CorvusRubens t1_jdxpv4w wrote on March 27, 2023 at 11:21 PM Reply to comment by Dicky_Penisburg in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer That's called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Permalink Parent 95
CorvusRubens t1_jdxh6m1 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM Reply to TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer Nominative determinism. Permalink 197
CorvusRubens t1_jdxpv4w wrote
Reply to comment by Dicky_Penisburg in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
That's called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.