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by HarkMamilton 3263 days ago
Back in college I donated sperm for money. It's not like I was forced into it; it was just nice to have an extra source of income besides my student job.

This also enables sperm banks to retain recurrent donors, which means they can afford to do very rigorous testing amortized over several dozen sperm samples. DNA screening, urine tests, blood tests, etc. That wouldn't be viable under the blood donation model. I've donated blood 5 or 6 times but I doubt even that's enough to make it worth the kind of testing they did on me as a sperm donor.