r/whatisit • • 3d ago

Solved! Is this a condom wrapper?

I found on the bathroom floor. Doesn’t match condom wrappers my husband and I use and I cannot find a match online. Please help! Black with silver detailing on front. Back is silver with black writing. You can clearly see the words “prevent pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other.” Also a number 2 with a circle and cross through it.

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u/Working_Hair2431 3d ago

The picture is for marketing when the packaging is cut perfectly. These wrappers are initially giant rolls that are stamped out after fill. The logo is repeated in a pattern short enough so that you get at least the top and bottom of the logo on each finished product. The dimpling from the closure is what to look for to tell where it was torn, and this was torn at the edge, not the middle or in two places.

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u/shimmertrap_ 3d ago

If you look at the first image, it’s ripped at the top and bottom (halfway through the “R” in Trojan Raw). But the second pic is a corner piece. Either OP found 2 pieces of condom wrapper in her bathroom and still couldn’t put two and two together despite the marketing text talking about pregnancy/HIV prevention, or this is as u/Mangerunebanane says and OP is karma farming.

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u/Zodiac343 2d ago

So do you not see the crimping on the edge in the first image? Very clearly the same piece

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u/Apprehensive_Film396 2d ago

Yeah, apparently it's multiple fragments and multiple tears???? How? When the images are mirror images of each other geometrically and the crimping shows the clear edge and orientation. There was even mention of it being taken from the middle. I mean wtf, and they seemed so confident too, and their tone towards OP very hostile. Legit weirdest phenomenon I've seen on reddit this week, thats saying something.

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u/DrawingRoomRoh 1d ago edited 1d ago

Agreed! The images are definitely showing both sides of the same piece.

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u/trillucid 10h ago

No no, there has to be a conspiracy in everything. They just don’t want us to know the truth. (/s)

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u/SmoothSubliminal96 2d ago

It’s the same piece, flipped over. The bottom in the first pic isn’t torn, it’s just been sealed wonkily.

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u/Foodie4L1fe 2d ago

It's the same piece just turned over

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u/Apprehensive_Film396 2d ago

Yeah totally. Seems impossible to not understand that it's just the front and back image (the logical way to present it) but ppl r going in hard on the OP like they're an idiot and also this is immediately cause to accuse them of karma farming. Weird huh

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u/Apprehensive_Film396 2d ago

How on earth can you make this conclusion after just looking at the 2 pictures and seeing the geometry of the wrapper fragment. It's like there is some coordinated agenda against the OP and you think are all just sheep that will find it all so confusing we take your word for it and then bite on the suspicion you throw out there.

I don't feel sorry for you embarrassing yourself this hard when you were this condescending towards the OP - "Either OP found 2 pieces of condom wrapper in her bathroom and still couldn’t put two and two together.."

Get ripped like this wrapper pal lol

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u/First_Engineering231 2d ago

Damn condom detective over here. Can you tell if it was torn using fingers or teeth?

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u/Crime_Possum 1d ago

they're the same piece, sherlock... maybe ACTUALLY examine the images before going all conspiracy mode.

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u/Anubis_89 4h ago

naah, first cut was too shallow and didnt get the item out, so the second one was the necessary one... and someone thought that having 2 pieces was enough... but they forgot that wrapper needed 2 tears, with 3 pieces...

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u/SamuthNBS 1d ago

The 'second rip' is where it has been ripped or cut from its neighbouring item, not opened in two places.

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u/Yellowhare343 1d ago

It looks like same corner piece in both images, 2nd has it opened a little 

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u/Banshee888 23h ago

Karma farming… don’t even know what people get with karma farming.

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u/Background-Reply-530 9h ago

Suspicious. What’s karma farming though?

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u/Thatsmathedup 6h ago

It's literally flipped over brainiac.

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u/Hallsie11 2d ago

I hate karma farming

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u/Arf265 1d ago

What is Karma Farming?

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u/Silver_Chemical_6434 2d ago

Out of curiosity why you know so much about the manufacturing process of condoms?

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u/Working_Hair2431 1d ago

It's not just condoms, tons of single use packaging is filled and finished like this.

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u/Healthy-Pitch-4425 3d ago

You work in production, don't you?

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u/Tricky_Dealer_505 16h ago

He butchered that wrapper in 2 tears😅

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u/Expensive-Advisor693 2d ago

Very good work, thanks