# Gay and AIDS are not synonyms, dammit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 2, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922 "2002-05-02T20:08:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/121 "2002-05-10T18:39:57Z")
Well, golly gee, I guess I’m in the clear for the time being, since I have a broken rib and am not particularly mobile or flexible, so no nookie for me. Maybe we should all break our ribs to avoid having evil, sinful gay sex. Then we wouldn’t contract HIV. You have a broken rib? Maybe you should get tested for HIV! 😉 Read my sig line and accept my apologies. 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/122 "2002-05-10T21:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jester \* > \*\*No, **Ryan** , it added nothing. All you did was say that you wouldn’t have offered the assumption. You’ve given no evidence to back up _why_ you wouldn’t make the assumption. \*\* 😕 Everything I say must be backed by evidence? “I don’t like the Backstreet Boys” “Cite?” ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/123 "2002-05-10T22:56:55Z")
So, **scott** … how’d you break that rib again? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/124 "2002-05-10T23:44:13Z")
I can think of a number of sexual activities you could participate in with a broken rib. As long as they didn’t make you laugh. Jill ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/125 "2002-05-11T03:05:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > **I can think of a number of sexual activities you could participate in with a broken rib. As long as they didn’t make you laugh.** **JillGat** is funny. 😃 I’ve laughed before during sex… 😉 But as for my current state, I’m barely mobile (even with the painkillers) so I won’t be having it off with anyone anytime soon… Well, then again, I could use a nice massage and bubble-bath, so I might call up one of my “friends.” 😉 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/126 "2002-05-11T10:43:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ryan \* > \*\*Most of the effort has been spent responding to people apparently determined to misinterpret me. \*\* It’s not difficult to misinterpret you, since you’ve never made any sense whatsoever. You do not present arguments - which would be welcome on this board - rather, you ramble and try to defend yourself against what you feel are personal attacks. Well, deal with the personal attacks, because a lot of us fucking hate you. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/127 "2002-05-11T13:13:10Z")
[[Well, deal with the personal attacks, because a lot of us fucking hate you.]] Okay, this has gone about as far as it needs to. You guys and The Ryan are getting nowhere, and it appears to be pointless for either side to continue trying. There is even another thread in BBQ dedicated solely to arguing with The Ryan. Can we go back to the topic in this thread, please, if it still needs discussing? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/128 "2002-05-11T15:53:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > **You guys and The Ryan are getting nowhere, and it appears to be pointless for either side to continue trying.** Funny how often that happens… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/129 "2002-05-12T05:13:30Z")
**scott** , save your viritrol for the proper forum. (I know, it’s difficult, but try, dahling, try…) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/130 "2002-05-12T19:47:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\ ***scott** , save your viritrol for the proper forum. (I know, it’s difficult, but try, dahling, try…) > > Esprix \*\* This _is_ in the Pit. Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/131 "2002-05-13T02:38:09Z")
Oh. Duh. There are _so_ many threads where people wish to rip out **The Ryan** ’s throat that I forget where I am half the time. Never mind… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922/132 "2002-05-16T04:35:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > \*\*Jesus fucking christ on a pogo stick - much as I respect your viewpoints and your particular scientific discipline **Jill** , I cannot believe that you flaunt your “epidemiologist” status here in respect of HIV and don’t even post about the risks of the various Hep virii. > > I’ve never, EVER, called a mod/admin on their qualifications before, but as someone who was there at the outset of HIV hitting Western nations I’m asking you here and now to reveal to us why you are some kind of “expert” in this field. > > I’m sorry, hon, I love your posts and 9 times out of 10 I will support them absolutely. > > But you simply do **not** get to claim some kind of “expert” status here without referring to peer reviewed studies. \*\* Okay, as long as we’re in the Pit, I want to register my pet peeve about MB discussions/debates. Reprise registered this rather confrontational post about me. I answered it politely with some corrections and get no response. It seems like the attacker ought to at least respond with a “I stand by my guns, I still think you stink” or “I’m sorry, I was wrong.” I get really sick of unfair attacks by posters who disappear when you correct them. Jill [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-and-aids-are-not-synonyms-dammit/106922.md?page=6)