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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 15 hr ago +274
Luckily, not many people need the worlds biggest condom
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ihazsmuvbren 13 hr ago +45
Now if it was the world’s smallest condom maker, then I would be worried.
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Crow_eggs 12 hr ago +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 11 hr ago +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 8 hr ago +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 12 hr ago +8
Amazing writers joke. Just amazing.
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logicalpiranha 14 hr ago +1
Ironically the same people who don't use them.
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Bo_Babelitz 14 hr ago +30
We are so fucked fam
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No_Signal_6969 13 hr ago +14
Rawdogged apparently cause the condoms are too expensive!
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qTp_Meteor 11 hr ago +8
No girl you dont understand i cant put a condom on because of Iran
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Crowley-Barns 8 hr ago +1
It’s the rhythm of war method, babe.
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-Revelation- 13 hr ago +2
Angy upvote
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DogtorPepper 12 hr ago -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 8 hr ago +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 8 hr ago +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 8 hr ago +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 15 hr ago +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 15 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +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 13 hr ago +18
And an infuriating amount of those 99 million still refuse to take responsibility for that
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CreamFuture9475 12 hr ago +3
They shift the blame like it’s the responsibility of politicians to motivate them.
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GoingAllTheJay 8 hr ago +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 12 hr ago -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 14 hr ago +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 15 hr ago +14
Sick way to raise the fertility rates in some countries…
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cinciNattyLight 14 hr ago +5
Trump playing 5 D(unprotected) chess
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CurtisLeow 15 hr ago +19
I'm sorry, but this is such a d*** move.
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SirJeffers88 13 hr ago +4
For f***’s sake.
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Zetakin 13 hr ago +4
They’ll lower the prices later again, right? Right?
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DogtorPepper 12 hr ago -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- 12 hr ago +5
Who has money to fu** in this economy ... But to get fu**ed is plenty free
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butternutflies 11 hr ago +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 11 hr ago +4
Here comes the Hormuz baby boom!
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Timely-Ad-8920 15 hr ago +18
Oh nooooo time to hit it raw oh nooo
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SteelCityIrish 14 hr ago +6
“Look at who they let in the back door…” 😏
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No_Signal_6969 13 hr ago +2
This doesn't affect me I never use condoms anyway 
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slagmacg 14 hr ago +5
Finally an advantage of using the smallest ones! #WINNING
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Sh0ckValu3 14 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +4
Make love not war, has taken on a whole new meaning!!!!
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EarlyJuggernaut7091 14 hr ago +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 13 hr ago +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 13 hr ago +1
Rellow?
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whattheprob1emis 13 hr ago +1
Well f*** me…
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donofrioms 13 hr ago +1
This is just Raw Dog!
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YoungRichBastard26s 13 hr ago +1
It’s not like ppl use condoms anyway stds and hiv rates shows that
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WaffleHouseGladiator 13 hr ago +1
I would like to go on record cooking the term "Rawdog Economy."
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chaotica316 12 hr ago +1
Supply and demand.. there's a lot of potent dicks in the world right now.
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BoredGuy_v2 12 hr ago +1
Are they coming in sizes now? 🧐
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linkardtankard 10 hr ago +1
Time for some back door action
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Ok-Environment-1915 15 hr ago +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 14 hr ago +1
To quote Elon Musk, "What's a condom?"
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Tough_Representative 14 hr ago +1
Don't Republicans want people to have more kids? That's a win in their eyes
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Specimen-7 12 hr ago +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 13 hr ago
How the f*** are these two events correlated?
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JP76 11 hr ago +2
In short, crude oil is needed in production of plastic.
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General_Shanks 13 hr ago
So this war will indirectly increase the Earth’s population.
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Sieve-Boy 9 hr ago +1
Its ok I ll resume using my previous and more traditional form of contraceptive: my head.
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Underwater_Karma 15 hr ago -3
Rawdog is free
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dunnothislldo 15 hr ago +8
The consequences 9 months later, however, tend not to be
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catscanmeow 14 hr ago
from a butthole?
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Eikfo 14 hr ago +5
STI thank you for spreading their gospel. 
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The_Big_Dog_90 12 hr ago -1
Just get married, you'll never have to worry about this again
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LostInAPortal 10 hr ago +1
So getting married drops childcare costs to zero. Wow! Why didn’t people think of this before?
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GroundbreakingUse794 14 hr ago -2
USAID gave away all our condoms! Somebody call their condom guys, we gotta fix this
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