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Fᴇʟᴏɴɪᴇs Gᴇᴛ Tʜᴇ Pᴜssʏ Wᴇᴛ ([personal profile] pushpin) wrote in [community profile] prismatica2019-11-22 12:55 am

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so
HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKIN

what would a weird alien full-moon-magicky space-fuckin-odyssey STI look like






& check the username before u go to reply, NO STUPID ANSWERS !!
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2019-11-22 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
They have reason to not want us developing severe illnesses.

I don't trust them on everything, but I trust them to want us alive and in good health.
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2019-11-22 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
It depends on the STI. There's one that severely compromises the immune system, to the point that people suffering from it have vastly reduced life expectancies.

Besides, a claim like that would fall apart pretty quickly.
A belief that protection is unnecessary leads to not bothering if it's inconvenient, and all it would take is one pregnancy to prove the falsehood.

And if we learn they've been lying about pregnancy, it would follow that they're also lying about STIs. That bad faith would create a friction that would be very much against their interests.
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[personal profile] foolishjustice 2019-11-24 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
There are treatments, but it still makes the risk of a severe secondary infection a lot worse.

The sterilization is probably because people would be much more hesitant even without taking into account the idea of raising a child on an alien planet. I know I personally wouldn't take the risk.

For people who do want kids eventually, all I can say is to hope that it's temporary and reverses itself when we leave.