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“There is only so much government money and resources to fight diseases, this one seems like low hanging fruit that the affected community could solve with some
by perardi 4y ago
“There is only so much government money and resources to fight diseases, this one seems like low hanging fruit that the affected community could solve with some leadership, personal responsibility and group effort.”
Listen, as a gay man, I’m just going to go ahead and say we are not the greatest at self-control sometimes.
But, living in Chicago? The minute they made the vaccine available for monkeypox, there were lines out the door. Through the roof demand. (Through the roof of Steamworks, because in a move that makes total sense but is also totally hilarious, the first pop-up event was at a bathhouse.) We will get this vaccine in a heartbeat.
But we can’t. Because, in part…the FDA slow walked the inspection of the single plant that produces this vaccine. So it won’t be at full capacity for quite a while.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/07/monkeypox-vaccine-delayed-after-fda-waited-to-inspect-plant.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/07/monkeypox-vaccine-de...
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- nostromo 4y ago> Listen, as a gay man, I’m just going to go ahead and say we are not the greatest at self-control sometimes. As compared to whom? All those straight men and their renowned self-control?
- n8cpdx 4y agoIt’s pretty well documented that straight men have a harder time finding partners for anonymous/casual sex than gay men do. It’s like a whole complex for people, almost to the level of being a meme. https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Tinder-work-for-average-guys-like-myself https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Tinder-work-for-average-guy... As a gay man, I could absolutely be getting a blowjob in the next ~2 hours (conservatively) if I dropped my standards enough - almost anywhere. I don’t think that’s true for straight men; self control isn’t the limiting factor.
- nostromo 4y agoSo say that then. Saying gay men lack self control is a different claim entirely, not to mention offensive.
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- margalabargala 4y agoStereotypically, straight men are rate-limited by straight women, so the stereotypical self-control of straight men is not terribly relevant. It's not the bottleneck, so doesn't enter the equation. With gay men, since they are having sex within their own group, the amount of self-control for that group directly affects the rate for that group.
- chitowneats 4y agoThose straight men's urges are kept in check in by women. I've been responding to several of your comments and it seems you don't have a good understanding of the dynamics at play in the MSM community. As I bisexual male I most certainly do.
- nostromo 4y agolol dude - I’m gay. Please continue to tell me more about my people.
- chitowneats 4y agoMy mistake. That's why I said "seems". In that case, I'd argue you are unaware of how heterosexual relations differ.
- karencarits 4y agoWell, we should not ignore that the gay community is diverse and that there is room for vastly different experiences within it
- scarmig 4y agoAs a bi guy, I'm pretty sure I could go out and have enough male sexual partners to catch monkeypox before I could get a single date with a woman. ETA: given some napkin estimates, it's actually more like a 10% chance, though it wouldn't be surprising if it jumped up to >50% in a month or so depending on spread.
- arroz 4y agoMen are not the greatest at self control, regardless if they are gay or not I am a gay man and I don’t go around having sex with everyone, i am very selective and I like building relationships