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a dozen swans posted:yeah if it's legal for you to give blood where you live you should do it. This thing, also, would be a place where the medical community would be able to up the donation rate via rewards that are otherwise not-legally-obtainable.
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Bazooka is the same color as my floorboards, so of course he really likes to run in front of me in the dark and lie down.
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Jan 10, 2014 03:16
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i've never been stung by a bee and they seem to really like me.
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Pick posted:Bazooka is the same color as my floorboards, so of course he really likes to run in front of me in the dark and lie down. Yeah and then when you accidentally step on them they look at you like you're the rear end in a top hat.
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Jan 10, 2014 03:18
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Kimmalah posted:Yeah and then when you accidentally step on them they look at you like you're the rear end in a top hat. That howl
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Jan 10, 2014 03:19
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I was stung by a bee once when I was a kid. I still like bees.
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Jan 10, 2014 03:20
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:i've never been stung by a bee and they seem to really like me. noob
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Jan 10, 2014 03:20
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Bees are cool. Wasps can go gently caress themselves.
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Jan 10, 2014 03:20
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Crow Jane posted:Bees are cool. Wasps can go gently caress themselves.
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Jan 10, 2014 03:21
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James Hardon posted:noob they nested in my car one summer and would sometimes come flying thru the vents if i had the AC on, still never been stung but it was a helluva prank to play
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Jan 10, 2014 03:22
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:they nested in my car one summer and would sometimes come flying thru the vents if i had the AC on, still never been stung but it was a helluva prank to play a few summers ago i was in California and during my first ever visit to the Pacific Ocean a bee stung me within 30 seconds of stepping onto the beach
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Jan 10, 2014 03:25
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:i've never been stung by a bee and they seem to really like me. bees are friendly
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Crow Jane posted:That howl Like something straight out of the bowels of Hell.  Crow Jane posted:Bees are cool. Wasps can go gently caress themselves. When I was 4 a bee flew by, got stuck under the strap of my sandal and stung me. Even after many stings I'm still cool with bees. Wasps get killed on sight with extreme prejudice (indoors, I don't gently caress with them outside where there might be a nest).
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Jan 10, 2014 03:26
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Crow Jane posted:Bees are cool. Wasps can go gently caress themselves. yes wasps are huge dbags
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Jan 10, 2014 03:27
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James Hardon posted:a few summers ago i was in California and during my first ever visit to the Pacific Ocean a bee stung me within 30 seconds of stepping onto the beach nig nog got stung by a beach beezy
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Jan 10, 2014 03:31
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NecroMonster posted:yes Do they even serve a purpose other than causing pain and terror?
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Crow Jane posted:Do they even serve a purpose other than causing pain and terror? they can find cracks in the siding on your house and dig through the wood and build huge nests of several thosand that push into your basement filling your basement with the horrible evil little fuckers
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Well they do control other insect populations by preying on/parasitizing them. So still their purpose revolves around pain and terror really.NecroMonster posted:they can find cracks in the siding on your house and dig through the wood and build huge nests of several thosand that push into your basement filling your basement with the horrible evil little fuckers And much like cats, when you disturb them in your own drat home you're the rear end in a top hat asking for a faceful of stinger as far as they're concerned. 
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you could create a team of the world's greatest scientific minds and they will still shrug when asked what the purpose of the mosquito is
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NecroMonster posted:they can find cracks in the siding on your house and dig through the wood and build huge nests of several thosand that push into your basement filling your basement with the horrible evil little fuckers I would abandon my house and everything in it if that happened. I guess they do give us figs, though, and figs are pretty good.
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Daikatana Ritsu posted:you could create a team of the world's greatest scientific minds and they will still shrug when asked what the purpose of the mosquito is The males probably pollinate things because they feed strictly on nectar. The females are the jerks who suck your blood and give you malaria. 
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Jan 10, 2014 03:55
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Kimmalah posted:The males probably pollinate things because they feed strictly on nectar. The females are the jerks who suck your blood and give you malaria. there are other bugs/birds/bats that can pollinate things if mosquitos didn't exist, the world would probably be a better place and I can't think of any other species (aside from humans I suppose) for which that would be true
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It might've just been local, but I remember seeing a crazy mosquito scientist on the news this past summer. Her research involved sticking her arm in a tank full of them, letting them bite her and then studying the results. I wanted to take a shower after they showed her poor skin
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Portals posted:there are other bugs/birds/bats that can pollinate things Oh I'm not defending them, just sayin
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Jan 10, 2014 04:16
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but what would the bats eat
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AriadneThread posted:but what would the bats eat Wikipedia posted:Although bats and purple martins can be prodigious consumers of insects, many of which are pests, less than 1% of their diets typically consist of mosquitoes. Neither bats nor purple martins are known to control or even significantly reduce mosquito populations.
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AriadneThread posted:but what would the bats eat All the blood you have leftover now that there aren't any mosquitoes. They'll start by landing in your hair. 
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Jan 10, 2014 04:26
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making this, let's see how it goes: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/potlikker-noodles-with-mustard-greens
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a travelling HEGEL posted:making this, let's see how it goes:
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Crow Jane posted:That looks awesome, I love collards. Really any dark leafy green is delicious, though. using mustard greens because i prefer the bitter taste and muscat orange champagne vinegar instead of red wine vinegar because gently caress red wine vinegar
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most of the time i can't give blood because i spend all my free time getting tattoos and you have to wait between one and the other when i am eligible to give blood, i do so
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amarantinesky posted:I also don't particularly like giving blood because I'm afraid they'll tell me I have AIDS, even though that makes no sense. The part where they test your iron levels with the finger prick is also really excruciating for me. I actually couldn't give blood once because I nearly passed out when I saw them forcing blood out of my finger. They made me sit in the corner and eat cookies and then sent me back to class. I don't give blood 'cause I never pass the iron level test, no matter how many supplements I take. The only time I've ever given blood was in high school when I ate nothing but Lucky Charms everyday. Evidently that was enough iron fortification. But, yeah, basically been anemic my entire adult life. So I went to a meeting today and I was wearing ridiculous heels which is like pretty standard for me and as I walked up to the lobby, I lost my footing on the stupidly slick terrazzo floors and totally went down. In front of the the two coworkers walking behind me. But worse was that it was in front of a group of ten policemen including the chief of police. It was awesome.
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Just reading this thread is making me all anxious. I also have a phobia of needles. I don't care what people say, it is not like a bee sting at all. I would rather get stung by 5 bees than get a needle. I also had a pretty awful needle experience when I got my HepC shot in 5th grade. I was feeling ill that day and had to go lie down in the sick room in the morning. I thought it wouldn't be a good idea to get a shot while I was ill, but the nurse made me get it anyway and I felt absolutely awful afterwards. I could barely stand or even hold my pen for the rest of the day and my teacher just thought I was faking it. Fortunately, I am not allowed to give blood because I only weigh 100 lbs.
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Is it true you can't give blood if you're gay? I've a mutual friend that uses that as his excuse, but then he has lots of baffling and terrible opinions. i could probably look this up in five seconds, but 
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AriadneThread posted:Is it true you can't give blood if you're gay? I've a mutual friend that uses that as his excuse, but then he has lots of baffling and terrible opinions. lol no. maybe in the south
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AriadneThread posted:Is it true you can't give blood if you're gay? I've a mutual friend that uses that as his excuse, but then he has lots of baffling and terrible opinions. If you've had sex with a man who's had sex with a man you're a no-go in Canada. So it's even more restrictive than just 'no gays'.
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Portals posted:there are other bugs/birds/bats that can pollinate things Yelp, just gonna casually endorsethe extinction of the human race AriadneThread posted:Is it true you can't give blood if you're gay? If you're a man who's had sex since, like 1983(? it's a specific year, i think, can't remember which one) you are not allowed to donate blood.
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