AIDS

VIDEO: ‘It Gets Betterish’ is perfect World AIDS Day fodder

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Today is World AIDS Day! To celebrate, gay-focused comedy video series It Gets Betterish tackles the subject of AIDS. And it’s hilarious, and I say that as a gentleman with no love of male genitalia. Check it out. Read more

Glow-in-the-dark kitten might help cure AIDS

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When researchers combine cures for deadly illnesses with adorable animals, good things are bound to happen. And that’s the case in this research involving this kitten at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Read more

VIDEO: This bear has a terrible secret

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In an effort to avoid spoiling this seemingly innocent video of a person in a bear suit hugging people gleefully, I’ll just say: Watch this video now and prepare for the twist ending. Read more

Hmm, well, good to know I guess

The AIDS epidemic is still a massive problem in some parts of the globe, so it’s important to get the information out any way you can. But there might be such a thing as too obvious with this AIDS poster. Read more

Quote of the Day

This is an absolutely awful story but still, you need to read it purely for the “holy sh–” factor. Some drunks in New Guinea are raping women at an alarming rate. But the attacks are even more bizarre due to the fact that the women being attacked are all HIV/AIDS sufferers. A special place completely ... Read more

Johnny and Marissa sitting in a tree

Via Explosm comes this comic about how the old “sitting in a tree” kids’ rhyme should go these days, if rhymes were keeping it real. Read more

AIDS is an ineffective robbery tool

I haven’t done enough mugging to have particularly strong anecdotal evidence about the matter, but I do know you can’t get money from someone who has none. Here’s further proof, with a robber who decided that he wasn’t given enough, so he shot his victim up with some fresh AIDS. Read more

Dracula

Via Buttersafe comes this comic about the craftiness of Dracula. Read more

How to wring all meaning out of an old saying

Via BasicInstructions.net comes this helpful, if not unsurprising, look at how to make a saying completely devoid of any logic or meaning. Read more

Man, the Pope is smart

The Pope is pretty much King of the Catholics, so he must know everything right? For example, his knowledge of how condoms actually cause more HIV than they do prevent it. Yes, you read that right. Read more

What can you get the mom who has everything?

My mom’s birthday is coming up this week and I always find it difficult to figure out what to get her. Thankfully there are the heroes in retail offering up all kinds of helpful suggestions. Read more