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Barebacking and Actually Staying Neg?
viking8x6 replied to davethegreat's topic in HIV Risk & Risk Reduction
But GENTLE FRIENDS, if you tell them to go fuck themselves, please keep it civil and DO NOT ESCALATE. -
You're right. It isn't the politics section. Be very careful - I'm not a Democrat, nor am I a Trump Republican. I'm a conservative Libertarian, and definitely not a racist. All due respect, please leave this over in LGBT Politics. <Looks at nav strip> Um, guys... I have bad news for you. This is the Politics section. That said, even in the Politics section, respect is good.
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Aw, c'mon... that's nothing compared to how much he'll be doing AFTER the sentencing!
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This is AWESOME, @ErosWired!!! All you need is to collect a significant (in the technical sense) batch of data and you have a scientific publication in the making! (NOT kidding - and if you're interested I can probably put you in touch with a potential co-author). I got EAI with coords 3.7, 3.0, 4.4 (if I remembered them correctly). The description seems quite accurate, though if rating myself on the I/G axis, I might put myself a little on the G side of center (based on a comparison between my mental experiences of breeding and of getting bred - they are both extremely strong, though). KUDOS!!
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I have three degrees, including a PhD, in science. From the top 12 schools in the world in that field at the time. Unlike you, I cited my sources. I am pretty sure I know what constitutes valid scientific argument. <MontyPython> Go away, before I taunt you a second time! </MontyPython>
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Rashes after partying ?
viking8x6 replied to SFSloppyAznBottom's topic in HIV/AIDS & Sexual Health Issues
You are correct, it wouldn't. @fskn explained what I was thinking (good read, that!): the regular testing would catch it before it got that far. I would add that for me, the regular testing possibly has been the greatest benefit of being on PrEP. I haven't been having so much sex that I would have been likely to pick up HIV even without it, but it has been enough to pick up at least 2 STIs including syphilis, and we caught them early, which makes me happy. -
What annoys you most about gay porn.
viking8x6 replied to Barebackpiggy's topic in Bareback Porn Discussion
The same ones who are paying for music and for regular movies. The people who want to support the makers so they keep making it. -
Just pretend you're going to get a colonoscopy. Same diet works great. Eating it really sucks though.
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We want pictures!!!
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"You are only allowed to send 0 messages per day"
viking8x6 replied to a topic in Tips, Tricks, Rules & Help
Only you can fix it. Read the rest of the topic where you posted this to learn how this works. -
Well… sorta… the science does support HPV causing Cervical Cancer. I haven’t seen anything on Colorectal Cancers, though. HPV definitely does cause cervical cancer, and it is considered (by the scientific community) to be very likely to be a causative agent for a variety of other mucosal cancers. More details on the mechanism of the causation are still under research, and significant mechanistic evidence has been shown. For more details on HPV causation of cervical cancer, see this really excellent article, which goes into great detail about exactly what it means to "prove" causation from epidemiological data: [think before following links] [think before following links] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769629/
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Except that this is actually an instance of gene therapy, all of which is aimed at one-time cures for a variety of diseases. That mostly isn't provided by Big Pharma - although most of them are probably dipping toes in it - but by small biotechnology companies. I'm not sure what their profit model is, but there seem to be plenty of investors. Who, of course, are looking for growth gains rather than dividends, as they were from software in the .com boom 20 years ago. So perhaps there is some hope.
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I'll disagree on this. You have to consider who is doing the research. These people are at a state university. They are much more likely to be doing research because they think it's the right thing to do, or because the government happens to be funding research in that area and their proposal looked more likely to give some kind of positive result.
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Speaking of axes...
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News about Apretude (cabotegravir) 2-month injectable PrEP
viking8x6 replied to fskn's topic in PrEP Discussion
Also, it would be interesting to know whether the studies tried to measure (and correct for) the adherence effect. Measuring would presumably be relatively easy for the cabotegravir, less so for the Truvada. -
Rashes after partying ?
viking8x6 replied to SFSloppyAznBottom's topic in HIV/AIDS & Sexual Health Issues
One possible cause for palm rashes is secondary syphilis. Being on PrEP, it shouldn't ever get to secondary - but if you're not getting tested for it regularly, now would be a great time to get that checked. -
You have plenty of ideas... perhaps you're the one who should be writing a story. Just sayin.
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Syphilis is notorious for looking like other things or sometimes having symptoms subtle enough that you just don't notice them. Especially if you're bottoming, when the primary sore can actually be inside where you can't see it at all. The second time I crossed paths with it I never noticed any symptoms. But IT CAN KILL YOU... indeed it WILL kill you (and very nastily) if left untreated. So get tested, people!
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If, like me, you're prone to losing them - this is one possible solution: Buy silicone O-rings by the dozen. I got these from Amazon and they work out to a little more than $1 each. They're a bit on the narrow side, but they're fairly stiff while still stretchy enough to get on and off - work quite well for me. They are also available in a wide variety of sizes, which is a huge advantage. [think before following links] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FN0YLC/
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I'm with @NWUSHorny on this one. I'm aware that this is a thing, but: I see people subscribing to this or that hierarchy, and jockeying for place in it, or happy with their place in it... and my reaction is very much "OK... whatever." I'm just not wired that way. I can role-play dom or sub (within limits) but it's definitely acting for me, and not at all connected with my psyche. I find politics similarly baffling.
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Stopping PrEP: difference between Tops and Bottoms?
viking8x6 replied to hungry_hole's topic in PrEP Discussion
OK, a couple of points here. One, the 2-1-1 on-demand dosing for PrEP has been experimentally verified to be effective for bottoms. Therefore, a 2-day tail (plus however long it takes for the drug concentration to drop in the body) is sufficient to protect from infection. Therefore 28 days (or even 7) are not necessary. QED. Two [warning, science ahead!] the drugs (reverse transcriptase inhibitors) in PrEP do indeed go into the cells, and they must do so significantly *before* the HIV virus in order to protect that cell from infection. They must enter the cells because that is where the viral RNA is unpacked and transcribed into DNA - the first step in replication, and the one that RTIs prevent. They must do so early because the dosed forms of the drug are not the ones that inhibit the process - they must first be deprotected (from the chemical modification that protects them and allows them to be absorbed by the body) and then have a couple of phosphate groups added by body enzymes before they are in the form that binds to the viral enzyme and prevents it from working. All that takes some time.
