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[deleted] t1_j7ri8jc wrote

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fleurgirl123 t1_j7rwvd0 wrote

Yeah, I will confess I have never thought about this in the context of a… Super donator. I thought about that Icelandic app so that you wouldn’t date your relative, but not that. I wonder how many generations before it will be a real problem.

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bigbangbilly t1_j7sf7o2 wrote

Basically Iceland with a horse healthcare infrastructure

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Fuzzyphilosopher t1_j7tu9xo wrote

Y'all even have cheap healthcare for horses?!! I'm gonna get a buddy and horse suit and be right down! And don't ya dare say neigh!

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bigbangbilly t1_j7uf3db wrote

I meant to say worse healthcare but the imagery of a 2 person horse goibg to a doctor is funny and sad

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Alchemtic t1_j7re0je wrote

Has anyone checked the Elon musk jet tracker lately? Has it made frequent stops in Australia?

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terribletoiny2 t1_j7rhssz wrote

How many clinics do you have to donate splooge at that in order to trigger suspicion??

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Sir-Kevly t1_j7s215s wrote

I don't think anyone is blaming the donors. They're just doing their thing. The problem is that you need a bit of genetic variety or else you end up like Iceland where you have to download an app to check if you're dating a relative.

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Dr-P-Ossoff t1_j7s8ew3 wrote

There is a picture online of the “cousin explainer” chart in cross-stitch. Long ago a scientific article said it’s okay to marry 3rd cousins, so somebody should keep an eye out for that sort of thing.

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BelleFlower420 t1_j7uqukf wrote

No, some of us (donor conceived people) blame these donors. Serial donors (especially private ones) know exactly what they are doing. They've spoken to our communities. They know what we dislike, feel trauma over and how we feel about strict sibling limits. They absolutely don't care. These particular donors are narcissistic and this is a borderline fetish for them. Most will only donate by 'natural insemination'.

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Ahab_Ali t1_j7u829b wrote

It depends on how "informal" your donations are.

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BelleFlower420 t1_j7uqhhd wrote

The clinics aren't connected state to state, so you could donate in each state and conceive the maximum amount of donor conceived children in those states (anywhere between 35 and 100). After that, you could donate privately as much as you wanted.

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Modern_Bear t1_j7rpl1w wrote

Basically there are calls to "rub out" prolific donations.

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1776cookies t1_j7rn5wt wrote

20 years in the future: ""Jesus, I've got 53 brothers?!"

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big-red-aus t1_j7s4aus wrote

I wonder how much of this is due to the impact of the recent legislative changes and further pushes to force the disclosure of identifying information of donors to conceived children (without their consent) reducing the pool of willing donors, meaning the more, shall we say committed, donors to be a higher %.

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DomesticApe23 t1_j7srecq wrote

TIL Australia has a cap on how many families you can have.

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tewnewt t1_j7rl81v wrote

Another shrimp on the Barbie ehh?

^(Please forgive me)^(.)

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portamenti t1_j7se32d wrote

Imagine they find out there’s just the same 17 Australians donating?

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CuriousRelish t1_j7xem4z wrote

Why would it be traumatic to find out you have a lot of half-siblings? I can easily imagine it would be disappointing, or exciting, depending on how you feel about missing out on time with them vs the possibility of future time with them.

I wonder if DNA ancestry testing is popular in Australia. It would be really cool if these places that provide donor services were able/willing to provide recipients or the offspring with free test kits to help avoid unpleasant surprises.

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Keylime29 t1_j82fun1 wrote

Only traumatic if you marry one I think.

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adorable__elephant t1_j80668w wrote

no no-fap november... it's gonna be masturbate march...

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Keylime29 t1_j82fr2b wrote

I wonder if they shouldn’t swap “inventory” from one side of the country to other.

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LeapIntoInaction t1_j7s6j5t wrote

Is this a massive political crisis in Australia? Or more the usual crazed gibberish to distract you from what they're actually doing? Have they decided to set the Great Barrier Reef on fire?

Do the guys stop off at the pub once a week for a pint of "cream ale"? I mean, how much sperm donation is really going on, here?

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justinlongbranch t1_j7sq9tr wrote

Yeah I think they got their weeks mixed up, this was supposed to go out two weeks ago to muddle oil drilling near the great barrier reef

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Keylime29 t1_j82fznh wrote

Good point. It probably is a minor concern that should be dealt with quickly and not used for drama

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