SandbagTiara2816saving lives is hot
Quick way of finding out if your date has any STIs.
DiplomjodlerAnd/or is a rapist
CysioAre sex offenders forbidden from donating in the US?
No idea, but they’re certainly more likely to take advantage of someone who’s blackout drunk
ryannathansOr is gay
ProdigalFrogGay people can donate blood now! (In the US, at least) :D
Also @[email protected]
Sort of. Still can’t donate if you’re taking prep (hiv preventative) or if you’ve had sex with multiple people.
Need to be off prep for 3 months and not have sex with new or multiple partners.
The no prep part is a tough ask. Especially with how healthcare is
Much better than it was but it still excludes a huge portion of the community
Ahh, bummer :(
In my country, men are asked the same questions and no one is allowed to give blood if they changed partners in the last 3 months. I imagine it is the same for women.
Unfortunately it applies to gay men only. Our straight counterparts can switch up partners as much as they want.
Well, it’d apply to bisexual men who’ve had male partners as well.
In the US, it is an Individual Donor Assessment and applies to everyone. Everyone gets the same question tree, regardless of sexual orientation. If you have had a new partner in the last 3 months or have multiple partners that doesn’t defer you, it sends you to the next tier of question: have you engaged in anal sex. Yes to anal with a new partner or multiple partners is the deferral. If you haven’t had a new partner or multiple partners in the last 3 months, you will not be asked about anal sex. Canada went live with their individual donor assessment a year before the US and has noted a slight drop in donations in straight donors because they are now being deferred for high risk activity when they were previously missed.
Prep is listed under a medication deferral. First responders that take prep for protection from workplace exposure are deferred as well.
(I’m a blood banker)
I see what you’re saying but they are specifically worried about anal sex. You’re welcome to switch up partners as much as you want as long as anal sex isn’t involved, which is much more likely and much easier for the heterosexual community.
Same goes with prep. I’m sure that there are circumstances that would have individuals taking it that are not related to their sexual orientation.
I’m just pointing out that despite the major improvement it still excludes gay men quite thoroughly from donating blood.
Not everyone lives in America.
stinermanOn the internet, everyone is American.
Possibly an American canine, at that
Midnight WolfYou called? I mean I’m not a dog but I am mostly canine so take it or leave it.
I don’t know… Are you SURE that my vehicle will be safe with you? 🤔
turns around and tapes over my ‘Hello, I’m’ nametag before turning back “absolutely!”
I am glad my secret is safe… I am sure no one can figure out my secret.
Your secret is that you’re on the internet.
What’s the situation with donating in your area? :)
photonic_sorcererOh, I didn’t know the American Red Cross made the rules for everybody in the world! Gee, thanks!
I was only offering what I knew to be true for my area locally, I didn’t want to speak on things I hadn’t researched. Looking it up, I guess it seems like it’s possible (with varying degrees of waiting period), in a pretty significant chunk of the world, so that’s even better than I thought, if still not ideal. ^^
Sorry, that did come across a little strong.
It’s all good :)
SnipingNinjaWould probably find that out before you decide on a date
Or paid for sex
… 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.
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.
FreshLightRoughly the same here in Germany
Yes but they also test the blood and will call you if they have reason to believe you are positive.
We (India) don’t have that, mainly because blood bags don’t grow on trees, but there’s a question about sleeping eight hours the previous night that always seemed irrelevant. Now that I think about it, it might have been added for this purpose.
…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 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
Nah, I got that nickname from my preacher one Sunday after church.
God yeah lemme hold her hair while she yaks up dinner
the_weezI actually did this in my early 20s.
Girlfriend at the time got super drunk super fast so I had to stay sober to drive us home.
You’re not supposed to get drunk at the donations facility.
If I want to mix vodka into the orange juice afterwards that’s my business.
They didn’t have a sign posted, so I figured I was safe.
Driving to a party, smdh
Yeah, this was before Uber existed and the town I lived in at the time had very sketchy and unreliable taxis, non-existent public transit.
Oh. I guess not much else to do in that case.
This is how Uni kids get drunk on $4 in 1995.
It’s how we did it for $10 in 2012 as well
Sabre363This is how we do it for $40 in 2024
TimeSquirrelBut yet an eighth of weed is still the price of an eighth of weed.
I think that has to do with legalization. At least where I live (still illegal recreationally), the street price of weed started to go up until Colorado and Washington legalized it 10 years ago. Then it dropped a lot, now it’s the same price as it was back then.
ThirdWorldOrderI was in a fraternity (Lambda Chi) and we would donate plasma for kegs. Worked well.
I get drunk on $5 now
99’s are a beautiful thing
Staring in the face of late-stage capitalism, the human race tries to find a glimmer of optimism. Can’t afford a real date, find it too hard to connect while sober.
Cool single idea: donate twice as much blood. Drink all the wine coolers yourself.
Destroyer of Worlds 3000if you’re going this far to get wrecked, just do heroin
Saving lives is pretty hot, but its a shame they don’t let you do this if you’re gay or use cannabis.
explodicleWHAT? I’ve donated blood while high on cannabis.
Same. Hit the vape right before going in. Whoever gets that blood is probably going to fail a drug test.
ImportedRealityThe American Red Cross has this on their website:
Q: I’m a heavy cannabis user. Can a transfusion recipient fail a drug test if they receive my blood?
A: No.
They don’t care if you’re high as a kite as long as it doesn’t impair your memory or comprehension (probably for legal reasons).
If you’re talking about the American Red Cross, they have removed most of the explicitly queerphobic rules. They still ask about high risk activities, but in a non gendered way.
It was kind of insane, though, that 20 years ago I was banned for life for having sucked cock. Turns out I was just boymoding, and as soon as I transitioned cocksucking became just fine for blood donation.