>>98297
Okay, okay, okay. I know I've been semi-participating in this thread, but I haven't really posted any shit fetishes. Until now. This is a fetish I do see in the fandom on occasion-- but then, every fetish that exists outside the fandom likely exists inside as well-- and as much as I think it's retarded, as long as its kept to fantasy, I don't care much. But once in a great while, it isn't. That being: bug-chasing. Which nearly always refers to HIV/AIDS; I've yet to see someone who was eager to acquire, say, syphillis, or gonorrhea, or chlamydia or something.
Now, sad to say, I do "get" this fetish. I mean, I can place it on a fetish map (it covers a couple of categories). But I think that, as much as it being done only in fantasy is really no worse than fantasy rape, gore or snuff, I still think it's shitty in a way. Incidentally, I don't necessarily think the biohazard symbol on furries is inextricably linked with HIV, that symbol has been 'cool' with raver and neo-punk types for ages, I think more suggesting the same sort of vibe that, in the 80s, made acid, lasers, radioactivity etc. all the rage with cartoon characters. Danger is cool. I can picture a bug-chaser wanting it, though.
Thankfully, actual HIV-sharing is almost nonexistent in the fandom, despite rumors to the contrary-- unsubstantiated rumors, mind. People spreading them simply insist that you need to believe them and, when countered, basically say, "Are you doubting me? It's true!" Whether this is or isn't true, Sibe claims he has HIV. I've only seen a few furry bug-chasing characters, but I haven't yet seen any who claim to do it in real life.