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VyrPlan t1_j7rd9ru wrote

they're worried the next generation of aussies will look like an aphex twin video

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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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tewnewt t1_j7rl81v wrote

Another shrimp on the Barbie ehh?

^(Please forgive me)^(.)

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1776cookies t1_j7rn5wt wrote

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

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Modern_Bear t1_j7rpl1w wrote

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

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fleurgirl123 t1_j7rwvd0 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,756,922)

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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Sir-Kevly t1_j7s215s wrote

Replying to terribletoiny2 (#1,756,905)

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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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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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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Dr-P-Ossoff t1_j7s8ew3 wrote

Replying to Sir-Kevly (#1,757,767)

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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portamenti t1_j7se32d wrote

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

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DomesticApe23 t1_j7srecq wrote

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

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BelleFlower420 t1_j7uqhhd wrote

Replying to terribletoiny2 (#1,756,905)

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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BelleFlower420 t1_j7uqukf wrote

Replying to Sir-Kevly (#1,757,767)

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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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_j82fr2b wrote

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

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