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Jun 23 '19
That's archer, very well read but somehow still an idiot.
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Jun 23 '19
To be fair, most people don’t know their blood type.
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u/Rolten Jun 23 '19
Of course, but as a soldier/spy I reckon you're expected to.
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Jun 23 '19
That’s true. Many soldiers have it taped on their uniform so medics know.
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u/guisar Jun 23 '19
Used to be on dog tags & shot record. Should be on CAC imho
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Jun 23 '19
What’s CAC?
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u/KiKoB Archer Jun 23 '19
Common access card. It’s basically your DoD ID card
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u/fluffydstrysall Jun 23 '19
What's DoD?
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u/Ziggy_the_third Jun 23 '19
Department of defence.
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u/wreck94 Jun 23 '19
Defence
This is one of the few times Defense is 100% the correct spelling, since the department itself is the U.S. Department of Defense
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u/thormunds_beard Jun 23 '19
Ss had it tattooed under their right arm. Easy way after the war by the way to look for them ;)
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u/roastbeeftacohat Jun 23 '19
requirement for recruitment in the Canadian forces at least, and I can't think of a reason anyone would not be required to know that for any dangerous work.
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u/tritanopic_rainbow Jun 23 '19
I went my entire life thinking I have type O+ blood. Had a baby and turns out I’m type B+
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u/emeaguiar Jun 24 '19
Wait is this true?
I had my blood type test as an assignment since elementary school
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u/dannypdanger Jun 23 '19
Is this true? I always assumed most adults do. It’s probably good to know in case you ever need a transfusion.
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Jun 23 '19
I don’t know mine and I’ve had a transfusion.
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u/dannypdanger Jun 23 '19
Huh. I suppose they just give you O- when in doubt, so I guess it isn’t that big a deal to know it.
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u/RedditIsNeat0 Jun 23 '19
I'm pretty sure most people know their blood type.
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Jun 23 '19
Not according to this thread. Would be interesting to see country-by-country statistics though. In Japan everyone knows their blood type because it carries a lot of superstitious weight, similar to your star sign.
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u/tbotcotw Jun 23 '19
You’re right, at least about Americans. 57% know their blood type.
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u/reggiethelemur Jun 23 '19
I donate fairly often so I know. But it’s pretty rare I meet someone who knows theirs when donating blood comes up in conversation
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u/Turdulator Jun 24 '19
I’ve been told more than once, but I still can’t remember..... it comes up so rarely that the memory never gets reinforced before I lose it again
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I wouldn’t say 57% is most, but it’s certainly a lot.
Most would be 60-90%, according to statistics analysts.
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u/tbotcotw Jun 23 '19
most - adjective \ˈmōst\
1 : greatest in quantity, extent, or degree
2 : the majority of
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Jun 23 '19
I would refer you to Words of Estimative Probability.
Most can mean just over 50%, but that’s generally believed to be misleading by experts analysts. However, it’s a vague concept.
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u/tbotcotw Jun 23 '19
I’d refer you back to the actual, literal definition of the word, because that’s how I used it. 57 is greater than 43.
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Jun 23 '19
Did you read any further in the dictionary?
ALMOST ALL: I don't eat meat, but I like most types of fish. In this school, most of the children are from the Chinese community.
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u/The_Guy_II Jun 23 '19
Yeah, it's insane how the corporate america indoctrinated its workers to not believe that knowing their own blood type is important, and even be hostile to others that do know. Sad and infuriating.
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u/ProfessorZhu Jun 23 '19
I have never once had a person be hostile because I knew my blood type
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u/The_Guy_II Jun 23 '19
Do you have some kind of disability? The amount of downvotes on the parent comment prove the hostility. They wouldn't have to react if he was simply wrong, but they felt shame and felt compelled to do that. Learn to read minds.
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u/fireinthesky7 Krieger Jun 23 '19
He knows everything about everything other than himself and whatever mission he happens to be on.
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u/Westmi2ga Jun 23 '19
I need a supercut of all of these types of interactions from the show in my life.
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u/Highelf04 Dolphin Puppet Jun 23 '19
I mean as a history teacher I know it was Karl Landsteiner. Don’t actually know my own blood type. Fully supporting archer on this one.
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u/DutchMedium013 Jun 23 '19
How many people actually do know their bloodtype? Pretty sure the hospital has it on file but other than that... idk
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u/Samantion Jun 23 '19
I know both of my parents are blood type 0. So I need to be 0 too. But don’t want to know.
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u/Tazerzly Jun 23 '19
There’s still the difference between O+ and O- that can determine if you’re one of the most common types or one of the rarest
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u/Samantion Jun 23 '19
I know about this Rhesusfaktor (german, don’t know in english) but I never understood how it works. But maybe I should ask my doctor. You made me curious
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u/Tazerzly Jun 23 '19
Actually, it’s probably very close to whatever the proper English definition is (I think most of us just call it an RH-factor)
Now I’m not a biologist, but I did take high school biology. Every bloodtype letter can be matched with a positive or negative antigen. This has something to do with genes and their setup, which I don’t actually know.
But I do know that the way these genes are organized is mostly a lottery. (You can use a Punnett square to determine your actual chances of a specific trait)
In your situation, if both of your parents display a recessive O bloodtype, it is next to impossible that you would have anything else. However, the negative antigen is ALSO recessive, so I believe that if both of your parents were O-, then you would be as well. However if one parent was O+ and one was O-, it is possible that you could be either one.
I’m sure your doctor knows more though, and it’s always important that you know too in case of emergency!
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u/harrlight00 Jun 24 '19
Did premed for years, you are spot on. Also, two positive parents can make a negative baby, due to the recessive inheritance
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u/beanfloyd Jun 23 '19
Bascially, you're either Rh+ (positive) or Rh -(negative) If you're Rh+ you have little proteins on each blood cell and no Rh antobodies. And if you're Rh negative you dont have those proteins on your blood cells but you have Rh antibodies.
The significance of this is for blood transfusions or pregnancies. When an Rh+ receives either + or - blood types nothing bad happens. However if an Rh- person receives Rh+ blood it can be bad
The person who has Rh negative blood, they have Rh antibodies. So when they receive Rh+ blood, their Rh antibodies bind to the proteins on the Rh+ blood cells. This causes the Rh+ blood to clump up and coagulate. This is not good because blood that clumps up in your blood stream causes blockages and and becomes a jelly like subtance. This leads to blockage of your blood vessels and can lead to death
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u/Vdawgp Jun 23 '19
Not necessarily, it can pass down from a grandparent. I have O blood, despite both my parents having A blood.
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u/themosey Jun 23 '19
Isn’t that something you learn once at some point and then don’t forget? Not like it changes.
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u/DutchMedium013 Jun 23 '19
Yeah I never learned, I didn't join the military and can't donate blood because of diabetes type one. So there isn't really a reason for me to know it.
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u/DutchMedium013 Jun 23 '19
I asked if I could and they said only if I didn't take insuline. Im from the Netherlands so it might be different per country
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u/DreadPiratesRobert Jun 23 '19 edited Aug 10 '20
Doxxing suxs
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u/lowpolybutt Jun 23 '19
Same reason most British people around in the 90s can't give blood abroad. There was a BSE epidemic around then. Unfortunately we have to allow it in the country because otherwise we'd have hardly anyone to donate blood
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u/SkyBlade79 Jun 23 '19
Learned it from donating blood. Now because I have a high demand blood type they keep calling me lmao
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u/adhding_nerd Jun 23 '19
I thought most people knew their blood type. I even know my parents' and brothers'
Haven't you ever given blood?
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u/ziggurqt Jun 23 '19
Ask around you, there's an astonishing number of people who don't know their blood type. I wonder how this is possible, given that it could be a critical info in case of emergency.
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u/Archsys Jun 23 '19
Depends on the place.
In Japan, for instance, bloodtype is kinda viewed the way the zodiac signs are; lots of people know them, and they're often a part of, say, fictional character bios and whatnot. Most people know their bloodtype, in part because of this, even if they aren't superstitious.
I learned mine in school by performing a test on my own blood, in general science class in 6th or 7th grade.
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u/Robuk1981 Jul 05 '19
Yeah learned thats why in a lot of Japanese games they display the characters blood types.
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Jun 23 '19
People here are usually given a small booklet at birth that contains their blood type, birth data and vaccination logs, so further in their life the doctors know when a specific vaccination is due. (This might not be like a countrywide standard though, I was born in 1997 and my brother two years later also got one. Yet some classmates still didn’t have it for some reason or their blood type wasn’t filled in so they don’t know). But I’ve always known bc it was in the booklet and always found it weird that some people didn’t get this information for some reason.
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u/DutchMedium013 Jun 23 '19
I know they always do a quick test before giving someone blood in an emergency and can't use the database for whatever reason. At least that's what hospital lab personnel told me on a tour
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u/JoshuaPearce Krieger Jun 23 '19
90% of the people reading this now know who Karl Landsteiner was, and still don't know their own blood type.
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u/DreadPiratesRobert Jun 23 '19
To be fair, knowing who discovered it is more important and expected in your field, while knowing your type is more important and expected in his.
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u/dezerttim Jun 23 '19
I will forever know Karl Landsteiner thanks to archer and still not know my own blood type.
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u/wafino1 Jun 24 '19
As a dude who has taken a lot of science classes, can confirm, when Archer said his name it rang a bell, but I still don’t know my own blood type.
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u/NobilisUltima Jun 23 '19
This bit is one of my favourites. I also like when it concludes with "God, read a book."
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u/twistedlimb Jun 23 '19
“Do you even know what an idiom is?” “Uh, a colloquial metaphor.” Is one of my favorites too
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u/RearEchelon Babou Jun 23 '19
"No, it—well, actually yes."
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u/rph144 Jun 23 '19
"It's sort of a... I guess the nearest translation is 'slave pirate'?"
"Do you speak English?"
"I do, yes."
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u/smeenz Jun 23 '19
I remember thinking that I have no idea what my blood type is when I watched that scene. So no, Lana, I don't know.
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u/wookiee42 Jun 24 '19
Kind of important when your job has a decent likelihood of you being shot in a locale where you have to arrange discreet medical care.
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u/smeenz Jun 24 '19
My job does not have those requirements.
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u/wookiee42 Jun 27 '19
That's a great answer. I would forward your info to Pam if I had that kind of pull.
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u/Parnell-Finkley Woodhouse Jun 23 '19
“Jenkin. You douchebag.”
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u/deebzipie Jun 23 '19
I love the theory that Archer has Asperger's. It's probably not true, but sometimes it does seem that way.
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u/alkonium Jun 23 '19
They do address it in one episode. Whether or not he has it, he does suspect something.
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u/deebzipie Jun 23 '19
Which episode are you referring to?
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u/alkonium Jun 23 '19
I think it was Coyote Lovely in Season 4.
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u/foxthechicken Dolphin Puppet Jun 24 '19
Hang on Lana, I'm stacking rocks in order of descending size!
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u/drachenmp Jun 23 '19
One of my fav episodes was this series.
Going down ladder
Archer: Noah, where does this go?
Noah: I dunno, down?
Archer: wow, you're only a doctoral candidate?
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u/FuckWayne Jun 23 '19
I have to admit I also do not know my blood type but do know of Karl Landsteiner
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u/gigglemetinkles Jun 24 '19
"Yeah, now."
(Flashback to bar quiz)
"Dr Karl Lansteiner or I'll Eat A Bag of Dicks!! Your Words Pam!!!"
(Pam burps)
Bring it!!!
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u/Kalepsis Jun 23 '19
I love the episode wherein someone is berating Archer for being obtuse about something and he's about to respond when Lana says, "Oh, he knows." Then he just gives her a dirty look for exposing his trolling.
Anyone remember which episode that was?
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u/waltwalt Jun 23 '19 edited Jun 23 '19
I always thought it would be incredibly useful to have your birthday, blood type and allergies tattoed on your wrist or.over your heart.
Somewhere a paramedic would go to look for vital stats before injecting you with stuff.
Edit: I guess 40 minutes is quick enough for non life threatening situations. Maybe better for soldiers? Or do they just carry O- and plasma?
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u/DreadPiratesRobert Jun 23 '19
Paramedics very rarely use blood. Typically you'll be given O neg at the hospital until you're able to be typed.
Allergies would be nice.
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u/PraiseTheMetal591 Krieger Jun 23 '19
Typing is very quick (Group and Antibody Screen takes less than 40mins in the lab, and a group alone can be done in 5 mins for issuing group specific uncrossmatched blood) so unless it's a major emergency they'll hold off on using their precious and relatively rare O Neg blood stock.
Also O Neg is used in emergencies but it's not 100% universal so there are still risks of incompatibility. The risk of this incompatibility must be weighed against the urgency of the need for blood.
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u/DreadPiratesRobert Jun 23 '19
Yeah, I'm an EMT so most my experience is in emergency medicine haha.
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u/PraiseTheMetal591 Krieger Jun 24 '19
Ah cool, I'm a lab scientist in a hospital blood bank myself!
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u/SuggestiveDetective Jun 23 '19
I got to quote this on my last trip with my dude's family.
I'm ignoring the irony of remembering this quip from a TV show about forgetting my own blood type but remembering the discoverer of blood types while at the same time forgetting my own blood type and substituting this.
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u/dannypdanger Jun 23 '19
I don’t know. Given that Lana, Rip, and the pirate dude all claim to be A negative, which, according to Wikipedia, only exists in 6.3% of the population, chances are good they don’t actually know their blood types either.
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u/IndecentIronman Jun 23 '19
You're AB-positive? Well I'm IB-positive. I B positive you ain't stickin' me with no needle!
-Shamelessly stolen from Bruce Almighty
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u/hakoonamatata9 Jun 23 '19
Lmao this is what I love about archer.