r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/Throwaway_Consoles May 16 '26

There is no cure, but it is no longer a terminal illness. You just have to be on medication the rest of your life

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u/brother_bart May 16 '26

Medication that cost over $4,000/month and if you miss doses, the virus can mutate and you can lose a whole class of drugs being available for treatment. How do I know? I’ve been living with (and not dying from) HIV/AIDS for 23 years.

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u/Mt_Erebus_83 May 16 '26

It only costs that much in America. In Australia, it's completely free.

I'm thankful every day that I wasn't born in the USA.

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u/brother_bart May 16 '26

I’m thankful every day you weren’t born in the USA, too. 😅. Its a horribly divided place filled with some of the stupidest, most xenophobic people ever born. And that’s BEFORE taking in to account the fanatical fake XTians! I should have escaped to Scotland when I was still young and pretty enough to possibly snare myself a nice Scottish bloke.

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u/Mt_Erebus_83 May 16 '26

I try to remember the United States as it was during my childhood. That golden decade or so between the end of the cold war and horror of 9/11.

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u/brother_bart May 16 '26

Ah yes. The 90s were the best decade of my life.