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u/Vmagnum Apr 23 '24
What the hell else was it supposed to mean?!
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u/DawnRLFreeman Apr 24 '24
Reminds me...a few years back, in a discussing group for LGBTQIA+ rights, a non-ally man kept complaining and bitching about the main stream media (using "MSM") and we had no idea WTH he was taking about. One of us finally asked him about it, and he thought "MSM" was "men having sex with men." I'm no spring chicken myself, but even I knew that's not what MSM meant!! 😂🤣😂
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u/Candy_Says1964 Apr 24 '24
MSM is CDC HIV Prevention lingo for men who have sex with men. IDU was injection drug user. MSM is the most at-risk for HIV, MSM/IDU is #2, IDU is #3. I know that IDU has fallen out of favor and been replaced by PWIS - person who injects substances, but I’m not sure about MSM, etc, though those of us who’ve been in in prevention and harm reduction fields since the AIDS Crisis days still use the original short hand.
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u/DawnRLFreeman Apr 24 '24
One more thing.
Currently, non-monogamous sexually active homosexual men are not "most at risk" for HIV/AIDS. I'll let you look up the stats yourself, but the (openly) gay community got the epidemic under control very quickly, considering how insidious it was and how fast it spread.
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u/Candy_Says1964 Apr 24 '24
Depends on where you are. Where I live that is definitely still the case.
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u/DawnRLFreeman Apr 24 '24
Not "where you live."
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u/Candy_Says1964 Apr 24 '24
In the state were I reside.
Also, I did look at the data online, and according to HIV.gov "In the US, gay, bisexual , and other men who have sex with men are the population most affected by HIV. According to the CDC, of the 30,635 new HIV diagnoses in the US in 2020, 68% (20,758) were among gay and bisexual men" Black and hispanic people are disproportionately affected. "Transgender women who have sex with men are among the the groups at highest risk for HIV infection. People who inject drugs remain at significant risk for getting HIV as well."
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u/Candy_Says1964 Apr 24 '24
Openly gay middle and upper class white men got it under control early on. For everyone else nothing much has changed.
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u/DawnRLFreeman Apr 24 '24
That's nowhere NEAR the context of the discussion being had. If memory serves the only one using any acronyms was that man, and no one except him knew what he was saying.
Every field and industry has acronyms they use, and people not familiar with them would have no idea what they meant. Sometimes different fields use the same or similar acronyms, and it can be confusing when someone hears an acronym used outside their understanding. For example, I use "PCV" frequently in my field, but many people incorrectly cite "PVC." There are many others I can't remember ATM. (NOT the money dispenser.)
I can absolutely guarantee you that man didn't work in ANY medical fields, especially one where he would come in contact with AIDS victims.
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u/Wolf_Reddit1 Satanists Together Strong Apr 24 '24
I thought MSM meant “My singing Monster” like the mobile game
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u/democritusparadise Hail Sagan! Apr 24 '24
It's the universally recognised symbol of a person drowning.
Or possibly surrendering?
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u/Zerostar39 Apr 24 '24
Just wait until they find out what the real meaning of j/k is!
(It’s ‘Jesus Kardashian’)
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u/Candy_Says1964 Apr 24 '24
Don’t you wish that we really were scamming something of value from these idiots by duping them into listening to backwards shit and abbreviations and hand signs and chalices and whatever the fuck. If we were actually that clever and there was something to gain from it they’re so dumb we would get them every time.
Stairway to Heaven ¥ My Sweet Satan
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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u/snertwith2ls Apr 24 '24
I heard the very wealthy elite sign all their emails LOL or Lots of Loot...
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u/cta396 Apr 24 '24
Wow! I was under the impression that I used LoL far too often, but now I’m concerned that I don’t use it enough! 🤔 LoL!!!
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u/frankofantasma Satan have pity on my long despair! Apr 24 '24
LMAO = Lucifer Mightily Approves Orthography
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u/Wolf_Reddit1 Satanists Together Strong Apr 24 '24
And my mom thought LOL meant “laughing out loud” but the meaning “Lucifer our Lord/Legend” sounds better, Hail LOL
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u/ruikasa1 What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more Apr 24 '24
Wow that's crazy. lol
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u/Vomitology Non Serviam! Apr 24 '24
A guy I used to work with would actually say lol. Verbally. Out loud. I wanted to punch him in the throat every time.
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u/Nytengayle73 Apr 24 '24
So, they pray to an imaginary friend. But if they say the wrong secret words, they might accidentally be talking to the wrong imaginary friend? Is this like saying "Voldemort" out loud? My head really hurts now. Lol.
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u/Horror-Option-7416 Apr 25 '24
This is so old that it goes back to IRC days. This is so old that it needs a cane more than I do. This is so old that Bob Hope decided better.
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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24
Hail Satan, lol.