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Tweak says, "Can't stop, won't stop!"

Hemingway. (ernestoic) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-12-24 13:38:00

There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time...

Really? Not even on Mount Kilimanjaro? More accurately, there won't be snow in Australia this Christmas time, and you don't hear us writing songs about that.

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	aphotic_auror 2013-12-24 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yes, I know... The GRID virus apparently originated in Africa, and is most prevalent there, so it seems! ((Ooc: Aww! x-D <3 I know rite? And it's not even really RHONDA's pb, as far as I can tell; but hey, it passes, doesn't it? X-D <3 <3 <3)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-12-24 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	I... don't know what that is. ((ooc- sure does!)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-12-24 02:32 pm UTC (link)

The GRID virus? It stands for - Gay Related Immune Deficiency, if I recall the news reports correctly... But really, straight people like us can get it, too! I mean, it seems to be a really killer virus that mainly attacks Muggles - but of course, I think that wizardkind is so divorced and segregated from the Muggle population, it's no wonder that we haven't caught it, yet....!

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	tenth_doc 2013-12-24 04:24 pm UTC (link)
	It's not actually called GRID anymore. Because that was just wrong. Both scientifically and ethically. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-12-24 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	What is it now? So I can look it up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tenth_doc 2013-12-24 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) which is a disease caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-12-24 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

aphotic_auror
2013-12-24 10:50 pm UTC (link)

Indeed, like my husband said, thanks for the correction, Doctor... This is the Doctor, yes, and not the one who merely looks like you, and is also cranky about being called "Sir"...? Heh...! Sorry, Doctor... Anyway's, thanks again for correcting me; I didn't know that it was now called AIDS (which really rolls off the tongue much so easier than GRID, rather!) because the last I knew of the world at large was in 1982!

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	tenth_doc 2013-12-24 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	It wasn't introduced to 'roll off the tongue' it was introduced because of the misleading and inaccuracy of the use of GRID. Besides, the term AIDS was first introduced in a meeting on the 27th July 1982 and by September that year was the official name everywhere. And, yes, I'm the Doctor. I'm not cranky. I just don't like being called 'sir'. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-12-24 11:11 pm UTC (link)

Alright, you aren't cranky ~~though you certainly sound it when you said that! Heh!~~ And of course, it wasn't chosen to roll off the tongue, I do understand that; and as for 27th July 1982, well - I came here shortly before my birthday, on 23rd June 1982, so... yeah, I think I can be forgiven for not knowing of the AIDS name switch, don't you, Ernest sweet?

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	tenth_doc 2013-12-24 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	I wasn't implying that you shouldn't be. I was just informing you so you didn't end up crossing-wires with people who do know and are likely to react to a widely considered offensive term now. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aphotic_auror 2013-12-24 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	((Ooc PS: Lookit you, with that shiny new COLOUR Icon for YOUR default...! ;-D <3 <3 <3 [hurries off to see if you've uploaded the Special Icon I requested, yet! :P])) (Reply to this) (Parent)

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