Poll: organ donation.

[GreyWolf257]

Well, my license says I am. I haven't actually donated an organ, but I will when I die.

 

[Disaster Button]

Yep. I plan to be a blood donor too.

While we're talking about it, sort of, does anyone know why gay people can't donate blood? And does anyone know if it applies to bisexual people?

Wait, what? What kind of backwards fascist hellhole do you live in?

On topic, I am indeed a donor, I have no use for my earthly remains when I've passed on and I'm a big fan of recycling

..*sigh* the UK. I only recently found out they can't donate blood myself.

That really doesn't make any sense. I mean, unless the doctors taking the donations are completely off their rockers, they screen the donators for any diseases transmitted through blood, right?
Or does the UK have some sort of russian-roulette style blood transfusion system?

I don't even know. I've been told that its because homosexual people apparently have more chance of contracting STDs just because they're homosexual, its probably some left over stigma from the days where homosexuality was criminalised and just either hasn't been changed or its trying to be justified by insane reasoning.

Although it could be because homosexuals are known to bleed acid.

 

[jimduckie]

gee i have a neurological disease that is rare so i'm donating my body to science so they can figure out the disease

 

[PureChaos]

i'm not and when i found out they take EVERYTHING, including your eyes, it kinda put me off. if i could choose what they could take then that would be fine

 

[joshthor]

no. i think im going to when i renew my licence though, i dont wanna be burried anyway. its gross. i wanna be cremated. because fire is awesome.

btw: cremated, then the urn launched out of a cannon

 

[teisjm]

I am, it's not like i can use my organs for anything when i'm dead anywyas. So it's pretty awesome if they can save someones life.

I also checked teh box that said OK for medical experiemtns.

As long as my body isn't used for munting i'm okay with it.

 

[Shock and Awe]

In the US you decide that when you get a driver license, its basically "check this box to be a donor". I decided yes, I won't be using them.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

I'm an organ donor. I won't be using my organs anyway after I'm dead, so why not save some lives by giving them away?

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Yep. I plan to be a blood donor too.

While we're talking about it, sort of, does anyone know why gay people can't donate blood? And does anyone know if it applies to bisexual people?

Wait, what? What kind of backwards fascist hellhole do you live in?

On topic, I am indeed a donor, I have no use for my earthly remains when I've passed on and I'm a big fan of recycling

..*sigh* the UK. I only recently found out they can't donate blood myself.

That really doesn't make any sense. I mean, unless the doctors taking the donations are completely off their rockers, they screen the donators for any diseases transmitted through blood, right?
Or does the UK have some sort of russian-roulette style blood transfusion system?

I don't even know. I've been told that its because homosexual people apparently have more chance of contracting STDs just because they're homosexual, its probably some left over stigma from the days where homosexuality was criminalised and just either hasn't been changed or its trying to be justified by insane reasoning.

Although it could be because homosexuals are known to bleed acid.

The only reason I can think of is that you're more likely to transmit STDs through anal sex than through vaginal sex, but that's not even a very good reason. Just because the chance is slightly higher doesn't mean that homosexuals are 100% sure to have some kind of STD, and it's not like heterosexuals can't have anal sex...

So yeah, it's probably just an old law from the time homosexuals were considered scary deviants, that noone has changed yet. There are a lot of strange laws that make no sense in today's world and that only exist because noone has bothered to change them.

 

[An Gealt]

I would love to do that, but I feel like my parents would kill me if they found out. Like I am an adult and all (kinda anyways, I'm 19), but that wouldn't stop my dad running after me with a cheese-grater if i got a tattoo. sorry...rambling. Anyways, I said no in the poll, but i would become one if i could

 

[Dahni]

In the UK, you have to be 12 to legally declare yourself as an organ donor.

In that case, I shall now become one.

I commend you for that decision. well done

I would love to do that, but I feel like my parents would kill me if they found out. Like I am an adult and all (kinda anyways, I'm 19), but that wouldn't stop my dad running after me with a cheese-grater if i got a tattoo. sorry...rambling. Anyways, I said no in the poll, but i would become one if i could

Who cares what your parents say? It's your body therefore what happens to you when you die is up to you. I'm almost 100% sure that if you were in a state which meant you needed a transplant from a donor, your parents would accept it. Your life being saved depended on the death of another. If your parents would accept a donor's organ to save your life, they cannot condemn you for wanting to be the donor that saves several other peoples lives.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Hell yeah I'm an organ donor. I see no logic in letting good, healthy organs rot away in a grave when they could save lives.

 

[wolf thing]

cant too young

 

[Dahni]

cant too young

you're from the UK.
If you're older than 12, you can sign up to be one without your parent's permission.

 

[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

I commend you for your decision to donate, however, organ and/or tissue donation, do not affect the cost of funerals in any way.

If I donate my skeleton, organs, skin and blood I'm sure I will be a lot less and that means less land space
At least I hope it does...

 

[Deleted]

I don't care what happens to my body parts when I die.

 

[Sansha]

[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 15 and thus illegal to do so).
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??

But what use are your organs to you if you're rotting in the ground?
Why not give them to someone that needs them?

Well it seriously depends on the circumstances does it not?
If i died in a glorious gun battle against aliens then....i don't think they'll want it.
If it was for a loved one then yeah why not!
Also i was talking about if i was still alive. and i intend to either die of old age and/or in a glorious gun battle against or with Gordon Freeman. Thus making that line of conversation moot.

Congratulations, you're an A+ Certified Dipshit.

They won't take your organs until you're dead, man, you have to actually schedule yourself in to have 'em taken out while you're still kicking.

Anyway... yes, I'm a donor. The problem with New Zealand is this - when a person dies, of anything, it's treated as a homicide until proven otherwise. That means by the time a corpse is ready for harvestin', the organs are no good.

Generally your shit only gets cut out if you're on life support and the plug is pulled in the presence of the motherfucking Police and Chief of Staff. Even then it's not up to you - it's up to the grieving family.

Result: the waiting list for hearts, livers and lungs is thousands of years long.

 

[rokkolpo]

i reserve them for my family, i feel no need to give it to someone i don't care about.

but that's just me, i'm sorry for my opinion but that's just how i feel about it.

 

[scoHish]

Absolutely. If my organs can do some good instead of rotting, getting eaten by worms, or being stolen by grave robbers then I'd just be selfish not to be an organ donor.

 

[Scully]

everything, may as well recycle