pupbiru
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- Comment on sus 3 days ago:
“screens for everything”.
“screens for three diseases”.you never answered my question about what other diseases are relevant to the conversation
these are the STDs that are actually relevant to talk about. there are no others, unless you have some information on some novel new STD, in which case i’d love to hear about it
caution information and talking about sex is not FUD
i agree! what is FUD is overstating the risks with statements like “pustules on your genitals” and suggesting that there are relevant STDs that aren’t well tested/treated/prevented
there are risks, but the risk of contracting STDs if using condoms is very low. the risk of contracting antibiotic resistant STDs is also incredibly low
there is, however, and actual risk in stigmatising these things so that people don’t talk about them and educate themselves
getting an STD is absolutely fine! get tested, get treated, tell sexual partners, no drama… that’s exactly what the public health messaging is because that’s what works to keep people healthy
mitigate risks, don’t pretend like they’re irrelevant.
of course: you should always mitigate risks… but don’t act like something is more dangerous than it is… you’re making out here like having sex is as dangerous and base jumping, and that’s such an unhelpful position to take that it is actually dangerous to people’s health
- Comment on sus 3 days ago:
it’s a lot of risk that is worth considering before making an informed decision
i would agree that there is some risk and it’s always worth being educated but stigma and FUD contribute to people not wanting to talk about sex
“getting tested” doesn’t cover most STI’s unless you’re symptomatic
patently untrue. a standard STI screen covers HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea
these are by far the most common STIs that’s cause anyone issues without other complications, and tests accurately catch them within weeks. standard public health advice is STI tests every 3mo for sexually active individuals (and in fact if you’re on PrEP to cover you against HIV, you get a 3 month script so it’s pretty much ensured)
HPV, Herpes, and many others are diseases for life
the HPV vaccine is very effective, herpes i’d agree with but causes minimal issues for the enormous majority of people without complications, and i don’t know what you mean by “many other”. if you can list them, id be happy to engage but otherwise the rest of that is more FUD
skill in knowing who to trust…
nope not at all! it’s public health. it has very little to do with trust, other than trying to limit as much as possible to people who know that telling their sexual partners when they get a positive test result is a healthy thing to do, and they won’t be berated for it… the main thing here is that you should feel confident that your sexual partners are going to tell you ASAP when you’ve been exposed, and that more than anything reduces that 3mo timeline and keeps everyone safe… but that only happens when people don’t stigmatise and fear the outcome
or you can just make sure everybody “gets tested” but that’s not how getting tested works.
as i’ve stated previously, it is with PrEP and with gay men - i don’t know much about the heterosexual community, but we have very active sexual health campaigns and they work
- Comment on sus 3 days ago:
and walking down the street isn’t 100% safe
- Comment on sus 4 days ago:
that’s a much more reasonable way of putting it that i did, yes, thank you
- Comment on sus 4 days ago:
would you like to elaborate?
because
- HIV is preventable through PrEP
- gonorrhoea is curable with antibiotics
- syphilis is curable with antibiotics
- chlamydia is curable with antibiotics
- mgen is curable with antibiotics
- many of the above are preventable with DoxyPEP
- herpes is treatable
- HPV is preventable through vaccination
- Comment on sus 4 days ago:
STIs are all curable, treatable, or preventable
- Comment on John Lithgow Says He Was Surprised by Backlash Over Joining ‘Harry Potter’ Series 1 week ago:
support is support is support is support
and she’s said that she considers support of her work is support od her views
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 1 week ago:
i think some form of advertising is useful no matter the structure of your society: if you have a cool idea for a new product, getting the word out is an important way of making it a reality
what we don’t need is the constant, and ever-present repetitive drone of advertising mundane things that you already know about
- Comment on Auto sorting trash can 2 weeks ago:
i can make a much cheaper, less complex, and perfectly accurate version of this that automatically sorts waste based on its final destination: it’s just a trash can and it all goes to the dump because recycling isn’t profitable :(
- Comment on Anon contracts herpes 2 weeks ago:
the vaccine is very effective
- Comment on Anon contracts herpes 2 weeks ago:
a full STI screen is for HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhoea
blood test - for syphilis, HIV throat swab - for chlamydia and gonorrhoea anal swab - for chlamydia and gonorrhoea urine - for chlamydia and gonorrhoea
afaik they sometimes tack on general biochemistry (sodium, potassium, etc) to the blood test, as well as some other things like mycoplasma genitalium but these are not standard 3-monthly tests
afaik it’s very rare to test for HSV at all, for various reasons
- Comment on Anon contracts herpes 2 weeks ago:
i’m sorry that you’ve had that experience and i don’t mean to diminish what you’re don’t through, but it’s also very important to note that this is far from the normal for the very large majority of people
fear doesn’t help sexual health… all sex comes with risks, and unprotected sex comes with significantly increased risk but the reality is by and large this is not what HSV looks like without other factors effecting it
downplaying risks is bad, but equally bad is people thinking a condition is worse than it is. this leads to more risky behaviour, because if they get the “scary” thing and it’s not as bad as they expect, they can take risky behaviour because they discount all their other education
it also only reinforces stigmas. this is particularly common with HIV-positive people: these days, if you have an undetectable viral load (if you take your daily medications) you can not pass on HIV… however the stigma remains, and people still often choose to not have sex with someone with an undetectable HIV infection (again, undetectable IS UNTRANSMITTABLE)
muddying the waters is very bad at scale
calm, unbiased information is what is required for public health. individual anecdotes about worst case scenarios do not serve to make people’s lives better
- Comment on The therapy I can afford 2 weeks ago:
to lead you down the right path, yes… llms will lead you down an arbitrary bath, and when that path is biased by your own negative feelings it can be incredibly damaging
- Comment on The therapy I can afford 2 weeks ago:
don’t do that either… llms say things that sound reasonable but can be incredibly damaging when used for therapy. they are not therapists
- Comment on Bet 2 weeks ago:
oh i thought it was something about gay porn
i’m gonna continue to imagine that
- Comment on X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research 4 weeks ago:
it requires a very large investment to run a node, but the fact that it’s possible means it’s open by necessity, which means we can bridge to mastodon etc
this means that it will be a lot easier for people to migrate, since they don’t have to give up their entire social network
imo it’s a good jumping off point: people clearly have problems with the mastodon “on ramp” and are having no issues with bsky, so imo it’s a step in the right direction and we can’t let perfect be the enemy of better
- Comment on Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit 4 weeks ago:
okay yeah - not a perfect analogy… the point is that their argument is more nuanced… it’s still a strawman, but useful to understand their argument to predict their next moves
- Comment on Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit 4 weeks ago:
they’re trying to argue that it’s like if you’re building a deck and mess up your permits, and the government knows and then waits until you’ve spent all the time and money finishing before telling you to rip it all down
- Comment on pee was stored in the balls 5 weeks ago:
very much appreciating your 🤛
- Comment on pee was stored in the balls 5 weeks ago:
i think the creationist response is that humans were always exactly like this and any evidence pointing to the contrary is put there by god to test us
… but also worth a try - it’s not like they actually think about things
- Comment on pee was stored in the balls 5 weeks ago:
sewer systems aren’t air tight either - they need to let gasses escape, so i think even without an airtight seal if we consider a sewer in general a pipe system of this category it’s fair to consider the connection between butt and toilet also part of this system
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
well at least you know my comment wasn’t written by AI 😞
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
if you’re contribution is a paper that you don’t even proof read to ensure it makes any sense at all then your contribution isn’t “productive science”; it’s a waste of everyone’s time
- Comment on Opinion: It's time for a proper Steam-type service for TV alongside streaming exists. 1 month ago:
afaik the apple buy content isn’t removed in the same way as streaming service content is
- Comment on Opinion: It's time for a proper Steam-type service for TV alongside streaming exists. 1 month ago:
that’s the same as steam
- Comment on Opinion: It's time for a proper Steam-type service for TV alongside streaming exists. 1 month ago:
this is kinda what apple tv does… i don’t really use the buy feature, but you can buy most TV series (eg stargate sg1 is $30/season, or $180 for the “box set”, strange new worlds is $27/season - prices in aussie dollars)… movies you can either buy or rent
not sure about geo restrictions or anything though
i’m not necessarily suggesting this as a good option for everyone, however it’s an option that exists so production companies have agreed to go this route with a lot of their content at least once before
afaik apple tv does exist on non-apple platforms these days too
- Comment on Is there a way out? 1 month ago:
and similarly, any metric tied to a reward is no longer a metric worth measuring for the purposes of maintaining system health
- Comment on Is there a way out? 1 month ago:
in a structured and dynamic system, order could be randomised - not entirely, but between the “tiers” of contributors… it looks as though if everyone submitted detailed attribution, that could then be used to dynamically vary order so that nobody gets “first” for every view for the same amount of effort as others
- Comment on Sony launches new version of the best cheap 4K Blu-ray player that drops the streaming tech – but the price looks odd 1 month ago:
we need an OpenWRT but for TVs
- Comment on Anon uses Windows 1 month ago:
that is a much less interesting tech anomaly