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PyroGothNerd wrote: Raidra wrote:

Indefinitesilence wrote:

No, what's going on with your avatar?

Yeah, I felt dirty even searching for that picture, but I had to show the world what the internet truly held. I suppose I did kind of bring it here by attempting to not bring it here, but I only brought it as an example of what not to bring here. Like taking your dead parents to show and tell. I actually have one now instead of the generic gray silhouette.

I understand what you mean about the drawing. It's like how on nature shows they'll show pictures of jellyfish stings, spider bites, etc. to show why you should avoid them.

Animal show narrator- If this species of Australian jellyfish stings you, it will look and feel like you've been branded with a hot iron.

Me- No!

Narrator- Here's a picture.

Me- NO!

By the way, my friends over at Narutopedia don't have to know about the wisecrack I made, right? ~slides over an ice cream sundae and a goodly piece of butter cake~ Right? Health class was worse...

HERE'S WHAT STDs LOOK LIKE!!!

That's probably because sadly there are people and things in pop culture that make STDs seem harmless, even humorous. A comedian on ComicView (a stand-up comedy show on BET) did a good job pointing this out. He said he saw a commercial with a couple doing fun, romantic activities (playing in the park, walking on the beach, etc.), and to his shock it turned out to be a commercial for genital herpes medication. He noted that in real life if someone gave their sexual partner genital herpes, things would not be so fun and romantic. My late father and I saw a commercial like that one time, and the part Dad found interesting was the disclaimer that "You should not use this product if you have health problems from advanced HIV or AIDS." Dad noted that if someone had advanced AIDS then he/she had bigger problems to worry about.

Incidentally, there are supposedly people now who say, "Oh, you shouldn't say 'sexually transmitted disease'; you should say 'sexually transmitted infection' because 'disease' has a negative connotation." Sure, because "infection" doesn't have any negative connotations at all, right? In any case, Badmovies.org has a review of a 1940s Navy training film called U.S.S.V.D - Ship of Shame (or something to that effect) if anyone's interested.