QTpi

joined 11 months ago
[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the US, it is an Individual Donor Assessment and applies to everyone. Everyone gets the same question tree, regardless of sexual orientation. If you have had a new partner in the last 3 months or have multiple partners that doesn't defer you, it sends you to the next tier of question: have you engaged in anal sex. Yes to anal with a new partner or multiple partners is the deferral. If you haven't had a new partner or multiple partners in the last 3 months, you will not be asked about anal sex. Canada went live with their individual donor assessment a year before the US and has noted a slight drop in donations in straight donors because they are now being deferred for high risk activity when they were previously missed.

Prep is listed under a medication deferral. First responders that take prep for protection from workplace exposure are deferred as well.

(I'm a blood banker)

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 70 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This overlooks that 100% cotton jeans will break down when they are discarded (unlike polyester and nylon). A good pair of jeans can be mended and worn for many years instead of a new pair every year. Jeans can lead a very useful "after life" as insulation or be recycled into new fabric.

It also ignores the chemicals and energy required to turn beechwood and bamboo into wearable fabric.

I don't know what the solution is but natural fabrics aren't the enemy.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

TX had similar bullshit (nothing until 11) when I was there working overnights. It's my 8pm. I've been up keeping patients alive all night. Make my drink.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Gotcha! I've stuck with Samsung because they make a phone that will fit in the pathetic excuse that is women's pants pockets. My husband tried to get me to switch to the Pixel but it was too big.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (6 children)

My Samsung does it very easily with decent customization options in Gallery (and has for at least two phones). What phone are you using that can't? I agree the collage feature in Google photos is lame.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Well how do we know that any scale at all is right?

My lab has weights that get calibrated against a NIST standard annually. We use those weights to perform daily quality control that our scale is accurate (to +/- 0.01g). If the quality control fails then we recalibrate the scale.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I still remember the My Buddy and Kid Sister ad jingles 🫣

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The 80s were a wild time for kids movies. I loved The Labyrinth but the scene where the puppets took their heads off and played soccer was unsettling. I still don't like that part.

My husband wanted to throw on The Secret of Nimh for our 5yo twins. He was sitting there confused why I would object, "it's rated G." It's 1980s G; that's a Don ~~Bleuth~~ Bluth animation! "It will be fine! Come on kids, this is a movie Mommy and Daddy watched when we were kids." I got up to get a blanket in preparation for the inevitable hiding behind a blanket moments.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

I also saw the original Chucky movie when I was a kid at a slumber party. I spent a lot of time helping my friend's mom make popcorn.

Fast forward to my early 20s. A friend's 5yo found a Chucky doll at the thrift store. Oh, the poor baby's hurt! I want to take care of the baby and make it better! So her mom buys it for her and she took it EVERYWHERE. I gave that situation sooooo much side eye, I was not ok. The 5yo had zero idea of the context and loved that "hurt baby". My friend made it clear to us that we couldn't explain it to her.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes! I went to an evangelical church run private school. They had the brilliant idea to send good "strong Christian" students to raves and parties to narc on their classmates that attended said raves and parties. I wish I was making that up.

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

They are all about the same. Most I have seen are from the 60s but they were manufactured 1961-1975. From my excursion down the rabbit hole, pink and blue are easily found but the champagne color was difficult to find.

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