Well, blood-type markers aren't the only factor in mosquito attractiveness.CeeBod said:
It's just one of the "big'uns".
But yeah, I know the feeling.
Poll: What's your blood type?
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It's just one of the "big'uns".
But yeah, I know the feeling.
I... have no idea... Never came up. Haven't donated blood (Man, i REALLY should), never needed it (no REALLY bad surgery or something). Seems like something i should know. Have to ask my mother *g* - i think it might be on my birth certificate or something.
Is that what does it?MrFalconfly said:
Mosquitoes absolutely love me, to the point where it's almost comical. I can be outdoors in the evening with two other people and the mosquitoes go after me to the extent of completely ignoring the other two. I've also heard that people who consume a lot of potassium and/ or sugar are delicious to mosquitoes but I don't know.
Mosquitoes apparently prefer the following: Young people, women, those with high-sugar diets, and apparently the O positive.Eclipse Dragon said:
All of those are hearsay on my part though. (The hearsay seems to fit what I've observed.)
I'm B+, I give fairly often. The goodies for giving have gotten a lot worse over time. I used to get t-shirts and stress-balls, now I only get juice and cookies.
I've read that they go by size first (Bigger and older, since they produce more CO2), then sugar diet (Another thing they can tell by your breathing), then by blood type (It seems blood type is expressed externally by some sort of skin secretion, and O type is easier for the mosquito to 'taste.' followed by B, then A).Souplex said:
O+. They love my blood at Red Cross, and I've donated over 40 times. Right now I can't because of a trip to Africa, so I'll be deferred until next January. I tried to make up for it before the trip with a pheresis donation, but the silly machine wasn't working so my donation was spoiled.
My wife's in the same boat as WolfThomas, she spent a year in England during the BSE scare, so she's basically banned from donating until further notice.
My wife's in the same boat as WolfThomas, she spent a year in England during the BSE scare, so she's basically banned from donating until further notice.
O+. One pesky little protein marker (they are protein markers right? Am I mis-remembering my rudimentary biology education?) from being the universal donor. Drats. Welp, at least I can still help a good few people yeah? Might even be able to help with some of those 'special match' things they do for the more obscure blood types you find in some minority groups because of my mixed ancestry, but I haven't checked that bit in particular. Do you have to do a special request or fill a form for them to check that?
I'm also one of those lucky bastards who's naturally pretty damn big (just under 6 ft tall and weigh 200 lbs) so I can donate a unit of blood and suffer basically no ill effects whatsoever. I honestly wish they had variable waiting periods based on size, because I definitely don't need the full 2 months to recover from a donation. Especially at my age.
TAKE MY BLOOD GODDAMNIT! I DON'T NEED AS MUCH AS I'VE GOT! Feed it to a vampire or some shit, I don't care, just don't let it sit in me doing... well, not nothing, but it's not being all it can be ya know?
I'm also one of those lucky bastards who's naturally pretty damn big (just under 6 ft tall and weigh 200 lbs) so I can donate a unit of blood and suffer basically no ill effects whatsoever. I honestly wish they had variable waiting periods based on size, because I definitely don't need the full 2 months to recover from a donation. Especially at my age.
TAKE MY BLOOD GODDAMNIT! I DON'T NEED AS MUCH AS I'VE GOT! Feed it to a vampire or some shit, I don't care, just don't let it sit in me doing... well, not nothing, but it's not being all it can be ya know?
Add a third to the list.... it's me. Apparently we share a blood type with Peggy Hill sooooo that's cool. Also like ALL the bad guys in manga? I guess 'cuz of that whole "no one wants to work with loose canon AB types" or something.Chimpzy said:
O pos.
I donate twice a year. It used to be three, but I'm on the light and short side (I'm just north of minimum weight), and they were afraid it'd become too much for lil' vegetarian me. On the bright side, when I do donate, I'm usually the smallest person there and that causes everyone to be super nice to me. I get, like, all the cookies.
I donate twice a year. It used to be three, but I'm on the light and short side (I'm just north of minimum weight), and they were afraid it'd become too much for lil' vegetarian me. On the bright side, when I do donate, I'm usually the smallest person there and that causes everyone to be super nice to me. I get, like, all the cookies.
Another 0+ here.
Sadly I have low blood pressure, so whenever I try and donate I don't give enough in the allotted time. I also get super dizzy afterwards so they said if I keep getting dizzy they'd ban me for a few years for my own safety. :C
Sadly I have low blood pressure, so whenever I try and donate I don't give enough in the allotted time. I also get super dizzy afterwards so they said if I keep getting dizzy they'd ban me for a few years for my own safety. :C
Careful. If you donate blood, the blood bank will start hunting you down every month.Chemical Alia said:
OT: I'm O+. I'm not that interesting! Yay! I have the second most difficult blood type to give to, which is sad, but at least I can give to lots of people!
...or I would, if I wasn't tachycardic and my local blood bank wasn't staffed by a bunch of pansies. "Bweehhh, 140BPM resting heart rate is too high!" Whatever. It means I finish donating in about five minutes, dangit.
My resting blood pressure is like 85/60, but they don't know that. The hospital is kinda far away, meaning donating blood equals a trip to the city, and a trip to the city means (window) shopping. By the time I get there, after a 5+ kilometer walk (and perhaps several new games/books/pieces of clothing), it's a healthy looking 110/80. After that it's just lightly squeezing a squishy ball while donating, and making sure I don't let the pressure drop too far before I get home. I rarely feel dizzy.sky14kemea said:
Of course, my tendency to get up right up and walk out kinda scares people, but whatever.