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News & Current Events Apr 22, 2026 at 4:00 AM

World's biggest condom maker Karex to raise prices due to Iran war

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World's biggest condom maker Karex set to raise prices due to Iran war
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World's biggest condom maker Karex set to raise prices due to Iran war
Malaysia-based Karex produces more than five billion condoms a year and supplies global brands like Durex and Trojan.

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Espaki Apr 22, 2026 +274
Luckily, not many people need the worlds biggest condom
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ihazsmuvbren Apr 22, 2026 +45
Now if it was the world’s smallest condom maker, then I would be worried.
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Crow_eggs Apr 22, 2026 +1
Agreed. I mean, he does amazing work and his little hands definitely make a difference on the reservoirs, but he was already pretty pricey. If he jacks them up I'll take my business elsewhere.
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Astandsforataxia69 Apr 22, 2026 +3
His pricing seems to be kinda up and down with all of these issues, I've noticed that his company does have a firm grasp and pull on his demanding base such as me
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CharcoalGreyWolf Apr 22, 2026 +1
Yes. How in the world would the President of the United states get it on with another p*** star?
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WontArnett Apr 22, 2026 +8
Amazing writers joke. Just amazing.
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logicalpiranha Apr 22, 2026 +1
Ironically the same people who don't use them.
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Bo_Babelitz Apr 22, 2026 +30
We are so fucked fam
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No_Signal_6969 Apr 22, 2026 +14
Rawdogged apparently cause the condoms are too expensive!
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qTp_Meteor Apr 22, 2026 +8
No girl you dont understand i cant put a condom on because of Iran
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Crowley-Barns Apr 22, 2026 +1
It’s the rhythm of war method, babe.
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-Revelation- Apr 22, 2026 +2
Angy upvote
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DogtorPepper Apr 22, 2026 -9
Might actually be a good thing if it helps increase birth rates across the world, which is a BIG impending disaster at its current rate
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Crowley-Barns Apr 22, 2026 +1
The notion that the world NEEDS more people is ridiculously stupid, given the costs to our global resources and the effects on our environment. It’s INSANE in fact. Utterly ridiculous. (But I will grant you that to maintain our standard of living, we’ll need to increase global productivity.)
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DogtorPepper Apr 22, 2026 +1
No we do NEED more people. Society doesn’t work if there aren’t more young people relative to the number of old people Otherwise who takes care of older people who are unable to work? This is not just a money issue. You physically need enough young people working as doctors, farmers, caretakers, etc along with millions of other critical jobs to support society. AI does help, but it’s not going to be enough anytime soon This issue is compounded by the fact that people are living longer and longer
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Crowley-Barns Apr 22, 2026 +1
If you increase productivity you need fewer people. That’s it. That’s the answer. Shortsighted people couldn’t conceive of a world without millions/billions of farmers. Shortsighted people couldn’t conceive of a world without millions/billions of factory workers. Shortsighted people can’t conceive of a world that runs more efficiently. The lack of ability to extrapolate forward, to maintain a “The way we do things today is the best way and we’ll never get better!” belief is so damn ignorant. It’s absolutely bizarre that some people think we’ve peaked in efficiency and that the only answer is more humans. Like… can you not look at the path of human development and extrapolate forward a smidge?!?
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PanzyGrazo Apr 22, 2026 +75
imagine thinking saving money was being safe and responsible then everything is raised in price over 100% within 5 years because of 1 guy
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BlackMan9693 Apr 22, 2026 +50
Not 1 guy. A lot of people are responsible. A handful are just way too recognisable and at the front.
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DevilsAdvocate77 Apr 22, 2026 +40
A *lot* of people.  174 million Americans were registered to vote in the 2024 election.  99 million of those registered voters made a conscious decision *not* to vote for Kamala Harris.
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SillyGoatGruff Apr 22, 2026 +18
And an infuriating amount of those 99 million still refuse to take responsibility for that
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CreamFuture9475 Apr 22, 2026 +3
They shift the blame like it’s the responsibility of politicians to motivate them.
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GoingAllTheJay Apr 22, 2026 +1
Every time I (Canadian) run into Americans abroad. "Don't worry, we didnt vote for Trump, sorry for what we are doing." (Trying to appeal to my Canadian nature by apologizing 😂) >Did you vote, tough? "..."
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huhwhuh Apr 22, 2026 -4
Whole lot better than people who live paycheck to paycheck because they want to act rich by buying things they can't afford.
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KittenPics Apr 22, 2026 +13
Ok, but what about the world’s smallest condoms? Are they still reasonably priced? My…friend wants to know.
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orcofmordor Apr 22, 2026 +14
Sick way to raise the fertility rates in some countries…
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cinciNattyLight Apr 22, 2026 +5
Trump playing 5 D(unprotected) chess
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CurtisLeow Apr 22, 2026 +19
I'm sorry, but this is such a d*** move.
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SirJeffers88 Apr 22, 2026 +4
For f***’s sake.
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Zetakin Apr 22, 2026 +4
They’ll lower the prices later again, right? Right?
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DogtorPepper Apr 22, 2026 -9
Might actually be a good thing if it helps increase birth rates across the world, which is a BIG impending disaster at its current rate
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Viva_La_Revolucion- Apr 22, 2026 +5
Who has money to fu** in this economy ... But to get fu**ed is plenty free
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butternutflies Apr 22, 2026 +4
So this is how they fix the dropping birth rates. The Iran war makes a lot more sense now… Next, they’ll find a reason to ban vasectomies. /conspiracy (but what if tho..)
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Whole_Inside_4863 Apr 22, 2026 +4
Here comes the Hormuz baby boom!
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Timely-Ad-8920 Apr 22, 2026 +18
Oh nooooo time to hit it raw oh nooo
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SteelCityIrish Apr 22, 2026 +6
“Look at who they let in the back door…” 😏
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No_Signal_6969 Apr 22, 2026 +2
This doesn't affect me I never use condoms anyway 
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slagmacg Apr 22, 2026 +5
Finally an advantage of using the smallest ones! #WINNING
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Sh0ckValu3 Apr 22, 2026 +6
Test questions 50 years from now - In the mid 2020s, what was the biggest cause of the spike in teenage pregnancy?
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StemCellPirate Apr 22, 2026 +4
Make love not war, has taken on a whole new meaning!!!!
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EarlyJuggernaut7091 Apr 22, 2026 +2
The Fertile Crescent is finally living up to its name sake by making birth control unaffordable … so much for the recent military attempt at “containment”
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four-eyed_sage Apr 22, 2026 +2
Trump voters should find a burrow and hide until he steps down. The whole world sees them as an embarassment now lol. A new world problem every new day and it is only because of them.
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idkblueberry Apr 22, 2026 +1
Rellow?
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whattheprob1emis Apr 22, 2026 +1
Well f*** me…
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donofrioms Apr 22, 2026 +1
This is just Raw Dog!
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YoungRichBastard26s Apr 22, 2026 +1
It’s not like ppl use condoms anyway stds and hiv rates shows that
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WaffleHouseGladiator Apr 22, 2026 +1
I would like to go on record cooking the term "Rawdog Economy."
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chaotica316 Apr 22, 2026 +1
Supply and demand.. there's a lot of potent dicks in the world right now.
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BoredGuy_v2 Apr 22, 2026 +1
Are they coming in sizes now? 🧐
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linkardtankard Apr 22, 2026 +1
Time for some back door action
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Ok-Environment-1915 Apr 22, 2026 +1
the Iran war is raising condom prices while the US simultaneously cuts foreign aid for condom programs.. the timing is something else
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nomad_805 Apr 22, 2026 +1
To quote Elon Musk, "What's a condom?"
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Tough_Representative Apr 22, 2026 +1
Don't Republicans want people to have more kids? That's a win in their eyes
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Specimen-7 Apr 22, 2026 +1
Not sure why they don’t just arbitrarily raise prices more anyway, most western countries condoms are 90 percent subsidised. It’s an inelastic good that’s subsidised. So long as they wear their own product when they screw the tax payers in the ass.
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choppytehbear1337 Apr 22, 2026
How the f*** are these two events correlated?
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JP76 Apr 22, 2026 +2
In short, crude oil is needed in production of plastic.
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General_Shanks Apr 22, 2026
So this war will indirectly increase the Earth’s population.
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Sieve-Boy Apr 22, 2026 +1
Its ok I ll resume using my previous and more traditional form of contraceptive: my head.
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Underwater_Karma Apr 22, 2026 -3
Rawdog is free
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dunnothislldo Apr 22, 2026 +8
The consequences 9 months later, however, tend not to be
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catscanmeow Apr 22, 2026
from a butthole?
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Eikfo Apr 22, 2026 +5
STI thank you for spreading their gospel. 
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The_Big_Dog_90 Apr 22, 2026 -1
Just get married, you'll never have to worry about this again
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LostInAPortal Apr 22, 2026 +1
So getting married drops childcare costs to zero. Wow! Why didn’t people think of this before?
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GroundbreakingUse794 Apr 22, 2026 -2
USAID gave away all our condoms! Somebody call their condom guys, we gotta fix this
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