Poll: Giving blood

[Seydaman]

uh...no i had blood taken before for a blood sample..FUCKING HURT

 

[Lord George]

Yeah when I turn 17 I'm going to give blood, because I love needles, I love pain and I love blood. The fact I might be helping people is a bit of a downside but I can live with it.

 

[Caliostro]

I'm not allowed to give blood because I'm Gay.

Uhh, what country do you live in that prohibits giving blood because you're gay? Sounds messed up to me. I've never heard of that...ever.

Same shit in my country (Portugal).

To be honest, if innocent people weren't needing it, I'd be the first to call out people to stop giving blood entirely till they changed that shit. Of all the retarded shit in the world... Seriously.

And yes, I've given blood... And when they asked me if I was gay I just stood there looking at them "...Why does it matter..?". Then me and my friend proceeded to mock it for the rest of the process.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I went to give blood but it was all in vein.

*gives applause...of the over-enthusiastic to start with but dies down quickly type*

Is there a word for that type?

A Malapropism, vein blood is usually de-oxygenated.

 

[bjj hero]

Everyone should go to give blood. If I was in charge if youre not willing to give you wouldnt get. Take your chances and see what happens after a car wreck. Scared of needles is a cop out. Suck it up and go give blood.

It is discrimination not accepting blood from gay people.

Where is the tick box asking "Do you bum your girlfriend?"

Straight up discrimination.

Not really...you have to be the "catcher" to stand a high chance of infection. Your gf should definitely have that tick box though. However, you stand a lot better chance of getting the 'truth' out of homosexuals(who do it singularly) than heterosexuals(who don't).

I always said its better to give than recieve. So we should ask are you gay and "catch". Polygraph tests would sort all of those prudish hetrosexuals.

 

[EchetusXe]

Yeah when I turn 17 I'm going to give blood, because I love needles, I love pain and I love blood. The fact I might be helping people is a bit of a downside but I can live with it.

tbh that is my philosophy lol. Except I'm over 17.

 

[iseko]

I'm not allowed. Since I have the tendency of screwing around with girls who arn't my girlfriend, I am a high risk factor.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I always said its better to give than recieve. So we should ask are you gay and "catch". Polygraph tests would sort all of those prudish hetrosexuals.

Don't you think there would be a tiny problem with that? It's not just homosexuals though, tattooed people, epiletics, haemophiliacs(obviously), diabetics...anything that can cause toxins to increase in the blood. Discrimination is perfectly valid when it threatens lives.

 

[Daye.04]

So the question shouldn't be if you're gay or not. It should be if you're fucking someone in the ass, or have been by someone ..

I'd love to see that question being asked of middle aged builders and such.

1. Have you injected any drugs in the last 12 months?
2. Have you had any contagious disease in the last 12 months?
3. anal?

Well hey. at least you had the curtosy to adress it as "anal" only. It would be worse if you asked the whole sentence =P

 

[Maze1125]

I always said its better to give than recieve. So we should ask are you gay and "catch". Polygraph tests would sort all of those prudish hetrosexuals.

Don't you think there would be a tiny problem with that? It's not just homosexuals though, tattooed people, epiletics, haemophiliacs(obviously), diabetics...anything that can cause toxins to increase in the blood. Discrimination is perfectly valid when it threatens lives.

And what's the NHC statistical justification for the fact a man that had sex once with another man, when they were both virgins, 30 years ago, can't give blood, but a woman who goes to random sex parties can, just so long as the most recent time was longer than 12 months ago?

 

[KeithA45]

Why not? Yeah you should do it for all the "you can save lives" reasons, but you don't need all your blood anyway, they usually give you food or something afterwords, I tend to meet nice people at blood drives, and it's a generally good experience as long as you're not afraid of needles or blood.

Plus I use that as an excuse if anyone criticizes anything I do for the next day or two. "Of course I suck at Guitar Hero right now, I'm missing blood!"

 

[EchetusXe]

So the question shouldn't be if you're gay or not. It should be if you're fucking someone in the ass, or have been by someone ..

I'd love to see that question being asked of middle aged builders and such.

1. Have you injected any drugs in the last 12 months?
2. Have you had any contagious disease in the last 12 months?
3. anal?

Well hey. at least you had the curtosy to adress it as "anal" only. It would be worse if you asked the whole sentence =P

My re-phrasing allows one to answer 'yes please' and for the nurse to laugh and mutter 'never heard that one before...'


On this matter, I am sure if I was a nurse who took blood from people I would seriously start to hate humanity in general the 100th time I heard 'a pint, thats very nearly an armful!'

 

[Maze1125]

I don't know how the system is in the USA most likely different as you get paid for it, you lucky bastards.

EDIT: My blood type is O rh Positive, which is compatible with a lot of other blood types. Boo yah!

I live in the USA and I don't get paid shit.

O negative is the rare type that everybody can use. O Positive is the most common type and it's what I got. Only 3 others can use O Positive I think. Also, any one with type AB Negative can receive any other type of blood.

O Neg. = Universal Donor.
AB Neg. = Universal Receiver.

AB+ is actually the universal receiver.

 

[PurpleRain]

I hate needles just as much as I hate dentists playing with my teeth. But I was going to get some blood donated over Christmas with Larenxis, but that plan went... where? I don't know. I might do it when I get back.

 

[bjj hero]

Don't you think there would be a tiny problem with that? It's not just homosexuals though, tattooed people, epiletics, haemophiliacs(obviously), diabetics...anything that can cause toxins to increase in the blood. Discrimination is perfectly valid when it threatens lives.

But if a girl is getting bummed out night after night she can still donate. If you are going to discriminate on health grounds base it on fact and logic.

AB+ is actually the universal receiver.

Are we talking about anal again?

 

[_Janny_]

I wanted to a few months ago (they said that every student that does gets to ride the subway for free that day, whoo) but my dad said that if I did I'd end up fainting. He had a point... Odds are I would have needed all my own blood back anyway. Plus, getting constantly pocked by the nurses that can't find a vein is pretty painful.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

And what's the NHC statistical justification for the fact a man that had sex once with another man, when they were both virgins, 30 years ago, can't give blood, but a woman who goes to random sex parties can, just so long as the most recent time was longer than 12 months ago?

Probably that anal intercourse to a gender with weak groinal skin, within a high risk sexual grouping, that can suffer from haemophilia, is a higher risk than a mixed intercourse, bisexual that's less likely to tell, or even remember, the truth.
Any such woman that hasn't contracted an STD, also discriminatory grounds, has to be the luckiest woman ever.

 

[Abedeus]

I will give, when I'm 18 (the age required in Poland) and when my blood pressure problems are solved. Although in my case, giving blood might be beneficial...

 

[Zykon TheLich]

It's not just homosexuals though, tattooed people, epiletics, haemophiliacs(obviously), diabetics...anything that can cause toxins to increase in the blood. Discrimination is perfectly valid when it threatens lives.

Yes, indeed, I'm ultra banned for a different reason to all the above and I can see why, I'm a high risk group, a big organisation like the NHS or whatever has to play it safe (although arguably it could play it even safer), it doesn't bother me.

 

[Specter_]

you get paid for it, you lucky bastards.

In germany, you get money as well

I do it on a regular basis, cause it's a rewarding way to get free std-test ^^