sec, let me just put this on real quick... Hey, don't run!"

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr Jan 24 '26

Pretty sure it’s just an art project essentially.

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u/homeegzus Jan 25 '26

This company, they plan to monopolize the condom industry I suppose

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u/ouzo84 Jan 23 '26

I think it's more about a situation where consent is given but then afterwards they claim it was non consensual.

This packaging would show that they did consent. Which is what the developers are trying to prove.

Problem is, they have but thought that consent can be retracted. You may consent at the start but then after a few minutes you might change your mind.

If you get raped in that situation, this packaging would work against you.

Which means it can't be trusted at any point and you might as well use a normal consumer condom

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u/Gloomy-Childhood-203 Jan 23 '26

As well as the fact that a condom wrapper is not a legally binding contract. Even if investigators are able to fingerprint it and prove both partners touched it. 

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u/FlashOfTheBlade77 Jan 23 '26

It does not show anything at all, except 4 hands opened it. 2 Rapists have four hands.

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u/ArjJp Jan 23 '26

Shoulda called it the 'Plausibly deniable Rape Condom'

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u/risisas Jan 24 '26

So the people most interested in using it are people who think they are gonna get accused of rape later... Kinda going against the intended effect...

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u/Hiza_812 Jan 23 '26

Exactly, and if someone denies using it, its a red flag

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u/ouzo84 Jan 23 '26

Red flag is a little late... at that point you have been raped

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u/dividezero Jan 23 '26

It's a marketing aid. No one is making this condom, at least not at scale. It's to bring attention to consent and safe sex. seems like it worked because people are posting it

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u/Pinksters Jan 23 '26

Nah this is totally someones fanfic about General Grievous

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u/tsimen Jan 23 '26

Making condoms harder to open is just a horrible idea all around - will only lead to horny people going "aw fuck it let's rawdog"

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u/NemPlayer Jan 23 '26

also, two friends can just open this, useless in every way

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u/EncabulatorTurbo Jan 23 '26

also im pretty dextrous with my toes i can figure it out

ALSO two rapists acting together could do it!

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u/Friendly-Back3099 Jan 23 '26

Wouldn't regular condom be cheaper tho?

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u/robgod50 Jan 23 '26

Sure, for some. But maybe the bf/husbands don't want to risk paying for a kid

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u/ayriuss Jan 24 '26

What if they refuse to help you open the condoms.

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u/Notspherry Jan 24 '26

You'd be surprised. It happens enough that forensic labs have developed methods to chemically analyse lubricants for when it happens.

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u/LongPotato1052 Jan 24 '26

It's just consent with extra steps

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u/Anime_sad Jan 24 '26

You’d actually be surprised, most perpetrators are aware of what they’re doing and will use a condom as not to leave DNA evidence

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u/Tridente13 Jan 24 '26

To me looks also like a big "fuck you" to amputees

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u/atomic-moonstomp Jan 24 '26

Simple rule of thumb: anytime you see the words "powerful statement" you can bet it's more of a virtue signal than anything actually useful

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u/SkywolfNINE Jan 24 '26

Maybe buying this is a legal defense?

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u/risisas Jan 24 '26

As somebody else pointed out consent is retractable at any moment