So, anyone else's day been completely WEIRD?

[Lord Foul]

hm, it's not a case of STD. There are about 200 types of HPV viruses and they cause a lot of different things. Most of them don't cause anything actually, some cause skin warts. All HPVs are transmitted by skin-to-skin contact. About 30 types (most dangerous) are transmited sexually - usually cause genital warts or different cancers (mostly cervical). The worst thing is that condom doesn't protect you from HPV as the virus is too small. And even if the virus would be big enough the condom still wouldn't be a proper protection, as it is also transmited skin-to-skin - same goes for syphilis.

Conclusion: even with condoms we should think twice before fucking someone we don't know well!

Conclusion: you're going to get some form of HPV at some point no matter what you do. There is no test for it in men, and 99% will never show symptoms, so knowing someone well will not help you. Always assume you have been exposed.

 

[Lunar Still]

Especially if he looks like Treebeard.

"Hoo! Dede cut down too many trees, so I smote his ass!"

 

[perniciosa]

Conclusion: you're going to get some form of HPV at some point no matter what you do. There is no test for it in men, and 99% will never show symptoms, so knowing someone well will not help you. Always assume you have been exposed.

Ok it is true...unless you do it with someone that did not have sex before. And HPV is one thing, but I was talking more generally, syphilis is a very nasty desease.
And even with HPV it's better to know the person well. One with less partners has less chances of having it (simple math). It is true though that up to 50% of active people had contact with sexually transmitted HPV virus.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

*cringes*

that is all i have to say on that matter.

 

[Kvlt Wench]

I heard that something like one out of four people who have had sex have HPV, but very few show symptoms, and even if they do, it's only one and then never again. So whatever.

And antibiotics will get rid of syphillis. It's herpes you need to watch out for!

 

[Lord Foul]

Most of the population has herpes simplex 1 (cold sores), yet catching Herpes simplex 2 is a huge social stigma. I'd be more concerned about the potentially fatal ones, which HPV is unfortunately one of (as the known cause of cervical cancer).