Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones • Hacker News Board

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by smt88 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 5:16 AM UTC

had2makeanacct wrote: post #4

robobro wrote: post #3

I'm excited to see capitalists and oligarchs become literal blood suckers. Reminds me of the blood boy sketch in Silicon Valley.

That was based on real events though, aren't Silicon Valley people also using Ketamine to cure depression?

No one is using ketamine to cure depression, but some doctors and some "body hacker" types are using it to treat depression with mixed success.

For now, it seems to be most useful as a rapid-onset suicide prevention treatment.

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by will_pseudonym » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 5:19 AM UTC

RachelF wrote: post #2

There were lots of headlines about this last year, most involving Peter Thiel[1]. It sounds a bit like a tabloid vampire headline. "The Blood of Young People Won’t Help Peter Thiel Fight Death" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/exkdee/peter-thiel-young-...

"The Blood of Young People Won’t Help Peter Thiel Fight Death" - Not with that attitude!

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by msie » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 5:34 AM UTC

I don't see why they can't go forward with blood scrubbing in a few years. Oh wait, isn't this dialysis? There must have been some study of dialysis patients.

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by not_that_noob » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 5:35 AM UTC

Perhaps UberEats can pivot to UberBlood? Fresh young blood of the right type on demand via app. Blood boys can be regular Uber drivers when blood demand is low. You're welcome Uber.

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by lsh123 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 5:53 AM UTC

MentallyRetired wrote: post #8

Soooo you're saying I should get a blood boy?

Bloody Mary

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by nikbackm » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 6:05 AM UTC

So Elizabeth Báthory was just a little before her time it seems.

Re: Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

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Post by cgb223 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 6:09 AM UTC

had2makeanacct wrote: post #4

robobro wrote: post #3

I'm excited to see capitalists and oligarchs become literal blood suckers. Reminds me of the blood boy sketch in Silicon Valley.

That was based on real events though, aren't Silicon Valley people also using Ketamine to cure depression?

There's all sorts of lore about constructive drug use in Silicon Valley start up culture but it's not as prevalent as people say it is

I've never seen anyone microdose LSD or take Ketamine for Depression, hell, most of my coworkers don't even smoke marijuana recreationally or otherwise.

It's just that weird drug use makes headlines and headlines makes money