Be a post whore!

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

And kudos to you for no NSFW photos. Who wants to take that chance? Youre OK.

Thank you.

[fargon]

Lola I will post NSFW photos of myself, if you do.

[sexobon]

Hey, I thought people weren't supposed to make threats in the Cellar.

[fargon]

Me posting NSFW pix, scary ain't it.

[fargon]

Maby Lola should post pix to keep me from posting NFSW pix of myself.

[sexobon]

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by fargon

Maby Lola should post pix to keep me from posting NFSW pix of myself.

Seconded.

[Clodfobble]

I couldn't figure out where to put this tale of woe, because I don't really like the guy it happened to, so it's not upsetting me, but it's too mean to say it's mildly amusing me... Just call it an "oh, snap!" moment.

So there's this guy at our church who has a number of health problems brought on by decades of shitty diet and lifestyle, including kidney failure. Five years ago when it all started, they told him that the average wait on the kidney donor list was 6-7 years, and the average survival time on his kind of dialysis was 5 years. So at this point he's on borrowed time.

He has seven brothers and sisters, most of whom were found to be a match, but they all declined to donate a kidney to him. Which, hey, I get. Many of them have an obligation to their own children to stay alive and not take risky surgeries, and like I said, the guy's a bit of a grump, I certainly didn't try to hand him one of my kidneys.

Except just last month, one of his other brothers was diagnosed with kidney failure, and one of his sisters immediately offered to be a donor for the guy. Which they found out right before having to spend a week with these people at a family reunion. Oh. SNAP.

[glatt]

SNAP is right!

[Aliantha]

Wow, that's really harsh. I get that he's grumpy and maybe mean spirited himself, but gosh, I can't imagine being part of a family that would behave that way. How aweful.

[xoxoxoBruce]

seven brothers and sisters, most of whom were found to be a match, but they all declined to donate

I wonder why they would be tested for a match, unless they were at least entertaining the possibility of donating. Maybe hoping they wouldn't match and be relieved of the burden of refusing. Or afraid they might look bad to the rest of the family, until one said no and the rest knew they wouldn't be the only one. I supposed if he was an asshole, they all might have been considering it and he said/did something that pissed everyone off.

Not much choice in relatives they're kind of assigned. But your friends you get to choose and there's no obligation to choose any of your relatives.

I understand where the family loyalty, blood is thicker than water, and all those proverbs/slogans came from. How up until a hundred years ago your family was your security, your future, your life. Whether you feel that's for better or worse, that's no longer true.
Some may have split with the family over marriage, religion, sexual orientation, or a million other reasons, and wish they hadn't. But I know for sure there's a few Cellarites who pretty much broke with their families and are better off for it.

[monster]

for me, I think the prognosis for the recipient after transplant would be a factor. maybe for the sister too. Would you give up a kidney if you suspected the recipient would abuse it as they did their own?

[Clodfobble]

Definitely not. Then again, I'm pretty sure the other brother doesn't have some rare genetic disorder, his kidneys are failing because he drinks soda for breakfast just like the grumpy one. I wouldn't give a kidney to either of them.

[fargon]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But I know for sure there's a few Cellarites who pretty much broke with their families and are better off for it.

I'm one of them, and I feel much better.

[monster]

I'm sitting here drinking a diet coke for breakfast.....