# Why don't humans just donate blood for vamps?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-humans-just-donate-blood-for-vamps/692177>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 2, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-humans-just-donate-blood-for-vamps/692177 "2014-07-02T10:02:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-humans-just-donate-blood-for-vamps/692177/61 "2014-07-03T23:03:06Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> I was wondering if I needed to move **Bryan Ekers** into the jerk file.

Better do it anyway, just to be safe.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-humans-just-donate-blood-for-vamps/692177/62 "2014-07-03T23:19:14Z")

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> Quoth **E-DUB** :
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> One book I’ve read actually has vampires laughing about the whole vampire romance genre. These guys, and gals, are just about the blood. (BTW, could a male vampire even actually get an erection? No heartbeat=no blood rushing to the appropriate parts.)

I’ve seen some continuities where they can, but only as a side effect of having conscious control over all of the blood flow in their bodies. They’re not actually sexually aroused, and view human-style sex as, at best, a useful tool for getting to victims.

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