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Aug 12, 2024 7:12 PM
MabooCraboo
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Zoomoth9000
I mean kids ask a million "what if THIS improbable thing happened??" questions every day. His niece probably isn't genuinely worried that that will happen to her
BattleSalad
Tell your niece she's already sus for asking this question.
ThoughtGuy
I love this kid in so many ways.
autocorrectfailures
If a cop wants to investigate you, they'll investigate you. History tells us evidence is sometimes an after thought
Sirlorddan
Should we be worried that our 12 year olds are asking these questions?
CincoProductsINC
Anxiety
JohnBrooks2001
Oh god,get ready for this storyline to appear on Law and Order SVU next week ! Oleebia !!!
SerialChickenLover
Apparently there was a guy who was implicated in a rape case but the problem was that he was already in prison when it happened. Didn’t have any siblings or close relatives. Turns out the guy who did it received a bone marrow transplant from him.
ColoradoSquid
Sensiblyinteresting
Do not donate to locks for love they sell the hair and throw away a decent % of it. Wigs for kids is a much better charity
SJBSavageInk
Ngl, that is honestly a great question. That kid is going places.
RainbowFlerken
I don’t know whether to feel impressed with her critical thinking skills, or to feel disappointed at the jadedness that the first thing a recovered cancer patient will do is rob a bank…
RainbowFlerken
I suppose wisdom will come in when she does proper risk analysis.
CrotchedOtterDIYMama
My husband and I donate our hair to children with hair loss. We have done it twice. They give free wigs. They are not looking to make money per say, they care more about the people than the money. https://childrenwithhairloss.org/
Eniff
Don't donate to locks of love, there are better alternatives that don't exploit peoples generosity for profit.
GiantNeckbeard
I mean, considering how inept the American police force is and the whole 'For Profit' prison system you have going on there, its gonna be inevitable that one day, this is gonna get an innocent person thrown into jail. Like all the other innocent people thrown in jail because quotas have to be met and fuck everyone not related to police, government or religious groups?
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
She’s gonna be going places
ispendtomuchtimehere
give to wigs for kids
WenTheEternallySurprised
Someone keeps saying there isn't DNA in the hair-that's only sorta true. Mitochondrial DNA IS found in the hair shaft itself, and that can be tested.
JRaven419
executivedisfunction
But MtDNA is not unique to individuals, and is shared with others who have your maternal line of ancestry. Useful for paternaty tests, mostly useless for identifying any individual, without other evidence.
unremarkableasterisk
This is why I only donate to Scott's Tots.
MageMana
Sooner70
Don't let her know about bone marrow donation....
thelemontreeepisode
MarkSengenberger
If you survive cancer, you ought to be allotted one free murder a year.
DirkOrion
Tell her she might be investigated but it will be easy to have the case dismissed. Also teach her about double-jeopardy, so that way, if SHE commits the same crime later, she can't be prosecuted for it. It's potentially a free pass to donate your hair.
zerogiven
If she commits the crime later, then it's not the same crime. Or did you think double jeopardy meant "if you've been found not guilty of grand theft auto, then you can never again be tried for grand theft auto. Go steal cars"?
TheMoonBnuuy
That's not how double jeopardy works, and no she won't be investigated. There's no DNA in hair. There is in the hair follicle, but that requires the hair falling out, not being cut off for a donation.
And even then, having a sample of someone's DNA doesn't magically lead the authorities to them. They have to know whose DNA it is, and it's not like DNA has your name and address encoded into it.
davemUnderscoreOr
Always have someone who can alibi you out of the crime
plinkey
I donated to Saint Baldricks a few years ago, the cops haven't show up....yet.
Jonson71
Saint Baldrick's, eh? Well, if you're ever in the mood to commit a crime, I have a cunning plan
sugarsharkshack
A cunning and subtle one?
Jonson71
It is as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning.
rossonerinho
UN eh? so he's probably a ... wait for it ... a cunning linguist.
sugarsharkshack
Does it, per chance, include the use of a particularly large collection of turnips?
EdelwoodHikes
That's an alibi, kid. "It wasn't me, it was someone wearing a wig made out of my hair".
DatWobbledoe
An alibi is being able to prove you were somewhere else, what you said is an assumption.
BobAllen2004
I love this. Donate once, and you can have a good alibi for the rest of time. :)
plinkey
"Sir, we didn't find hair..." "I MADE OTHER DONATIONS TOO"
Ladris
AnythingMuchShorter
"The 7 year old girl with leukemia who lives 5 states away?" "Yes. Presumably."
SecondSince
"Sounds like she's got nothing to lose!"
Atonic1959
DNA is in the follicle not the hair itself.
BendadickCumabatch
This repost has been answered a hundred times.
squidgyblack123456789011
You can still get dna from a hair strand...
elecvette
It is the days of touch DNA sir. Your assumptions are outdated.
achillesrage
I love how you so confidently post an absolutely wrong fucking answer you tit.
HiImLick
69 can't upvote yet
annielalala
This isn't true, but the follicle may be the most abundant or easily obtained, least degraded/degradable??
NateintheNorth
https://www.ishinews.com/no-nuclear-dna-in-rootless-hair-myth-or-fact/ a quick research, it is possible to get nuclear DNA from hair shaft but it's very poor quality and difficult to use.
ethannguyen357
For that reason it takes about a dozen stands of hair to get a match with high confidence, though there is hope that AI tools will be able to improve upon current methods. I only know this because it's something one of my professors is researching
c3l3x
You can often pull out a hair and the follicle
amuchlessweirdusernamethanIhad
Not when you cut it for hair donation....
c3l3x
With the stress in my life, I pull out my hair and put in a jar, then donate when it gets full. They usually reject it though. Something about not enough demand for pubic hair
DoomFather
Unfortunately for you we’re past the height of merkin wearing phase in history. Fortunately for everyone else we’re past the height of merkin wearing phase in history.
somewhatparanoidpanda
That’s exactly what a bald criminal would say
LastChans
you mean, a.... Smooth Criminal?
plainoldfool
Fucking Lex Luther over here
HandoB4Javert
Hashbrown123
You need to go dolphin smooth. Remove all body hair.
HisDudness
We going full GATTACA on this one?
DasBeaker
Some might say… a smooth criminal. :D
Starlatan
AYO
TheMoonBnuuy
There's no DNA in hair. You can get it from the hair follicle, but hair donated to Locks of Love is cut off, not ripped out at the root. So there's none of the donor's DNA in there, and that's assuming her DNA is on file with a national or international database, AND the crime is high enough priority to warrant using those resources, which her DNA isn't
Old school fiber analysis of the hair could trace it to her IF there's both samples of her hair linked to her AND they correctly match it to her
TheMoonBnuuy
In short, nothing to worry about.
NateintheNorth
...which was found to be accurate less than 10% of the time. [Obama admin did a whole forensic overhaul that Trump admin had one PROSECUTOR review and mark unnecessary]
Seems you CAN get DNA from hair shaft, it just sucks and isn't very useful. Matching proteins may be possible. https://www.ishinews.com/no-nuclear-dna-in-rootless-hair-myth-or-fact/
JRaven419
swanglemydangle
The FBI and CIA have received "leaked" data from 3rd party genetic testing companies like 23 and me. They have used that data to find people through family members DNA. I'll see if I can find the npr link to it.
TheMoonBnuuy
I refuse to use such a service. I don't trust the data because it's largely based on correlation of genes with other people's self reported heritage. That's also why people can't use DNA evidence to join my tribe, nor any other tribe. There's no way to verify the results are in any way actually accurate because the quality of the data is so low due to self reporting what of one's heritage is.
sniggly5212
... locks of love doesn't rip it out by the root? Have they never done that? Maybe I was scammed...
Greypuppy
Even considering all of that, I assume Locks would have proof you donated your hair and maybe can help track down who may have gotten it. At the very least, they can back you up by giving a solid reason your hair would be somewhere you never went.
smashpro1
Like, 90% of what gets donated to Locks of Love goes right in the trash.
invaderjak
If anyone is considering donating their hair, look for someplace other than locks of love
kittykat
Please don't listen to this comment, it spreads harmful missinformation. Do your own research with Locks or Love's 990, own website, and resources like the Charity Navigator link below. Locks of Love provides wigs to kids with medical need on a sliding scale basis. For ex if a sick kid's parents/family are low income, they will get a 100% donated wig. They sell hair unsuitable for making kid's for wigs to offset the high cost of production.
6footfivewhittleman
Wigs for Kids
FrozenMojo
Why is that? Genuinely curious
rbudrick
They sell it.
JackTorranceAtTheBall
https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/650755522
ritsbits808
So I just cut out the middle man, and financially extort medically vulnerable people on my own
ritsbits808
They take your donation and sell it to a kid with cancer
kittykat
NOT TRUE! See my other responses.
invaderjak
Its been years, but my wife used to donate to them before she learned how much hair they threw away and how much they were less like a charity and more like a for profit company that does charitable things. Like I said, its been a while so I probably should have done some research before I posted my comment.
kittykat
Please don't listen to this comment, it spreads harmful missinformation. Do your own research with Locks or Love's 990, own website, and resources like the Charity Navigator link below. Locks of Love provides wigs to kids with medical need on a sliding scale basis. For ex if a sick kid's parents/family are low income, they will get a 100% donated wig. They sell hair unsuitable for making kid's for wigs to offset the high cost of production. + There is loss of hair whenever making wigs.
JackTorranceAtTheBall
Looks like they might have changed? https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/650755522
FlatPlutoSociety
There are lots of complaints about Locks of Love, but all hair donation charities throw out (or use for other purposes) a lot of what is donated. Not all hair is actually suitable for making wigs, but it's not really feasible to determine that before the hair is collected. A friend of mine used to be involved with St. Baldrick's, and they did the same thing.
slack3rdav3
Shoulda went with St. Hairricks instead. probably would have been used instead of stashed away.
FrozenMojo
Eh if they were like that is a good chance it hasn't changed sadly
putcleverusernamehere
My understanding is that they get a lot of hair (from well meaning ppl) that isn't suitable for various reasons
Euchre
I've been told that any of the operations that make wigs throw a lot away because they want to do as naturally close to their original hair, and the hair doesn't have an infinite shelf life, so despite a surplus of hair by volume, much 'spoils' before they can match it to a recipient and make a wig. So basically, many should donate for a supply with variety, but don't be upset if it might never be used.
SayRamrod
perfect opportunity for a merkin library
swanglemydangle
I keep the hairs I find on my toilet seat in the freezer, so I can have a youthful appearance when I get to my 60s
drpain522
Last i checked they charge families for the Wig, also if you donate, you have to go get the haircut and usually ship it to them. So you are paying for things while they make the wig for profit
kittykat
Please don't listen to this comment, it spreads harmful missinformation. Do your own research with Locks or Love's 990, own website, and resources like the Charity Navigator link below. Locks of Love provides wigs to kids with medical need on a Sliding Scale basis. For ex if a sick kid's parents/family are low income, they will get a 100% donated wig. They sell hair unsuitable for making wigs for kids to offset the high cost of production. I've cut my hair 3x, given to 3 orgs including L of Love
joshzsmith
Did you check, or did you hear from a friend of a friend? I’m just asking because they have never charged.
drpain522
about a year ago i was trying to donate my hair and thats what my research came across, id have to go to a place, theyd cut my hair a specific way then id have to ship it to them. and when i investigated the actual wigs they make for families thats what i found. sadly the for profit "charities" are super common, especially for veterans