there was a weight loss chewing gum called "AYDS" Needless to say it didn't last very long, though whether because of bad timing, or just a bad product, I couldn't say.It was actually a "candy" - and the chocolate ones that my brothers and I tried when our mom bought them tasted awful. We figured that's how they got people to lose weight! LOL hmm wiki says this "The active ingredient was originally benzocaine[1], presumably to reduce the sense of taste to reduce eating..."
I remember years ago when the singer of Soul Asylum (Sebastian Bach) wore a t-shirt that said "AIDS: Kills Fags Dead." --- This was back in the mid-80s
When I hired a guy to help me move who happend to be Mexican he brought along a Japanese guy to help .
When they walked in I told him I was sorry his brother has down syndrome .
That asshole Bach was with hair band Skid Row, Philomena. Soul Asylum was actually a decent (though rather boring) punk-alterna-band that became famous in the mid 90s.I agree that I really didn't buy the whole "unwittingly" wearing the t-shirt - He was photographed with it on - and he admitted to wearing it because he thought it was funny. Whoever posted the "unwittingly" part on wikipedia obviously was misinformed or had a crush on him.
The whole thing about Bach "unwittingly" wearing a Tshirt given to him by a fan is pure bullshit. If he was going to be such a prick he should at least have the balls to own up to his "joke."
I can remember when "gay" was taken to stand for:u r so baddddd........
Got
AIDS
Yet?
Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck.
MtD
Adios
I nfected
Dick
Sucker
I just remembered another one from the early days of the epidemic. One that our younger members may not get. I think it's funny. Ready?
Q: What's the most difficult thing about having AIDS?
A: Trying to convince your parents that your Haitian!
CaptCarl
AIDS: It's like the flu, but different.
AIDS jokes be fucked.
In addition to being an AIDS victim, I'm a grand mal epileptic. If you want to hear tedious jokes, just tell people that you have epilepsy.
I've heard 'em all.
What do you do if an epileptic has a fit in your bathtub?
--- Throw your washing in.
What do you do if two epileptics have fits in your bathtub?
---- Take your delicates out.
The list goes on ad infinitum.
Now jokes about aspies and other autistic types -- they're funny. :)
MtD
/edit: fucking typo/
So its okay to joke about people having Asperger's or other autism spectrum disorders but not about having epilepsy. As something with Asperger's, I find that a little hard to understand, and more than a little offensive.
Odyssey
See... as an Aspie, I don't pick up on those types of things very well. And who the hell can be expected to pick up on what amounts to sarcasm online anyway?
odyssey
Well, just glad to know you're not going around making jokes about my differing neurological status. Or people like me. From your posts you seem too cool anyway. To be doing that I mean.
odyssey
Nope, quite the contrary. My comment was ironic, in that I meant the opposite of what I said there being something in the manner of my saying it which pointed to my real meaning.Your joke is ironic (deliberately stating the opposite of the truth, usually with the intention or result of being amusing from http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861622427/ironic.html ) and the first time I heard a joke like that was in the Navy when someone told me three "Dead Baby" jokes. I had gotten cramps in my stomach for trying not to be revolted and trying not to laugh out loud. Choking and fighting back laughter at the same time is hard to do.
I can hardly condemn jokes against epileptics whilst approving of jokes which belittle people on the Austism spectrum, now can I?
MtD
Well... there is the thing I like to say. When I tell someone I have HIV, and they get all serious and are like, so.. how do you deal with it. I say... I try and stay positive! Badumching!lol good one