By Sharanya Gopinathan
Yesterday, we were in splits over a new “smart condom” we found. It’s actually an ultra high-tech ring that fits over a regular condom, not, as some of our Facebook readers thought, a reusable condom (which is both disgusting and dangerous). British Condom’s expensive new product does several useless things like measure girth, velocity of thrust and number of sex positions used.
Since we thought crowdsourcing funny answers would be a good use of time, we asked our Twitter followers what they would want to see in a smart condom.
Many women said they wanted a condom that could help women stay safe:
https://twitter.com/LsdCast/status/837593407409139712
https://twitter.com/redant_hill/status/837594208340946944
https://twitter.com/ayesha_minhaz/status/837603852090167297
Some folks just wanted all-round quality control:
https://twitter.com/hirishitalkies/status/837593379697352704
https://twitter.com/ShreyaEats/status/837667977931571201
https://twitter.com/maith_i/status/837666229305421824
https://twitter.com/FuschiaScribe/status/837671000976293888
https://twitter.com/sire_writeous/status/837596936203030529
Some women were wondering why we don’t look beyond the condom:
https://twitter.com/Diana116/status/837689412917977091
https://twitter.com/floweraldehyde/status/837691123053301761
https://twitter.com/floweraldehyde/status/837691833111220224
Others were mindful of the spirit of the times and wanted to make sure the smart condom was too:
https://twitter.com/AneelaBabar/status/837670920772702209
https://twitter.com/AmanAlam/status/837597017568342016
https://twitter.com/ppurva/status/837603080623415296
https://twitter.com/no2uid/status/837618643319959556
So while the folks at British Condoms think consumers would like condoms that tell them how their sex acts stack up against others, it looks like our readers think a smart condom would be better off alerting women to STDs, holes in the material and smart men. Keeping tweeting to @theladiesfinger and let us know what you’d like to see in a smart condom!