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spanone

(141,609 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 02:20 PM Jul 2022

This must be the greatest typo ever...



THIS IS MISINFORMATION ABOUT #MONKEYPOX. THE OUTBREAK IS OCCURRING ALMOST ENTIRELY AMONG MEN WHO HAVE HAD SEX WITH ME.
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS AGREE THAT SEXUAL CONTACT IS THE PRINCIPLE DRIVER OF TRANSMISSION....
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This must be the greatest typo ever... (Original Post) spanone Jul 2022 OP
oop's... Ohio Joe Jul 2022 #1
Yikes. Principle vs principal! Taylor Picker Jul 2022 #2
No, you got it! Misuse of the word! dchill Jul 2022 #34
It's his coming out combined with a PSA? BSdetect Jul 2022 #3
Thanks for the laugh! I needed this. Any idea who this genius is? question everything Jul 2022 #4
Always read before hitting send.... spanone Jul 2022 #5
Funny! That guy is a menace Walleye Jul 2022 #6
Hey lighten up everyone gratuitous Jul 2022 #7
So this poster is the Typhoid Mary of monkeypox LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #8
Reads like it to me BOSSHOG Jul 2022 #25
He could have doubled down by typing "Pubic health experts agree..." Baggies Jul 2022 #9
Not a typo MzRappy Jul 2022 #10
That's a classic Devilsun Jul 2022 #11
XD sakabatou Jul 2022 #12
"the risk to kids is very low" LudwigPastorius Jul 2022 #13
Wish it would have said " who have sex with djt " KS Toronado Jul 2022 #14
Avoid dalton99a Jul 2022 #15
Typhoid Ben? HubertHeaver Jul 2022 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author HubertHeaver Jul 2022 #17
LOL! cate94 Jul 2022 #18
Benjamin Ryan just outed himself FakeNoose Jul 2022 #19
OMG how funny Tickle Jul 2022 #20
Change careers fast dude. miyazaki Jul 2022 #21
Then he owned it scipan Jul 2022 #22
Well, there is that. calimary Jul 2022 #28
Omitting one little 'n' makes a huge difference. SergeStorms Jul 2022 #23
Freudian Slip IronLionZion Jul 2022 #24
I bet his wife is wondering YoshidaYui Jul 2022 #26
OMG!!! I just got it! calimary Jul 2022 #27
Priceless Handler Jul 2022 #29
I yield my crown to the master Warpy Jul 2022 #30
It started in Africa, but it's reached the U.S. and other places. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #31
My remarks addressed Africa, only Warpy Jul 2022 #35
Yikes! H2O Man Jul 2022 #32
😂😂😂 live love laugh Jul 2022 #33
Lol Demovictory9 Jul 2022 #36
Back in the day the Chicago Transit Authority published something milestogo Jul 2022 #37

question everything

(52,134 posts)
4. Thanks for the laugh! I needed this. Any idea who this genius is?
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 02:26 PM
Jul 2022

As an aside, confirms my strong objections to twits from anyone on any topic. Just come out without much thought or checking.




gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Hey lighten up everyone
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 02:29 PM
Jul 2022

Benjamin Ryan's handle bills himself as a writer, not an editor. You want proper spelling and usage, don't ask this writer!

Maybe he should change it to @benryannincompoop.

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
25. Reads like it to me
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 04:47 PM
Jul 2022

Not a typo, previous info was wrong as he states. He should be hailed for his contribution to assisting public health officials. Let me guess. He’s a conservative scholar. Conservatives

MzRappy

(13 posts)
10. Not a typo
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 03:26 PM
Jul 2022

No it’s not a typo, rather a sort of joke, as a way to actually warn other gays. I think it’s only meant for gays. At least that’s what I’m reading after reading the other tweets.

LudwigPastorius

(14,725 posts)
13. "the risk to kids is very low"
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 03:44 PM
Jul 2022

I don’t know. Judging from that avatar picture, Benjamin is pretty sketchy looking.

Talk about being self-owned…!

Response to spanone (Original post)

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
23. Omitting one little 'n' makes a huge difference.
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 04:21 PM
Jul 2022

Put his picture with the title: DO NOT HAVE SEX WITH THIS MAN! in every bathroom stall - both men's and women's - all over the country.

He's a one-man epidemic. ☠☠☠☠

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
30. I yield my crown to the master
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 05:04 PM
Jul 2022

No longer will I refer to myself as Typo Queen.

That is about the best one I've ever seen, a classic Fraudulent Slip if ever I saw one.

(However, be aware it's a respiratory virus in sub Saharan Africa. It's not easy to catch so it isn't super widespread)

(Oh, and it has absolutely nothing to do with monkeys. They were the first species it appeared in here in the US, in lab animals)

ShazzieB

(22,590 posts)
31. It started in Africa, but it's reached the U.S. and other places.
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 05:12 PM
Jul 2022

I don't know much of the country it's gotten to, but there are verified cases in Chicago and the surrounding area, to name one example.

Also, from what I'm reading, it's primarily spread by direct physical contact, not through the air.

Warpy

(114,615 posts)
35. My remarks addressed Africa, only
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 05:44 PM
Jul 2022

Nobody should get too smug about this one.

I was a nurse when GRID appeared, changed to AIDS when women and kids who needed blood transfusions and blood products developed it, and finally changed to HIV when the virus was isolated. That one isn't easy to catch, either, but people are still getting it. It's also not strictly a gay men's disease and, like monkey pox, never was.

milestogo

(23,082 posts)
37. Back in the day the Chicago Transit Authority published something
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 05:53 PM
Jul 2022

with the words "pubic transportation" instead of "public transportation".

A lesser mistake could have been overlooked, but they had to reprint millions of copies.

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