I’m O- so I give two units of red cells and get saline and the plasma/antibodies back. The guy at the donation site says “make sure you don’t drink any alcoholic beverages for 24 hours…but you can have one if you want.” He looks back to see if his manager is around and then whispers “you can have two but don’t leave the house.”
I can’t say I have something as useful as O-, but at least I can still do Power Red donos… though I forget if I’m A or B negative.
Power Red is for type O, A negative or B negative donors
You have to be O+, O-, A-, or B- to do power red https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/types-of-blood-donations/power-red-donation.html
Or, put a different way, you can’t be A+, B+, AB+ or AB-. I’m O+ and have done power red.
Quick way of finding out if your date has any STIs.
At least last time I donated blood in my country (Canada), you could discretely indicate “do not use” by applying a different sticker to the bag. This was done in case someone got peer pressured into donating but didn’t want to reveal something private that would have disqualified them otherwise.
Gay people can donate blood now! (In the US, at least) :D
… Where do you live that rape DNA has been sequenced any time in the most recent 10 years or so? That’s so much raping that could be hand before you get from donating blood.
Don’t be a fuckface just because you rape. Try to cancel it out by donating blood, we use rapist blood just as well as we use a frat bros.
Not really how this works. Tests take time and they don’t test immediately, also they do pool tests, so multiple samples are mixed and tested. So even if they’d find something they couldn’t tell you right there, and then again even if they could they would tell you it would be handled so that nobody else could notice.
People are so weird in their obsession with alcohol and getting drunk…
This is it.
Some people drink 1 tequila, do a Hangover, and go, “Drinking is bad” smh
Not to me, I’ve never understood that sentiment. I can act as silly as I want without being drunk, and I hate how it turns other people into almost different people. If I wanted to be friends with their drunken selves, I wouldn’t be friends with their sober selves.
Yeah I’ve noticed there’s a divide in the population in which half the people “know what it’s like” to get drunk, and it really isn’t for them. And they’re baffled by people who love to get drunk. It’s a different experience. People don’t get drunk just “to act as silly as they want”, that should be obvious.
It’s fun if you don’t overdo it, as long as it’s not an obsession and as long as it doesn’t interfere with your life. Like all things, moderation is key.
some people prefer therapy,
The rest of us just drink until we can’t remember why we’re stressed.
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
It’s a joke. It starts off cute and altruistic and then it finishes silly and kind of bad.
I mean I get the structure of the joke, but in this case it’s just kind of sad. I think it’s because it is not SO exaggerated of a thing to do that I could actually envision some people doing this straight up…
I doubt most people who would do this are doing it to be cool. Your comments show a serious lack of understanding when it comes to addiction.
…getting black out is cute?
I mean… dunno about you, but I look my best with that sweet patina of sweat glistening on my forehead, a drop of drool meandering towards my chin, and a hot load in my drawers.
I may not remember some nights, but I rest easy knowing that I’m a damn fine lookin drunk. Too much booze also makes me smell amazing.
Oh, and I’m a great drunk cook too. You can absolutely trust me with that knife.
Is that how you got the nickname Half-Pinky-Shit-Pants-Low-Blood-Drunk-Ass-Sally? I always wondered what the subtle inside joke was
Some of my fondest memories and best bonding experiences are from getting horrendously drunk with somebody. I’m not sure if it’s safe for dating because you need to trust the other person to be a decent human being while drunk, but most people are.
If it’s just the two of you, or you and strangers you’ll never meet again, you’ll end up with a better bond from this shared experience, because neither person comes off worse than the other if you’re both black out.
Also of course it’s not a cute idea? The post is clearly humourous.
The last time I gave blood they wiggled the needle in my vein and gave me the wickedest bruise of my life.
