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  • Rear Admiral ChocoRear Admiral Choco I wanna be an owl, Jerry! Owl York CityRegistered User regular
    I mean when it comes down to it, selling plasma sounds like it amounts to a tiring session but for what you'd get back for it in the states definitely worth it

    Cass and I have our budget pretty well squared away and yet having an extra hundo a month would suit me juuust fine

  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    GUYS IS MALENORMATIVE
    NIGHT HUMANS

  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    i can has new thread?

  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    I mean when it comes down to it, selling plasma sounds like it amounts to a tiring session but for what you'd get back for it in the states definitely worth it

    Cass and I have our budget pretty well squared away and yet having an extra hundo a month would suit me juuust fine

    Yeah, depending on where you live it's like being paid $30 an hour to sit there. Plus it's not as tiring as donating whole blood, since they put the red cells back in, you recover quicker.

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  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    You're right, guys is malenormative!

    I'll stick to bros from now on, that's a problem free descriptor

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Selling Plasma seems like a sensible way to make some extra moneys.

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    I cannot sleep!

    this doesn't often happen : (

    rawr

  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    I don't think there's a place around me to sell plasma.

  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    Appears it is illegal to sell plasma or blood in the UK. BOO nanny state!

    Freedom for the Northern Isles!
  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I don't think there's a place around me to sell plasma.

    You can ask the internet

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    I mean when it comes down to it, selling plasma sounds like it amounts to a tiring session but for what you'd get back for it in the states definitely worth it

    Cass and I have our budget pretty well squared away and yet having an extra hundo a month would suit me juuust fine

    It's not really 'selling' your plasma.

    They compensate platelet donors specifically (not blood and plasma donors) because platelet donation requires you to spend a significant amount of time sitting there, and it's debilitating on top of it. Blood donation is very quick by comparison, and leaves most people only a little lightheaded, and not for very long.

    I have not heard of blood/plasma donors being compensated like that.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Kalkino wrote: »
    Appears it is illegal to sell plasma or blood in the UK. BOO nanny state!

    First they came for my right to sell plasma, and I said nothing...

  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Oh fuck yes! I've been meaning to watch Justified, and Amazon Prime just picked it up. Sweetness.

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  • TarranonTarranon Registered User regular
    Tarranon wrote: »
    My restaurant actually put escolar on the menu (I'm guessing that's the fish you're talking about, it's a common tuna substitute)

    It's honestly not a problem unless you eat tons and tons of it

    (That said restaurants should give you what they say is on the menu, obvs)

    It should not be a 'common tuna substitute'

    It is not even a food grade fish.

    It's not even a pet food grade fish.

    Your restaurant may as well be serving roadkill.

    but...the food blogs i was reading say it's delicious...and intestinally distressing for certain people. but also delicious!

    You could be anywhere
    On the black screen
  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    poshniallo wrote: »
    Yeah it made me nervous because I eat lots of fish and have Crohns, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the Japanese govt has simply declared it illegal.
    The UK made selling horsemeat illegal, and you can see how well that worked out for us.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Tarranon wrote: »
    Tarranon wrote: »
    My restaurant actually put escolar on the menu (I'm guessing that's the fish you're talking about, it's a common tuna substitute)

    It's honestly not a problem unless you eat tons and tons of it

    (That said restaurants should give you what they say is on the menu, obvs)

    It should not be a 'common tuna substitute'

    It is not even a food grade fish.

    It's not even a pet food grade fish.

    Your restaurant may as well be serving roadkill.

    but...the food blogs i was reading say it's delicious...and intestinally distressing for certain people. but also delicious!

    Food bloggers never have bad opinions!

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Doot doot installing Windows updates.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Tarranon wrote: »
    Tarranon wrote: »
    My restaurant actually put escolar on the menu (I'm guessing that's the fish you're talking about, it's a common tuna substitute)

    It's honestly not a problem unless you eat tons and tons of it

    (That said restaurants should give you what they say is on the menu, obvs)

    It should not be a 'common tuna substitute'

    It is not even a food grade fish.

    It's not even a pet food grade fish.

    Your restaurant may as well be serving roadkill.

    but...the food blogs i was reading say it's delicious...and intestinally distressing for certain people. but also delicious!

    There are plenty of delicious things that do not cause oily explosive orange shits.

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    I think the best part is that it's an oily explosive orange shit if you're lucky.

    If you're unlucky the stinky orange oil just comes straight out into your pants with no ability to control it even with clenching. It's precisely the same thing that happens if you use mineral oil as a laxative (note: this is one of the reasons mineral oil is not a preferred laxative of the healthcare community, even though it does work quite effectively).

  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    Kalkino wrote: »
    Appears it is illegal to sell plasma or blood in the UK. BOO nanny state!

    It's illegal to sell blood in America.
    _J_ wrote: »
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I don't think there's a place around me to sell plasma.

    You can ask the internet

    I should have said there isn't. Closest is 50 miles away.
    I mean when it comes down to it, selling plasma sounds like it amounts to a tiring session but for what you'd get back for it in the states definitely worth it

    Cass and I have our budget pretty well squared away and yet having an extra hundo a month would suit me juuust fine

    It's not really 'selling' your plasma.

    They compensate platelet donors specifically (not blood and plasma donors) because platelet donation requires you to spend a significant amount of time sitting there, and it's debilitating on top of it. Blood donation is very quick by comparison, and leaves most people only a little lightheaded, and not for very long.

    I have not heard of blood/plasma donors being compensated like that.

    Donating platlets is super time consuming, but you can do it once a week!

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    I think the best part is that it's an oily explosive orange shit if you're lucky.

    If you're unlucky the stinky orange oil just comes straight out into your pants with no ability to control it even with clenching. It's precisely the same thing that happens if you use mineral oil as a laxative (note: this is one of the reasons mineral oil is not a preferred laxative of the healthcare community, even though it does work quite effectively).

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  • TarranonTarranon Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    Tarranon wrote: »
    Tarranon wrote: »
    My restaurant actually put escolar on the menu (I'm guessing that's the fish you're talking about, it's a common tuna substitute)

    It's honestly not a problem unless you eat tons and tons of it

    (That said restaurants should give you what they say is on the menu, obvs)

    It should not be a 'common tuna substitute'

    It is not even a food grade fish.

    It's not even a pet food grade fish.

    Your restaurant may as well be serving roadkill.

    but...the food blogs i was reading say it's delicious...and intestinally distressing for certain people. but also delicious!

    There are plenty of delicious things that do not cause oily explosive orange shits.

    Yeah. Yeah. I'm just mad. At the restaurant. At chefs. At oily fish.

    Oh well. I guess they didn't make a classy decision. At least it only stuck around for like a month and no one I know came down with escolar illness.

    You could be anywhere
    On the black screen
  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    GUYS IS MALENORMATIVE
    For a second I read this as

    "GUYS IT IS MARLOWETIME"

    And thought you were being really enthusiastic about reading the work of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    wandering wrote: »
    GUYS IS MALENORMATIVE
    For a second I read this as

    "GUYS IT IS MARLOWETIME"

    And thought you were being really enthusiastic about reading the work of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe

    Oh, it's always Marlowe time in [chat].

  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    It's illegal to sell blood in America, but it's not illegal to film yourself drawing blood and giving the bag to someone with the stipulation that they buy the film

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Eddy wrote: »
    It's illegal to sell blood in America, but it's not illegal to film yourself drawing blood and giving the bag to someone with the stipulation that they buy the film

    Is this a porn joke?

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    Eddy wrote: »
    It's illegal to sell blood in America, but it's not illegal to film yourself drawing blood and giving the bag to someone with the stipulation that they buy the film

    phlebotgrapher!

  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    Eddy wrote: »
    It's illegal to sell blood in America, but it's not illegal to film yourself drawing blood and giving the bag to someone with the stipulation that they buy the film

    Is this a porn joke?

    i believe so...

    beep boop.

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

    They don't want my homo blood. I learned more about blood donation than I wanted to know because when I was in sub school we were ordered to go donate blood at a blood drive. So I came up with some lie or another to disqualify myself from donating, to avoid checking the "gay" box on the form and being outed in front of 20 other sailors.

    It was a wise decision. When the blood drive volunteer spoke with me about my not-qualifying due to (I think I claimed malaria region travel) my fake reason, she was not quiet about it and the conversation was semi-private at best.

    I guess I could have just lied all the way and donated blood.

    Really, I think it's just inappropriate to force people to go to blood drives.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

    They don't want my homo blood. I learned more about blood donation than I wanted to know because when I was in sub school we were ordered to go donate blood at a blood drive. So I came up with some lie or another to disqualify myself from donating, to avoid checking the "gay" box on the form and being outed in front of 20 other sailors.

    It was a wise decision. When the blood drive volunteer spoke with me about my not-qualifying due to (I think I claimed malaria region travel) my fake reason, she was not quiet about it and the conversation was semi-private at best.

    I guess I could have just lied all the way and donated blood.

    Really, I think it's just inappropriate to force people to go to blood drives.

    Also inappropriate to maintain the "no homo" rule for blood donations, given that AIDS isn't a gay disease anymore. Not that it ever was...but...you know.

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

    They don't want my homo blood. I learned more about blood donation than I wanted to know because when I was in sub school we were ordered to go donate blood at a blood drive. So I came up with some lie or another to disqualify myself from donating, to avoid checking the "gay" box on the form and being outed in front of 20 other sailors.

    It was a wise decision. When the blood drive volunteer spoke with me about my not-qualifying due to (I think I claimed malaria region travel) my fake reason, she was not quiet about it and the conversation was semi-private at best.

    I guess I could have just lied all the way and donated blood.

    Really, I think it's just inappropriate to force people to go to blood drives.

    last time I checked (right after 9/11), I am forever barred from donating because I lived in the UK during a certain period and they're afraid I have mad cow or something

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    I gave blood one time, I should do it again

    The milkshake afterwards was delicious

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

    They don't want my homo blood. I learned more about blood donation than I wanted to know because when I was in sub school we were ordered to go donate blood at a blood drive. So I came up with some lie or another to disqualify myself from donating, to avoid checking the "gay" box on the form and being outed in front of 20 other sailors.

    It was a wise decision. When the blood drive volunteer spoke with me about my not-qualifying due to (I think I claimed malaria region travel) my fake reason, she was not quiet about it and the conversation was semi-private at best.

    I guess I could have just lied all the way and donated blood.

    Really, I think it's just inappropriate to force people to go to blood drives.

    Also inappropriate to maintain the "no homo" rule for blood donations, given that AIDS isn't a gay disease anymore. Not that it ever was...but...you know.

    That's a whole separate issue. It's not my call what their standards are. I didn't enjoy having to lie, even knowing that my lie was intended purely to protect myself while still producing the same result as if I had not lied.

  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

    They don't want my homo blood. I learned more about blood donation than I wanted to know because when I was in sub school we were ordered to go donate blood at a blood drive. So I came up with some lie or another to disqualify myself from donating, to avoid checking the "gay" box on the form and being outed in front of 20 other sailors.

    It was a wise decision. When the blood drive volunteer spoke with me about my not-qualifying due to (I think I claimed malaria region travel) my fake reason, she was not quiet about it and the conversation was semi-private at best.

    I guess I could have just lied all the way and donated blood.

    Really, I think it's just inappropriate to force people to go to blood drives.

    last time I checked (right after 9/11), I am forever barred from donating because I lived in the UK during a certain period and they're afraid I have mad cow or something

    They can't test for prions.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Maybe we should only harvest blood from corn-fed virgins.

  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    They can't test for prions.

    I didn't know what those were, but now I somewhat do

    you'd think if someone was going to manifest CJD they'd do so within a decade?

    I dunno

  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    Jokerman wrote: »
    I've taken to donating platlets once a week now, if possible. It's pretty much the one thing that makes me feel like a good person.

    They don't want my homo blood. I learned more about blood donation than I wanted to know because when I was in sub school we were ordered to go donate blood at a blood drive. So I came up with some lie or another to disqualify myself from donating, to avoid checking the "gay" box on the form and being outed in front of 20 other sailors.

    It was a wise decision. When the blood drive volunteer spoke with me about my not-qualifying due to (I think I claimed malaria region travel) my fake reason, she was not quiet about it and the conversation was semi-private at best.

    I guess I could have just lied all the way and donated blood.

    Really, I think it's just inappropriate to force people to go to blood drives.

    i want your homo blood.

  • JokermanJokerman Everything EverywhereRegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »
    I gave blood one time, I should do it again

    The milkshake afterwards was delicious

    you got milkshakes? all i got were cheese its and Dr pepper.

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