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  1. viking8x6
    They actually did control the study for this effect and ruled out this potential explanation (or seem to think they have). They did it by comparing specifically the newly diagnosed HVL patients against the newly diagnosed patients who did not have a high viral load. The former group had signficantly higher sexual behavior in the 1 month after diagnosis than did the latter group. My understanding (not having picked it apart too carefully) is that this is the main point upon which their claim that HIV specifically influences sexual behavior is based.
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    It is possible, especially if (as @Lily95 points out), their virus is resistant to the drugs in PrEP. In practice, for people who are compliant with their PrEP dosing, the number of cases of it actually happening are less than 10, among all the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people taking PrEP.
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    You should credit the original author, then.
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    That's not correct. The new article states quite explicitly that the data they have support the hypothesis that high viral load of HIV has an effect on the host that increases their sexual activity. Whether their interpretation of the data is correct can be argues (and no doubt will, given the controversial nature of the subject). But that's definitely what they are saying. Of course they don't have any idea how such an effect comes about.
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    I think you probably mean this one
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    This site invites you to talk about "information, tips and stories about barebacking". Barebacking includes a risk of HIV. Some people fetishize this. The site acknowledges and supports both, and provides for free (it's paid for by the ads) a safe space for its members to do so. Not everyone on the Internet is OK with some of these things, hence certain types of discussion are limited to members-only areas. The administrator, creator, and host of the site, for very good reasons he has explained elsewhere, has forbidden certain topics on the site altogether. ALL THIS IS EXPLAINED IN GREAT DETAIL in his topics welcoming you to the community and explaining the rules: https://breeding.zone/topic/12285-read-this-before-you-post/ https://breeding.zone/topic/64867-read-this-significant-change-in-rules-effective-31/ As he has explained elsewhere on the site at length, the owner is very strongly against this and is extremely concerned about the resurgence of anti-LGBT and anti-HIV sentiments and legislation. He outspokenly encourages people in our community to fight against these things. Yes, it will. There are innumerable posts here by former members whose accounts have been deleted. The beginning of this thread explains that process, and why it is deliberately NOT an immediate process. That said, the ONLY person capable of doing account deletions is currently recovering from a stroke, and for obvious reasons that isn't his first priority (nor should it be). Of course the site is collecting data. The data you put into it. For whom? The other members of the site, and anyone else on the internet who cares to read the cacophony of "out there" material here, be it inspiring, erotic, disgusting, or tawdry (and we have reams of all of those).
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    Why do you want them to stop? Not intended as a trick question - I often will continue having sex with someone after I've come (actually, I more often do this as the top), not because I'm that into it, but because I feel my sex partner deserves some fun, too. In my mind, feeling libidinous is just one of a great many reasons to have sex.
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    Newtumbl is closed permanently. RIP. Discussion topic for that here:
  9. viking8x6
    ^^^ SO MUCH THIS ^^^ I enjoy a good role-play of "don't cum in me" as much as the next guy (in fact, one of my top favorite porn stories is that scenario exactly). But if it's not role-play, doing it is rape, full stop.
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    OK, it seems clear that you mostly know what you are and what you are interested in. Labels don't matter at all, as long as you know. You feel romantic toward women. You feel sexually attracted to men. You are mostly a bottom in that department... you "love cock and cum and can't really get used enough". But. You have an odd feeling that keeps you from acting. Seems to me you need to spend some time, on your own or with help (professional or otherwise) unpacking that "odd feeling". It could be a lot of things, and until you know something about it, you won't have much idea of how to change it. Is it fear (of disease, etc.)? Shame? Concern over others' judgment of you? Guilt/self-judgment? Anxiety over how you'll perform when it's time for action? Could be any or all of those. Each would require its own strategy to get past it and have the life you want. One suggestion I have for actual action is to just try it and see! You have a great FWB who understands your drive - get him to help out, maybe by helping to organize a 3-way or group scene where he's present as a participant and gatekeeper. That kind of scene might address many of the potential inhibitions you are feeling, and be fun for both of you as well. Enjoy!
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    Actually that's not why those warnings are there. They are there because lawyers convinced people who got hurt doing something they probably knew was a bad idea that someone else was responsible. Why did the lawyers do that? Because they make a lot of money from it. SMH.
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    The risk is nowhere near that big for undetectable top. It's less then 0.25% per 100 years of having sex. Which is to say, it didn't happen at all in the scientific study of it, so it's no more than that number - it could be less.
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    Well, that sounds like a fairly unpleasant experience. Not that it directly explains your overall loss of libido, but it could certainly contribute to your general happiness (or lack thereof) and mood. I looked this one up - quite interesting! It's an analogue of a natural hormone that's involved in regulating melanin production in the skin. Which, of course, is connected with sunlight... and, upon some further digging I found, also thyroid regulation of the metabolism. @leatherpunk16, if you haven't checked thyroid and vitamin D levels, that's definitely worth doing.
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    Ouch, that's really terrible! Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you for sure that depression can do that to you. My understanding is that it's actually a pretty well-known symptom of depression. So if you are still having trouble with that, it could well be at fault. And (also first-hand) I can tell you that depression can fool you by abating somewhat without being really gone - you feel sort-of OK and think you're "well", but your perceptual calibration is off because you've been in hell too long. So if you're not getting treatment for it, please do! It can definitely steal your life. Other things I can think of that might contribute: Covid aftereffects / long Covid; shift in diet/exercise/self-care; shift in body/brain chemistry. Aging can do it too (and is notorious for that), but IMO you're not so old that I would expect it to. Hugs and Tugs! Hope you can find some relief - sooner rather than later!
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    It's definitely worth considering flying into Ontario, CA airport if you're going to Palm Springs and/or LA. It's way over on the east side of LA, so you're already part way to PS, and tends to have significantly cheaper flights than PS.
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    Sorry; somehow my description didn't make that key fact clear. My buddy had a hangnail (tear in the skin at the corner of a fingernail, a very common thing). The blood got onto that. That topic doesn't belong here in the health forums. However, there is a topic thread on exactly that in the Softcore Fetish forum:
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    OK: possible, but let's say it's HIGHLY speculative. Remember that just getting HIV on you, or even in you, is not enough to result in infection. Sufficient virions have to encounter a very specific (and fairly rare) type of white blood cell, successfully bind to it, and infect it. The mucosal membranes are thinner than external skin, but they are still significant barriers, and it's not like T cells go wandering off into the spaces outside them. Receptive oral intercourse is a rather low risk of HIV transmission, and that's why. What you describe would be similarly low, only it's a lot harder to get cum into your urethra than into your mouth. It is obviously NOT a significant concern with regard to the OP's question. Off the subject, with regard to highly unlikely events: I know a guy, for real (or at least I have no reason to doubt his claim), who caught HIV through a hangnail back in the '90s. He was at a gay festival weekend of some sort and was visiting a piercing shop. A poz guy was having his nipple pierced and the blood squirted out and somehow got on my buddy's hand. This kind of thing is possible, just so extremely unlikely that it completely isn't worth worrying about.
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    No. As everyone else here has stated, the chances are vanishingly small. HIV is actually pretty hard to catch. Reading between the lines, it sounds like you're exploring man-on-man sex and stepping outside your comfort zone. AWESOME! In the immortal words of Tom Lehrer: "Don't be nervous, don't be flustered, don't be scared... BE PREPARED!" In 21st-century terms, as many other topics here have explained, that means: Remember that HIV, while serious, is by far the least transmissible of the various STI's running around out there, and some of them are quite unpleasant. Get on PrEP if you don't want to risk HIV. If you're not sharing needles or engaging in receptive anal intercourse, you're probably pretty safe without this one. Get your shots! HepA, HepB, mpox, meningitis, HPV. All of these are completely preventable. Get tested. Regularly. Gonorrhea, chlamydia, and especially syphilis are out there, and can be asymptomatic so you won't notice a thing. You don't want to be spreading them around, and we don't want you to, either.
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    A little elaboration: BZ is already built on top of an open source platform (like wordpress, but something else). However, the amount of additional structure on top of the forum framework is substantial (as you might imagine). @rawTOP (the site owner and admin) has for quite some time now been working on a new site that is rebuilt from scratch. That site is already in beta testing. Therefore, modifications to the old site that involve much new engineering are probably not going to happen, but the suggestions are certainly welcome!
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    I'm moderately hairy all over, and like it that way (as well as in my partners - @Tanbbottom, I'd probably find you super hot in your natively hirsute state). I've had crabs about half a dozen times, including at least once where I didn't actually have sexual contact (yes, you can catch these from a toilet seat). They are very easy to catch, but fortunately fairly easy to get rid of as well. I got prescription pyrethrins a few times, but they're also available over the counter, and in fact flea shampoo for dogs and cats is the same stuff exactly and works perfectly well (or does for me anyway). Make sure you leave it on a full 5-10 minutes! I find it's important to remove the nits (my fingernails seem to work better than a comb) and any lice that I can, as sometimes the insecticide only stuns them. Physically removing them is guaranteed. I used to have to treat twice on occasion, but since I started using this approach, I've not had any relapses. On a related topic, scabies are ever so much nastier than crabs... they can affect you all over even if you're not that hairy, they itch like fury, and they are substantially harder to get rid of (read: coat your body with insecticidal lotion and leave it on for 8 hours, twice). Please, if you ever cross paths with them, exterminate them with extreme prejudice!!!
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    Keeping this short, I'd say "Western" rather than "American". Two factors come to my mind that I believe are likely to be responsible for the difference between Western ideas on homosexuality and those in other countries: 1. Cultural values, and in particular those regarding family structure, which vary pretty strongly between what I might describe as "major cultural divisions of humanity". 2. Judeochristian ideas regarding family roles and sex. Between Moses and St. Paul, those are IMO pretty thoroughly fucked up. Not that others aren't, but the JC versions specifically are what "gay" and "queer" culture is in opposition to.
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    I like your post as far as it goes (I'm pretty sure having input to this discussion from someone who actually has the background to know real facts about it is a huge bonus) I'm a bit confused about the part I quoted, only because @AlwaysOpen made several suggestions (although they appear to be intended to work together), it's not clear to me which of them you believe is "a crime against humanity", and why. I'd be appreciative if you would explain a bit more fully.
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    Go back to the first page of the topic and read it. If you want your account deleted, you must follow those instructions.
  24. viking8x6
    Absolutely true. My point was that most of the individuals in these categories actually do have some official employment, and that usually involves a salary. Those salaries are not small, even if the actual amounts money they receive in other ways are much much larger. If you read my previous post, you'd have noticed that I'm very much of the opinion that immigrants, documented or otherwise, do not cost "us" substantially more than any other citizens - in fact, my belief is that they usually cost less.
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    I'm dubious about this logic. My understanding is a bit different: If people are actually "rich" (i.e. upper middle class or higher), while a large proportion of their income is not "earned" (and therefore incurs no social security tax), they usually have a fairly significant amount of "earned" income, on which they do pay social security tax. However, the amount of "earned" income that is subject to social security tax is capped at a fairly small number (in the low $100k's per year), so the capped amount of social security tax they pay on their total income (or even their "earned" income) becomes a very small percentage indeed.

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