MetaFilter posts tagged with venerealdisease

"A Minute With Venus... A Year With Mercury!"

zarq — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:48:09 -0800

"During World War I, the [US] Army lost 7 million person-days and discharged more than 10,000 men because they were ailing from STDs. Once Penicillin kicked in in the mid-1940s, such infections were treatable. But as a matter of national security, the military started distributing condoms and aggressively marketing prophylactics to the troops in the early 20th century." Additional Background From the NIH: Visual Culture and Public Health Posters. (Previously on MeFi.) They have a section on Venereal Disease. Medical History: Venereal Disease and Treatment During WWII

I piss on Gods stupid world!

Artw — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:26:24 -0800

"Our boss is a madman! I was in the sorting office and he said our system was outdated! I spat in his face! He fired me! I have to look for a job now!" Would Klaus Kinski have been so angry if he hadn't been so famous? A vintage column by Graham Linham (Father Ted, The IT Crowd) from the late lamented Neon magazine. (via).

Make EVERY day VD Day!

miss lynnster — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:33:31 -0800

"This is a war story!" (warning: direct ifilm video link)
Don't play VD roulette! Watch Disney's 1973 educational film "VD Attack Plan" and fight those damned G & S soldiers! Lady killers? Really can kill ladies!
Features whimsical cartoons and really icky photos.