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marleyisalegend

it wouldn't surprise me if doctors/scientists/whoever isn't actively trying to find a cure. how much money stands to be lost if we cure aids?? do you know how much money is made on retro-viral treatments, "research", etc..!! i always find it amusing that with limited resources and information, men were able to cure polio along with many other diseases of the past and they did so without 45 million dollar labs and technological advancement. i'm not a conspiracy maniac but it's certainly worth wondering how feasible it is to ask a drug-dealer to burn every field of marjuana plants, the very thing they make their money off of.

......i don't wanna have to eat lettuce. those stupid bags of spring mix PISS ME OFF.....


i know you've taken to wearing your father's hand-me-down anger, but i wish that you wouldn't it's a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn't fit you, makes you look silly, hangs loose in all the wrong places, even if it does match your skin color.....

ChockoKittie

Me too.
But the fact that many engage in this 'he/she looks healthy' nonsense makes me more angry than anything.

Idk, it has been 30 years since the first known AIDS cases.
As I understand, there are so many mutations in HIV that a cure or even vaccine would be difficult to create. Sort of like what happened with gardasil, they would only cover so many strains.

Ms.Teacher

marleyisalegend

i really feel for you for your losses, but that's what makes aids so upsetting a disease. there are MILLIONS of fathers, sons, cousins, co-workers, friends, mothers who have to watch their loved ones suffer, deteriorate, and die slowly because of their OWN CHOICES. no one chooses cancer (albeit smokers) but parkinson's, leukemia, etc.. are random diseases, aids for the most part is transmitted by poor choices. there are exceptions but many people get this disease by engaging in the very behaviors they're taught can cause this disease. IMO it's almost selfish to put your family through this cuz you wanted a hot rump with that guy from the bar or turned to intrevenous drugs. i'm not judging these people and certainly feel sorry for them, but someone who contracts aids because of making a bad choice are one hair away from deserving and "i told you so".

......i don't wanna have to eat lettuce. those stupid bags of spring mix PISS ME OFF.....


i know you've taken to wearing your father's hand-me-down anger, but i wish that you wouldn't it's a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn't fit you, makes you look silly, hangs loose in all the wrong places, even if it does match your skin color.....

Ms.Teacher

Plebh

Maybe not straightaway but after a few weeks symptons can include:

- Fevers, sweats, headache, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes
- Increased tendancy to suffer colds for long periods of time

"Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal". - Sir Winston Churchill

Plebh

I've spent 4 months studying AIDS and it's just a horrible disease, ingenius in how it works but it's going to be a long time before any effective cure is established

"Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal". - Sir Winston Churchill

midlifebear

I'm not disagreeing with you marleisalegend, but I'd like to know what a youngn' such as your self does to protect against contracting HIV?

• "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised." Dorothy Parker
• "If you haven't anything nice to say, please come sit next to me." Alice Roosevelt Longworth
• "Food is always, more or less, in demand." Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

The Greek Dude

Wow, I actually got every one of those correct. It was kind of obvious that everyone would pick that the gay guy would be HIV+, but I just knew that the vast majority of HIV+ people become religious. The references to God usually give it away for me.

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Duke610

My personal stance has always been to act on the assumption that everybody is HIV+ and act accordingly.

Funny, I'm a motorcycle guy with two variations on the crotch rocket theme that I ride fairly aggressively on the street, and also do light racing and trackdays. I categorically refuse to do thing in bed that might - emphasis on might - make me sick or die in 10 or 20 years time. But I'll make 10 or 20 instant decisions in the course of a ride, any one of which could cripple or kill me if I got it wrong.

People's perceptions and management of risk are wildly at odds to what risk truly is. I've got a fascinating article ("The Science of Danger") downloaded from BIKE magazine, if any motorcyclists or adrenaline junkies are interested pm me off list. It's a pdf so it's not uploadable.

Cheers, Have a great weekend one and all.

marleyisalegend

20 bucks says you're probably not going to conract hiv anytime soon with a policy like that. congrats on having one of the most successful mentalities i've heard in regards to safe sex practices

......i don't wanna have to eat lettuce. those stupid bags of spring mix PISS ME OFF.....


i know you've taken to wearing your father's hand-me-down anger, but i wish that you wouldn't it's a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn't fit you, makes you look silly, hangs loose in all the wrong places, even if it does match your skin color.....

marleyisalegend

very good question. i know it may not sound believable coming from somebody my age but, aside from mutual masturbation, i use condoms for literally every sexual act. my boyfriend's 30 and is starting to lose interest in sexual activity so he doesn't mind wearing a condom when i blow him, he still gets off just the same. i DEFINITELY don't sleep around, and don't do anything with somebody unless i've known them long enough to trust them in my apartment by themselves. that obviously eliminates a lot of people, but that's the point.

......i don't wanna have to eat lettuce. those stupid bags of spring mix PISS ME OFF.....


i know you've taken to wearing your father's hand-me-down anger, but i wish that you wouldn't it's a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn't fit you, makes you look silly, hangs loose in all the wrong places, even if it does match your skin color.....

marleyisalegend

i don't know if people realize aids is almost like the "perfect" disease. it evolves at a rate that few diseases do which makes it that much more hard to pin down. also there's few things more damaging to the body than losing your immune system

......i don't wanna have to eat lettuce. those stupid bags of spring mix PISS ME OFF.....


i know you've taken to wearing your father's hand-me-down anger, but i wish that you wouldn't it's a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn't fit you, makes you look silly, hangs loose in all the wrong places, even if it does match your skin color.....

joeyjoey

Experience would say HELL YES. It is amazing how many people are willing to engage in risky sexual behavior without a condom.

marleyisalegend

to put it in perspective, i was speaking to one guy who said he and all his friends wore condoms ONLY when getting fucked because it's "easier to get aids in your ass than on your dick" and that aids isn't likely to be transmitted "unless someone's fluids enter your anus so fucking someone bareback is fairly safe"

the average person can't tell you what's believed to cause cancer, initial symptoms or side effects of chemo. unfortunately the same lack of knowledge applies to aids.

......i don't wanna have to eat lettuce. those stupid bags of spring mix PISS ME OFF.....


i know you've taken to wearing your father's hand-me-down anger, but i wish that you wouldn't it's a few sizes too big and everyone can see it doesn't fit you, makes you look silly, hangs loose in all the wrong places, even if it does match your skin color.....