Is donating blood a scam?

[ChaosReignsOnSomeSaturday]

Like being an organ donor is a scam now since they'll just harvest your skin to give troons shit so is donating blood a scam?

 

[Rozzy]

Donating blood negatively affects your athletic performance.

https://runnersconnect.net/blood-donation-running-performance/

https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a20793784/blood-v-plasma-donation-for-runners/

 

[8mm Cunningham]

I used to donate blood to skip class in high school. They wouldn't stop calling me so I told them I got a tattoo in Mexico. Worked like a charm.

 

[Claude Sigma]

The only good argument I ever heard for donating blood for free is that it will allow you to reduce the amount of microplastic in your blood, since you will be donating part of it and the new blood created by your body won't have microplastic in it to begin with.
Something to think about.

 

[Spiny Rumples]

I gave blood a few times via Red Cross blood drives. It would be nice to be paid, but hey, it feels like charity to me.

I stopped because the years of Red Cross calling me got way too annoying after I moved. They kept calling from an area 6+ hours away to inform me of local drives. I asked to be removed from the call list and the lady got angry and refused. On a call later that week, I asked the guy calling if I could get it changed to an email instead of a phone call. I then blocked the email.

I don't want to get back into that cycle of irritation.

 

[-Jimmy]

Fuck "donating" to any groups that will financially rape you at any and every possible moment. All that blood probably goes to some billionaire "blood boy"

 

[Dysnomia]

I do not know my blood type and I've never understood how people find out. I've tried asking my GP multiple times and they never told me.

My mom had me memorize it. I'm O+. But even if you know your blood type they test it anyway.