Where did you get this from? A search on STI doesn't bring up much. Only one relevant result which refers to it as "Sexually Transmitted Infection", which doesn't exactly sound better than illness or disease.
Apparently the forum resident fountain of tears Nightshade resigned from his prestigious role as rants and raves moderator because he wouldn't have time to moderate or post anymore due to devoting himself to his 'old man at university' studies.
As much as he tried, [i]yet again[/i] he wasn't able to stay away. Sorry that didn't work out for you Nightshade. :olo:
Yeando wrote:A.I.D.S = Arse Injected Death Sentence :icon32:
LOL
Where were you when the West was defeated?
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STD's are now called STI's due to the fact it's more correct to call them infections due to the way it's transmitted, or something.
All I know is that we were taught in sex ed a couple of years ago that they were STIs, and that I get my blood test results back in a week (no, seriously)
However, just because STD and STI are often used interchangeably, it does not mean that they are the exactly the same thing. As quoted from http://www.etharc.org, "Sometimes the terms STI and STD are used interchangeably. This can be confusing and not always accurate, so it helps first to understand the difference between infection and disease. Infection simply means that a germ – virus, bacteria, or parasite – that can cause disease or sickness is present inside a person’s body. An infected person does not necessarily have any symptoms or signs that the virus or bacteria is actually hurting their body (they do not necessarily feel sick). A disease means that the infection is actually causing the infected person to feel sick, or to notice something is wrong. For this reason, the term STI – which refers to infection with any germ that can cause an STD, even if the infected person has no symptoms – is a much broader term than STD.
It's a fucking Sexually transmitted disease. It's also an infection, but if someone starts talking about STIs they'll just get a confused me to deal with.
