Poll: organ donation.

[War Penguin]

I'm not yet, but only because I'm too young.

I take the klingon approach to bodies after death. Nothing of the person left, why care about it?

Might as well let someone else use the meat.

No. Not yet at least. Mainly because:
A) I'm too young.
B) It's one of those things that my mother will definitely hate discussing and I won't be able to get around to.

How old are you guys & where are you from?
(I'd look on your profiles but my browser gets pissy)
Because as far as I'm aware, the age for declaring consent to organ donation is pretty low.

Not in America. I believe that the age of consent here is 18, if I'm mistaken. I'm just one year short.

 

[The Rockerfly]

I would rather someone use my bones, organs, skin, eyes and brain rather then just becoming more mess in a wooden box underground.

Plus it's much cheaper for a funeral if you have very little left of you

 

[atalanta]

[sub]search bar approved. all i could find was something about what you want to happen to your corpse when you die.[/sub]

A few weeks ago, while walking around Glasgow, I was wandering through the train station when I nearly tripped over a small woman carrying a clipboard. She thrust it up towards my face, saying "Would you like to become an organ donor?!". That's exactly what I did. I filled out her little form and bam, within 30 seconds I had signed my organs away to be fired into someone else should I die. That's a very blunt way of putting it but it's essentially true. Because of my age, she told me to make sure that my immediate family were aware of this fact. When I told my mum and step-dad, there was a contrast in opinions on the subject.

The questions I pose to you are:
Are you an organ donor?
If so, why? If not, why not?
If you want to be an organ donor, why aren't you one already?

No, i am not an organ donor, and do not intend to be one.
Reason you say? I'll make it simple....I care more about my organs than the lives of most humans on this planet (and i'm 15 and technically is illegal to do so.....i think).
The reason people give their organs is either for
1. They hate their organs
2. They do it for money
3. For a loved one
4. They are delusional about something
That is the only reason i came up with so.......yeah.
Also....WHY did you sign the Form??

What the fuck? So basically, you're an idiot, or an angsty 15 year old trying to be cool.

For fuck's sake... There was no trace of angst in that. Call him out on being a fuckwit, not a 15 year old. It just pisses off the rest of us in that age bracket when you associate us with morons.

.......*deep breath* can one of you PLEASE read the conversation i am having with Dahni?
You guys can insult me all you like when you hear me out ok!?
Also.....i am 15.

I think there might be some confusion about what organ donation is. The organ donation OP and most other people here are talking about occurs after death; if you die and your heart/liver/what have you are not damaged, they are harvested from your body and given to someone else. Some people become organ donors while they're alive, but that's rarer and usually between people who know each other; for instance, my biology teacher in high school donated a kidney to his sister.

Also, in the US at least, there's no age limit on becoming an organ donor. I've been one since I was 16 and checked the little box on my driver's license. I don't see any point to keeping my bits and bobs to myself if I'm not using them anymore, although I, too, would rather keep my eyes. There's something vaguely disturbing about the thought of my eyes being taken out.

 

[atalanta]

I'm not yet, but only because I'm too young.

I take the klingon approach to bodies after death. Nothing of the person left, why care about it?

Might as well let someone else use the meat.

No. Not yet at least. Mainly because:
A) I'm too young.
B) It's one of those things that my mother will definitely hate discussing and I won't be able to get around to.

How old are you guys & where are you from?
(I'd look on your profiles but my browser gets pissy)
Because as far as I'm aware, the age for declaring consent to organ donation is pretty low.

Not in America. I believe that the age of consent here is 18, if I'm mistaken. I'm just one year short.

There's no age of consent in America, although you do need permission from your parents or legal guardians.

 

[Darth Caelum]

What the fuck? So basically, you're an idiot, or an angsty 15 year old trying to be cool.

Most organ donations are made once dead. Cos, you know, donating your liver while you're still alive is pretty stupid.

1. I love my organs, therefore, you are wrong.
2. There's no money in it when dead. Plus i wouldn't recommend like, selling a kidney anyway, thats silly.
3. Fuck yeah for a loved one. But again, if im dead then my organs are fair game imo.
4. About what? Saving someone's life.

EDIT:

And wait, you thought that people sign up to be an organ donor to donate while still alive?

Yeah, the last second comments about "Definitely not while I'm alive" are certainly confusing me.

*DEEPER BREATH* You guys don't read my posts after labeling me an asshole do you?
Read the posts in which me and Dahni are talking and all will be clear.

 

[Dusty Donuts]

What the fuck? So basically, you're an idiot, or an angsty 15 year old trying to be cool.

Most organ donations are made once dead. Cos, you know, donating your liver while you're still alive is pretty stupid.

1. I love my organs, therefore, you are wrong.
2. There's no money in it when dead. Plus i wouldn't recommend like, selling a kidney anyway, thats silly.
3. Fuck yeah for a loved one. But again, if im dead then my organs are fair game imo.
4. About what? Saving someone's life.

EDIT:

And wait, you thought that people sign up to be an organ donor to donate while still alive?

Yeah, the last second comments about "Definitely not while I'm alive" are certainly confusing me.

*DEEPER BREATH* You guys don't read my posts after labeling me an asshole do you?
Read the posts in which me and Dahni are talking and all will be clear.

Dude, I never labelled you an asshole. I just said that all those posts where the people are saying "I'll sign up, but not while I'm alive" are weird.

 

[Dahni]

I'm not yet, but only because I'm too young.

I take the klingon approach to bodies after death. Nothing of the person left, why care about it?

Might as well let someone else use the meat.

No. Not yet at least. Mainly because:
A) I'm too young.
B) It's one of those things that my mother will definitely hate discussing and I won't be able to get around to.

How old are you guys & where are you from?
(I'd look on your profiles but my browser gets pissy)
Because as far as I'm aware, the age for declaring consent to organ donation is pretty low.

Not in America. I believe that the age of consent here is 18, if I'm mistaken. I'm just one year short.

There's no age of consent in America, although you do need permission from your parents or legal guardians.

wow, you're not allowed to make that decision alone until you're 18? that's insane.
12 year olds are allowed to declare consent over here without even mentioning it to their parents.
I was just turned 16 when I signed up. I thought it was something like 16 everywhere.

 

[War Penguin]

I'm not yet, but only because I'm too young.

I take the klingon approach to bodies after death. Nothing of the person left, why care about it?

Might as well let someone else use the meat.

No. Not yet at least. Mainly because:
A) I'm too young.
B) It's one of those things that my mother will definitely hate discussing and I won't be able to get around to.

How old are you guys & where are you from?
(I'd look on your profiles but my browser gets pissy)
Because as far as I'm aware, the age for declaring consent to organ donation is pretty low.

Not in America. I believe that the age of consent here is 18, if I'm mistaken. I'm just one year short.

There's no age of consent in America, although you do need permission from your parents or legal guardians.

Ah, then I am mistaken.
Thank you.

But I'm sure I'm still not able to get permission. My mom would just freak out if I even hint at the idea.

 

[Dr. Gorgenflex]

I am underage, but I would gladly become an organ donor, why would you not want to be?

 

[SonicKoala]

I'm not, and I probably won't become one - sure, I won't need my organs, but the idea of my body being treated like some sort of organ farm kind of turns me off. The lack of control that I have over what goes to who is another thing that I have a problem with.

 

[Uncreative]

I'm not yet, but only because I'm too young.

I take the klingon approach to bodies after death. Nothing of the person left, why care about it?

Might as well let someone else use the meat.

No. Not yet at least. Mainly because:
A) I'm too young.
B) It's one of those things that my mother will definitely hate discussing and I won't be able to get around to.

How old are you guys & where are you from?
(I'd look on your profiles but my browser gets pissy)
Because as far as I'm aware, the age for declaring consent to organ donation is pretty low.

Fifteen, America.
I've heard you can sign up when you get your drivers license (16 if I remember right), but I may very well be wrong.

 

[atalanta]

wow, you're not allowed to make that decision alone until you're 18? that's insane.
12 year olds are allowed to declare consent over here without even mentioning it to their parents.
I was just turned 16 when I signed up. I thought it was something like 16 everywhere.

In the US, most everything you do under 18 requires parental approval :V

Honestly, I don't think it's really that enforced. For me, at 16, there was a tickybox on the form I filled out for my license; my parents didn't even need to sign off on it.

Ah, then I am mistaken.
Thank you.

But I'm sure I'm still not able to get permission. My mom would just freak out if I even hint at the idea.

Haha, yeah, my parents weren't exactly thrilled, despite being organ donors themselves; something about their precious baby girl getting carved up like a dead cow at the butcher's.

 

[Snowalker]

Yup, the little pink dot thing on my license says so. So um...yes good for that.

Oh um why? Uh...why not? If im dead im certainly not using them.

This is my thought, unless I can afford to have my ashes sent to the moon, I'm donating the rest of the unused parts of my body to science.

 

[War Penguin]

Ah, then I am mistaken.
Thank you.

But I'm sure I'm still not able to get permission. My mom would just freak out if I even hint at the idea.

Haha, yeah, my parents weren't exactly thrilled, despite being organ donors themselves; something about their precious baby girl getting carved up like a dead cow at the butcher's.

Exactly.
You can't entirely blame them, though. They're still kinda stuck with that protective parent mentality.

 

[Sark]

I am a super donor. I donate blood regularly, as well as if I die, all organs, skin, eyes and such will be used to help others. I won't need them anymore.

Having someone take your bits once you are gone shouldn't matter too much, they can't make you more dead, and all they can do is let others live.

 

[Spectre39]

I'm not an organ donor by choice.

I have but one flimsy, unsupported rumor that keeps me from donating my remains: A friend of mine that used to work in the EMT field told me that the triage of care protocols place victims that are organ donors below those that don't donate organs. The logic behind that claim is that non-donors are useless when dead, they're just corpses. Donors, however might be able to save others if they don't survive.

I don't know where in the process of emergency care this occurs, be it first responders, ambulance crew, or surgeons in the ER. But if there's some chance that my life is given less consideration because my remains may help others after I'm dead, then sorry bro no deal. There's enough humans on the earth dying left and right anyways. Whatever sacrifice I can provide on an individual basis means little in the grand scheme of things.

 

[cheese_wizington]

If I could be I would be. There's no point in keeping something you're not using.

 

[ffxfriek]

Im not currently but I will soon be when i get my license....one day

 

[Eleima]

I am an organ donor, they can have everything where I'm concerned. I'm a med student, and I've seen how a new organ can change someone's life around (heart, kidney, and corneas, for example), so if anything ever happens to me, but my organs are still good, I hope they can help someone else.