http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:22:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Nerd With Words Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:06:10 +0000 http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/#comment-67 Yeah, I would hope that people are educated enough to understand the risks (and non-risks) associated with HIV, and aren't getting their facts from South Park. It's satire and they use outrageous plot devices to get their point across. Yeah, I would hope that people are educated enough to understand the risks (and non-risks) associated with HIV, and aren’t getting their facts from South Park. It’s satire and they use outrageous plot devices to get their point across.

]]> http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Randy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:14:36 +0000 http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/#comment-66 I missed this one (cable's out) but heard about it. Thanks for filling in the blanks. I teach HIV prevention. The joke might just be that people see AIDS as retro but they're still getting HIV and it still costs a fortune to treat and you still die from it, unless you're hit by a truck or something. Of course, there hasn't been a case of HIV transmission by blood transfusion (in the US) since the early 80's, and you can't normally transmit HIV by swallowing blood. So maybe that's part of the joke, too. Love South Park, but I hope the non-nerds aren't relying on it for accurate HIV info. I missed this one (cable’s out) but heard about it. Thanks for filling in the blanks. I teach HIV prevention. The joke might just be that people see AIDS as retro but they’re still getting HIV and it still costs a fortune to treat and you still die from it, unless you’re hit by a truck or something. Of course, there hasn’t been a case of HIV transmission by blood transfusion (in the US) since the early 80′s, and you can’t normally transmit HIV by swallowing blood. So maybe that’s part of the joke, too. Love South Park, but I hope the non-nerds aren’t relying on it for accurate HIV info.

]]> http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/comment-page-1/#comment-62 mike Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:46:20 +0000 http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/#comment-62 I watched this episode wondering when the funny was coming. I was about to write it off when they brought in the money. Yes jimmy buffet was pretty good. Yes the Kyle/Cartman was kicked up a notch. "I'm going to break everything you own." Yes one statement was the increasing manageability of hiv and continuing fatality of cancer. "I think I'd rather have aids than cancer." I didn't like the story until the end. I didn't know what to expect, and was surprised and delighted when they went with the literal and pulled it off. The entire show was a set up for them to go too far. Everyone may make the assumption that money buys health for aids patients, but the show also laughed at the size of public funding for aids research or disease research generally. Money is the cure, there's no lack of money, where's the cure. That was another message. I watched this episode wondering when the funny was coming. I was about to write it off when they brought in the money. Yes jimmy buffet was pretty good. Yes the Kyle/Cartman was kicked up a notch. “I’m going to break everything you own.” Yes one statement was the increasing manageability of hiv and continuing fatality of cancer. “I think I’d rather have aids than cancer.” I didn’t like the story until the end. I didn’t know what to expect, and was surprised and delighted when they went with the literal and pulled it off. The entire show was a set up for them to go too far. Everyone may make the assumption that money buys health for aids patients, but the show also laughed at the size of public funding for aids research or disease research generally. Money is the cure, there’s no lack of money, where’s the cure. That was another message.

]]> http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/comment-page-1/#comment-55 stampy Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:55:30 +0000 http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/#comment-55 Yeah.... me too.....couldn't figure the hat out...thanks Yeah…. me too…..couldn’t figure the hat out…thanks

]]> http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Saint Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:01:50 +0000 http://www.nerdwithwords.com/south-park-review-kyle-and-cartman-get-hiv/#comment-53 Thank you for putting the picture of Philadelphia up on your blog. It was driving me nuts that I couldn't figure out what the P on Cartman's hat stood for. Thank you for putting the picture of Philadelphia up on your blog. It was driving me nuts that I couldn’t figure out what the P on Cartman’s hat stood for.

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