Geez, as if it wasn’t already impossible to get a job these days, one of the easiest ones available could now very well kill you. That’s right folks. Blowjobs are out to give you cancer. According to a recent study, the number of throat cancer cases has risen sharply since the 1980s and a high percentage of them are directly related to HPV. Read more »
The New York City Health Department has put out a casting call for a new abstinence campaign–and they’re looking for a few good mimes to spread the message against having sex. Perhaps prompted by recent news that one in four New Yorkers carry the herpes virus, the Department of Health has taken a decidedly “hands off” approach to sex in the city. Don’t do it. And if you can’t mime not doing it, forget about it. Or, as the call puts it: “If you do not have professional Mime experience DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME OR YOURS!” For now, one can only imagine the campaign itself. Will Marcel Marceau-trained mimes masturbate invisible genitals so as to teach us that the only kind of safe sex is one in which nobody touches? Whatever the case, the results are sure to be nonexistent. Full casting details below:
A few weeks ago there was a report released by the Health Department detailing NYC’s herpes riddled populations, claiming that 1 out 4 city dwellers were infected. The reason could have to with this newly analyzed data: “The survey conducted among 10,000 adult individuals in 2006 showed that 40 percent of New Yorkers did not practice safe sex with multiple sex partners.” |Pravda|
In a more depressing study: 1 in 4 adults in NYC have the herpes virus. Yup, a whopping 25% of city residents are infected with Herpes Simplex Virus-2, which causes genital herpes. Women, black people and gay men are especially screwed. |AP|
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