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Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by milesf »

dogma1138 wrote: post #40
milesf wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it works well for me. 16 years married, and I have never cheated. In fact most of my friends and colleagues have been married a long time, including my friend Irving. He and his wife have been married for 70 years (they're both 92). The percentages are meaningless when we're talking personal choice. It is a valid way of avoiding STD's, and a choice I made back in 1990 when I was 20.

Not to be a downer, but you've only effectively lived 1/3rd of your life, not to mention is that you aren't the only partner in your relationship. Monogamy may work, safe sex pretty much always work :) Most people not only not getting married at 20 if at all these days, they are also having sex at an earlier age. GL telling 16 year olds to wait, I wasn't going to get married in high school, and I had no intention of…

Safe sex pretty much always works...riiiiight. Condoms never break.

I remember the term safe sex back in the late 80's. Then the term was changed to safer sex. So let's say you're going to have sex with a person and just before you start to get it on they say "oh, by the way, I have AIDS". Are you still going to have sex with them?

Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by milesf »

omginternets wrote: post #83
milesf wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it works well for me. 16 years married, and I have never cheated. In fact most of my friends and colleagues have been married a long time, including my friend Irving. He and his wife have been married for 70 years (they're both 92). The percentages are meaningless when we're talking personal choice. It is a valid way of avoiding STD's, and a choice I made back in 1990 when I was 20.

>Well, it works well for me. 16 years married, and I have never cheated. Well then it's settled. I hope to read your manuscript in Lancet next month. STD epidemics are cured thanks to milesf boundless fidelity!

Oh look! It's the Lancet! http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67...

And oh, look! Abstinence-only is not very effective, but Abstinence-plus presents all the information, including the closing sentence "Only if they are provided with all the information they need to make their own decisions will they be able to decide wisely."

Huh. Learning about everything and then leaving it up to the individual to decide. What a concept.

Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by giardini »

Mz wrote: post #177
giardini wrote: post #175

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Mz: "So basically, alligators dig holes, and this does a bunch of important things, and also they eat one of the main animals that would otherwise destroy wetlands." Well, that's not what you originally said. Furthermore you're misinterpreting what you quote above too. FWIW in the U.S. the word "coypu" is rarely used, we use the word "nutria" instead. First of all, to say Mz: "...like an alligator making swamps in th…

My understanding is that large swamps, like the Everglades would, in fact, shrink and stop being large, stable swamps without alligators. I am not going to try to dig up further supporting links showing that as sediment accumulates, wetlands change. Your pet alligator failing to terraform your backyard is not evidence that they do not have this impact in the wild. That is like saying "I have seen a single lion in the…

In the low-lying swampy terrain of the East Texas river bottom lands through which I traipsed as a child, I observed alligators, snakes, frogs, lizards et al in their natural environment.

There is, literally and figuratively, a world of difference between the real world and the world one reads about. One's grounding in real world knowledge is critical to one's understanding. Simply because something is on the Internet (or in a book) doesn't mean it's true. Getting out into the real world helps one understand, fills in gaps in one's knowledge, and makes the difference.

Earlier on I honestly thought that you were a child or at least a young student, since your knowledge seemed to be exclusively based on a rough interpretation of readings (which did not appear particularly authoritative). However since you state that you are a parent, I am somewhat disappointed to conclude that, in your life, you may have missed out on some experiential information that many, if not most, others share as common knowledge. I regret that I don't know how to communicate that to you. I would only hope that you encourage your child to get out into the world. My best wishes.

Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by nommm-nommm »

somenomadicguy wrote: post #137
shlant wrote: post #136

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Not sure why you chose that source, but one second searching google for "acne diet research" returns this from the AAD no less: https://www.aad.org/media/news-releases/growing-evidence-sug... Yes, the cause of acne can be different from person to person, but if you really think that the building blocks (ie. food) of our body doesn't have an effect on our largest organ then you are being willfully ignorant. From my ex…

How can you be 100% sure it's the sugar? Perhaps it's a new set of chemicals and bacteria in the water supply of her new home? Perhaps it's the tea itself, the temperature of the drink, the cream, new molds or pollen in the air where she now lives? Or the stress of moving?

Or the stress of being a social outcast for giving up sugar?

People who say they don't eat sugar make no sense, it's meaningless. My mother in law "doesn't eat sugar" but I see her eat stuff with sugar in it all the time. Fruit, most vegetables, and milk all have sugar in them.

Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by nommm-nommm »

milesf wrote: post #14

Here's a novel thought: Monogamy. Wait to have sex until you're married, then have only one sexual partner your entire life. That'll deal with the problem, and every other sexually transmitted disease out there. It's almost too simple to work, but I've heard that over time - thousands of years in fact - it is a strategy humans have used to build not just safe sex, but many other benefits as well http://www.theglobean…

The problem is when people don't have sex before marriage they tend to get married to have sex. Then instead of having a heartbreak and moving on they are caught in a miserable marriage.

Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by nommm-nommm »

dogma1138 wrote: post #40
milesf wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it works well for me. 16 years married, and I have never cheated. In fact most of my friends and colleagues have been married a long time, including my friend Irving. He and his wife have been married for 70 years (they're both 92). The percentages are meaningless when we're talking personal choice. It is a valid way of avoiding STD's, and a choice I made back in 1990 when I was 20.

Not to be a downer, but you've only effectively lived 1/3rd of your life, not to mention is that you aren't the only partner in your relationship. Monogamy may work, safe sex pretty much always work :) Most people not only not getting married at 20 if at all these days, they are also having sex at an earlier age. GL telling 16 year olds to wait, I wasn't going to get married in high school, and I had no intention of…

>these days, they are also having sex at an earlier age.

This is untrue. We have the most prude generation right now. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-millennials-...

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Post by nommm-nommm »

antisthenes wrote: post #49
Maskawanian wrote: post #19

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And then you find that you are sexually incompatible with the person you married.

> sexually incompatible with the person you married That's as much of a myth as monogamy. Incompatible just means they're not attracted to you, or you to them. Call it what it is.

If I want sex a few times a month and my partner wants sex every day that means I'm not attracted to them? No, it's well established people have differing sex drives and sex drives change with age.

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Post by nommm-nommm »

antisthenes wrote: post #173
PuffinBlue wrote: post #66

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So both parties are physically/emotionally attracted to each other lets say but they're both submissive, or one has HL and the other LL (/r/deadbedrooms if you want more), or one's into monogomy and the other is polyamorous. Just a few examples that confirm it's not a 'myth'.

A few anecdotes you mean. Polyamory usually signals a low quality mate, and is tangential to sexual compatibility at best. Submissive usually means some disorder with the male. There are tons of disorders that could impact sexual quality of life, but between 2 healthy individuals who are attracted to each other, sexual incompatibility is a myth.

This is some fucked up shit. Submissiveness is a disorder? No it's not.

Sure we can play this game because it's a tautology. My sexual preferences are different from yours? It's a disorder, doesn't count, you aren't healthy.

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Post by ensignavenger »

JanezStupar wrote: post #179
ensignavenger wrote: post #155

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Any citation for this? If this was actually a widespread practice, I would think their insurance premiums would be prohibitively expensive!

Anecdotal observation. It is a public secret amongst farmers where I live.

I suppose it is possible that large agribusinesses where you live do this... it is also possible that the small farmers near you have an axe to grind with their larger competition, and/or are open to accepting and spreading gossip and rumors without much basis in reality.

Re: Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn

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Post by JanezStupar »

ensignavenger wrote: post #189
JanezStupar wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotal observation. It is a public secret amongst farmers where I live.

I suppose it is possible that large agribusinesses where you live do this... it is also possible that the small farmers near you have an axe to grind with their larger competition, and/or are open to accepting and spreading gossip and rumors without much basis in reality.

But you don't think it's possible that all the incentives are geared towards this kind of behavior?
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