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New HIV/AIDS infection?

I recieved an email yesterday which informed me that people go to cinemas for fun and when an innocent but unlucky person sits in the wrong seat they sit on an infected needle which is deliberately put there by someone who wants to infect others. So when going to such places please be careful and ask the staff there whether they have inspected their seats properly because the people that have sat on those seats became infected with HIV. What is becoming of this world? why would anyone do something so dispeakable to someone they don't even know?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Some people think that since they have AIDS everyone else should be in the same boat with them... they feel like its thier duty to do such things because they have an outlook on their life that they are miserable because they have a horrible disease. They feel that by infecting more people they'll get the pleasure of knowing that they messed up someone else's life. Its a horrible thing to do but a lot of people just don't have their head on straight because of such problems and diseases... please be careful in this world its harsh...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Thick jeans. Maybe some steel or kevlar in the *** should protect you.

    Nonetheless, if people really resort to this sort of thing, it's almost like a terroristic act. They're purposely planting something harmful in the hope that innocent people will be hurt, and eventually killed, by it. They probably do it because they have AIDs and they want others to suffer like them.

  • Bright
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Go to a better and more classic theatre. They does not allow such thing to happen. The cleaning inspector will clean the place thoroughly including seats.

  • 1 decade ago

    There is nothing new in this. There have always been risks other than through sex of HIV/AIDS being transmitted. On top of that there will always be people who exploit risks for the sake of inflicting them on others, sometimes it is pure negligence. All you can do about that really is be aware and alert though also keep in mind that you cannot prevent everything from happening.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yea they always say this. I heard this about 5 yrs ago. Also I heard about needles in phone booths in the ear piece, @ the gas pump, movie theater, ect... I would advise people to be extra cautious and just use common sense. However, I still check my seat in the theater before I sit down, and am always observant of my surroundings. be careful!!

  • 1 decade ago

    Its an urban legend. The same story has gone around with needles placed in gas pump handles, mailboxes, post office boxes, etc.

    There isn't a single confirmed report to back it up.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sounds like a hoax honey. You can't believe everything you read in those kinds of emails. That's just like the broken needle in the ball pit-it never happened and probably never will.

  • 1 decade ago

    thank you, starting from now on l'm going to carry something hard to put on my seat before l place my behind down, good looking out!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    WOW! humans today, i swear!that is terrible that you can not even go and have a night out without worrying! what about kids? thats like a family environment.very scary and thanks for informing us!

  • 1 decade ago

    You shouldn't believe everything you read.

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