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    5 days ago

    “Taking” blood does give it another extra sinister tinge over what’s actually happening.

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      5 days ago

      Fair enough, but I honestly find it ghoulish regardless of the surrounding terminology.

      There are plenty of worse ways for people in good health to make money, and I understand the desire to improve one’s personal health and prolong life (assuming you have one you enjoy), but there’s just something I find deeply unsettling and intensely objectionable about it all.

      Especially when there’s all these “adrenochrome” and “vampire” crazy conspiracies giving them air cover so to speak.

      Edit: I think what bothers me is that if it does work, it’s restricted to the elite, and if it doesn’t then we’re negatively impacting the donor’s health for no reason.

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        Fair enough, but I honestly find it ghoulish regardless of the surrounding terminology.

        Oh yeah, I mean, obviously, no contention there.