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What If Corporations Sponsored Condoms
We get a lot of email. Some people send us one or two things a month, some send us one or two things a day. Some send all the Internet myths and crap and scams. Some send us things that we really just don't understand.
Today we got something that at first we tossed aside but later thought, we know this is a joke, but if it were real, MAYBE we'd have a slight or not-so-slight decline in unwanted children, sexually transmitted disease, and abortions. Sorta important issues.
Most companies have no problem slapping their name on just about anything they can.
Can't wait for them to start endorsing, or better yet, providing, such inexpensive and yet priceless solutions to some of the biggest headaches of the day.
After the jump see what the future could look like...
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