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Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by jacquesm »

vageli wrote: post #20
27182818284 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's amazing! I'm super happy for you and your family! Your comment gave me pause because it reminded me that it is opt-in not opt-out. It is an election cycle, I wonder if we could convince one of the candidates to switch us to opt-out rather than opt-in for organ donation.

> That's amazing! I'm super happy for you and your family! > Your comment gave me pause because it reminded me that it is opt-in not opt-out. It is an election cycle, I wonder if we could convince one of the candidates to switch us to opt-out rather than opt-in for organ donation. While I am personally an organ donor, I don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of my organs post mortem.

The Netherlands is switching to opt-out, it is a thing of huge controversy here.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by the_arun »

didgeoridoo wrote: post #11

I’m thankful for the heart donor who saved my newborn daughter’s life last week. My daughter contracted Coxsackie B enterovirus at 2 weeks old, and it scarred her left ventricle beyond repair. Her donor has given her a second chance. Another family had to make a heartbreaking choice at a devastating moment, and they chose to give life to my daughter and probably several other gravely ill infants. Check your organ don…

This is so nice to hear & thanks for sharing it with us. Believe it or not, just today I was watching "Transplanting Hope" in Amazon Prime (NOVA). Was able to connect immediately!

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by dhruvkar »

softwaredoug wrote: post #78

I’m thankful for my parents, though imperfect, have done their best to raise me and setup an environment where I can have a fulfilling and financially successful life as a software developer. Thankful I have a history degree so I can stop stressing about the news and put the broader strokes in context. Thankful I work in an industry, that despite thinking software can solve everything, still has a culture of tackling…

>> Thankful I have a history degree so I can stop stressing about the news and put the broader strokes in context.

I'd love to know your take on current events in the US.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by rglover »

I'm thankful for getting the opportunity to do all of this tech stuff. When you're caught up in it, you can forget that a lot of people don't get to do stuff like this—really grateful for every day and every opportunity and that it's lasted as long as it has. It's a real blessing.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by hi41 »

didgeoridoo wrote: post #11

I’m thankful for the heart donor who saved my newborn daughter’s life last week. My daughter contracted Coxsackie B enterovirus at 2 weeks old, and it scarred her left ventricle beyond repair. Her donor has given her a second chance. Another family had to make a heartbreaking choice at a devastating moment, and they chose to give life to my daughter and probably several other gravely ill infants. Check your organ don…

I am happy for your family. I am an organ donor. I am also planning to donate my body to a medical institution so that the medical students have a human body to dissect and learn from. I hear that there is a dearth of human bodies.

Since the topic of organ donation came up, I thought of asking this question. This is a real incident. I am not making this up. I met a learned priest. Both I and the priest are hindus. He argued that since God gave us our body and organs at birth, we need to give it back to God the body and all the organs at death. I don't agree with the priests argument. It is just that I am not that smart and don't know how to counter that argument. I am sure there are hindu readers in HN community. Any thoughts on this?

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by cgrealy »

vageli wrote: post #20
27182818284 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's amazing! I'm super happy for you and your family! Your comment gave me pause because it reminded me that it is opt-in not opt-out. It is an election cycle, I wonder if we could convince one of the candidates to switch us to opt-out rather than opt-in for organ donation.

> That's amazing! I'm super happy for you and your family! > Your comment gave me pause because it reminded me that it is opt-in not opt-out. It is an election cycle, I wonder if we could convince one of the candidates to switch us to opt-out rather than opt-in for organ donation. While I am personally an organ donor, I don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of my organs post mortem.

I'm all for opt-out for a very simple reason.... doctors don't have to bother families in the midst of grief.

If you don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of your organs (I'd argue it's the recipient that ultimately ends up owning them, but whatever), then you can opt out.

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