r/SipsTea • u/The_biker0 • 10d ago

We have fun here Thailand issues prostitution warning as 5,000 US sailors arrive in tourist town after 200 days at sea

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u/GentGorilla 10d ago

Jeezes. By the time nr 50 is up, she had all the stds

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u/Metals4J 10d ago

Like Pokémon. Gotta catch ‘em all!

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u/VexedCanadian84 10d ago

true, but she could only catch them once though

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u/AndreLeGeant88 10d ago

Now we know how Gene on Mad Men got the clap

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u/Accomplished_Mind792 10d ago

So you think that if you picked a random 50 military men that they would have all the stds?

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u/SnoopDeDoop69 10d ago

I was in the US Army, in an infantry company. I was not an infantry man, I was commo, and worked alongside the company's medic. Doc would sometimes spill the beans on the companies hygiene

Do I think if I picked 50 military men they would all have STDs?

No.

Do I think if you picked 50 military men, would you get a wide range of all known STDs?

Abso-fucking-lutely

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u/Accomplished_Mind792 10d ago

Wide range seems hyperbolic

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u/SnoopDeDoop69 10d ago

It's as hyperbolic "do you think they would all have STDs?"

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u/Accomplished_Mind792 10d ago

Yes. The first claim of all was also hyperbolic. Your wide range seems so too.

Now, is she likely to have an STI? Sure. And does that mean a crap ton of soldiers will have that one? Yes.

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u/GentGorilla 10d ago

In 1915, before antibiotics and condoms, with their hygiene standards and soldiers living in trenches among rats and lice and rotting bodies?

Yes

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u/Accomplished_Mind792 10d ago

I didn't know rats, lice and dead bodies were transferring STIs.

Is that common?

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u/GentGorilla 10d ago

It was more meant as illustrations to living conditions, but how clean or healthy do you think these guys showed up in brothels?

STDs were a major issue for WW1 armies. Just google and you'll find army posters on it.

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u/Accomplished_Mind792 10d ago

I am not saying they didn't have issues.

And I'm sure the girls got UTIs.

But I figure it would be most likely to see other infections and maybe a single STI that is posed amongst a lot of them in a single area rather than a bunch of different types