I guess my main problem is that the whole “no big deal” thing is that it assumes that people will be able to access and afford testing/medication, and that it ignores the psychological and (as you mentioned) potential social effects of that diagnosis. An HIV diagnosis can change someone’s life, and I don’t think it’s…

I know that in NJ it is specifically stated that knowingly exposing someone else to HIV, syphilis, ghonorrea, or genital herpes (and I believe one more thing I can’t remember at the moment) is a felony. In a lot of other states I think that cases like that are considered assault, not specific crimes on their own, and…

Was this particular trial homophobic? Yes. Were many laws which specificly refer to HIV passed with homophobic intent? Yes.

YUP. And it’s such a privileged point of view. HIV may not be a huge deal for someone IF they catch it early, IF they had a decent immune system to begin with, IF they can afford/access medication and treatment, IF they live in a community that will be accepting and understanding of their status, IF they can find a…

Saying that if someone will be fine if they’re treated therefore it’s not a big deal is a dangerous route to go down, though... someone can recover from and live a long and healthy life after a gunshot wound. Should shooting someone only be a crime if the victim dies or loses a limb?

I honestly don’t think it’s too harsh a sentence... as someone said above, HIV will be around in someone’s body for a lot longer than 30 years, if it doesn’t kill them first.

I’m assuming that it means he can’t project his voice very far. I’ve known one or two opera singers, and they never used microphones in a performance, as opera was an art form that began before its invention... they’re really able to project their voices across a huge theater and have everyone hear them decently…

Between the Internet sources they provide, their immediate dismissal of anything that doesn’t agree with or support their pre-decided viewpoint, and their insistence that “Big Pharma is just trying to hide the TRUTH!!!!” a lot of weed truthers sound quite a bit like anti-vaxxers, I think...

You’re right, it’s absolutely her desperation that turns people off... Joan Collins and Cher are both older than she is and have had just as much (if not more) plastic surgery but people who dislike Madonna still love them.

I get the feeling I’m supposed to be shocked and appalled by this, and yet...

This reminds me of those old mid century ads that would have something like “WARNING: THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE MISCARRIAGE, DO NOT USE IF PREGNANT” on there...

I assumed that him saying that he brings his own lunch everyday + the reference to school lunches + the fact that Scott Walker is a walking, talking piece of shit meant that he was saying that free/reduced-price lunches shouldn’t be provided for students because parents who can’t afford food ought to magically find a…

“In 1958, for example, a size 8 corresponded with a bust of 31 inches, a waist of 23.5 inches and a hip girth of 32.5 inches. In ASTM’s 2008 standards, a size 8 had increased by five to six inches in each of those three measurements, becoming the rough equivalent of a size 14 or 16 in 1958. We can see size inflation…

Isn’t the average size a 16 now? I feel like I’ve seen a lot of articles about that recently...

The Fire-Bombing of Dresden, where people were quite literally roasted to death as they hid in bomb shelters, the Allies using bombs designed to delay explosion until people had left bomb shelters and were back on the streets, the government-sanctioned (or at the very least overlooked) mass rape of millions and…

Having unfortunately been forced to occasionally associate with the Harvard men’s soccer team around the time this list was made, I can assure you that they were not all that attractive. And that none of this surprises me at all.

Ha well as much as I appreciate your kind offer, I’ve already got enough racist crazy to occupy my attention and drive me insane for the next few decades!

American Evangelicals don’t believe that Catholics are Christians. In their minds, Christianity didn’t exist until the Reformation and Catholics are actually pagans who are lying about being Christian in order to give souls to Satan. (Source: my Southern relatives who keep trying to “save” little half-Catholic me).

The Boston area is so preposterously expensive though, that $22 per hour is equivalent to something like $13 per hour nationally if you account for cost of living...

Yup. And Republican support of this just feels like a ploy to end insurance coverage of BCPs. I had to switch brands recently (I have PCOS, so going without the hormones is not an option) because my new insurance didn’t cover the same type of pill. The cost without insurance was almost $230 for a 2-month supply. It’s…