Been to the blood bank yesterday to donate blood. Quick test showed I could not donate this time. Iron was at 134 but must be 135 or above to donate. It's probably due to surgery I had last month, and now i've been advised to wait 6 months. Somehow It makes me feel a bit sad and guilty.

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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (27 children)

I can’t give blood because I’m married to the same sex. Too bad for them.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (25 children)

    If you're not aware, the guidelines were actually changed a few years ago in the US

    IIRC the rules now are you can donate as long as you haven't had anal with new or multiple partners in the last 3 months

    Which, sure, still excludes some gay men, and it also excludes some straight men and women.

    But if you're monogamous you're probably ok to donate now unless you went from not having sex to married in the space of the last 3 months, in which case you'd still be good to go in a couple months.

    If you're not in the US, different regulations will of course apply.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 month ago (24 children)

    People in the USA don’t deserve my blood, so they don’t get it.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (21 children)

    That's really fucking stupid. Do you think your donated blood only goes to the fascists and bigots?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (20 children)

    At this point, I think at this point anyone whose feet are in America is a fascist and a bigot.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    And this is just as stupid. Not everyone has the ability to move, and there are many of us who are fighting to try and change things.

    Claiming everyone in a county is the same as their government is just waving your stupid flag for everyone to see.

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  • [–] -4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    They aren’t the SAME. They just get to suffer for doing nothing. Staples is having a sale on cardboard, you can use it for a picket sign on one side and another that says “homeless anything helps”

    Go vote, and complain to the PROBLEM, not me, magat.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Lol, chucklefuck, I do vote. Its cute that you think America is nothing but monsters and everyone who isn't just sits on their ass all day.

    Learn about the real world and get back to us once you've graduated middle school :D

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (14 children)

    Wow, that's pretty fucking ignorant.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (13 children)
  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (12 children)

    Doesn't change that what you are saying is ignorant.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

    But your opinion of my ignorance is subjective, and from where I’m standing, you look like the ignorant one.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

    Your earlier opinion is factually false. You continue to assert it is true. That's objectively ignorant.

    I'm going to assume it is willful ignorance because I'd like to think someone in an often maligned group, such as LGBTQ+ would know what it's like to be wrongfully lumped into a group you don't belong to, with attributes and values you do not carry.

    You lumping every American as the same is no better than what racists do, what bigots do, what ICE does, what Zionists push, or what magats spew. If that's truly what you are and how you think, then you are being exactly what you accuse all Americans of being.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

    Yawn, angry because your country is falling apart so you yell at people who want to make the world better. Such smart amerikkkans

    Midterms are less than a month away. Prove me wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

    Do tell how you being condescending and hateful makes the world better.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

    If you can’t see the message, the message isn’t for you.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

    Whatever you have to tell yourself.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    Be sure to vote next month. Last chance.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    Why would you encourage that if you think I'm a fascist bigot.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Because when the right wing wins in America, it further destroys it making room for other countries to take its place.

    So go vote. 🍿

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Ah, right. All a bunch of fascists and bigots anyways, every man, woman, and child. Kill them all right? They aren't human or anything. 🙄

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    That’s what the USA and Israel did in Gaza. It’s what they are doing in Iran. So, tit for tat, right?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Oh so your point is that when the government is shit that means everyone in the country is too. Well, every government is varying levels of shit, so nuke the planet and get rid of all humanity. Done and done. No worries, right? Would certainly make the planet better on the whole in the end.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    My dude, there's certainly a lot of things other countries can justifiably act all superior about when comparing themselves to the US.

    But in this case, if your country isn't letting you donate blood because you're gay, I think it's pretty safe to say that in this case the US is doing something better than your country.

    So given that context you look kind of stupid getting on your high horse here.

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