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Going to hell? We're already here!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13799288

Going to hell? We're already here!

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Images like this make it difficult to distinguish satire from reality, especially on April Fools Day.

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- In a post truth world, April Fools is cancer. My family has stopped joking altogether.
  
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The real crime here is how much money the companies selling the products made from the plasma make.

Scam poor people out of their plasma, then charge sick people horrendous prices.

Sound bad? Yes! But thankfully there's a solution! It's.. drumroll guillotines!!

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donate plasma
pay rent

Am I missing something

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- Plasma donors are paid.
  
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  Huh, TIL. I've donated at blood drives in the past and got a cookie but that was it. Must be different.
  
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- Here you can get up to 40€ per donation, max 50 times a year. So in theory, you could maybe earn a third of your rent this way (best case).
  
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My own daughter has had to sell plasma to pay her bills for the past 2 years and it breaks my heart. I had a heart attack in 2018 and am on SSDI. Still I found a way to give her $900 over the winter.

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She wouldn't be able to donate because she has a full sleeve, you need to see her veins...

So it must an April fools!

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- Maybe she doesn't on the other arm or has a usable vein elsewhere 🤷
  
  The veins in my arms are difficult to find, so when I need blood extracted they use one on the back of my hand. They could do the same with her..
  
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  They can't/wont use hand veins for this, since they have to extract, process, and return the volume not used. IME they wanted an arm vein and only went after the inner elbow for the needle site. The hand vein likely isn't large enough to use for this purpose.
  
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Back in my old job I actually did this.

You could make $400 a month for 30 minutes a week. It was better than a part-time job, but definitely still a testament to the fact that we're all being robbed of our labor, seeing as how you shouldn't need it if you're a working adult.

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Want a Big Mac? Sell a kidney!

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Fuck Grifols

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Interesting fact though: plasma donation is an effective way of dramatically lowering PFAS and other "forever chemicals" as well as possibly microplastics in the bloodstream.

True story.

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Literally my roommate.

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Not if any of those tattoos happened recently you're not.

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I got money for donating plasma. It was cool.

Lots of people need plasma.

I don't think this is as hellish as everyone is pretending, this is straightforward supply and demand.

Red cross is way worse, since they ask for donations, sell blood at a profit and don't disburse any compensation to their volunteers.

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- The point isn't that you're paid for plasma, it's that you have to sell plasma to pay rent.
  
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  Got it. I was responding to the comments, which are mostly complaining about plasma being paid for.
  
  The issue of someone selling plasma specifically to pay rent is obviously worse, but at least they get paid. No compensation at all for donating for-profit blood to "charities", which is way crazier and exploitative.
  
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- Boy Boy made a great video about this. A lot of the blood is actually going towards silicon valley tech billionaires who think other peoples blood can cure aging. Companys also sell the blood at a profit so it's not like they're actually better than the red cross who give the blood to actual hospitals. There is a reason we don't allow people to sell their organs. Giving too much plasma can be dangerous. It shouldn't be any different.
  
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  In germany there is a limit how often you can donate. I think that is something that every country should implement. If you can only donate 5 times a year there is no real medical problem with doing it.
  
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  If you're donating valuable anything to a for-profit organization, you should be compensated.
  
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That's the future (neo)liberals want for our country! Wake up!

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