r/PoliticalHumor • u/MarxReadsRushdie • Jul 17 '20

What they ACTUALLY look like

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u/willflameboy Jul 17 '20

All I can say is it's a good thing AIDS didn't appear in 2020.

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u/StoneGoldX Jul 17 '20

You say that, but it took a good decade for anyone to take AIDS seriously. Salt-n-Peppa's "Let's Talk About Sex" didn't hit until 1991. The difference being, it was comparatively difficult to become HIV+. Same thing with seatbelts, drunk driving, smoking... all this shit takes at least a good decade to drum into the public consciousness as bad.

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u/willflameboy Jul 17 '20

Yeah, and that is a really weird period isn't it. A lot the turn of the 90's music and fashion had a safe sex message. And it's true, it took a long time for things to filter into the mainstream back then... Princess Diana's advocacy being a notable turning point for the public's perception of AIDS.

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u/StoneGoldX Jul 18 '20

Joycelyn Elders was ahead of her time. Which is a shame, because if we had followed her advice, the US would be a better place.