#menstruation.

A.] my cramps happened to get way less severe after using menstrual cups

2.) being on T stops the period (tho if i were off it that'd suck)

some top tier discourse happening on tiktok

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a screenshot of a tiktok video posted by user @stasiasquirrel where a person with light skin and long dark brown hair is looking into the camera, exhausted/upset. text on the screen says "when they said 'do not flush tampons' ummmmmmm did they mean the cotton part?????? literally i thought people were being dumb and flushing the applicators but it turns out i am the dumb one because i have flushed every tampon ever this is my formal apology to the septic systems i've ruined." the caption says "i'm sorry i promise i will change." the video has 191,000 likes.

the second image is a compilation of comments and replies on the video, as follows:

[pinned] this is the most shocking comment section on this app

flushing tampons makes me happy and i will continue to do it. i flush at minimum three a day even when i'm not menstruating

there is no way y'all are serious. we aren't supposed to flush tampons? isn't that the whole point of tampons? am i being gaslighted? i'm so confused

it's supposed to be wrapped in toilet paper and put in the garbage, just like the disposal of a pad!

but surely that smells

yk what else smells, shit covered tp, it's a trash can what else you expect

it really doesn't

you put your toilet paper in the bin...?

wrap them up put them in your pocket dispose in another bin it's littrally [literally] blood your acting like it's some biohazardus [biohazardous] substance

so u take it out an put it in the trash for everyone to look at?

i only flush mine when there's no trash

when would there not be trash? wrap it and put it in the trashcan in the bathroom?? or the trashcan in the house

i mean in public! some stalls don't have the little trash thing on the wall and some public restrooms don't. i've had it happen a couple times

yeah but isn't there always a trash can at the sink? or in front of the door?

there should be! just sometimes they aren't always there

sometimes they don't fucking have one

eh whatever i'm still flushing HAHAHAH

environment n animals :(

bc the animals in my septic tank will be in great danger

someone didn't watch finding nemo

oh yeah i love that scene in finding nemo where they choke and die on used tampons

lmao i just meant all drains lead the ocean but ok

an hour into my period and it’s like ah. there it is. i need hospital but a coffee will do.