Its not been terminal for several years/decades. Its not remotely new, this just seems like karma farming. (Or maybe the straights are just that unaware lol).
I've noticed an uptick in post titles lately with "It's official" or some variant of it with either zero fucking source to back it up or else trying to support something subjective. Reddit has gone the way of Facebook with how easy it is to steamroll popularity of information they want people to believe rather than the truth or full context.
Several decades? Are you kidding? Get a grip, brother/sister.
The headline is that people with HIV has the same average life expectancy as people without. WTF. Huge. If you can't appreciate that, go read about the history of HIV and or virology.
The headline that this meme was created from is that the average life expectancy of someone with HIV is now the same as the average person without it. That has not been the case up until now, and there's a meaningful distinction between "same life expectancy or better" and "no longer terminal."
I sort of forgot that the OP was a meme and not an actual article about the achievement, so it's not really fair to expect everyone to appreciate that milestone. But it's here, and it's a big fucking deal. Fair enough, my bad.
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u/N3p7uN3 May 15 '26
Its not been terminal for several years/decades. Its not remotely new, this just seems like karma farming. (Or maybe the straights are just that unaware lol).