| Anfebious said: They shouldn't go because they offer a free game. Helping people is nice, you know guys? |
All this does is subsidize the costs of helping people. Whether those costs be a moderate fear of needles or a lack of time. I would love to give blood, especially since I have the "universal donor" (O-) blood type , but I've tried giving plasma before and didn't even make it to the machine because I almost fainted from a pinprick combined with a blood pressure test. Giving blood would probably be easier of course, but such an experience shows I have a lot of work to do if I wanted to. If there were bigger incentives maybe I'd put more time and effort into getting over my discomfort. People like to help others, but there are various personal costs (both opportunity and explicit costs) involved to do these things, and sometimes they exceed the perceived benefit that the other person gains. If one gets a personal reward out of it, they are going to put more effort in the help they give. I probably wouldn't give blood, even for Bloodborne, because I have extreme discomfort from even blood discharges for my own personal health, and those take like a minute at most. I can see there being people who just are "weirded" out by the idea who would go through with it because there is a carrot in front of their head, though.
