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Is it possible that Trump's mental state is from syphilis? (Original Post) Happyhippychick Feb 2018 OP
Porn Stars get tested regularly and might even be safer to have sex with than a non-porn star Pachamama Feb 2018 #1
One porn actor made an interesting observation PJMcK Feb 2018 #3
I guess it depends on how often he makes porn. LisaL Feb 2018 #5
I think it was James Deen PJMcK Feb 2018 #14
And he thinks other people have more sex? LisaL Feb 2018 #20
I think his point related to porn actors' personal lives (n/t) PJMcK Feb 2018 #22
They didn't in 1970 Happyhippychick Feb 2018 #21
More than one "porn" star PJMcK Feb 2018 #2
Howie Mandel is a germaphobe, Howard Hughes was a germaphobe. Apparently they Happyhippychick Feb 2018 #8
Apparently, so can Trump! PJMcK Feb 2018 #23
Syphilis is treatable. LisaL Feb 2018 #4
Only if you get it treated. If not it causes all sorts of mental issues. Happyhippychick Feb 2018 #10
And what would be the reason to not get it treated? LisaL Feb 2018 #13
Does a man who eats cheeseburgers in bed pay attention to his health? Happyhippychick Feb 2018 #15
Besides, due to his supposed "superior genes" he probably thinks that there is no smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #44
With Trump?! PJMcK Feb 2018 #19
He doesn't follow doctor's orders. Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #32
Early symptoms can be subtle, be ignored or go unotices, and disappear. 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #40
You'll have to ask Al Capone. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #41
Not only is it treatable, but by the time it starts affecting your mind it's worse than he is mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #6
Trumpy is immune to 'brain' syphilis. FSogol Feb 2018 #34
They used to call it "General Paralysis of the Insane" Mariana Feb 2018 #47
Not likely althou tertiary syphilis is hidden in the body for years Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #7
Possibly, but unlikely. People who contract syphilis MineralMan Feb 2018 #9
He did say that fighting STDs was his "personal Vietnam". Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #33
Dementia in a narcissistic sociopath. roamer65 Feb 2018 #11
That implies porn stars, and by extension, sex workers, are likely to be STD carriers Stinky The Clown Feb 2018 #12
I am really confused as to where you got this idea. LisaL Feb 2018 #17
I think that is lower than for the general population. Blue_true Feb 2018 #31
I don't think so. LisaL Feb 2018 #36
I think that I read just over 1 in 3 for the general population. Blue_true Feb 2018 #39
Not if it was contracted in the 1970s Happyhippychick Feb 2018 #18
I think his mental state is a result of being a fucking scumbag Takket Feb 2018 #16
LOL LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #37
I posted a bunch of stuff on this two years ago Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #24
And what does it say? LisaL Feb 2018 #27
I know. More for Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #42
His Dr said he was perfect. He's not dodging jail time that easy. NightWatcher Feb 2018 #25
His doctor said he's 6'3" and weighs 239 pounds. Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #38
Could explain the orange hue. Thyla Feb 2018 #26
I think that the attic has been pretty empty right from the start. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #28
I'm pretty sure it's filled with Toys, myself ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #43
Who knows, what we do know and can prove with video and history, is he is and always Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #29
I think he sounds like a lot of 71-year-old white men. yallerdawg Feb 2018 #30
Lord Glamrock Feb 2018 #35
One of the long term signs of syphilis Orange Free State Feb 2018 #45
Does it cause your dick to shrink? leftyladyfrommo Feb 2018 #46
He is just your standard issue fucking jagoff... LuvLoogie Feb 2018 #48

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
1. Porn Stars get tested regularly and might even be safer to have sex with than a non-porn star
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:28 PM
Feb 2018

Just sayin.....

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)
3. One porn actor made an interesting observation
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:31 PM
Feb 2018

He said that people who watch porn probably have more sex than people who make porn.

Just sayin'...

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)
2. More than one "porn" star
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:30 PM
Feb 2018

We know about Stormy Daniels. We also know about Karen McDougal, who was a Playboy model, (soft-core porn?).

Of course there were others. You know it's true because that's who he is.

The odd thing is that there are many reports that Trump is a germaphobe, (is that an actual word?). So why would he have had unprotected sex?

And yet, his mental behavior has been likened to that of someone who has had untreated syphilis for decades.

Alternatively, he's just an insane idiot.

Either way, Trump sucks.

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)
23. Apparently, so can Trump!
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:46 PM
Feb 2018

Thanks for the correct spelling of "germaphobe." I couldn't figure it out for some reason, (wink).

By the way, I don't think Howard Hughes does much boinking these days!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
44. Besides, due to his supposed "superior genes" he probably thinks that there is no
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:38 PM
Feb 2018

way he could possibly contract syphilis and therefore would not get tested for it. I am sure he is not the type who gets regular check ups.

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)
19. With Trump?!
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:43 PM
Feb 2018

But before you even ask the question, do you recall his personal physician, Dr. Bornstein?

This bozo probably doesn't know the difference between a bacterium and a virus.

To answer your question, perhaps Trump has been convinced of his own invulnerability that it wouldn't occur to him that he might have been infected.

The man is not smart and he's not self-aware.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
32. He doesn't follow doctor's orders.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:58 PM
Feb 2018

He thinks he's some sort of Superman.

He stared right at the eclipse without protective glasses, for crying out loud. Just to show us all how "tough" he is.

3catwoman3

(24,032 posts)
40. Early symptoms can be subtle, be ignored or go unotices, and disappear.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:15 PM
Feb 2018

The spirochetes then go dormant in the nervous system, sometimes for decades, and "wake up" later to cause great havoc in what is known as tertiary syphilis.

Same organism family as that which causes Lyme disease.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
41. You'll have to ask Al Capone.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:17 PM
Feb 2018

Tax evasion wasn't even the weirdest part of his story. The fear of needles in a guy with his history is downright bizarre.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
6. Not only is it treatable, but by the time it starts affecting your mind it's worse than he is
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:36 PM
Feb 2018

And you go really downhill pretty damn fast if I'm not mistaken ... and die not too long after ... my understanding also is that 'brain syphilis' is a relatively rare tertiary form of the disease as well, it's more common that it disfigures you horribly but your brain isn't attacked.

Pretty sure he's just really dumb, and a friggin asshole.

Mariana

(14,860 posts)
47. They used to call it "General Paralysis of the Insane"
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 03:05 PM
Feb 2018

or "General Paresis" on the death certificates, back before it was discovered that that particular course of disease was a manifestation of tertiary syphilis. A lot of them landed in the State Hospital in the town next to mine.

Thekaspervote

(32,790 posts)
7. Not likely althou tertiary syphilis is hidden in the body for years
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:36 PM
Feb 2018

There’s a whole host of other symptoms that come and go. As a medical professional, have not seen it that much, but during my psych training did. It’s pretty classic. Dotard is just regular ol plain crazy

MineralMan

(146,325 posts)
9. Possibly, but unlikely. People who contract syphilis
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:37 PM
Feb 2018

generally seek treatment. Trump could easily afford such treatment.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
33. He did say that fighting STDs was his "personal Vietnam".
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:00 PM
Feb 2018

So who the fuck knows, really? He may carry strains of VD that the CDC doesn't even know about.

Stinky The Clown

(67,818 posts)
12. That implies porn stars, and by extension, sex workers, are likely to be STD carriers
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:39 PM
Feb 2018

I'd suggest the opposite is more likely true.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
17. I am really confused as to where you got this idea.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:42 PM
Feb 2018

"A study of 168 adult industry actors in Los Angeles County found that 28 percent, or 47 actors, tested positive for either gonorrhea or chlamydia or both."

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/la-porn-stars-stds-nevada-prostitutes-study-video_n_2058406.html

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
31. I think that is lower than for the general population.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:57 PM
Feb 2018

I read a news article about a well known porn star once (it was regular news because of what she said about her personal life). When read that she was pretty well known for porn, I expected to read that her private life was wild, in fact it was boring and sexless, she was actually in graduate school during her off time.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
36. I don't think so.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:08 PM
Feb 2018

"About 1 in 4 adult video performers has contracted gonorrhea or chlamydia, a UCLA study unveiled today at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014 STD Prevention Conference in Atlanta."

http://www.laweekly.com/news/1-in-4-porn-stars-has-had-gonorrhea-or-chlamydia-ucla-study-says-4778033

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
39. I think that I read just over 1 in 3 for the general population.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:12 PM
Feb 2018

A lot of people contract when young or in college. Some of the porn stars may have contracted before they went into porn. I am not defending porn, but saying that I read that their rates are lower than for the general population.

LisaL

(44,974 posts)
27. And what does it say?
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:49 PM
Feb 2018

Likelihood is low. Syphilis is treatable and would cause symptoms long before causing dementia.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
38. His doctor said he's 6'3" and weighs 239 pounds.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:09 PM
Feb 2018

Which, miraculously, is one pound shy of official "obesity".

If those are that tub of lard's actual dimensions, then I'm LeBron James.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
43. I'm pretty sure it's filled with Toys, myself ...
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 02:23 PM
Feb 2018

Yeah, I was GONNA put a vid of a song from the proper album here ... instead I'm doing a song from the Toys era, but not from the album ... just cause I love this cover and Steven is such a sexy badass MF in this vid ...

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
30. I think he sounds like a lot of 71-year-old white men.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 01:56 PM
Feb 2018

I am not dismissing the notion that a good many of them may just be syphilis-ravaged assholes.

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