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Baalzamon said:
NintendoPie said:

And you can get that extracted to be able to donate it...? O_O 

That sounds like it would hurt.

Plasma is in your blood.  You get a needle stuck in your arm, just like you would for donating blood.  The blood is taken out, and after a certain amount is out, the red blood cells get put back in (as it is being taken out the machine extracts the plasma from the blood).  The most painful part of the whole precedure is getting your finger pricked at the beginning.  Otherwise it is completely painless (even moreso once your arm gets used to getting poked).

Oh... well that sounds quite simple then. I'm sure I'll do it sometime when I'm older as my blood is precious. (The one that can be Universaly used.)

EDIT: That actually sounds like a long process. xD