The Steam Room — Page 3

This thread is about steam room activities.

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CK - you don't have to try THAT hard to look uninterested

I'll buy that, Rath. But I *still* maintain that an affair with SuziQ, who wants to be the trophy wife, is potentially more destructive to the marriage.

Then again, I suppose it could also be said that the marriage is probably already in trouble, if the guys is looking for "something on the side", be it at the gym, from a prostitute, or with SuziQ at work.

My point is still that guys at the gym and prostitutes aren't looking to become the newer model of the "Mrs."

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Touchy touchy Rath.

When you wrote, "I think the point LF is trying to make is that it's much more likely that men who are making a habit of hooking up in steam rooms are more likely to bring home an STD to their wife..." your phrase "more than likely" implies that this is IN FACT a statistic. Not that it is your opinion.

If it IS your opinion, what is it based on? Please, tell us how you came to be SO informed about what STDs a man might get by engaging sexually with a man in a steam room? What do you imagine HAPPENS in the steam rooms? What do you supposed the breakdown is in the wide ranging continuum of sexual behaviors that can and do happen in steam rooms among men of all sexual classification categories and what percentage of the sexual behaviors pose little or no risk of disease transmission? What so you suppose the prevelance of sexually transmitted infections exist in men who go in steam rooms? What do you suppose the incidence is (actual transmissions that occur there)?

Frankly Rath, I'm tired of judgmental people using their Pat Roberstonian "gut instincts" and spreading misinformation about disease prevention based on what they imagine in their fevered little brains goes on and how it is often punished by disease.

And wording it so it sounds like a statistical analysis.

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Let's all go to our corners and spread love not war.
Just my two cents.
And always wear a condom when making love.
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Updated On: 6/7/05 at 05:34 PM

That puppet makes me gag.

Alright... let's just say that bacteria enjoys warm wet environments. You're more likely to get sick if you're in a warm, wet place. Take that as you will.

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Namo, you would seem to be the touchy one. And I don't think using the words "more likely" makes it seem like I'm citing statistics. If that is how you understand statistics to work, then yes, you are going to come away from many discussions with misinformation. And I didn't say locations - if you read my post more carefully, you will see I'm talking about behavior. That was my entire point - unless people only hook up in steam rooms with the same person. I don't believe that's what this conversation was about.

And frankly, I'm tired of judgemental people judging me and deciding what my politics are when really, they would be VERY surprised. But you know all, don't you, Namo? We all bow to you. Really. We do.

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Updated On: 6/7/05 at 05:40 PM

Raith honey,
No fighting. Life is short.
Namonette, be nice!

Namo, I do not live in a vacuum. Do you think I don't read, don't pay attention to the rest of the world? Reading this board alone can be pretty informative. I have a brain, and it is functional. Just because I didn't quote a CDC statistic does not mean I'm unaware of what goes on in the world. iflit used the word "probably" in her post - why didn't you ask her for statistics? Why is that different? Do you actually believe you are doing this board a service with your interrogations, that only target whomever you feel like targeting that day, week, month? Go ahead and say I have a persecution complex now, as you always do in order to cover up your own issues.

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Robbie, you just stop that logic nonsense right now. You're getting in the way of some perfectly good straw men.

Updated On: 6/7/05 at 05:54 PM

robbie, I want the breakdown of that 99.9%. Are you SURE that's the right number? Go back to your records and triple-check. Otherwise, it is not an acceptable statement to make. People are going to come away dangerously misinformed.

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You see, Rath, you can be as much of a wise ass about this as you want. But what Robbie has done is illustrate MY point with his personal story. Face it, sister, you won't EVER understand sex between men, and that's fine. But you don't need to layer YOUR patina of disease over it so that you can tsk-tsk about what it is that people do and where.

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Namo is a tool. Of karma, that is.