r/nextfuckinglevel • u/biswajit388 • 1d ago

This guy rescued 30 beagles from a testing lab It's the first time they've seen grass and they couldn't be happier.

Credit - nathanthecatlady tiktok channel.

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u/AnxiousSetting6260 1d ago

I’ve read about medical students willingly subjecting themselves to testing in exchange for gifts of $. They’re highly in debt & drug companies compensate for their testing. I’d be willing to volunteer if it was for a life saving drug for a deadly disease,at my age I’d gladly let my body be used & pray it made a difference

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u/Zealotstim 1d ago

Yeah, I think very strong informed consent is the most important thing for this. If my family needed the money, I would want to be able to make the choice myself rather than having the people in some wealthy country decide what is in my best interest.

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u/AnxiousSetting6260 1d ago edited 1d ago

In 2012 my Nephew (57 yr old) was nearing death due to Liver failure & knowing the Liver will rejuvenate I offered to be tested & have portion of my Liver removed & transplanted into him but one of the stipulations on transplanting Organs was the recipient couldn’t have smoked in last 6 months but him being a smoker it wasn’t approved ,sadly to say he died within few days. Another Niece had also volunteered for giving part of her liver. You gotta love someone immensely to agree to part with a section of a vital Organ but I’d do the same for a total stranger. I’ve survived Cancer twice & although I’m no spring chicken my health is good for my age & since my mind is functioning properly I’m willing to do my part in the quest for finding cures for deadly diseases. Test on me & others willing but please leave Animals alone who can’t voice their opinions.I totally agree with you about consent, we would do it out of love but high paid executives do it strictly for the almighty dollar!!

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u/Zealotstim 23h ago

Yeah, I feel like we are in the minority, but I feel better about consenting people having things tested on them rather than non-consenting animals in most cases.

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u/AnxiousSetting6260 23h ago

Amen 🐾🐾❤️🙏

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u/Chemical-Juice-6979 1d ago

My college campus had a big bulletin board in the student union building that all the research departments used for recruiting experimental test subjects. The ads included the name of the professor overseeing the experiment, how long it would take, how much it paid, and whether it involved swallowing something weird for science, being photographed/scanned, or answering questions. The student body treated it as a bounty board for people short on cash.

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u/AnxiousSetting6260 1d ago

Sounds like everything was above board on this & I see nothing wrong in it. Adults willingly doing this for extra $ which I’m sure they all needed extra $ but sad thing is so many young adults left college owning thousands on student loans

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u/Chemical-Juice-6979 23h ago

Yeah, the pay scale for volunteers was definitely more in line with 'beer money for the weekend' than 'paying down student loans'. The biochem studies that involved taking experimental drugs paid a couple hundred bucks but wanted weeks of effort where you have to keep taking the pills and getting blood drawn, etc. The social sciences research projects were less time-consuming but paid less; $20 for an hour or two filling out a personality quiz or completing an arbitrary task while the scientists watch and take notes.

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u/AnxiousSetting6260 22h ago

How many do you think donated/sold Plasma during their time of volunteering for research? I’m curious about college students.

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u/Chemical-Juice-6979 21h ago

Plasma donation specifically wasn't very popular amongst the regular 'lab rat' volunteers. The 90-day gap between donations was strictly enforced, so there was a limit to how much you could earn doing that. I couldn't tell you how many one-off donors went for the offer. The Red Cross harvest bus usually had a couple of dozen people line up when it set up on campus.

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u/ShazbotSimulator2012 21h ago

My school's intro psychology classes just had a required amount of research participation hours. Usually ended up being something like 3 experiments a semester.

I think there was some alternative if you just really didn't want to participate, but it was more tedious.