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You mostly seem to be complaining about people who aren’t on PrEP. So you should be happy that there may now be an easier option for these people. It’s because

by foldr 2y ago

You mostly seem to be complaining about people who aren’t on PrEP. So you should be happy that there may now be an easier option for these people. It’s because you instead choose to complain about (literally!) people who have fun and don’t feel bad about it that you come across as a sourpuss. If you actually have some kind of concrete alternative proposal to making PrEP more widely available then I’m all ears, but you seem just to want to complain about people who have more than some arbitrarily-determined quantity of sex.

bruce343434 2y ago
What I'm really complaining about is people with poor risk assessment and self control skills causing a tragedy of the commons for carefree sex, because people don't want to hear that they need to behave responsibly. In modern society it's pretty much a taboo to tell someone that they are too sexual, even when it's true and they are at highly increased risk for getting and subsequently spreading an STD. I think you and I are in agreement about how awesome sex is. It's not about that. It's about people acting stupidly. I don't want a dating pool full of STDs but we're getting there. There's pros and cons to everyone leading a short-term-pleasure hedonistic lifestyle. And yes, I'm happy about this PrEP development. Because when treatments and cures get better, it changes the risk calculus, and makes behavior which is today risky, no longer as risky or maybe even not risky at all. I empathize with people who simply love to fuck a new body every week. They have their reasons for not picking a person and sticking with them. But I can't realistically say "well that's their business" because it's not just their business, it's the business of our whole society. Food for thought: why is short-term greed looked down upon when it's about finances or business, but it's looked up to when it's sexual in nature?

by foldr 2y ago

bruce343434 2y ago

What I'm really complaining about is people with poor risk assessment and self control skills causing a tragedy of the commons for carefree sex, because people don't want to hear that they need to behave responsibly. In modern society it's pretty much a taboo to tell someone that they are too sexual, even when it's true and they are at highly increased risk for getting and subsequently spreading an STD. I think you and I are in agreement about how awesome sex is. It's not about that. It's about people acting stupidly. I don't want a dating pool full of STDs but we're getting there. There's pros and cons to everyone leading a short-term-pleasure hedonistic lifestyle. And yes, I'm happy about this PrEP development. Because when treatments and cures get better, it changes the risk calculus, and makes behavior which is today risky, no longer as risky or maybe even not risky at all. I empathize with people who simply love to fuck a new body every week. They have their reasons for not picking a person and sticking with them. But I can't realistically say "well that's their business" because it's not just their business, it's the business of our whole society. Food for thought: why is short-term greed looked down upon when it's about finances or business, but it's looked up to when it's sexual in nature?