So, why was aids such a big deal?

About 10-15% of gay men have an absolutely unhinged number of s*x partners, like 1,000+

Even if it was just these guys dying that would be a lot but then theres also collateral damage from these guys lying about the number of s*x partners that they had and infecting others, bisexual (especially black) men infecting women, etc.

That said the absolute number of people affected by this is smaller than people imagine. Everyone involved was incentivized to make the epidemic sound bigger than it was, whether it was because they wanted funding to end the disease, to portray gays as being punished by sky daddy, to accuse Raegan of homophobia

What's actually crazy is how many people still get it considering you can literally just pop a pill and not get AIDS

One of the problems with HIV is that it takes many years from the time it infects someone to when it starts to cause obvious symptoms. Many people in the 80s didn't have a chance to modify their sexual behavior or intravenous drug use because by the time HIV and how it is transmitted became widely known, they had already been infected for years without realizing it. They didn't have a chance to avoid it at all because they grew up in a time when there was effective treatment for almost all known STDs and at worst you'd risk getting crabs or something from s*x, not dying. Fricking with a condom sucks, so it makes sense that a bunch of people back in the 70s just fricked bareback, especially gay men given that they face no risk of pregnanacy.

what's the deal with AIDS?

It's impossible to explain to a zoomer. So, back in the day, when you were bored, there was no tiktok, so you had to go out to parties and meet people. And while you were meeting people, you hadn't jerked off to internet pornography six times that day, so you were horny as frick. So you had s*x with them. That was just what you did. Telling people not to go out to parties, or telling people at parties not to hook up, would be like telling a person not to breathe air. Sure, they might agree with the theory, but if they stopped paying attention for a few moments, they'd be back doing it without noticing. I mean, we all saw what happened with covid. Most people said "stay inside all the time and never talk to anybody? That's what I do anyways!". But things were different back then.

i'm guessing because 1. it was new and deadly 2. you can't create a vaccine for it (as of yet) 3. it primarily affected the bussy smashers because 4. the AIDS virus transfers a million times better through anal s*x then vaginal or oral and 5. since AIDS came into existence when homos were still shunned and looked down on by most of society it was a perfect way to demonize them and continue their oppression

yeah that actually makes sense now that i've typed it all out

Yeah, COVID had a low fatality rate but getting your bussy blasted is a lot easier to avoid than breathing air. Are you r-slurred?

Imagine covid but only cute twinks

Aids is deadlier than your zoomer pandemic.

For the love of god ask this on Reddit

It lives in your blood! Blood, Jerry!

aids.

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Bardfinn

Same reason it still exists today even though we have created wonder drugs from spending billions of public funds on research, because gay bros raw dog strange bussy to an almost unimaginable degree.