# An anonymous way to say "we have STD!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825 "2005-01-03T14:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/1 "2005-01-03T14:08:41Z")
From [http://www.inSpot.org](http://www.inSpot.org): > [@](#): > > In San Francisco, there’s an easy way to tell your sex partners you have an STD. Send them a free inSPOT e-card, ANONYMOUSLY or from your email address! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/2 "2005-01-03T14:40:59Z")
I can’t decide if this is horribly irresponsible or responsible. I mean, you should KNOW about it beforehand, right? However, at least you’re taking steps to let them know afterward. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/3 "2005-01-03T15:08:40Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I can’t decide if this is horribly irresponsible or responsible. I mean, you should KNOW about it beforehand, right? However, at least you’re taking steps to let them know afterward. I think it’s both responsible and irresponsible. I mean, it does allow your trick to be alerted to a possible STD, and yet, you can very easily prank whomever you wanted… ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/4 "2005-01-03T16:31:55Z")
Yeah, that whole prank thing is a whole bundle of temptations… Gah, I think I have a bad soul to even be tempted. Honestly though, many STDs take a while to show up. You can come up with a nice case of warts years after you actually aquired them. This is way better than being to embarrassed to tell people at all and possibly allowing your ex-partner to spread it to others. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/5 "2005-01-03T22:55:14Z")
The first thing I thought about is how many pranks this is going to cause… however, at least some people might be able to be warned when their partners are too embarassed to do it face-to-face. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/6 "2005-01-03T23:05:55Z")
DON’T PEOPLE USE CONDOMS ANYMORE? Aids isn’t going away any time soon, and people are still messing with their lives by having unprotected sex with people they obviously don’t know well enough to tell face-to-face that they’ve got an STD. Bad form. ---
**Author:** ![meowpossum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@meowpossum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meowpossum)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/7 "2005-01-04T00:06:16Z")
Doesn’t the local health department notify your personal contacts by mail? Or is that just for certain STD’s like syphilis and HIV? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anonymous-way-to-say-we-have-std/282825/8 "2005-01-04T02:30:53Z")
Who has their sex partners’ e-mail addresses?? 😉