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by JanetToolsmith 728 days ago
> Why not just use condoms?

Why not just save money and not install those ECP brakes on your vinyl chloride freight train?

Why not just use one unshielded Raspberry Pi on that spacecraft instead of a 3-of-5 quorum from the output of 5 identical engineered-for-space systems?

Using/requiring condoms AND being on PrEP helps me live my best life with less fear-based inhibition and cognitive load.
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Flumtioniro 727 days ago
The same reason why not everyone drives the safest car: cost and other negatives.

In case of a pill perhaps negative side effects.

I have no clue how often a person in high HIV risk has sex or behaves.

It should be fine to ask that question

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JanetToolsmith 727 days ago
> It should be fine to ask that question

It is. I interpreted the parent post as a neutral question, and I intended my reply to involve playful analogizing. I'm sorry that it didn't reach you as such through the side-channel-impoverished medium of text.

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