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1d 11h ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community from piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone

Crossposted from https://piefed.zip/post/1579464over at NiceMemes@sopuli.xyz. Not mine

Gave this post's claim a quick vibe check on Wikipedia (which I do understand can be wrong and trolls vandalizing pages exists, but I don't care enough to investigate that much, hence "vibe check").

Iron's abundance in rocky planets like Earth is due to its abundant production during the runaway fusion and explosion of type Ia supernovae, which scatters the iron into space.

Good enough for me!

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everything except for hydrogen was once in a star

including most stuff that makes up smelly garbage... I never understood this "you are special because you are stardust" take, most things are made of "stardust"

Because it represents a connectedness to everything that surrounds us. Everything around us, including us, is nothing but stardust and that's what it'll eventually become again. It's not 'you're special because we are unique in that' - it's :' you're part of something that is unfathomable bigger than you are and that is special'. And that includes, among many other things, smelly garbage.

Because it represents a connectedness to everything that surrounds us

if the fact we look alike (as humans) have not provided enough of this togetherness to overcome racism, I doubt an abstract notion, that will completely fly over the heads of precisely the people that need it most, will do anything

While I partially agree with your sentiment, I am nonetheless a little confused why we're trying to solve racism here all of sudden.

I just see it as a beautiful little metaphor for life. Sometimes things don't have to serve a bigger purpose than just being beautiful.

It's a humbling thought, we are but stardust and that's what we, and everything else will eventually become again.

And it's not even something esoteric or magical, it's just the physics of the Universe as we understand them.

While I partially agree with your sentiment, I am nonetheless a little confused why we’re trying to solve racism here all of sudden.

I just see it as a beautiful little metaphor for life. Sometimes things don’t have to serve a bigger purpose than just being beautiful.

I just assumed that was the case with the whole "togetherness" comment. If it's just some cutesy pleasantry, then it's not even worth discussing

Half of me says this is exactly how I feel about astrology so who the hell am I to feel miffed that you are dismissing that because I too dismiss something as not serious enough, "not even worth discussing." But on the other hand, given how negative the Fediverse can be, I'm going to keep posting my cutesy pleasantries. Want to help the FOSS alternative to Reddit have activity, and this one is related enough to blood donation that I think I, single mod hoping others will post here, can put it here to have some level of activity.

Also, the negativity that shows up so frequently on the Threadiverse is part of what made me severely cut back participation. I don't think I'm the only one discouraged from participating by that and so I figured I should try to at least contribute to the solution by posting the opposite of negativity, instead of just complaining about it.

Also, the negativity that shows up so frequently on the Threadiverse is part of what made me severely cut back participation.

It's not only that they were dismissing cutesy pleasantries, they were trying at every turn to be the turd in the punch bowl. "We are made from stars" - "yeah, so is smelly garbage" - " that's still beautiful" - "yeah but it doesn't solve racism!" - "things don't have to have a bigger purpose to be enjoyed" - " well that's just trivial nonsense". Insufferable prickishness.

That's what makes me participate less and less in these spaces, because there's always some asshole trying to make everybody else just as miserable as they themselves are. It's fine if you don't share the perspective, but there's no need to be a dick about it.

Anyway, thanks for trying, I enjoyed engaging with those thoughts :)

Kind of forgot about that, to be honest. People are going to selectively remember what makes them feel good, but it is good to be reminded of the actual facts too.

Donated platelets again!

6d 23h ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About (reduce PFAS levels in donor blood)

6d 11h ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/db_null in blood_donors@healthy.community from www.sciencealert.com

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Donated for the first time in awhile

29d 42m ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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Just stumbled across this

3mon 2d ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community from openblood.app

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It seems my whole blood donations go faster if I lift weights before them

3mon 9d ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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we know you have the blood

4mon 3d ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community from media.piefed.zip

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Successful platelet/plasma donation today!

4mon 12d ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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If I wear the free shirts given to me by The Red Cross after donating, will I look like an asshole?

4mon 16d ago by piefed.zip/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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1 appointment = 0 appointments

6mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/andioop in blood_donors@healthy.community from programming.dev

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Technically right…?

7mon 4d ago by programming.dev/u/andioop in blood_donors@healthy.community from programming.dev

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10mon 5d ago by sh.itjust.works/u/LambdaRX in blood_donors@healthy.community from mander.xyz

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The 10 reasons you don’t give blood, and an unmitigated attack on each reason

1y 2mon ago by kbin.melroy.org/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community from medium.com

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How to get involved without donating blood

1y 2mon ago by kbin.melroy.org/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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Find a place to donate!

1y 2mon ago by kbin.melroy.org/u/Emotional_Series7814 in blood_donors@healthy.community

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