It's thread type. One is screwed clockwise, the other counterclockwise
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It's obviously about the political spectrum. They have tampons for left wing pussies and for right wing cunts.
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Obviously it's for Lease or Rental
For left handed or right handed insertion, obviously.
L for the days you are losing so much blood it's worrying. R for regular amount.
Left pussy and right pussy. Depending on which one is your dominant pussy that you period from.
So its like with nostrils, that at any given moment you have one that is more open and it switches every so often?
There is a lot of yoga about these.
The left one goes into the left ovary, the right into the right ovary. S is for "straight ahead".
It's an American thing. Liberal and Republican, obviously.
Its for when lesbians try to beat the period level on co-op, so they know which side of the screen they get. "S" is for single player.
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One goes in the left hole one goes in the right hole... Obviously.
Found the kangaroo!
Seriously, I wanna know. Is it size? Or… flow?
Tampons wick away fluid, it's their primary purpose. Vaginas are never meant to be dry. If you wear a tampon that is designed to wick away a lot of moisture on a low flow day it will dry you out which may cause an infection and lead to toxic shock syndrome - TSS. The L is low, R is regular, but higher ones exists. The goal is to use the lowest absorbancy necessary.
Okay, serious answer here. Please don't believe these other jokers (except for the ones who posted the serious and sensible links.)
Here's how it goes.
Not getting into the actual mechanics of how periods work, the system is pretty simple. It's "Light, Regular, and Super".
Most period-havers I know typically have a light flow on their first day as a little warning that the next two or three days (or seven, if you're a REALLY lucky genetic lottery winner) are gonna be basically Noah's First Plague.
After the really rough part of the downpour has dried out, you're supposed to downshift from Super to Regular, then down to Light or just use pantiliners until the bleeding stops.
Most folks use Supers or pads at night, or if they're planning on doing something where bathroom breaks aren't guaranteed, like long road trips or theater performances. Never leave one in for longer than 8 hours. You have a slight risk of developing something called Toxic Shock Syndrome where a sudden explosion of bacterial growth can send you on a potentially one-way trip to the ER. (Not very likely, literally 1 in 1000 odds. But 0 sounds pretty good to me, so I never leave them in for too long.
Size does NOT matter here, capacity does. And so does application. Every tampon will absorb moisture, but if you put in a Super on a Light day, it can lead to some seriously uncomfortable dryness. Everyone has their own preference for brands and type, since some may have ingredients (like fragrances or residual cotton pesticides or certain kinds of plastic) they're allergic to. Or, y'know, boycotting Unilever or Procter & Gambel is also pretty based.
If you're asked to pick up a box, the person issuing the fetch quest will make those specifications for you. If you wanna score extra points on the quest reward, ask them if they want Midol too. It's usually in the pharmacy section, roughly in the same area as Aleve and Tylenol.
Hope that clears it up.
it's about the flow. L stands for Light, R is Regular
I assume it's for Large, Regular, Small
S is for Super, not small. Light, regular, super, etc. It's for flow, not for size.
I always found "super" pretty funny.
"So how's your period flow?"
"Super!"
Kinda expect the next option to be "magnificent", "über" or something like that.
Is it an american thing? Pretty sure in Australia it's "heavy".
Super would be weird, as you say.
Super absorbancy or something along those lines.
It explains the absorber rather than the flow. I've mostly stared at pads my life, but it's the same wording
Just for context I'm Danish, so it's not just an American thing
I love people coming in, apparently with no knowledge, and giving an incorrect answer. This wouldn't even have been hard to look up, but you just couldn't help but assume you were correct, just like the person in the OP.
I think it's more fun to see people's creative answers and get a good chuckle.
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It's good we have you here. Your ability to use context clues really came in clutch. Don't have to worry about finding someone who uses these alien devices to explain them.
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Why make a random guess if you don't know? 😅 you can just wait for a woman who knows to give the actual answer lol
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Fun fact: The L and the R don't actually mean "Large" and "regular". they stand for "Lotta Blood" and "REALLY lotta blood". So it's reversed. Gotta be careful about that.
It's her preference. Limp or Rigid.
That's what she said.
Left and right fallopian tubes.
Oh it's about which hand you use to insert them - like left handed vs right handed scissors!
I wonder why more mensing people haven't switched to discs. I see them more frequently for sale in a growing number of places. TSS freaks me out just hearing about it. Glad my lady mate went the disc route.
I was so confused by what you meant until I realized that people also call menstrual cups, menstrual discs.
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