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DrNoobie

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Geeze, and people got on my case for not washing after going to the bathroom :Q I still bet you I don't have it :D

We can change that...yes, yes we can...

In all seriousness, you probably do have it, you just don't have any outbreaks. It's not really that bad a thing to have.

 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Ranger X
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: Ranger X
80% is too high a percentage. That would mean 8 out of 10 would have it and out of all the people that I know, none of them have herpes.

Ever gotten a fever blister? Most people have a few throughout their lives.
I see what you mean but I've never gotten them before. Aren't there occasional outbreaks on those w/this type of herpes?

Again - Upwards of 90% of the population has it, and only 40% of those will ever break out with a cold sore.
 

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Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Geeze, and people got on my case for not washing after going to the bathroom :Q I still bet you I don't have it :D

We can change that...yes, yes we can...

In all seriousness, you probably do have it, you just don't have any outbreaks. It's not really that bad a thing to have.
No I don't, doggone it.
 

Ryan

Lifer
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This kind of thing is like telling people they have E. Coli. in their colon - they usually freak out because society has trained them to react negatively towards any perceived deadly bacteria, the same with herpes. Most people don't even know that genital and oral herpes are different, so when someone finds out they have oral herpes they tend to associate it with a sexual disease.

Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
This kind of thing is like telling people they have E. Coli. in their colon - they usually freak out because society has trained them to react negatively towards any perceived deadly bacteria, the same with herpes. Most people don't even know that genital and oral herpes are different, so when someone finds out they have oral herpes they tend to associate it with a sexual disease.

Ignorance is bliss, I guess.

Sounds like your a dirty person trying to justify it all!!
 

DrNoobie

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Geeze, and people got on my case for not washing after going to the bathroom :Q I still bet you I don't have it :D

We can change that...yes, yes we can...

In all seriousness, you probably do have it, you just don't have any outbreaks. It's not really that bad a thing to have.
No I don't, doggone it.

Then give me a few days to get some infected blood in a syringe and I'll come down and help you out. Let's price it at...oh, say $40 + travel expenses. I wouldn't do this for just anyone, don't let this offer pass by.
 

DrNoobie

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Originally posted by: Hardcore


Sounds like your a dirty person trying to justify it all!!

And you sound like an ignorant ass who's sitting high up on his pedestal waiting to fall.
 

imported_Tomato

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Bear in mind, oral herpes can be transferred to genital herpes. 80%+ of the population have cold sores, and if they have an outbreak and go down on their significant other, their significant other may develop genital herpes.

By the way, cold sores aren't the same as canker sores.
 

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Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Geeze, and people got on my case for not washing after going to the bathroom :Q I still bet you I don't have it :D

We can change that...yes, yes we can...

In all seriousness, you probably do have it, you just don't have any outbreaks. It's not really that bad a thing to have.
No I don't, doggone it.

Then give me a few days to get some infected blood in a syringe and I'll come down and help you out. Let's price it at...oh, say $40 + travel expenses. I wouldn't do this for just anyone, don't let this offer pass by.
Do I get a ride int he new car?

 

DrNoobie

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Originally posted by: Skoorb


Do I get a ride int he new car?

Hell no! I don't want your newly infected ass touching my precious car. God, who the hell do you think you are?

:p
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Originally posted by: Hardcore


Sounds like your a dirty person trying to justify it all!!

And you sound like an ignorant ass who's sitting high up on his pedestal waiting to fall.

And you sound like somebody who doesn't recognize sarcasm when it hits them on the head.
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rbloedow
This kind of thing is like telling people they have E. Coli. in their colon - they usually freak out because society has trained them to react negatively towards any perceived deadly bacteria, the same with herpes. Most people don't even know that genital and oral herpes are different, so when someone finds out they have oral herpes they tend to associate it with a sexual disease.

Ignorance is bliss, I guess.

Sounds like your a dirty person trying to justify it all!!


Enjoy your "dirty" colon: http://www.hps-online.com/colon-bacteria.htm :)
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: DrNoobie
Originally posted by: Skoorb


Do I get a ride int he new car?

Hell no! I don't want your newly infected ass touching my precious car. God, who the hell do you think you are?

:p

HAHAHAHAHA :p

 

arcenite

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i have it and i'm proud.

and to the OP, i don't think it's even considered an STD... you can get it through kissing (I think?) I know i got cold sores before I was active.

Bill
 

Feldenak

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I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)
 

Emveach

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Originally posted by: Feldenak
I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)


You must have them the same way I do. You never get a breakout unless you have extra stress.
 

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Originally posted by: Emveach
Originally posted by: Feldenak
I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)


You must have them the same way I do. You never get a breakout unless you have extra stress.
I get zits when I'm stressed, not a whopping great blood-saucer on my face :Q
 

Ranger X

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Originally posted by: Feldenak
I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)
Blame it on stress. :D
 

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No Lifer
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Originally posted by: Ranger X
Originally posted by: Feldenak
I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)
Blame it on stress. :D
From her.

 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Emveach
Originally posted by: Feldenak
I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)


You must have them the same way I do. You never get a breakout unless you have extra stress.
I get zits when I'm stressed, not a whopping great blood-saucer on my face :Q


No, you just get bacteria filled pustules that oose :p
 

Emveach

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Emveach
Originally posted by: Feldenak
I didn't tell my fiance (then girlfriend) that I get cold sores until she asked me why I wouldn't share my drink with her one night (thought I felt one coming on earlier that day).

Now that I'm back in school, I don't call them cold sores...I refer to them as Finals Blisters. ;)


You must have them the same way I do. You never get a breakout unless you have extra stress.
I get zits when I'm stressed, not a whopping great blood-saucer on my face :Q

I can see the envy in your post. :cool:
 

3point14

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I gave herpes to three of my friends when I was 17. I took Valtrex for a month ($2.50 a pill) and all was well.








BTW...Just to clear things up, I had shingles and the three people I knew got chicken pox.
 

skace

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Originally posted by: Dezign
By the way, cold sores aren't the same as canker sores.

Whats difference between cold sores and canker sores. I always thought those were the same.