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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-pU8TFsg0

Back on topic. I believe this is opt-out in my country (if it didn't change recently), so unless you specifically state that you want all your organs inside to feed the worms or to get more ash for your urn, you're automatically possible donor.

EDIT: Just checked, it's still opt-out. It's opt-in only for minors and incapacitated - their parents/legal representative have to agree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, in the case of an untimely death i could really help people.

I remember a guy went around to all the different country subs and asked what they thought about an opt-out organ donor policy instead of an opt-in donor. The results were interesting (which you can probably guess).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

no, I will when I'm 18 tho

like others have said, I'm dead, idgaf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah dude, if I have anything they can use. It's not like I'll be using them anymore, and I have a couple of friends who've gotten donor organs, so I've seen firsthand how it impacts people. I tried to be a kidney donor for another friend but it turns out I don't have enough extra function that they thought I could give one away. I'm fine, my kidneys are just not going above and beyond, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not yet. As soon as some people in my country get to know I am registered, I am dead meat - worth my weight in gold. It’s dangerous.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No. Ineligible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Due to my own medical reasons, I'm not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. I used to do that. I stopped doing that after I registered for be the match and had gangs subsequently stalk and harass me. I had people threatening to shoot me over the past several years, which may or may not be tied to registering, but many of their threats were motivated by my blood type. I’m the universal blood type donor. I’ve had several people, throughout my life, make comments about having me killed for my organs since I’m everybody’s type. I know it was just people being cruel, but I really feel more at ease by not being a listed organ donor.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=mET6fhKymR8

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think so? I should check though.

Friends and family know to strip me down for parts as aggressively as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. I check the organ donor box when I renew my driver's license. If I'm in an accident then I don't need 'em anymore. Let someone else use 'em.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but they aren’t going to like my liver.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

No.

  1. It's opt-in in my country.
  2. I fear that medical personnel will give up on me way too easily and early if they know that I am a donor. Or that it's even rooted in malicious intent.
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (15 children)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

No. This world made me selfish.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My ID says I am, but I'm not registered anywhere else. Why did I have my ID say it? Because I felt like it that day when I renewed it. That's literally all there was to it.

Real talk though, I almost don't think I should be donating my organs. Why should the hospital get for free what they're going to charge a family hundreds of thousands of dollars for?

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

No. There are too many people on this planet.

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