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🗓️ 13 January 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Comedian Ariel Elias joins Erica Spera to talk all about having herpes, how she used to disclose to partners, and much more. At the end, they debate some TikTok dating advice. Submit your dating TikToks of us to discuss on the show @shootersgottashootpod
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0:00.0 | It was interesting. I one time put up a TikTok of one of the jokes, of one of the herpes |
0:05.8 | jokes. And I had these people replying of like, obviously it's a scam, but it's like these like, |
0:11.7 | have you tried doctor blah, blah, blah, cures and da-da-da-da. And I was like, I was like, |
0:16.6 | well, wait, hold on. Like, obviously it would be great if there was just like a cure for this. |
0:22.8 | But like that's not really the point here. Like the point is like I've kind of accepted that |
0:26.1 | there isn't. It doesn't really impact my life that much anymore. And like you're missing the |
0:33.2 | point. Like you're just missing the point. I'm not looking for a cure here. I'm just looking |
0:36.5 | for us to like laugh at it. Yeah. Also just accept it's not I'm not looking for a cure here. I'm just looking for us to, like, laugh at it. |
0:38.3 | Yeah. |
0:38.8 | Also, just accept it's not a huge deal. |
0:40.9 | Yeah, that thing of, I mean, look, it's so cliche to be like, |
0:43.8 | laughter is the best medicine. |
0:44.9 | But for herpes, it is because there's no cure. |
0:46.5 | There's no actual. it helped me kind of get over it and accept it was just being like one you're like oh this other person |
0:54.6 | has it and they're fine yeah uh but too it's like yeah we all like to laugh at things that are like |
1:00.4 | quote dark things in our life yeah it was so exciting to watch you start telling jokes about it and |
1:06.9 | like talking about it it was it felt um felt, you know, I was worried. |
1:12.6 | I was going to feel like, well, hold on. |
1:14.0 | Like, that's my thing. |
1:16.1 | But I think the whole point is, like, it's super common. |
1:19.8 | And it is nice to have, like, this little community of, like, |
1:24.1 | HRP girls, you know? |
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