Why do you think people do not use condoms for hookups? They're drunk? On drugs? Don't like condoms?
They don't care and figure they'll risk it?
all of the above and then some. we're in agreement
HIV/AIDS is treatable and not a death sentence?
so is cancer, but there's no cure for the stages when aids turns into salivating uncontrollably, lose of vision, wheel-chair confinement, inability feed oneself, dementia, weight-loss not to mention the other disease normal bodies can fight off that can debilitate an person with aids. anyone one of these is devastating, many people develop several of these conditions
LOL Marley, yes, I do date. I don't hookup with strangers, and I insist on testing in relationships. I don't want herpes, HIV, or anything in between.
you should preach this on the street corner cuz numbers suggest you're a minority in this line of thinking
What surprises me is people would believe a stranger telling them they are HIV negative. It seems so incredibly naive on their part. I would doubt most things a stranger is telling me, so if one told me he was HIV negative, it would fall into the same category of doubt.
again, some people aren't as bright
As you can see from those pics, you can't really tell who is HIV positive. Then again, you wouldn't be able to tell if someone had cancer unless they had lost a lot of weight, hair, and looked really sick. On the other hand, I've seen some people undergoing chemo and radiation for cancer, and if they hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known. The obvious difference would be that you can't catch cancer from having sex with someone afflicted with it. With AIDS, there's a possibility.
you've successfully interpreted the purpose of my thread