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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.
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Yes. I can't think of a better use for them than saving a life (or hopefully lives) at the time when not only they're not going to be useful to me, but there will actually be no me to even be able to make use of them.
And I live a healthy life, so hopefully some of them might be useful whether I die of old age or any other cause (except falling into a meat grinder of course, then all this gym going and veg eating will be in vein).
Also, fingers crossed they'll find a dope body who's my HLA match and will need a brain transplant π€
Not in the US but yes.
Yeah, but they arenβt going to like my liver.
No. Ineligible.
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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. Iβm the universal blood type donor. Iβve had several people, throughout my life, make comments about having me killed for my organs since Iβm everybodyβs type. I know it was just people being cruel, but I really feel more at ease by not being a listed organ donor.
Due to my own medical reasons, I'm not.
I think so? I should check though.
Friends and family know to strip me down for parts as aggressively as possible.
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.
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. Itβs dangerous.
People are downvoting you because they are probably from a Western country and haven't heard of this before.
To them I advise they Google "gangs hunting organ donors".
This absolutely happens in multiple countries.
I'm sorry you face this threat.
No.
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?
No. This world made me selfish.
No. There are too many people on this planet.