I feel a little confused as to why more people don’t seem to do it. Apparently you can get like $200-300 a week and it seems like there are no serious short term or long term side effects, but I feel like I must be missing something.

  • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    9 days ago

    I did it back in college but it kinda sucks. I had weird bruises all the time, sometimes I’d get turned away for not having juicy enough veins, sometimes it hurt to get jabbed. Not a fun experience but it got me by.

    It also sucks that they’re allowed to call it “donating” when these companies primarily sell and export your plasma for profit. It’s selling blood to vampires.

    • Goadstool [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      9 days ago

      If I just get a bruise here and there it wouldn’t be a big deal to me, as long as they heal. Just more literal than the usual means by which the vampires feed off of me.

      I guess I’m just wondering if there’s any way in which it is particularly worse than other forms of exploitation.