stupid HIV

[Kire]

before you freak, no, I don't have it, and I've never done anything sexual w/ him.

I have a friend I've known for a few years online and have met a couple times. I just found out he has the HIV and he's 22. It wasn't some freak occurrance...it was through unprotected sex. He admits it was foolish and is now taking the appropriate actions.

It boggles my mind how much some people think "that'll never happen to me" or "oh, I trust this person cuz they say they're clean." Sexual education in this country has only gone backwards, and it seems most people think this could never happen to them. God people are dumb.

I just needed to vent. That's all.

[Jamos]

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Man, sorry to hear about your friend. One moment of stupidity can last forever.

[Bon]

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....This mother****er never heard of a condom? Jesus Christ!

[Red Dragon]

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....This mother****er never heard of a condom? Jesus Christ!

:facepalm

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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i saw on the news, some guy had sex with 5 woman and got them all hiv positive. the guy is on trial now, and i hope hes convicted. really, having unprotected sex when your hiv positive is like giving a death sentence. i guess people have learned nothing.

stds are very real, one mistake and your toast.

[orius]

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It boggles my mind how much some people think "that'll never happen to me" or "oh, I trust this person cuz they say they're clean." Sexual education in this country has only gone backwards, and it seems most people think this could never happen to them. God people are dumb.

I attribute it a bit more to the lack of wisdom of youth that a lack of education. A lot of younger people think "that'll never happen to me" about a LOT of things. Adolescents and young adults have a natural tendancy to do insanely stupid things.

It also doesn't help that our popular culture finds it appropriate to humiliate people for not engaging in a lot of sexual activity too. As a result, people are less worried about getting STDs, unplanned pregnancies or other negative than being made fun of because they're not getting any. And the opposite side, that is the religious loonies who think everyone's just going to engage in marital sex if they're properly "educated" isn't much better either.

[Stormy]

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Exactly, Abstinence Only Education obviously isn't working. Sure, the best way to make sure you won't get a sexually transmitted disease is never to give the disease a chance to transmit, but when you got the chance to get laid you're more than likely to take it.

[Alzar]

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....This mother****er never heard of a condom? Jesus Christ!

We lost a pavilionite to HIV. RIP Angelsboi.

Anyway, everyone does stupid things sometimes but most don't result in a craptacular lifetime disease, so don't be such a poop.

[Stormy]

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Anyway, everyone does stupid things sometimes but most don't result in a craptacular lifetime disease, so don't be such a poop.

Which is exactly why you spend alittle extra energy to avoid the stupid mistakes that cut your life span in half, or just plain kill you (in the case of certain drugs and activities undergone while under the influence of said drugs).

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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We lost a pavilionite to HIV. RIP Angelsboi.

Anyway, everyone does stupid things sometimes but most don't result in a craptacular lifetime disease, so don't be such a poop.

what? i could of swore he died from pneumonia complications? though you did discover the article in the first place so youd know.

[highwind]

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we're in agreement that only gay people and africans have this, right?

[Bon]

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We lost a pavilionite to HIV. RIP Angelsboi.

Anyway, everyone does stupid things sometimes but most don't result in a craptacular lifetime disease, so don't be such a poop.

First I've heard of it. I was banned for two years, you know. <_<
May he rest in peace, however.

I'm just saying though: condom, condom, condom! I know it has a tendacy to break. I know it may not always protect you against some diseases, but damn it, it's better than nothing! It's really unfortunate that Kire's friend put himself into this situation.

@RD: Please stop the :facepalm. It's getting redundant, no offense.

[DarkwingChuck]

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what? i could of swore he died from pneumonia complications? though you did discover the article in the first place so youd know.

AIDS doesn't actually kill in itself. It's an immune deficiency which means it makes it extremely easy for you to catch other illnesses and almost impossible for you to fight them off. I think Pneumonia developed from the common cold is the most common death due to AIDS.

I just recently found out a gay couple lived in the house right behind mine when they had a huge argument outside. The one guy didn't know the other had lied about being HIV- until he had caught it from him and then found a positive test hidden somewhere in the house. I also had a cousin that died of AIDS, he was straight but a junkie. He either got it from needles or from his girlfriend who I wouldn't be surprised to find out did lots of unsafe things for drug money.

[Denmo]

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What? I thought you got HIV when you turned gay...


But seriously, that sucks for your friend Kire.

And condoms never stopped HIV. Didn't anyone see those demonstrations where the HIV virus was a table tennis ball being thrown through a soccer net?

Also, abstinence isn't working, given how 90% of couples have sex before marriage. I can attest to that in several ways. What they need to be teaching is how to save sex for that special someone.

[JPS]

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How do you know when that special someone comes around? 80% of marraiges doesnt last more then 10 years nowadays

But yeah, sucks that he has HIV, its a good thing he told you instead of not saying anything.