▲ 407 ▼ Going to hell? We're already here! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by ehxor@lemmy.ca to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13799288 Going to hell? We're already here!
[–] Kayday@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) donate plasma pay rent Am I missing something permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Seleni@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Plasma donors are paid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kayday@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) Huh, TIL. I've donated at blood drives in the past and got a cookie but that was it. Must be different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago The US approach to donation is odd, to say the least. You can't be paid for blood, or organs. Blood products, like plasma, aren't actually regulated and you can be compensated for them. The companies that collect those blood and organs you can't profit from? They can make money from those transactions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago Donating plasma and blood are different, yeah. My dad would donate plasma and was given a card that would be added to every time he went. I want to say it was like $50 each time, but you weren’t allowed to go too often. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragontangram88@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They don’t pay whole blood donors. Some places pay plasma donors, though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cron@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Here you can get up to 40€ per donation, max 50 times a year. So in theory, you could maybe earn a third of your rent this way (best case). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Plasma donors are paid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kayday@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) Huh, TIL. I've donated at blood drives in the past and got a cookie but that was it. Must be different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago The US approach to donation is odd, to say the least. You can't be paid for blood, or organs. Blood products, like plasma, aren't actually regulated and you can be compensated for them. The companies that collect those blood and organs you can't profit from? They can make money from those transactions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago Donating plasma and blood are different, yeah. My dad would donate plasma and was given a card that would be added to every time he went. I want to say it was like $50 each time, but you weren’t allowed to go too often. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragontangram88@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They don’t pay whole blood donors. Some places pay plasma donors, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kayday@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) Huh, TIL. I've donated at blood drives in the past and got a cookie but that was it. Must be different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago The US approach to donation is odd, to say the least. You can't be paid for blood, or organs. Blood products, like plasma, aren't actually regulated and you can be compensated for them. The companies that collect those blood and organs you can't profit from? They can make money from those transactions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago Donating plasma and blood are different, yeah. My dad would donate plasma and was given a card that would be added to every time he went. I want to say it was like $50 each time, but you weren’t allowed to go too often. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragontangram88@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They don’t pay whole blood donors. Some places pay plasma donors, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago The US approach to donation is odd, to say the least. You can't be paid for blood, or organs. Blood products, like plasma, aren't actually regulated and you can be compensated for them. The companies that collect those blood and organs you can't profit from? They can make money from those transactions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago Donating plasma and blood are different, yeah. My dad would donate plasma and was given a card that would be added to every time he went. I want to say it was like $50 each time, but you weren’t allowed to go too often. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dragontangram88@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They don’t pay whole blood donors. Some places pay plasma donors, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cron@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Here you can get up to 40€ per donation, max 50 times a year. So in theory, you could maybe earn a third of your rent this way (best case). permalink fedilink source parent
