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CorvusRubens t1_jdxh6m1 wrote

Nominative determinism.

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Dicky_Penisburg t1_jdxpitu wrote

This is the second time today I've heard this word, and I've never heard it before in my life.

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CorvusRubens t1_jdxpv4w wrote

That's called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

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Dicky_Penisburg t1_jdxq486 wrote

You're a wizard.

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i_hate_gift_cards t1_jdy47ym wrote

It's also called the frequency illusion. That one's a little easier to remember lol

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somebodyelse22 t1_jdzm1tu wrote

So the Baader- Meinhof gang were nominative determinists? Well I never.

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Stellar_Duck t1_je6poqj wrote

Yea, it's a common misconception they were radical left wing people.

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Lentemern t1_je0a5wm wrote

This is the second time today I've heard this word, and I've never heard it before in my life.

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stillnotelf t1_je0c2nm wrote

Batik fabric hit me with that on Saturday. My mom had a thing made that way and then it was in book 8 of the Expanse.

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Dr-Retz t1_jdxb18c wrote

Bloodworth indeed,what an excellent person!

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Carbon_Rod t1_jdxb01z wrote

I've donated about 10 gallons. Don't know how she was able to do it so consistently, as I keep getting deferred for low iron (ironically from donating so often), and usually women have lower iron levels than men.

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ZenPokerFL t1_jdxj104 wrote

I donate every 8 weeks and my iron levels are usually marginal, around 13.2-13.5 (lowest allowed is 13.0). I’ve started taking a daily iron supplement a few days before my donation date and have a steak for dinner the night before.

Interestingly, when I initially began donating my iron levels were 14+ and have trended down since then. It looks to have stabilized in the low 13s.

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Carbon_Rod t1_jdxk7xh wrote

I donated every 56 days for years, until I was below 120 two donations in a row, and had to go on iron pills to build up my reserves. Iron pills, for me, are very unpleasant. I space out my donations now to every three months, and I still sometimes am below the minimum.

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DumbbellDiva92 t1_jdy4uyw wrote

Yeah I had to cut back to twice a year or so. Also heard in some other countries the time between donations is longer for women.

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vegemitey t1_jdzpu3d wrote

Here in the UK it's 16 weeks between donations for women, and 12 for men.

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dvdmaven t1_jdxij2m wrote

I stopped around three gallons because of low iron. I just have trouble assimilating it.

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SafariNZ t1_jdz3xd1 wrote

I’m about the same amount but had to stop due to my iron being too high.
I did a full blood work up and EVERYTHING was good but other issues have slowed my donating.
I’m aiming for 111 donations.

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DataWeenie t1_je4b7kk wrote

What's ironic is that a treatment for iron being too high is to draw blood!

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numba1dmxfan t1_jdzu2xt wrote

My ma isn’t even 70 and just hit 30 gallons. Doesn’t have blood in her name, though.

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JBatjj t1_jdxfh29 wrote

Did she change her name after donating so much, or was it more of a calling that she felt she had to live up to?

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falcon_driver t1_jdxdso4 wrote

Holy crap...did the police investigate? Where the hell did she come up with the other 21.5 gallons?!

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reeny706 t1_jdyjxhh wrote

I would like to personally thank her, and anyone that does this. My kid had leukemia and needed a lot of blood or platelets. I was always thankful for the donors.

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Treadcc t1_jdz41c4 wrote

Tell me if I'm wrong here but I always think about why this has to be a donation and this can't be something people get paid for. Isn't the hospital turning your donation right around into a profit? I'm not trying to dissuade charity but honestly this seems like something twisted to me.

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Jaggedmallard26 t1_jdzubp9 wrote

Donated Blood testing is done in bulk and paid donations attract donations from people desperate for money which tends to include drug addicts who are at significantly higher risk of diseases. By making it donation only you reduce the risk of people lying about their activities to donate. Paid plasma donation where the risk is significantly lower lead to the contaminated blood scandal and a lot of dead haemophilliacs.

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Treadcc t1_je08vo3 wrote

Interesting. I think better screening would solve that issue. Just screen people and set them up for repetitive donations. Have a meeting a couple of weeks before they can donate, test their blood, and then clear them if they are good. Then this can still be a thing that helps people especially poverty stricken ones (without ailments).

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greatgildersleeve t1_jdxathi wrote

I thought you couldn't donate past 65.

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dvdmaven t1_jdxibdw wrote

There's no upper age limit, just be in good health and over 110 lbs.

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PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 t1_jdyspu9 wrote

Let’s say I double one of those requirements. Do I still need the other one?

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NetDork t1_jdyl499 wrote

Username checks out.

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Helmann t1_jdz6667 wrote

"How often can you actually donate blood?" "Is there... a limit?" "I thought there was. Well, your body only has a certain amount."

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musicmad-123 t1_jdz6kuh wrote

Wow! I'm the UK women have to wait 4 months between donations. I wonder how they determined it was safe after only 56 days

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DumbbellDiva92 t1_je00yyx wrote

This lady might also just be an outlier. I’m not convinced having the same limit for men and women like we do in the US is actually a good idea. I know I got anemic when I tried to donate as often as allowed. At minimum, periodic ferritin testing should be implemented if they are going to keep the recovery time that low.

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musicmad-123 t1_je03hsi wrote

In the UK they test our iron right before the donation every single time. I think they did trial having women be able to donate more frequently but they concluded it was safer to keep it as is.

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DumbbellDiva92 t1_je03wlc wrote

They test our hemoglobin before as well but that’s different from ferritin. Think you need more blood for that (can’t just use a finger prick), but you can sometimes have iron deficiency that doesn’t show up by that (but would show up as low ferritin).

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lonewulf66 t1_jdykmvc wrote

Her poor, poor veins.

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drengr84 t1_jdz5u7h wrote

I healed completely between blood donations; it's only every couple months. Plasma donations are much more frequent. I started looking like a heroine addict with all the needle scars. My employer decided to "randomly" drug test me.

If I remember right, plasma "donations" are up to twice a week (you donate blood and sell plasma). It's a long slow process, over an hour, compared to the 5 or 10 minutes donating blood.

Blood and plasma donation do not affect veins at all, other than a tiny amount of scar tissue from frequent plasma donation.

This isn't directed toward you, just hoping someone might read this who is afraid of donating.

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World_in_my_eyes t1_je0qm6y wrote

I donate platelets every month and I heal between donations, but I have small dark scars in the crooks of both arms. It’s especially bad right after I donate because it’s a double needle procedure and I’ll be rocking bruises and marks on both arms for a couple of days. The American Red Cross allows platelet donations every seven days, but that’s too much for my body.

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NaiiaN6 t1_jdzhnta wrote

So she's a Vampire familiar.

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ButterBallTheFatCat t1_jdynogd wrote

That feels like such a small number tbh. Even tho it is huge

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electricjeel t1_jdzk01t wrote

Bruh this makes me feel so fucking uncomfortable. 23 gallons got me feeling weak

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Abbatoir0 t1_jdzntg2 wrote

Who is that guy, her Vampire husband?

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shruggedbeware t1_jdzynk9 wrote

Everyone knows adult humans have like 10 gallons of blood in their body, booooooooo

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HRPuffnGiger t1_je17dh5 wrote

OP really missed their shot by not using the word "Bloodworth" in a pun

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DataWeenie t1_je4be41 wrote

Not that impressive. I'm up to about 19 gallons and she has 30 years on me. Where I used to donate there were a lot of ex-military people which let them donate every 4 weeks instead of every 8 weeks and the Red Cross would have printouts of the high donors and many were over 40 gallons.

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Echo71Niner t1_jdy0jk6 wrote

Something is off here, in Canada females must wait 84 days between blood donations.

Men wait 56 days

https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/abcs-eligibility

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DumbbellDiva92 t1_jdy5jjy wrote

Assuming she is American. It’s 56 days regardless of sex here.

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Echo71Niner t1_jdyski4 wrote

That is surprising, not sure why I assumed this was a North American standard for donating blood since it was based on a scientific study.

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DumbbellDiva92 t1_jdzd7m1 wrote

IMO the American standard probably isn’t the best, feel like a lot of women would quickly become anemic by these standards. I know I did.

OTOH guess this lady did fine every 56 days? Maybe with really regular donors like that we should just be investing in periodic ferritin testing rather than focusing on setting an arbitrary timeline.

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Jaggedmallard26 t1_jdzuiqf wrote

Just look through the thread of regular donators saying they have extremely iron rich diets and still barely scrape by.

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expiredeternity t1_jdxqiyk wrote

So 50 years is 600 months.

"S"He donated ~every 2 months, so "S"he went ~300 times to donate blood.

The typical amount of blood donation is 1 pint.

So "S"he donated ~300 Pints of blood

There are 8 Pints in 1 gallon.

300/8 = ~37.5

"S" He donated closer to 37 gallons than 23 gallons

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