Poll: Donating Blood
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as strange as that sounds...its not a homophobic issue. it has to do with that the chances of them missing an STD are a significant chances higher...its weird i dont know all the details but yeah...thats the reason....ME i hae not donated...1 im afarde of needles like all hell...and 2...i dont weigh enough lolGreyfox105 said:
Yes, you may.Dr Snakeman said:
Safe to say, I'm not a very charitably person. I just feel that my blood is such an intimate part of me that it will take a reason of monumental proportion for me to part with it, and yet still be alive. Blood I will give, but not to some random guy off the streets.
That seems like it would be a bit more friendly for people to excel. Less kids, so less peer pressure. Of course, that could have the opposite effect with the same reasoning...stone0042 said:
Well, anyway. I personally don't know any smart sports players, but it's good to know that there are athletes who are also good at school.
I've never donated blood before, but for about 3 months I donated (more like sold though) blood plasma. From what I understand donating blood plasma uses thicker needles to extract blood, spins out the blood plasma (when the bottle filled up it looked like I took quite a piss), and put the blood back inside of me. At the time I struggled to keep 150 lbs. so I usually was in and out twice a week within a hour as I didn't have to donate as much with my lower weight. I made $240 a month for about 2 hours of my time a week.
If I could, I'd happily donate blood. Keeping my non-transmittable blood to myself isn't killing three people, after all.
I donated nine times between the time I was 16 and when I graduated high school. And I have done sporadically afterwords. I will continue to do so as soon as I get more time. I'm O positive and I get asked to come in for an appointment. I still have my donor card in my wallet.
My dad is a rare type, B positive, and as such, the donation facility (we don;t do it for the money) is always asking him to come in. I remember that we would race to see who could pinch off a pint the fastest. We can bleed quickly!
My dad is a rare type, B positive, and as such, the donation facility (we don;t do it for the money) is always asking him to come in. I remember that we would race to see who could pinch off a pint the fastest. We can bleed quickly!
They don't let you give blood if you've had cancer? Well there goes my responsibilities...Lionsfan said:
Anyway, yeah you should definitely give blood, although you aren't "killing 3 people" if you don't. I get stuck about twice a week to check blood counts, it's gotten me over my fear of needles, so if you donate often it'll help you too =) But giving blood causes some people to pass out, so if that's that case you probably shouldn't...
Also, it's unfortunate that gays can't donate, I know they are paranoid about letting AIDS and stuff like that into the blood supply (as they should be), but they really should just test them like everyone else and then let them give if they wanna give.
I can't explain it but I just don't feel comfortable with giving someone my blood. If it were a case of they would die if I (and by that I mean I was the only person who could) didn't donate then I would but apart from that no but I congratulate those who do.
As for the slogan, that's just stupid. You're not actually killing them, just because you aren't donating that doesn't mean there's no chance of them getting blood. It seems wrong to me that people are trying to use guilt trips to make people donate.
As for the slogan, that's just stupid. You're not actually killing them, just because you aren't donating that doesn't mean there's no chance of them getting blood. It seems wrong to me that people are trying to use guilt trips to make people donate.
I tried to donate blood but they wouldn't let me because i lived in Germany for 6 years and were worried about "cross-contamination," I was in Germany for fuck sakes! I wasn't spending the summer in the rainforest!
If only you knew this areacrudus said:
Either they're a catholic anti-gay extremest
a pothead wanna-be anarchist (drink, cut-school, smoke pot, think they're "cool" and rebelling in an original way)
muscle-headed jock that ONLY talks about parties and sex
a wanna-be gangster
or a well minded "nerd" (even though I don't like that term) that's generally depressed
and that's most of the people here
sure there's some that break the flow (like me) but it's so few and so rare that it's actually annoying...
