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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/blood_donors/p/1086063/we-know-you-have-the-blood

we know you have the blood

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[–] Yankee_Self_Loader@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

I’m going to go against the grain and encourage people to give blood if you are able to. I’m past the 5 gallon mark of donated blood products through the Red Cross even though I have the most common blood type. My blood is cmv negative so despite it being common it can be given to newborns so it definitely worth it.

Do the phone calls get a little irritating? Yeah maybe. But if I had a choice between being called about my car’s extended warranty and the need to donate blood because there’s a constant shortage I know which call I’d prefer. That said, in all my interactions with the Red Cross over the phone, they have always been happy to take one off the call list.

All of that said, go give blood if you are able. You can quite literally save a life! And let’s be honest, you probably don’t need all of yours right now so why not share?

I also want to address the elephant in the room that is not everyone is able to give blood or has a lifestyle that the Red Cross precludes from giving blood. I personally think it’s time that the Red Cross updates their policies to reflect modern medical findings but I will also admit to not being a scientist or medical professional to make a judgement call. I wish they would look into it at least.

But seriously, go give blood if you can.