Teh AIDS

[Cerevant]

I didn't mean this to be a thread about what people do and don't joke about, but looking at my original post, that's exactly what it was.  Sorry about that.  I've fixed it.

I really just wanted to say something serious on the topic for a change, and not have it buried in the short-attention span thread.

[ice grillin you]

aids is funny till you get it

[SunMo]

aids is funny till you get it

that pretty much goes for anything

[Seabiscuit36]

aids is funny till you get it

that pretty much goes for anything

Cancer isnt funny though, and i'm pretty sure i have that one waiting for me in the next 15 years. 

[rjs246]

Cancer is even funnier than aids because it doesn't ruin your memories of your night with that oiled up tranny hooker.

[SunMo]

Cancer isnt funny though,

please don't say that to me

[ice grillin you]

cancer is funny when a gay gets it

[Susquehanna Birder]

I really just wanted to say something serious on the topic for a change, and not have it buried in the short-attention span thread.

Did you forget where you were when you had that little epiphany?

[Seabiscuit36]

cancer is funny when a gay gets it

now that is funny, but the Sun Mo has to have teh AIDS already

[Cerevant]

I really just wanted to say something serious on the topic for a change, and not have it buried in the short-attention span thread.

Did you forget where you were when you had that little epiphany?

Yeah - WTF was I thinking.

[MadMarchHare]

AIDS can give you cancer

Patients with HIV infection have substantially increased incidence of several malignant cancers. This is primarily due to co-infection with an oncogenic DNA virus, especially Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), and human papillomavirus (HPV).[42][43] The following confer a diagnosis of AIDS when they occur in an HIV-infected person.

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common tumor in HIV-infected patients. The appearance of this tumor in young homosexual men in 1981 was one of the first signals of the AIDS epidemic. Caused by a gammaherpes virus called Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV), it often appears as purplish nodules on the skin, but can affect other organs, especially the mouth, gastrointestinal tract, and lungs.
High-grade B cell lymphomas such as Burkitt's lymphoma, Burkitt's-like lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and primary central nervous system lymphoma present more often in HIV-infected patients. These particular cancers often foreshadow a poor prognosis. In some cases these lymphomas are AIDS-defining. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or KSHV cause many of these lymphomas.
Cervical cancer in HIV-infected women is considered AIDS-defining. It is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).
In addition to the AIDS-defining tumors listed above, HIV-infected patients are at increased risk of certain other tumors, such as Hodgkin's disease and anal and rectal carcinomas. However, the incidence of many common tumors, such as breast cancer or colon cancer, does not increase in HIV-infected patients. In areas where HAART is extensively used to treat AIDS, the incidence of many AIDS-related malignancies has decreased, but at the same time malignant cancers overall have become the most common cause of death of HIV-infected patients.[44]

That's gotta be good for a laugh, right?

[SunMo]

only for us people who have immune systems that don't hate us

[Eagaholic]

aids is funny till you get it

that pretty much goes for anything

except jokes. they're pretty much not funny til you get it.

The HPV mentioned is another STD that causes cancer (cervical cancer in women). But fortunately they have a new vaccine they want to give to all school girls so that not only they, but also guys don't get the HPV.

Word of caution however - this should not be construed to mean you are now allowed to do schoolgirls.

BTW that actually was a good perspective in the opening post given by the guy who died of AIDS.