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Imagine a dystopian future where there is vampires. The vampires being super wealthy individuals who have resorted to feeding on the young and vulnerable. Sendi

Imagine a dystopian future where there is vampires. The vampires being super wealthy individuals who have resorted to feeding on the young and vulnerable. Sending out blood hunters to grab people and then drain them. Others prefer the convenience of an ontap blood donor, living in their houses and being well looked after. Peter Thiel will have founded another company called Blód which he manages from his real life reconstruction of Orthanc. There he uses data crunching to source the healthiest and most vulnerable blood donors.

ionised 8y ago
> Imagine a dystopian future where there is vampires. The vampires being super wealthy individuals who have resorted to feeding on the young and vulnerable. This is already the case.
nannal 8y ago
Why would there be blood hunters? Just let the indebted young sell their blood for pennies and they'll jump at the idea.
- taway_1212 8y ago
  Am I not mistaken that in the US it's already common to get paid for blood donations? (Here, in Poland, you only got a couple bars of chocolate for it). So, people in the US are already ok with selling their flesh (at least the part that does it for money, and not to help others).
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  - nordsieck 8y ago
    > Am I not mistaken that in the US it's already common to get paid for blood donations? My understanding is that it in the US, it is common to be paid for blood plasma, but highly uncommon (I've never heard of it happening) to be paid for blood.
- bambax 8y ago
  Horrible idea in reality, but fantastic idea for a book!!
Grangar 8y ago
Barad-Dûr sounds more like Thiel's thing.
DoreenMichele 8y ago
There he uses data crunching to source the healthiest and most vulnerable blood donors. This is a plot hole. Healthiest and most vulnerable are directly at odds. Extreme vulnerability (and poverty) does bad things to one's health. Good health is a good antidote to vulnerability. This is one of those cases where evil is its own solution or antidote because this fundamentally doesn't work, a la "Going to war to preserve the peace is like fucking to preserve virginity."
- awakeasleep 8y ago
  You’re overlooking the agency granted by real wealth! The vulnerable needn’t be poor. They only need be situated where the exercise of your power could put them into a position to sell.
  - DoreenMichele 8y ago
    FWIW, I've spent the past few years dirt poor. Feel free to decide if you think that makes my opinion an informed opinion or if it means my bias is showing. :)
chr1 8y ago
The only thing wrong with vampires is that they unnecessarily kill people, if they used their amazing tallants productively (working as historians, spies, converting people into vampires, or just touring) they would easily earn enough money to buy more blood than they need. (though to be honest even considering their mistakes, they are a nice bunch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8)

ionised 8y ago

> Imagine a dystopian future where there is vampires. The vampires being super wealthy individuals who have resorted to feeding on the young and vulnerable. This is already the case.

nannal 8y ago

Why would there be blood hunters? Just let the indebted young sell their blood for pennies and they'll jump at the idea.

taway_1212 8y ago
Am I not mistaken that in the US it's already common to get paid for blood donations? (Here, in Poland, you only got a couple bars of chocolate for it). So, people in the US are already ok with selling their flesh (at least the part that does it for money, and not to help others).
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- nordsieck 8y ago
  > Am I not mistaken that in the US it's already common to get paid for blood donations? My understanding is that it in the US, it is common to be paid for blood plasma, but highly uncommon (I've never heard of it happening) to be paid for blood.
bambax 8y ago
Horrible idea in reality, but fantastic idea for a book!!

Grangar 8y ago

Barad-Dûr sounds more like Thiel's thing.

DoreenMichele 8y ago

There he uses data crunching to source the healthiest and most vulnerable blood donors. This is a plot hole. Healthiest and most vulnerable are directly at odds. Extreme vulnerability (and poverty) does bad things to one's health. Good health is a good antidote to vulnerability. This is one of those cases where evil is its own solution or antidote because this fundamentally doesn't work, a la "Going to war to preserve the peace is like fucking to preserve virginity."

awakeasleep 8y ago
You’re overlooking the agency granted by real wealth! The vulnerable needn’t be poor. They only need be situated where the exercise of your power could put them into a position to sell.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  FWIW, I've spent the past few years dirt poor. Feel free to decide if you think that makes my opinion an informed opinion or if it means my bias is showing. :)

chr1 8y ago

The only thing wrong with vampires is that they unnecessarily kill people, if they used their amazing tallants productively (working as historians, spies, converting people into vampires, or just touring) they would easily earn enough money to buy more blood than they need. (though to be honest even considering their mistakes, they are a nice bunch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8)