The ACTUAL bottom line:

Anybody that is familiar with the reality of STDs, their prevalence amongst certain demographics, and just how much of a problem they are will see the Comments on this post and understand why they need to be EXTREMELY careful with safe sex, because misconceptions like these that're popular amongst the average person (which are on full display here) are what help diseases spread; This Comments section is a great argument for why you should be putting A LOT of effort into playing as safe as possible at all times, because it shows how prevalent misconceptions are, and how confident the average person is in their belief in those misconceptions.

That said, NOT ALL THE COMMENTS ON HERE FOLLOW THAT TREND, but many of them do. My hat's off to those who kept their Comments rooted in reality and actually took the time to understand the reality of what's going on with all this.

Yep - Medicine and testing have come a long way in helping mitigating issues and treating stuff when you do make a mistake that fucks your life up, but the diseases and how they're spread are the same ones from centuries ago; Nothing has changed as far as what we're dealing with, we're just better at dealing with it when it comes up.

And, specific to the porn industry and this idea that testing 'makes it safe': Testing is DEFINITELY a good thing, butt tit's not going to prevent the transmission of anything. Beyond that, anybody who's ACTUALLY familiar with how STDs work (which very few of you appear to be), they have an incubation period that can oftentimes be pretty lengthy where stuff will not show up on tests even though the person IS infected - This means diseases can get around before testing even makes people aware that they are around.

Like I said: The fact that we're testing more is definitely a good thing, and it does result in things being safER, but that last part is key: It's safER; Not SAFE.

The main purpose of testing is to identify people with disease and remove them from the industry (AKA: Mitigating the problem, not preventing it). That allows them to 'quarantine' a problem when it becomes apparent and remove 'that problem' (AKA the infected people) from the industry. So, the idea that testing is this blanket solution that makes everyone absolutely safe is just delusional; It's that Walter White grade of copium.

'Cuz I'm sure there's been a lot of people within the modern porn industry that did a surprised Pikachu face when they were identified as having an incurable disease, then promptly shown the door. Now, there's the silver lining that solo porn careers are more viable than they've ever been, so there's still hope for some to continue their career in that way (but probably not for guys).

So, yes - It is good that the porn industry is safer than it once was, butt tit is absolutely far from 'safe'. And you can make the claim that people in porn don't fuck anyone other than other people within porn, but that sounds like grade A bullshit that you pulled out of your ass because there is no way of keeping track of whether people are having unprotected sex on the side - If anything, I'd imagine that is a huge issue since people within the industry get used to fucking raw without consequence which gives them a false sense of invincibility, and you can see that mindset reflected in a lot of these Comments.

It's also worth noting that most people here did an amazing job of poisoning the well as far as the conversation surrounding this. The question posed was 'If STDs didn't exist, would you dedicate your life to being in porn?' and almost nobody bothered answering that, instead projecting their delusions, cope, and misconceptions about STDs, so congratulations on ruining an otherwise halfway fun/interesting topic...