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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: KevShmev on August 19, 2014, 07:14:23 AM
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Neal Morse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc2FqhXlvqo&feature=youtu.be
Ben Affleck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hh9NrOPppU
And some epic fails:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l8kjhmIM9JM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ANcu13Msl5E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TRX19_COtGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYkTliRG3mU
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Jordan Rudess:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152358611892989&id=8717682988 (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152358611892989&id=8717682988)
Charlie Sheen: (best one yet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat9gR5nrpM
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Soooo, I had this conversation the other day with a friend about this ... isn't doing it the copout? If I understand the challenge correctly, doing the ice bucket thing let's you only donate $10, whereas not doing it requires you to donate $100.
I mean, it's great that ALS research gets money either way, but the way it's set up it strikes me as a convenient way of dropping ice on your head and sending your friends a video about it.
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Soooo, I had this conversation the other day with a friend about this ... isn't doing it the copout? If I understand the challenge correctly, doing the ice bucket thing let's you only donate $10, whereas not doing it requires you to donate $100.
I mean, it's great that ALS research gets money either way, but the way it's set up it strikes me as a convenient way of dropping ice on your head and sending your friends a video about it.
That's what I thought too. That is until I read that this has raised over $14million for ALS.
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Soooo, I had this conversation the other day with a friend about this ... isn't doing it the copout? If I understand the challenge correctly, doing the ice bucket thing let's you only donate $10, whereas not doing it requires you to donate $100.
I mean, it's great that ALS research gets money either way, but the way it's set up it strikes me as a convenient way of dropping ice on your head and sending your friends a video about it.
That's what I thought too. That is until I read that this has raised over $14million for ALS.
Yes, but it also raises awareness by doing it regardless of donation. I did mine a couple weeks ago. It was fun.
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The friend I talked to made the excellent point that it should be set up so that you challenge someone, and when they do it, *you* will donate money.
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First off its a great cause and its nice to see how much money it has raised... BUT... so many people are just doing this thing just to be part of a social phenomenon. Its the hip thing to do in its 15 minutes. They do it, and post the video and have someone else do it and post the video, etc...
I'd be willing to bet many of the people doing it have not donated a nickle to ALS and if you asked them 2 days after they did the challenge what the charity was they did it for many wouldn't have a clue.
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First off its a great cause and its nice to see how much money it has raised... BUT... so many people are just doing this thing just to be part of a social phenomenon. Its the hip thing to do in its 15 minutes. They do it, and post the video and have someone else do it and post the video, etc...
I'd be willing to bet many of the people doing it have not donated a nickle to ALS and if you asked them 2 days after they did the challenge what the charity was they did it for many wouldn't have a clue.
Doesn't matter. If I do it and don't donate, and challenge two others who do it and don't donate, but one of the four they challenge does donate... mission accomplished. There was probably millions who didn't donate but inadvertently got thousands to donate who otherwise would not have.
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I did it and donated. Good cause and it's obviously working as Chino pointed out.
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I did it and donated. Good cause and it's obviously working as Chino pointed out.
So that insulation did come in handy! :biggrin: It's saving lives!
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I did it and donated. Good cause and it's obviously working as Chino pointed out.
Yep.
Spoil sports can always be found, I guess.
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So with those fail videos above, has anyone died yet trying to raise awareness?
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Soo many portrait videos :emo:
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I did it and donated. Good cause and it's obviously working as Chino pointed out.
So that insulation did come in handy! :biggrin: It's saving lives!
And will extinguish yours. :getoffmylawn:
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Chris Pratt's was the funniest I've seen.
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Jordan Rudess:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152358611892989&id=8717682988 (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152358611892989&id=8717682988)
We'll see if JP accepts the challenge! :D Looks like MP already did it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXyaUnA7zA&feature=youtu.be
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Jordan Rudess:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152358611892989&id=8717682988 (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152358611892989&id=8717682988)
We'll see if JP accepts the challenge! :D Looks like MP already did it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXyaUnA7zA&feature=youtu.be
That is not a bucket Mike! :lol
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And having your shirt off already is cheating! My friend Alex did that over the weekend when he did it and I gave him serious crap for already having his shirt off. I told him to man up and do it fully clothed like almost everybody else. :biggrin: :lol
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Here's mine. It's definitely one of the better "non-celebrity" entries.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152227529970723&set=vb.682915722&type=2&theater
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Here's mine. It's definitely one of the better "non-celebrity" entries.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152227529970723&set=vb.682915722&type=2&theater
:tup :rollin
That's the best one yet!!
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Charlie Sheen: (best one yet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat9gR5nrpM
Okay, that was really fucking cool. I thought he was gonna be a pompous ass about "Ohh, I have moneyz!" Then... Damn it, Charlie. You warmed my heart.
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Charlie Sheen: (best one yet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat9gR5nrpM
Okay, that was really fucking cool. I thought he was gonna be a pompous ass about "Ohh, I have moneyz!" Then... Damn it, Charlie. You warmed my heart.
Well, he kinda was pompous about it. But it was still cool nonetheless.
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Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys. He challenged Alex Lifeson!! :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPxrp0Bw1Y&feature=youtu.be
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It's cool that he called out other celebs to do the same. If it gets people donating large sums to a worthy cause - where's the harm in being a *little* big headed ?
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Here's mine. It's definitely one of the better "non-celebrity" entries.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152227529970723&set=vb.682915722&type=2&theater
That was awesome!!! :lol
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Les Claypool. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjd_hLtaQxA)
Honestly, not someone I'd expect to partake.
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Les Claypool. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjd_hLtaQxA)
Honestly, not someone I'd expect to partake.
"all round semi famous guy" :lol Great vid.
Those epic fails in the OP were funny as fuck.
Good on Charlie Sheen too.
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holy fucking shit, DoC that was hilarious
https://youtu.be/saHIIKn7yOQ?t=3s
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Here's mine. It's definitely one of the better "non-celebrity" entries.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152227529970723&set=vb.682915722&type=2&theater
:rollin This is excellent
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Here's mine. It's definitely one of the better "non-celebrity" entries.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152227529970723&set=vb.682915722&type=2&theater
Bravo DoC :clap:
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I like the Foo Fighters one.
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Here's mine. It's definitely one of the better "non-celebrity" entries.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152227529970723&set=vb.682915722&type=2&theater
You sir just won the internet :clap:
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Yeah, well done indeed.
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Thanks all. :metal
Obviously it was meant to be planned... but once that water hit me, all planning went right out the window. Thought that big people can take the cold lol.
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:rollin That is great.
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That was brilliant man :lol
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(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/tumblr_naknyqL5CU1qdlh1io1_400.gif~original)
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Steve Blum's tugged at my heartstrings. :sad:
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That's all. :metal
Obviously it was meant to be planned... but once that water hit me, all planning went right out the window. Thought that big people can take the cold lol.
:lol, that was awesome.
This is mine. My ice melted.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=699477594960&set=vb.82900795&type=2&theater
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Foo Fighters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLZOjLv0_6k
John Travolta and Stephen King! :rollin
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Foo Fighters! :lol
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Foo Fighters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLZOjLv0_6k
John Travolta and Stephen King! :rollin
Love it, really well done. just saw this movie the other week on tv. :lol
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I guess slacktivism has to work every once in awhile.
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Ben Stiller & Christine Taylor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXkDjQEmfQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXkDjQEmfQ)
Bill Gates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS6ysDFTbLU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS6ysDFTbLU)
Oprah Winfrey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP4rOB6x6NU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP4rOB6x6NU)
Chris Pratt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iCIg2oCCs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iCIg2oCCs)
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John Campea of AMC Movie Talk did a different take on it, but pretty hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nf3TXySPRs
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Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys. He challenged Alex Lifeson!! :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RPxrp0Bw1Y&feature=youtu.be
Holy fuck I lol'd hard.
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:lol
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Jamie Oliver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Q1i_7p8Ag
I applaud his bucket seize!
Gordon Ramsey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6YVf5ipn4s
George Bush:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepakUSDtQE
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How ironic is this?.......one of the guys who started this craze has just drowned :-\
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/als-ice-bucket-challenge-cofounder-corey-griffin-drowns-aged-27-9681129.html
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Wow that's crazy!
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I'm kinda indifferent about this challenge thing. Mainly the if someone challenged me and I say "naw" being labeled someone whom doesn't care about als.
Its cool its for a cause but none of these people would donate if not for some 15 min of fame challenge...
Anyways...carry on with freezing your asses off...
Ps...The best way to have done this, is to challenge during the coldest day of winter.
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Bill Gates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS6ysDFTbLU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS6ysDFTbLU)
:clap: Well done Bill
Russell Crowe's is pretty funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB8XXFo_JM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB8XXFo_JM)
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My only beef with it are the people who take the "you have to do it in 24 hours" seriously. I was challenged last night and I'll do it, but I likely won't have the opportunity to do it till tomorrow or Friday, which I don't see the big deal with.
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I dont get why some people are so negative towards this. Its usually on celeb video comments that people are just bashing it because "it wastes water" and "it doesnt do anything" and "there are better ways". Clearly the data shows it is working and its a great way to bond with people in doing something thing for a cause. I dont recall ever seeing so much negativity for something that is supporting a good cause.
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I dont get why some people are so negative towards this. Its usually on celeb video comments that people are just bashing it because "it wastes water" and "it doesnt do anything" and "there are better ways". Clearly the data shows it is working and its a great way to bond with people in doing something thing for a cause. I dont recall ever seeing so much negativity for something that is supporting a good cause.
(https://www.dialogueworks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Anger%20head.jpg)
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I think it's cool seeing the celebrities do it. It'll be fun when I do it, too. :metal
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No kidding. Here's a social media event going viral that is actually DOING something tangible and meaningful, rather than just being entertaining.
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I read earlier that Putin has been challenged. :lol
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NHL player Paul Bissonnette...pretty impressive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOgsIAUpxI
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George Bush:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepakUSDtQE
Saw that one today. Has the guy banished the words "people" and "friends" from his vocabulary and replaced them with "Americans"? :lol It sounds so weird, "I was challenged by some Americans ".
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:lol
That will be forever "ingrinabled" in my mind.
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Geddy Lee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-bsaCnSgY
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:lol :clap:
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Geddy Lee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-bsaCnSgY
I was just coming here to post this :lol
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100% inspired by Cozmo's post on FB, he gets all credit for this one....
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This is a friend of mine- his is the best non-celebrity ALS challenge I've seen yet:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153113017919062&set=vb.603154061&type=2&theater (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153113017919062&set=vb.603154061&type=2&theater)
Edit: I'm also trying to talk him into joining this forum. Hopefully I'm successful.
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I'm scared I'll get nominated because then I'll have to voice my opinions on the concept. (Yes I am aware of it actually working and really well.) That and I have zero money and zero desire to freeze myself.
I did see a friend of mine do about a half gallon of water in a bathing suit. Reminded me of people busting MP'sass andballs for doing it shirtless.
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My parents are both 67 now and both did the challenge fully clothed tonight. :metal
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My parents are both 67 now and both did the challenge fully clothed tonight. :metal
:metal :metal :metal
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My friend's step-dad was taken away from him two years ago because of ALS. If someone nominates me, I'll make a video and all that, but I've already donated.
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Guys, Kermit The Frog's ice bucket challenge is amaze balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmax3yEZX58
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So awesome!!!!!!!!!! :metal :metal :metal
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Geddy Lee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-bsaCnSgY
:rollin
Hopefully Alex will do it too! :lol
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Verne Troyer (mini-me) has a different twist for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3zaY5FZ9E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3zaY5FZ9E)
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:lol
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Guys, Kermit The Frog's ice bucket challenge is amaze balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmax3yEZX58
:lol
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Geddy Lee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-bsaCnSgY
:rollin
Hopefully Alex will do it too! :lol
If you look at the Bubbles challenge I posted he called out Alex! :lol Crossing fingers.
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Geddy Lee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-bsaCnSgY
:rollin
Hopefully Alex will do it too! :lol
If you look at the Bubbles challenge I posted he called out Alex! :lol Crossing fingers.
Oh yeah, that's why I'm hoping for it! :D
Now Finnish celebrities are posting ice bucket challenge videos as well:
Dudesons ALS Ice Bucket Challenge With A Painful Twist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHVaWYB7nOw)
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The CEO and CFO of the company I work for did it yesterday at our Town Hall meeting, they said we can share the link so I will. We do things differently here at work compared to most normal jobs
https://youtu.be/hYx0Jof_-9o (https://youtu.be/hYx0Jof_-9o)
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Shit is about to get real! 50 Cent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCq_53TCbM&feature=youtu.be
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:lol, wtf??
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???
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Yeah, this one gave me a man-tear. I challenge anyone boo-hooing about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge sensation to watch this see if it changes their mind....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h07OT8p8Oik#t=118
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/thread. :(
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So I haven't really made my view on this known, but I honestly think it's kind of stupid.
I think it's great that people are raising awareness and donating, but honestly, couldn't we all have just donated and skipped posting videos of ourselves on facebook?
Up until now I've remained silent in every aspect of this- I've not commented on ANYONE's video out of fear of being tagged. For one thing, I don' have the time or the desire to dump ice water over my head, and I certainly am not interested in posting the end result of it on facebook. I also don't have a spare $100 laying around.
Even my father had the sense not to tag me for this, because he guessed how I would react.
But leave it to my mom's asshole friend, who did the challenge with her daughter, to challenge not three people, but three MOTHER DAUGHTER duos. And...you guessed correctly...SHE FUCKING TAGGED ME AND MY MOTHER
So in the last 5 minutes
I got the notification on facebook that I'd been tagged.
I got a phone call from my mother. The following conversation ensued:
Her: "Have you seen facebook in the last few minutes?"
Me: "Yeah, I saw I was tagged for the stupid ice bucket thing and I'm not doing it."
Her: I forget exactly what she said but it involved her packing my bags to send me on a massive fucking guilt trip. Something about the two videos that she posted that featured people with ALS and how I should watch them because they might change my mind because ALS is a death sentence.
Me: "I think it's great that this has raised awareness and money, and I'll donate, but dumping ice water on yourself is fucking stupid. Ain't nobody got time fo' that. And I certainly don't need to post about it on facebook."
Her: "Come on we'll do something creative" and some more of the guilt trip
Me: "You know my dad had the sense to not tag me for this stupid thing. Leave it to Kate (her friend who tagged us). "I'm not doing it."
Her: "Well you're just fucking miserable I'll talk to you later."
Me: "Alright see ya." Click.
My mom is the type of person who posts videos of herself and hopes that they go viral. I assure you that she's more upset about the fact that I won't participate in her latest showboating venture than about the fact that I appear reluctant about donating to ALS.
We might cure ALS out of this but there ain't no cure for mother/daughter drama.
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You have every right not to accept the "challenge". I'm sorry that you're now being harassed over this.
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Interesting graphic regarding this topic:
(https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/663618/Donating.vs.Death-Graph.0.jpg)
It is insane that heart disease research gets barely more than ALS research, even though a hundred times more people die of heart disease.
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A good chunk of people with heart disease can take care of it themselves. I've changed my eating/drinking habits lately and have got to the point where I've started noticing differences in how I feel.
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Yeah, I mean I recognize that a lot of that stuff can be genetic, but a shitton of heart disease and COPD could be easily eliminated if people changed their lifestyles and whatnot. Especially COPD. I see that shit all the time at work- they've been smoking their entire lives and now they're dying. Preventing that does not require research or donations.
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Conan O'Brien:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fmmoHmpT70&list=UUi7GJNg51C3jgmYTUwqoUXA
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:lol
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I honestly wasn't aware of this thing until Wednesday when my friends started talking about it. Since then, I've been starting to notice it everywhere, the clips are all over the place and so many cool people took part. I loved Geddy Lee, Conan O'Brien and Charlie Sheen. I had no idea about Neal Morse and Jordan Rudess until I came to this thread, those were hilarious as well. :lol
I truly hope this thing did raise awareness about the sickness, because I'm sure some people are just laughing at the fact that celebrities are pouring water all over themselves, not really caring what it's really about. It's a shame if some people are offended by the challenge - the people that started it meant best.
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I've been made aware of this disease. Now what? I'm with Neon on this.
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You have every right not to accept the "challenge". I'm sorry that you're now being harassed over this.
I hate the whole " Everyone else did it - that means you HAVE to do it. "
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Well if it makes you guys feel better, I nominated three of my good friends and all three didnt do it or donate. I did not pressure them, its their choice. No one should be pressured or feel obligated to do anything.
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It's gotten to the point now that if you're a famous person and you don't do a video - you'll probably get called selfish or something.
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Well, 50Cent just ruined the whole thing.
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Anthony Bourdain
https://instagram.com/p/r5boH7sIdU/
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Well, 50Cent just ruined the whole thing.
Why? Because he'll give 3/4's of a million dollars to any charity if someone can read a page of a book?
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Well, 50Cent just ruined the whole thing.
Why? Because he'll give 3/4's of a million dollars to any charity if someone can read a page of a book?
Yes.
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I hate the whole " Everyone else did it - that means you HAVE to do it. "
Agreed. I think the whole thing is fun, but if someone doesn't want to do it, then they don't have to, and anyone who plays the "You HAVE to do it" guilt trip game needs to get a grip.
So I haven't really made my view on this known, but I honestly think it's kind of stupid.
I think it's great that people are raising awareness and donating, but honestly, couldn't we all have just donated and skipped posting videos of ourselves on facebook?
Up until now I've remained silent in every aspect of this- I've not commented on ANYONE's video out of fear of being tagged. For one thing, I don' have the time or the desire to dump ice water over my head, and I certainly am not interested in posting the end result of it on facebook. I also don't have a spare $100 laying around.
Even my father had the sense not to tag me for this, because he guessed how I would react.
But leave it to my mom's asshole friend, who did the challenge with her daughter, to challenge not three people, but three MOTHER DAUGHTER duos. And...you guessed correctly...SHE FUCKING TAGGED ME AND MY MOTHER
So in the last 5 minutes
I got the notification on facebook that I'd been tagged.
I got a phone call from my mother. The following conversation ensued:
Her: "Have you seen facebook in the last few minutes?"
Me: "Yeah, I saw I was tagged for the stupid ice bucket thing and I'm not doing it."
Her: I forget exactly what she said but it involved her packing my bags to send me on a massive fucking guilt trip. Something about the two videos that she posted that featured people with ALS and how I should watch them because they might change my mind because ALS is a death sentence.
Me: "I think it's great that this has raised awareness and money, and I'll donate, but dumping ice water on yourself is fucking stupid. Ain't nobody got time fo' that. And I certainly don't need to post about it on facebook."
Her: "Come on we'll do something creative" and some more of the guilt trip
Me: "You know my dad had the sense to not tag me for this stupid thing. Leave it to Kate (her friend who tagged us). "I'm not doing it."
Her: "Well you're just fucking miserable I'll talk to you later."
Me: "Alright see ya." Click.
My mom is the type of person who posts videos of herself and hopes that they go viral. I assure you that she's more upset about the fact that I won't participate in her latest showboating venture than about the fact that I appear reluctant about donating to ALS.
We might cure ALS out of this but there ain't no cure for mother/daughter drama.
You should have said, "You are only supposed to challenge three people, so because she challenged more than that, her challenge is now null and void." :lol :lol
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If this was for an animal charity, and I had the money, I'd be up for it, but I took a vow never to donate to human charities.
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It is insane that heart disease research gets barely more than ALS research, even though a hundred times more people die of heart disease.
That graphic makes could possibly suggest a correlation between money donated, and curability. Although, the various forms of cancer can also be attributed to money raised for ALL forms of cancer (eg, Terry Fox Walk's).
I have not comment for anyone who is shitting on this. Far less worthy things have gone incredibly viral (Gangum style, Harlem Shake). What's so bad about this going viral to raise awareness for an incurable and unbearably debilitating disease?
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What's so bad about this going viral to raise awareness for an incurable and unbearably debilitating disease?
Amen, Brother.
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I don't think anybody here is against it.. Just against the idea of people forcing it upon them and then getting the whole 3 days and 2 nights guilt trip for either not wanting to douse yourself in cold as fuck water or not being able to afford to donate.
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Or you could just have fun with it and go for it.
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Or people could just choose not to do it without receiving backlash. If you find it fun that's cool. Not everyone has to though.
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My brother had 2 people ask him to do it. no backlash and he hasn't done it yet. Others must be dicks. they are few and far between for a good cause.
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Jeremy Clarkson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU6pB7s7rtg&feature=youtu.be
:rollin
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I don't think anybody here is against it.. Just against the idea of people forcing it upon them and then getting the whole 3 days and 2 nights guilt trip for either not wanting to douse yourself in cold as fuck water or not being able to afford to donate.
I think we can all agree that people doing this are dicks
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Oh of course.
I for one would probably do this if the right person challenged me. It would be a booty shorts bonanza full of 5 minutes worth of awkward pre-doing it dialogue.
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In that case, I challenge you!
...but I'm not "the right person," am I? :ontome:
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It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. Next someone will die, and then schools and communities all across America will be banning this; and ultimately people will start to develop a negative connotation with this noble and important charity. Not trying to be negative, but this is usually how shit goes down when humans are involved. :\
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/22/firefighters-electrocuted-after-helping-with-als-ice-bucket-challenge/
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Or you could just have fun with it and go for it.
Agreed. Although I do think it's crap to call somebody for not doing it. People on both sides could probably lighten up a wee bit. I've also heard of people who have gotten pissed for NOT being challenged. Which goes to show that people are getting more caught up in the ice bucket part and not focusing on the charity. In fact, I'd be curious to know how many people taped themselves having a bucket of ice water dumped on their heads, and DIDN'T give money to ALS. Sadly, I'd bet its a fairly high percentage.
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lol, sounds to me like someone is pissed that they dont have friends who think of them. I guess id be pissed if all my friends did it and none of them challenged me, like I was left out.
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Aaaannnndddd, we have a winner. This is the only one that I've liked (aside from the fails which are occasionally quite funny).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkO4NIqAMss#t=44
Patrick Stewart is one of those people who seems to have devoted the rest of his life to being a cool m'fucker at this point.
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Aaaannnndddd, we have a winner. This is the only one that I've liked (aside from the fails which are occasionally quite funny).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkO4NIqAMss#t=44
Patrick Stewart is one of those people who seems to have devoted the rest of his life to being a cool m'fucker at this point.
:tup
Was that Buffalo Trace I saw?! If so, :tup :tup
On second watch...I think it's Chivas.
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Ian McKellen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFqK4CPb7A&feature=youtu.be
Challanges Lara Linney, Derek Jacobi and Antony Hopkins!
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Or you could just have fun with it and go for it.
Agreed. Although I do think it's crap to call somebody for not doing it. People on both sides could probably lighten up a wee bit. I've also heard of people who have gotten pissed for NOT being challenged. Which goes to show that people are getting more caught up in the ice bucket part and not focusing on the charity. In fact, I'd be curious to know how many people taped themselves having a bucket of ice water dumped on their heads, and DIDN'T give money to ALS. Sadly, I'd bet its a fairly high percentage.
I would call out the assholes. It should be a personal preference.
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Welp, my mom just tagged me. :sadpanda:
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Oh! Can't let down mom. :lol
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Ian McKellen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFqK4CPb7A&feature=youtu.be
Challanges Lara Linney, Derek Jacobi and Antony Hopkins!
I love this guy so much
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Here's Jenna's (Panda's) she did today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjKXXBCz238&feature=share
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Aaaannnndddd, we have a winner. This is the only one that I've liked (aside from the fails which are occasionally quite funny).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkO4NIqAMss#t=44
Patrick Stewart is one of those people who seems to have devoted the rest of his life to being a cool m'fucker at this point.
Yeah, for me it's a three way tie right now between him, Kermit the Frog, and R2D2...
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Aaaannnndddd, we have a winner. This is the only one that I've liked (aside from the fails which are occasionally quite funny).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkO4NIqAMss#t=44
Patrick Stewart is one of those people who seems to have devoted the rest of his life to being a cool m'fucker at this point.
Yeah, for me it's a three way tie right now between him, Kermit the Frog, and R2D2...
I love how people are criticizing him in the comments. Not to many are, but the fact that some are is just hilarious. Do they not notice him writing a check in the beginning?
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If this was for an animal charity, and I had the money, I'd be up for it, but I took a vow never to donate to human charities.
...why?
edit: Just watched Stewart's and that's great. Looks like Chivas...
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Aaaannnndddd, we have a winner. This is the only one that I've liked (aside from the fails which are occasionally quite funny).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkO4NIqAMss#t=44
Patrick Stewart is one of those people who seems to have devoted the rest of his life to being a cool m'fucker at this point.
I haven't bothered watching many of these, but Patrick Stewart didn't disappoint. What a legend.
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If this was for an animal charity, and I had the money, I'd be up for it, but I took a vow never to donate to human charities.
...why?
edit: Just watched Stewart's and that's great. Looks like Chivas...
Animals are more deserving.
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(https://i.imgur.com/Djy9ZuY.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Djy9ZuY.jpg)
Someone's gotta make a vid of that.
Kudo's to Cap'n Picard and Sheen for stepping up.
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Neil Gaiman challenges George R.R. Martin and Karen Gillan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TScZ-AUOmBs
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If this was for an animal charity, and I had the money, I'd be up for it, but I took a vow never to donate to human charities.
...why?
edit: Just watched Stewart's and that's great. Looks like Chivas...
Animals are more deserving.
You don't have anyone around you that you care about? I love animals and no there's no but here because as much as I share your lack of faith in humanity when I read the news every day, I do actually know alot of people around me that I care about and I also know there are tons of equally good human beings that I don't know around the world and those are the people I donate money for because ALS is a horrible disease that no one deserves.
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My six year old was challenged by his best buddy last night via an iPhone video text. It was actually pretty cute.....so now it looks like I'm going to help him respond...
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If this was for an animal charity, and I had the money, I'd be up for it, but I took a vow never to donate to human charities.
...why?
edit: Just watched Stewart's and that's great. Looks like Chivas...
Animals are more deserving.
You don't have anyone around you that you care about? I love animals and no there's no but here because as much as I share your lack of faith in humanity when I read the news every day, I do actually know alot of people around me that I care about and I also know there are tons of equally good human beings that I don't know around the world and those are the people I donate money for because ALS is a horrible disease that no one deserves.
My whole family has problems. I'll probably have problems. But I care about animals more than humans. Of course, if I had to choose to save my daughter in a burning house or my cat who I love more than just about anything, yeah, I'm going to save my daughter no question, but at checkout lanes, I only donate if it's something to do with animals.
Maybe when I move out of the ghetto and I'm around decent people and not disgusting trash, I'll have a different opinion. Now, my conscience might fight me, but in the burning house scenario, I'm going for my cat before a stranger.
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Donate to whoever you feel like donating, seriously. I actually donate to Wikipedia every year to keep it running. People might not view this as "the right kind" of charity, but I don't care. I view Wikipedia as the modern version of the library of Alexandria.
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If this was for an animal charity, and I had the money, I'd be up for it, but I took a vow never to donate to human charities.
...why?
edit: Just watched Stewart's and that's great. Looks like Chivas...
Animals are more deserving.
You don't have anyone around you that you care about? I love animals and no there's no but here because as much as I share your lack of faith in humanity when I read the news every day, I do actually know alot of people around me that I care about and I also know there are tons of equally good human beings that I don't know around the world and those are the people I donate money for because ALS is a horrible disease that no one deserves.
My whole family has problems. I'll probably have problems. But I care about animals more than humans. Of course, if I had to choose to save my daughter in a burning house or my cat who I love more than just about anything, yeah, I'm going to save my daughter no question, but at checkout lanes, I only donate if it's something to do with animals.
Maybe when I move out of the ghetto and I'm around decent people and not disgusting trash, I'll have a different opinion. Now, my conscience might fight me, but in the burning house scenario, I'm going for my cat before a stranger.
I hear you man and I know the compassion you feel toward animals, if I had more money I would have gladely donated more to various animal charities.
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I knew it was just a question of time. I just got challenged.
Well, looks like I'm gonna have to do it!
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G£N€ $IMMON$ *donating* for something ?
I won't believe it.
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Toto and Michael McDonald:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWuhd5ox7rg
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Nostalgia Critic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzvsMJWdwsQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzvsMJWdwsQ)
It was a bit of a cop-out, but the funny thing is that he challenged Tommy Wiseau. :lol
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His lack of a Batman and Robin reference disturbs me.
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Challenge finished. And it's 96 today, so it actually felt great. :metal
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Nostalgia Critic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzvsMJWdwsQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzvsMJWdwsQ)
It was a bit of a cop-out, but the funny thing is that he challenged Tommy Wiseau. :lol
That was amazing. :lol
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I've always liked The Cinema Snob better than Nostalgia Critic so I really hope Brad accepts the challenge.
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ALS Ice Challenge: https://youtu.be/-6aeD41tCu8
Rather impromptu yesterday after many margaritas were consumed. It also explains why there's only once ice cube for each person :lol
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Nice :lol
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Can't link from work, but Jason Becker did it, and called out EVH and DLR. Pretty classic video too :lol
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First off its a great cause and its nice to see how much money it has raised... BUT... so many people are just doing this thing just to be part of a social phenomenon. Its the hip thing to do in its 15 minutes. They do it, and post the video and have someone else do it and post the video, etc...
I'd be willing to bet many of the people doing it have not donated a nickle to ALS and if you asked them 2 days after they did the challenge what the charity was they did it for many wouldn't have a clue.
I was thinking the same thing. People are just doing it to draw attention to themselves and looking like fools. I don't have anything against donating to charity. Been doing it for nearly 30 years. Never once did it require a challenge. The true challenge resides in those who have to deal with such a debilitating disease that has been around since 1869. Awareness goes way beyond just dumping ice on your head.
(https://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss308/Zulan8r/imagejpg1_zpsf83c3bb0.jpg) (https://s586.photobucket.com/user/Zulan8r/media/imagejpg1_zpsf83c3bb0.jpg.html)
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I don't think anyone is contesting that point. But I think you also have to be aware of the fact that by combining it with this challenge, the whole thing went insanely viral very quickly, and even if only one in ten, or one in fifty of the people participating actually donated something, it's still an incredible growth in the money that can now go into ALS research.
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Oh, and the people who do this, but have the person shut the video off two seconds after they get drenched...weak. Very weak. The whole fun of this, besides the obvious good it is doing, is seeing how everyone reacts to the cold water being dumped on them, and having it shut off right away is weak. Man up and let us see your reaction to it!!
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Pat Stewart was the best. He wrote out a cheque instead of dumping water on himself.
Classy.
I'm pretty sure there's more than a couple of celebs doing this because it makes them look good.
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I knew it was just a question of time.
Sounds like you're consciously trying to avoid saying "just a matter of time". :P
Anyway, so far Helena Bonham Carter's was the only one I found entertaining, Tim Burton is hilarious, with Helena's sexy accent to boot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdbhED05mU0
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Pat Stewart was the best. He wrote out a cheque instead of dumping water on himself.
Classy.
I did the challenge because it was fun to do with my friends, but as a gainfully employed, single person, I certainly didn't stick to the $10 suggestion.
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https://youtu.be/CO8yXi87sRY
Here's mine. Quality could be better.. and I specifically told my friend to turn the phone sideways, and not do it portrait style. Anyway !
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzRmck8lWk
Horrendous audio quality for extremely unknown reasons, but here's a booty shorts filled bonanza
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https://youtu.be/CO8yXi87sRY
Here's mine. Quality could be better.. and I specifically told my friend to turn the phone sideways, and not do it portrait style. Anyway !
Like a boss!
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Can't link from work, but Jason Becker did it, and called out EVH and DLR. Pretty classic video too :lol
That was amazing!
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I don't think anyone is contesting that point. But I think you also have to be aware of the fact that by combining it with this challenge, the whole thing went insanely viral very quickly, and even if only one in ten, or one in fifty of the people participating actually donated something, it's still an incredible growth in the money that can now go into ALS research.
This a million times. If the spike in donations means we have to deal with a few people trying to get their five minutes of fame out of it, then I think it's worth it. It's all in harmless fun anyways for those that actually donate. As long as it's to a good cause, I'm down and don't see why people have to be so cynical about it.
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I just read this little article and I think it sums up pretty good what people that have experience with the disease feels.
https://www.bostern.com/blog/2014/08/15/what-an-als-family-really-thinks-about-the-ice-bucket-challenge/
Because here’s the deal: We are in for the fight of our lives with this monster, and the very LAST thing I want is for people to give quietly, anonymously, and then slink away. Raise the roof! Raise a ruckus! Call all sorts of attention to yourself! I will be happy for you and every Facebook like you receive, as you nudge ALS an inch or two closer to the collective public consciousness.
So, fear not, dear reader, this too shall pass and your Facebook newsfeed will go back to cat videos and kids singing Let It Go.
I also wanna add that even if alot of people only dump ice water over themselfs without actually donating they atleast give attention to ALS which they would have never done otherwise.
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Old Spice ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfO8LR_VosI
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I like that he challenged everyone named John Johnson.
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Old Spice ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfO8LR_VosI
So it's Geri Halliwell ?
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I also wanna add that even if alot of people only dump ice water over themselfs without actually donating they atleast give attention to ALS which they would have never done otherwise.
For most of these cases they're inadvertently giving attention. A large majority of this is monkey see, monkey do and it probably would've been a thing, although maybe not quite as big, if a charity wasn't attached to it. It's basically the 2014 version of planking with an optional donation incentive.
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I also wanna add that even if alot of people only dump ice water over themselfs without actually donating they atleast give attention to ALS which they would have never done otherwise.
For most of these cases they're inadvertently giving attention. A large majority of this is monkey see, monkey do and it probably would've been a thing, although maybe not quite as big, if a charity wasn't attached to it. It's basically the 2014 version of planking with an optional donation incentive.
Yea exactly even if they have no clue what the fuck ALS actually is or care for that matter and only dump ice on their faces to gain views they still inadvertently as you say give attention to the disease. I guess though if they don't mention or have ALS in the description they're just plain dumb, come to think of it that line can be quite thin though. :lol
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The only thing that matters is if it works. And it's working.
Since mid-July, the ALS charity has raised over $50 million. Same time period last year? $2 million.
So complain or downplay it all you want. It's working.
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Yup.
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Ditto.
And this is no different than a little league team holding a pancake breakfast to raise money. Sure everyone in town could just write them a check, but people, for whatever reason, need a little incentive. Nothing wrong with that.
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Fucking exactly.
I love how people are saying things like "a large majority" of this is just people doing it because they want attention or someone else did it or blah blah blah. As if they have some kind of statistical figures on it. Sure, there are people doing it for those reasons, but don't fucking tell me why I did something just because you have a chip on your shoulder. I did this because I see ALS all the fucking time at work and it absolutely breaks my heart. Because I see men and women who've led good lives and are too young to die, have too much left to do, losing all of their body's functions and wasting away in front of the people who love them. If I have to do a silly stunt to raise awareness in this ADD day and age, that is fine with me, as long as it gets people talking and thinking. It's insulting to see people here putting it down as if everyone doing it is just crying out for attention and FB likes. Get something more worthwhile to bitch about, or maybe just be happy that a really good organization is now 50 million dollars richer.
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....or maybe just be happy that a really good organization is now 50 million dollars richer.
Fucking A sister :metal
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Yup. The proof is in the numbers Hef provided. I've read that myself.
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or maybe just be happy that a really good organization is now 50 million dollars richer.
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Can't link from work, but Jason Becker did it, and called out EVH and DLR. Pretty classic video too :lol
That was amazing!
:clap: Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4RT-J_20aI
Fucking exactly.
I love how people are saying things like "a large majority" of this is just people doing it because they want attention or someone else did it or blah blah blah. As if they have some kind of statistical figures on it. Sure, there are people doing it for those reasons, but don't fucking tell me why I did something just because you have a chip on your shoulder. I did this because I see ALS all the fucking time at work and it absolutely breaks my heart. Because I see men and women who've led good lives and are too young to die, have too much left to do, losing all of their body's functions and wasting away in front of the people who love them. If I have to do a silly stunt to raise awareness in this ADD day and age, that is fine with me, as long as it gets people talking and thinking. It's insulting to see people here putting it down as if everyone doing it is just crying out for attention and FB likes. Get something more worthwhile to bitch about, or maybe just be happy that a really good organization is now 50 million dollars richer.
And again, I say: :clap:
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Old Spice ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfO8LR_VosI
:rollin
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Yeah it is a bit like that "no make-up selfie" thing a little while ago - yes some people might think the thing, yes you can just donate to charity without doing the thing, and yes some people may be either donating or doing the thing for reasons other than pure generosity and caring about that particular charity... but the fact is that people don't donate to the causes the same amount without these things to spread them, and things like this really do appear to work.
Putting out information about why the cause is worthwhile will get a certain amount of donations, but someone just saying "Here's this worthwhile cause, please donate" will not spread as much as someone doing the same thing with some sort of gimmick attached to it. Stupid stuff spreads on the internet all the time anyway, so using them to spread good messages or raise money for charities is a good idea.
Watching a lot of videos of people doing the challenge in their back gardens with what looks like sunny weather, I can't help but think someone should have started this campagin in the winter, to see some real dedication from the people taking the challenge.
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Watching a lot of videos of people doing the challenge in their back gardens with what looks like sunny weather, I can't help but think someone should have started this campagin in the winter, to see some real dedication from the people taking the challenge.
We can start a winter challenge. "Have sex with a snow man within 24 hours or donate $100 to St. Jude Children's Hospital".
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Watching a lot of videos of people doing the challenge in their back gardens with what looks like sunny weather, I can't help but think someone should have started this campagin in the winter, to see some real dedication from the people taking the challenge.
Yeah, but here's the thing: Even though it takes more to...er..."man up" (for lack of a better term) and do the challenge in Winter, FAR more people will do it when it is warm and sunny. So I think the campaign owes part of its success to the fact that it is going on now when it is warm.
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Watching a lot of videos of people doing the challenge in their back gardens with what looks like sunny weather, I can't help but think someone should have started this campagin in the winter, to see some real dedication from the people taking the challenge.
Yeah, but here's the thing: Even though it takes more to...er..."man up" (for lack of a better term) and do the challenge in Winter, FAR more people will do it when it is warm and sunny. So I think the campaign owes part of its success to the fact that it is going on now when it is warm.
Oh yeah I definitely agree it's better for the purposes of spreading more to do it now, I was just thinking I would like to see some people doing it in the winter when it's even more impressive / uncomfortable.
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John Mayer's AWESOME response to Jason Becker's challenge, with a comment from Jason himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlhE_ErO8M
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John Mayer's AWESOME response to Jason Becker's challenge, with a comment from Jason himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlhE_ErO8M
Pure class. :tup
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That was fantastic. Best one I've seen thus far.
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My cousin posted this on Facebook. I liked his thoughts on it a lot so I wanted to share them...
" There is something self-indulgent, sanctimonious and attention seeking in a lot of these videos. I am not questioning the motives but personally prefer the old-fashioned ethic of anonymous altruism. A lot of people are just posting videos of themselves dumping water over their own heads and not giving any money. I wonder if this "challenge" gives people a way to feel they have contributed something to society without actually doing anything. This seems to be a modern trend, and worthy of discussion at least from an "awareness" standpoint. It raised $40 million, that's true. But this attention seeking method has me concerned that this may be at the expense of other charities. Will all charities be forced to resort to these tactics? Will charities be funded based more on the strength of their viral internet gimmicks and less on the intellectual and moral worthiness of their cause? Personally, I hope not."
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But Tick, this was a grass roots campaign by a poor guy in Massachusetts that's only 29 fucking years old. It just happened to go viral. Good for that. This had nothing to do with any "tactics' made by any particular charity.
I mean, was your cousin questioning Jerry Lewis back in the day that other charities would suffer during his telethon?
(not directed at Tick or his cousin), but there's NOTHING to bitch about here, folks.
Fucking exactly.
I love how people are saying things like "a large majority" of this is just people doing it because they want attention or someone else did it or blah blah blah. As if they have some kind of statistical figures on it. Sure, there are people doing it for those reasons, but don't fucking tell me why I did something just because you have a chip on your shoulder. I did this because I see ALS all the fucking time at work and it absolutely breaks my heart. Because I see men and women who've led good lives and are too young to die, have too much left to do, losing all of their body's functions and wasting away in front of the people who love them. If I have to do a silly stunt to raise awareness in this ADD day and age, that is fine with me, as long as it gets people talking and thinking. It's insulting to see people here putting it down as if everyone doing it is just crying out for attention and FB likes. Get something more worthwhile to bitch about, or maybe just be happy that a really good organization is now 50 million dollars richer.
As you say, fucking exactly.
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Will charities be funded based more on the strength of their viral internet gimmicks and less on the intellectual and moral worthiness of their cause?
I doubt it. Those who actively want to give to charity will actively pursue charities they identify with and means to give. Those who are more passive do need something to grab their attention. And as said repeatedly in this thread, if a viral compaign is the best means in 2014 of grabbing people's attention, so be it. Bottom line is, it is working. Personally, I find these repeated attempts to...er..."pour cold water" on this fundraiser simply because it does not meet the personal criteria how people think charities ought to increase awareness or raise money to be distasteful.
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Those who are more passive do need something to grab their attention. And as said repeatedly in this thread, if a viral compaign is the best means in 2014 of grabbing people's attention, so be it.
This isn't really a new concept, it just seems that because of the way at which it's gained popularity.
For example, the many cities that do annual aids walks (or something similar). These have been going on for years, and in my mind, are not really any different than the ice bucket challenge.
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That majority of these people would probably have never contributed to aids had it not been for the walk, but they actually feel like they are helping with both their pocket and in terms of getting the word out by participating in something that requires a large group. I'm sure there were plenty of people in the crowd who didn't donate for whatever reason, but their presence and participation contributed in some way. Anything in today's world that can unite millions of people for a common cause if a GREAT thing. That's a whole nother success story for the challenge in itself. Regardless of whether or not everyone is donating is irrelevant. There are other elements to things like the Ice Bucket Challenge that are equally important.
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But Tick, this was a grass roots campaign by a poor guy in Massachusetts that's only 29 fucking years old. It just happened to go viral. Good for that. This had nothing to do with any "tactics' made by any particular charity.
I mean, was your cousin questioning Jerry Lewis back in the day that other charities would suffer during his telethon?
I don't know what he thought about Jerry Lewis.
I'm not knocking the whole thing but I liked some of the stuff he wrote. and yeah...a 29 year old did it as a grass roots effort and it went viral, but that doesn't mean the flood gates won't open because of its success.
When a movie like Jaws got made, 20 shark and killer whale movies followed.
When Rocky was made, 20 boxing movies followed.
When The Poseidon Adventure was made, 100 disaster movies followed.
Get my point?
Just because something happened as a grass roots movement doesn't mean it will not be copied by other charities due to its success.
At the end of the day, I am NOT against it, but for many its just a cool way to be a part of a social media phenomenon and nothing more. Many who did the challenge don't even know it was for ALS, they just did it cause its the in thing.
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I'm not sure why you are comparing movies and charities.
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Not sure if this was linked before: https://dailybuzzlive.com/mississippi-girl-dies-breaking-neck-ice-bucket-challenge/
That looked so painful when I saw it, and honestly.. I'm not surprised. Still, what a sad outcome.
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I'm not sure why you are comparing movies and charities.
Then I'll explain my thought process. When something works and succeeds in anything it gets copied by those who do something similar.
If Lowe's gives free rip and remove of carpet, Home Depot does it next.
If McDonald's comes out with a value menu, Burger King has to have one too.
Charities will possibly copy success as well. That was my point.
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I'm not sure why you are comparing movies and charities.
Then I'll explain my thought process. When something works and succeeds in anything it gets copied by those who do something similar.
If Lowe's gives free rip and remove of carpet, Home Depot does it next.
If McDonald's comes out with a value menu, Burger King has to have one too.
Charities will possibly copy success as well. That was my point.
Yes, but how is that in any way, shape, or form a bad thing? ???
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Sure. But what about it? I don't see the bad in that. I mean, all the people that have already been giving to other charities won't suddenly stop giving to them if they don't have a viral campaign, will they? I mean, they started donating when it wasn't viral, so there's evidently some reason behind it, and that won't stop existing. The difference is that any charity that has something like this go viral get an influx of people that wouldn't donate in other circumstances, but I don't see how that would cripple existing charities without a viral challenge or something comparable.
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I am rather happy I did the challenge, mostly because the naysayers and Negative Nancys that seem to populate the Facebooks now are now "the other guys".
Most ridiculous one I heard today: We shouldn't use water because places like Australia are struggling with water.
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Not sure if this was linked before: https://dailybuzzlive.com/mississippi-girl-dies-breaking-neck-ice-bucket-challenge/
That looked so painful when I saw it, and honestly.. I'm not surprised. Still, what a sad outcome.
I was wondering what the outcome of that was. Tragic indeed. The little sister got squashed too.
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https://www.tnp.sg/news/no-they-did-not-die-als-ice-bucket-challenge
https://sauus.com/b/ALIVE-Mississippi-Girl-Therese-Todd-Who-Did-Ice-Bucket-Challenge
https://phishlist.com/hoax-mississippi-girl-dies-after-breaking-her-neck-from-ice-bucket-challenge/
She's fine y'all.
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As ill-conceived as that stunt was (it clearly showed a lack of understanding of everyday physics), the real question is: what fucktard releases a video of someone they know getting seriously injured?
EDIT: Never mind.
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That's good.
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As ill-conceived as that stunt was (it clearly showed a lack of understanding of everyday physics), the real question is: what fucktard releases a video of someone they know getting seriously injured?
Every subscriber to the internet?
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I'm not sure why you are comparing movies and charities.
Then I'll explain my thought process. When something works and succeeds in anything it gets copied by those who do something similar.
If Lowe's gives free rip and remove of carpet, Home Depot does it next.
If McDonald's comes out with a value menu, Burger King has to have one too.
Charities will possibly copy success as well. That was my point.
Yes, but how is that in any way, shape, or form a bad thing? ???
I just find the fact that people are doing it to be part of a social media event is something that personally turns me off. Far too many didn't even donate and don't really know why they did it. Its just how I feel about it. You feel otherwise and so do millions of other peeps so who cares what I think. Do your thing.
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Sure. But what about it? I don't see the bad in that. I mean, all the people that have already been giving to other charities won't suddenly stop giving to them if they don't have a viral campaign, will they? I mean, they started donating when it wasn't viral, so there's evidently some reason behind it, and that won't stop existing. The difference is that any charity that has something like this go viral get an influx of people that wouldn't donate in other circumstances, but I don't see how that would cripple existing charities without a viral challenge or something comparable.
Dumping Ice water over your head isn't donating and it isn't doing anything in general.
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Most ridiculous one I heard today: We shouldn't use water because places like Australia are struggling with water.
It's not ridiculous; if everyone that poured water over themself instead donated that water to Africa, an entire village could have a years worth of clean water.joke
I saw that the death posted earlier was a hoax, but I think there was an actual death related to this here in the UK. However that was because of someone doing their version of the challenge by basically jumping from a cliff into cold water... so even if it was texhnically related to people paericipating in this it was not exactly caused by the recommended challenge.
It may be worthwhile at some point for someone to find out / announce how much campaigns like this help charities in the long run. I think this one is a pretty good example because ALS is not very high profile compared to some causes, so as well as a short term rush of donations this will actually have raised awareness of the issue significantly so that future donations might increase. However so called "slacktivism" or "clicktivism" can supposedly end up hurting causes in the long run because publicly participating in an "awareness" campaign gives people the feeling of having contributed and less likely to donate or donate again (think "I don't really need to donate to that cancer charity, I posted a picture of myself without make-up last year").
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Sure. But what about it? I don't see the bad in that. I mean, all the people that have already been giving to other charities won't suddenly stop giving to them if they don't have a viral campaign, will they? I mean, they started donating when it wasn't viral, so there's evidently some reason behind it, and that won't stop existing. The difference is that any charity that has something like this go viral get an influx of people that wouldn't donate in other circumstances, but I don't see how that would cripple existing charities without a viral challenge or something comparable.
Dumping Ice water over your head isn't donating and it isn't doing anything in general.
Who do you think is responsible for the $48 million increase in giving to that charity?
Methinks it is all those people dumping ice water on their heads.
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I know Hef. I'm just saying that plenty of people dumped water over there head and gave nothing. I'm happy it raised all that money but because I don't plan on donating to the charity I'm not going to dump ice water over my head.
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How do you know people didn't donate? Is that just misanthropic assumption, or based on actual numbers?
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
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You HAVE to dump water on your head or you can't donate.
It's okay, I've never donated to a charity and I never will. It's just who I am; the world NEEDS villains. I'll also probably never dump iced water on my head and videotape it. I do however enjoy that people do this, and charity is never a bad thing. *saves toad from over-chlorinated pool and brings him to nearby lake*
*then uses his body to fish*
*****superstar - but he didn't get far (https://youtu.be/u2gKR422nOQ?t=1m46s)*****
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For some of us, we've donated to different charitiesfor Lung Cancer. My mom passed away from it. I did the ice bucket challenge but I did not donate since I have donated to other charities.
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I'm pretty sure that whoever has a regular income and did the challenge, also donated. And the young ones who can't afford to do so, who cares, they're keeping the momentum alive.
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On a different note, I actually checked "only use my money for research" box. ALSA also funds caretakers, and while I feel for the affected people and their families, that's what a healthcare system is for.
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
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Aww, the Jason Becker and John Mayer videos were awesome :heart
or maybe just be happy that a really good organization is now 50 million dollars richer.
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:lol. I wish I could do that after every impassioned statement I make.
"Have sex with a snow man within 24 hours or donate $100 to St. Jude Children's Hospital".
I like where this is going...
Also, I like that you brought up the AIDS walk because I've made that comparison too. My friend said "I don't understand what this ice bucket thing has to do with ALS" and my response was "Well, what does walking have to do with AIDS? It's a fundraiser!"
On a different note, I actually checked "only use my money for research" box. ALSA also funds caretakers, and while I feel for the affected people and their families, that's what a healthcare system is for.
While I totally understand your decision to support research, this is a flawed assumption. The healthcare system doesn't really fund caregiving. Sure, someone with ALS can go get medical treatment and have that covered by Medicare or whatever insurance s/he has, but medical treatment is only a small part of the picture. Often the issue is who is going to care for this person's daily needs (fixing meals, helping with transfer/ambulation, helping with using the bathroom, cleaning them up if they're no longer able to bathe themselves, etc.)
Unless the person has Medicaid or some kind of long term care insurance, this kind of care is not paid for and family members are not always able to up and leave their jobs to provide it.
Also, these folks have provided patients of mine with (free of charge) essentials like equipment (such as electric wheelchairs) that often isn't covered by insurance or takes a lot of hoop-jumping to get. They also provide grants for in-home respite care so families can take a break or get some extra help, and probably all other kinds of services I haven't had a patient ask for yet. It's pretty amazing.
edit: I forgot to mention that when one doesn't have insurance to cover it, long term care-type stuff can cost hundreds of dollars a day, depending where you are, level of care, etc. in Colorado, a nursing home can cost $6-9000 a month, just based on what I've seen with my patients (I'm sure it's more there on the east coast). 24-hour care in the home would be similar, usually a bit less. Some people are able to spend down in order to get Long Term Care Medicaid, which will cover either living in a nursing home or a certain amount of assistance in the home, but of course that's a complicated process that doesn't always work out and takes a long time. I could talk about this shit all day. It sucks.
Not to mention what shitholes some nursing homes can be if you don't have the resources/available loved ones to stay home.
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While I totally understand your decision to support research, this is a flawed assumption. The healthcare system doesn't really fund caregiving. Sure, someone with ALS can go get medical treatment and have that covered by Medicare or whatever insurance s/he has, but medical treatment is only a small part of the picture. Often the issue is who is going to care for this person's daily needs (fixing meals, helping with transfer/ambulation, helping with using the bathroom, cleaning them up if they're no longer able to bathe themselves, etc.)
Unless the person has Medicaid or some kind of long term care insurance, this kind of care is not paid for and family members are not always able to up and leave their jobs to provide it.
Also, these folks have provided patients of mine with (free of charge) essentials like equipment (such as electric wheelchairs) that often isn't covered by insurance or takes a lot of hoop-jumping to get. They also provide grants for in-home respite care so families can take a break or get some extra help, and probably all other kinds of services I haven't had a patient ask for yet. It's pretty amazing.
edit: I forgot to mention that when one doesn't have insurance to cover it, long term care-type stuff can cost hundreds of dollars a day, depending where you are, level of care, etc. in Colorado, a nursing home can cost $6-9000 a month, just based on what I've seen with my patients (I'm sure it's more there on the east coast). 24-hour care in the home would be similar, usually a bit less. Some people are able to spend down in order to get Long Term Care Medicaid, which will cover either living in a nursing home or a certain amount of assistance in the home, but of course that's a complicated process that doesn't always work out and takes a long time. I could talk about this shit all day. It sucks.
Not to mention what shitholes some nursing homes can be if you don't have the resources/available loved ones to stay home.
This. My 92 year old father in law loved with us for over ten years. During most of that time, I assumed the role as his primary care giver. He suffers from a number of issues, but the greatest are dementia from Parkinsons, and OCD. Since I write at home when I'm not traveling, I was pretty much the guy for about 5 years. I helped with his meds, cued him on hygiene, took him to his appointments, meals, laundry, and generally handled his business. My wife has her career, and honestly she really struggled with her dads deteriorating health. She helped too, but it was nearly too much, so I stepped in. It was an extremely stressful period, but he's family. He served at Anzio. He dedicated his life to education. and giving his time and efforts to urban and impoverished kids, and helped raise my wonderful wife. He deserved compassion, patience, love and respect. To say it was hard would be an understatement. For two more years, we had nurses come in three days each week. When he got so bad that even having him here was nearly unbearable, we had him placed in a skilled nursing care. That was two years ago. He is thriving, and now so are we.
When he first came to live with us, we looked into assisted living. In order to even qualify for medicare for assisted living, a person is forced to spend down to their last 2,000.00 in total assets. What a fucking joke. He has a number of trust funds that were set up by his well-to-do family in the 30's and 40's, so that was never going to happen. Besides, we have money, so it wasn't a big deal; but there are countless families who cannot afford the financial cost of care, who cannot qualify for any assitance (when it is available). The way we handle the care of the chronically ill, in-firmed, disabled, or elderly in this country is a joke; and it's only going to get worse. I give to a number of charities each year, including ALS, and I hope they actually use my funds for helping caretakers. The majority of caretakers deal with so much stress that they actually die before the person they are providing care for. Thats messed up.
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I would definitely not say the majority, but that definitely happens. It's an incredibly stressful job and these people get burnt out as hell. It's not really recognized by our society as a "real" job (sort of like parenting) and there's not a ton of assistance out there for people doing it. I had one patient whose loved one was the primary caregiver despite the fact that she was in need of major surgery and had all kinds of health issues, not to mention she had just lost multiple family members and was depressed. She stepped up to the plate because nobody else would, but in that kind of a situation you're just asking to end up in the hospital or worse. But what's the alternative? You let down someone you love and they don't have anybody to take care of them. It's sad. That's why part of my job is support for families/caregivers :)
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I'm usually one to completely ignore and dislike both viral videos and "slacktivism" causes, but in this case, as people have pointed out, it's actually getting real measurable results, and for a good cause. That alone changes everything.
It doesn't matter how many people are doing this just to jump on the bandwagon and get attention, or don't know/care what the cause is, because it's effectively raising awareness to the people who do care, and will donate.
Having seen both Stephen Hawking and Jason Becker documentaries within the past year, ALS is something I have thought about a lot and care about, but I wouldn't have thought to donate anywhere. I'd never bother doing the ice bucket challenge (it's Winter here anyway), but this publicity has made me wonder why I don't now donate a bit of money, so I gave a little bit. It's not much (because I'm poor), but it's money I wouldn't have otherwise thought to give.
So for every person dumping water on their heads without donating to the cause, there's someone who isn't dumping water on their heads who is.
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I would definitely not say the majority, but that definitely happens. It's an incredibly stressful job and these people get burnt out as hell. It's not really recognized by our society as a "real" job (sort of like parenting) and there's not a ton of assistance out there for people doing it. I had one patient whose loved one was the primary caregiver despite the fact that she was in need of major surgery and had all kinds of health issues, not to mention she had just lost multiple family members and was depressed. She stepped up to the plate because nobody else would, but in that kind of a situation you're just asking to end up in the hospital or worse. But what's the alternative? You let down someone you love and they don't have anybody to take care of them. It's sad. That's why part of my job is support for families/caregivers :)
Overall published numbers are 30-40%, and for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients the number jumps to 63%. This figures from the Alzheimer Assoc. What's even more frightening is the number of people who will develop Alzheimer's is staggering. I read a recent study that said in the next 25 years 1 in 5 people will get it. At any rate, caregivers need all the help they can get. Bless you Jackie for your work and efforts. In case no one tells you very often...thank you!
Edit: The number of caregivers who become clinically depressed is 46-59%. Very stressful.
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
^ this AND
^^ this
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(https://i.imgur.com/xFJWRoh.jpg)
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Here's mine
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153123080549745&set=vb.552784744&type=2&theater¬if_t=video_processed
i hope that works.
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
If your daughter's video, and your daughter's friends' videos convinced even just one other person to make a donation that otherwise may not have, they contributed to the cause in a positive light, even if they didn't follow the arbitrary rules set by the original video. Your daughter is fairly young, no? I don't expect teenagers to contribute, and I don't really have a problem with them doing the videos anyway. Besides, most of the fail videos are young kids, which inadvertently raises even more awareness. Kids walk in the aids walks with their parents and don't contribute, I don't think this is much different. Look at it this way. At least your daughter and her friends are now at least aware (hopefully) of what ALS is, regardless of whether or not they contributed.
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Here's mine
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153123080549745&set=vb.552784744&type=2&theater¬if_t=video_processed
i hope that works.
Yeah, it worked.....fucker....
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Here's mine
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153123080549745&set=vb.552784744&type=2&theater¬if_t=video_processed
i hope that works.
Yeah, it worked.....fucker....
:loser:
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I am rather happy I did the challenge, mostly because the naysayers and Negative Nancys that seem to populate the Facebooks now are now "the other guys".
Most ridiculous one I heard today: We shouldn't use water because places like Australia are struggling with water.
This dumb, senseless shit is being shared all over FB: https://tinyurl.com/nvfwvx6
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
If your daughter's video, and your daughter's friends' videos convinced even just one other person to make a donation that otherwise may not have, they contributed to the cause in a positive light, even if they didn't follow the arbitrary rules set by the original video. Your daughter is fairly young, no? I don't expect teenagers to contribute, and I don't really have a problem with them doing the videos anyway. Besides, most of the fail videos are young kids, which inadvertently raises even more awareness. Kids walk in the aids walks with their parents and don't contribute, I don't think this is much different. Look at it this way. At least your daughter and her friends are now at least aware (hopefully) of what ALS is, regardless of whether or not they contributed.
I know Chino. I'm not an advocate against this. I just gave my own personal view that if I was going to accept this challenge I would only do so if I was going to donate. I feel others should too.
My daughter is 14 and in fairness to her and her friends, they think if you do the challenge you don't have to donate and if you don't you have to donate 10 bucks.
In the end, I have not posted anything negative on Facebook against it. I am talking to you all here cause this is where I hang and I'm just sharing my view on it.
Childhood cancer is something that tugs on my heart strings. I have lost a 10 year cousin, one of my closest friends 13 year old daughter, and tomorrow night I have to go to a wake for my wife's aunts granddaughter who is 11 years old who died in her sleep Saturday night after battling childhood cancer for almost 5 of her 11 years on earth. :sad:
I would gladly pour spaghetti sauce over head, donate money and post the video if I thought it would raise millions.
"The Ragu challenge!" :justjen
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
If your daughter's video, and your daughter's friends' videos convinced even just one other person to make a donation that otherwise may not have, they contributed to the cause in a positive light, even if they didn't follow the arbitrary rules set by the original video. Your daughter is fairly young, no? I don't expect teenagers to contribute, and I don't really have a problem with them doing the videos anyway. Besides, most of the fail videos are young kids, which inadvertently raises even more awareness. Kids walk in the aids walks with their parents and don't contribute, I don't think this is much different. Look at it this way. At least your daughter and her friends are now at least aware (hopefully) of what ALS is, regardless of whether or not they contributed.
Yeah, good point, Chino. For causes that my wife and I donate money or time to, we often have our kids (ages 11, 9, and 4) participate if possible, or we at least try to talk to them about what we are doing. It's not that they are really capable of adding anything to the effort, but it is teaching them so they understand the value of what is going on and are likely to do the same or similar when they are older. And hopefully, others seeing their involvement at such a young age will spur more involvement from others. So, yeah, I think your points are very valid.
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Here's mine
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153123080549745&set=vb.552784744&type=2&theater¬if_t=video_processed
i hope that works.
Nice!
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
If your daughter's video, and your daughter's friends' videos convinced even just one other person to make a donation that otherwise may not have, they contributed to the cause in a positive light, even if they didn't follow the arbitrary rules set by the original video. Your daughter is fairly young, no? I don't expect teenagers to contribute, and I don't really have a problem with them doing the videos anyway. Besides, most of the fail videos are young kids, which inadvertently raises even more awareness. Kids walk in the aids walks with their parents and don't contribute, I don't think this is much different. Look at it this way. At least your daughter and her friends are now at least aware (hopefully) of what ALS is, regardless of whether or not they contributed.
Yeah, good point, Chino. For causes that my wife and I donate money or time to, we often have our kids (ages 11, 9, and 4) participate if possible, or we at least try to talk to them about what we are doing. It's not that they are really capable of adding anything to the effort, but it is teaching them so they understand the value of what is going on and are likely to do the same or similar when they are older. And hopefully, others seeing their involvement at such a young age will spur more involvement from others. So, yeah, I think your points are very valid.
Since he was 5 we have given my son money every Christmas, as one of his gifts. He has to give 80% of it to charity. He picks the charity, and can give it all to one charity or spread it out. He distributes it as he see's fit. Fast forward to high school this year. His high school has a community volunteer requirement. In order to graduate, each student is required to donate at least 400 verifiable hours of community volunteer service during their four years of high school. As of right now, just starting his senior year, he has over 1,000. For the last 7 years he's given 100% of his Christmas money to charity, and gives 10% of all the money he earns on his own. I attribute that in part to teaching him to be giving and creating a spirit within him of service to others. Even if people don't donate funds to ALS, raising awareness can never be a bad thing, and it may cause someone to identify, recognize, or contribute to whatever cause they feel passionate about, which can only be positive.
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
If your daughter's video, and your daughter's friends' videos convinced even just one other person to make a donation that otherwise may not have, they contributed to the cause in a positive light, even if they didn't follow the arbitrary rules set by the original video. Your daughter is fairly young, no? I don't expect teenagers to contribute, and I don't really have a problem with them doing the videos anyway. Besides, most of the fail videos are young kids, which inadvertently raises even more awareness. Kids walk in the aids walks with their parents and don't contribute, I don't think this is much different. Look at it this way. At least your daughter and her friends are now at least aware (hopefully) of what ALS is, regardless of whether or not they contributed.
Yeah, good point, Chino. For causes that my wife and I donate money or time to, we often have our kids (ages 11, 9, and 4) participate if possible, or we at least try to talk to them about what we are doing. It's not that they are really capable of adding anything to the effort, but it is teaching them so they understand the value of what is going on and are likely to do the same or similar when they are older. And hopefully, others seeing their involvement at such a young age will spur more involvement from others. So, yeah, I think your points are very valid.
Since he was 5 we have given my son money every Christmas, as one of his gifts. He has to give 80% of it to charity. He picks the charity, and can give it all to one charity or spread it out. He distributes it as he see's fit. Fast forward to high school this year. His high school has a community volunteer requirement. In order to graduate, each student is required to donate at least 400 verifiable hours of community volunteer service during their four years of high school. As of right now, just starting his senior year, he has over 1,000. For the last 7 years he's given 100% of his Christmas money to charity, and gives 10% of all the money he earns on his own. I attribute that in part to teaching him to be giving and creating a spirit within him of service to others. Even if people don't donate funds to ALS, raising awareness can never be a bad thing, and it may cause someone to identify, recognize, or contribute to whatever cause they feel passionate about, which can only be positive.
That's great. 400 hours of community service!? I was required to do 20.
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I don't think I was required to do any, mostly because I've documented 0 hours :\
Not that I haven't done service, but I don't recall ever writing it down.
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1. You don't know that they did not donate. AND
2. Even if they did not donate, every time somebody does this, it raises awareness.
I know my daughter and all her friends did it and didn't donate. I'm assume they are not the only ones who didn't. In any event, I said my peace. I'm personally not going to do it if I'm not going to donate to the cause. That's about the last I will say. It's a great cause. If people feel compelled to support it they should give to the cause.
If your daughter's video, and your daughter's friends' videos convinced even just one other person to make a donation that otherwise may not have, they contributed to the cause in a positive light, even if they didn't follow the arbitrary rules set by the original video. Your daughter is fairly young, no? I don't expect teenagers to contribute, and I don't really have a problem with them doing the videos anyway. Besides, most of the fail videos are young kids, which inadvertently raises even more awareness. Kids walk in the aids walks with their parents and don't contribute, I don't think this is much different. Look at it this way. At least your daughter and her friends are now at least aware (hopefully) of what ALS is, regardless of whether or not they contributed.
Yeah, good point, Chino. For causes that my wife and I donate money or time to, we often have our kids (ages 11, 9, and 4) participate if possible, or we at least try to talk to them about what we are doing. It's not that they are really capable of adding anything to the effort, but it is teaching them so they understand the value of what is going on and are likely to do the same or similar when they are older. And hopefully, others seeing their involvement at such a young age will spur more involvement from others. So, yeah, I think your points are very valid.
Since he was 5 we have given my son money every Christmas, as one of his gifts. He has to give 80% of it to charity. He picks the charity, and can give it all to one charity or spread it out. He distributes it as he see's fit. Fast forward to high school this year. His high school has a community volunteer requirement. In order to graduate, each student is required to donate at least 400 verifiable hours of community volunteer service during their four years of high school. As of right now, just starting his senior year, he has over 1,000. For the last 7 years he's given 100% of his Christmas money to charity, and gives 10% of all the money he earns on his own. I attribute that in part to teaching him to be giving and creating a spirit within him of service to others. Even if people don't donate funds to ALS, raising awareness can never be a bad thing, and it may cause someone to identify, recognize, or contribute to whatever cause they feel passionate about, which can only be positive.
That's great. 400 hours of community service!? I was required to do 20.
National Honors Society was 20 hours If i remember correcly, but never required to just graduate. Thats really awesome though about your son. Seems like you and your family have got your heads on straight and that doesnt seem to be normal anymore.
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You HAVE to dump water on your head or you can't donate.
It's okay, I've never donated to a charity and I never will. It's just who I am; the world NEEDS villains. I'll also probably never dump iced water on my head and videotape it. I do however enjoy that people do this, and charity is never a bad thing. *saves toad from over-chlorinated pool and brings him to nearby lake*
*then uses his body to fish*
*****superstar - but he didn't get far (https://youtu.be/u2gKR422nOQ?t=1m46s)*****
That's exactly how my views are about this.
I can have my own opinion, which means If I choose to, I don't have to accept the challenge.
Which also means I don't have to donate or pour ice water on me.
Which also doesn't make me a cynical asshole.
It's good they're raising awareness. Its great they're rasing a lot of money. The thing is, its just one charity out of how many you could donate to. But due to our society always following(see twitter), this went viral, and if not many people were aware about ALS that's just sad.
Now back to the entertaining ice bucket reactions.. :corn
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I would definitely not say the majority, but that definitely happens. It's an incredibly stressful job and these people get burnt out as hell. It's not really recognized by our society as a "real" job (sort of like parenting) and there's not a ton of assistance out there for people doing it. I had one patient whose loved one was the primary caregiver despite the fact that she was in need of major surgery and had all kinds of health issues, not to mention she had just lost multiple family members and was depressed. She stepped up to the plate because nobody else would, but in that kind of a situation you're just asking to end up in the hospital or worse. But what's the alternative? You let down someone you love and they don't have anybody to take care of them. It's sad. That's why part of my job is support for families/caregivers :)
Overall published numbers are 30-40%, and for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients the number jumps to 63%. This figures from the Alzheimer Assoc. What's even more frightening is the number of people who will develop Alzheimer's is staggering. I read a recent study that said in the next 25 years 1 in 5 people will get it. At any rate, caregivers need all the help they can get. Bless you Jackie for your work and efforts. In case no one tells you very often...thank you!
Edit: The number of caregivers who become clinically depressed is 46-59%. Very stressful.
Oh yeah, I definitely see a lot of depression in the family members/other caregivers I work with. A LOT. Very sad. And thanks :)
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I wanna do it ( a video... I am going to make a donation when my next payday comes around either way) but I'm waiting to see if I get challenged.
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Steel Panther does the IBC and challenges the Pope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwViiRUoYGo
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I wanna do it ( a video... I am going to make a donation when my next payday comes around either way) but I'm waiting to see if I get challenged.
You can do it without being challenged, you know.
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haha :lol
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The Ice Buck-it Challenge.
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I hope this guy doesn't reproduce or vote.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jT6i1kw4rEQ?enablejsapi=1&rel=0
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Homie splains that shit aint right....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRS1AimbRk
"Let that shit marinate" :lol
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Homie splains that shit aint right....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRS1AimbRk
"Let that shit marinate" :lol
"You mother fuckers is doing it all wrong, and you ain't doing it right!"
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Homie splains that shit aint right....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRS1AimbRk
"Let that shit marinate" :lol
For a moment I was hoping it was Homey The Clown, but that was better.
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Homey The Clown
haha............I hardly even saw the show but this one must've aired in Australia when I was just starting school and for some reason it's stayed with me. I can't remember what I did yesterday but the minute I saw this is crystal clear ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1cBuvkEpKs#t=92
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Homie splains that shit aint right....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGRS1AimbRk
"Let that shit marinate" :lol
"You mother fuckers is doing it all wrong, and you ain't doing it right!"
Best video so far. As long as you're wasting a precious resource, you might as well do it right. :rollin
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Homer Simpson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNPtDbykp0
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David Lynch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvkqr-S-1Ac)
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I'd rather see George Lynch do it.
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You know, I did the challenge and donated and what not, but in hindsight I should put a donation date on my calendar, maybe a year from now, and donate then. Problem is, they're flooded with money now, and so they will waste it on stupid stuff. As I understand it, nobody understands what's going on in ALS, so this is an ongoing basic-research thing. Dumping money into research usually just gives money to the hacks.
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Are there rules about who you can call out? Is it supposed to be people you know, or can it be anyone? I am tempted to do it and call out the members of Dream Theater.
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Homer Simpson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNPtDbykp0
If Family Guy did that - the things falling on Peter would go on for 5 minutes - then he'd have a 5 minute fight with the chicken.
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Well, shoot. Now I really wanna see that.
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Are there rules about who you can call out? Is it supposed to be people you know, or can it be anyone? I am tempted to do it and call out the members of Dream Theater.
I think you have enough connections with them to call them out, :lol though JR has already done it (you know that obviously), and he challenged JP.
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I wanna see Kevin Moore do it.
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I wanna see Kevin Moore do it.
His pores would never be open again.
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Two year old F-Bombs after challenge.
Funny as all hell but who does this to kids?! Well, it is funny. :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQT31Noq1eE
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That's not the daughter of "let that shit marinate" dude is it?
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Don't even know. When you're on FB you see everything. :lol
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I just now saw Matt Damon's, that was awesome. What a badass. I wanna see Cloony's.
One little comment though, totally being a stickler for this but I just had the thought while watching it. Damon's toilet's are probably clean enough to drink out of. Most people's toilets are NOT as clean as that lovely porcelain throne he was taking the water out of. Just had to get that out of me. :rollin Still gross. Still awesome. Still Damon. So damn charitable! I do love that he made a comment about water use. I can just see literally every other person who did this, especially the celebs/more political ones just going "Ah SHIT!" :lol
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Homer Simpson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNPtDbykp0
Tauntauns AND a wampa. Nice.
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
Bravo.
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That was excellent.
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Hot
Big tits
Wet clothes
Instant internet fame
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I think I need an ice bucket now...
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
Okay, that has to be my favorite one yet.
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
Very nice.
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
That is REALLY awesome, actually. GREAT job! :clap:
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Thanks guys!
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I approve :tup
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That was cool. I really love the silent movie style. Well played :tup
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
That was great! Well done. :coolio
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I am rather happy I did the challenge, mostly because the naysayers and Negative Nancys that seem to populate the Facebooks now are now "the other guys".
Most ridiculous one I heard today: We shouldn't use water because places like Australia are struggling with water.
This dumb, senseless shit is being shared all over FB: https://tinyurl.com/nvfwvx6
And now Thomas Lang perpetuates it as well, although the cymbals were neat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uHcbf8g4OI
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Scard, I had to go back and watch yours again just now because, honestly, it is the best of all the ones I have seen, and that includes the celeb videos. You guys should get national recognition from ALSA for that.
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Scard, I had to go back and watch yours again just now because, honestly, it is the best of all the ones I have seen, and that includes the celeb videos. You guys should get national recognition from ALSA for that.
I agree with this wholeheartedly.
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Scard, I had to go back and watch yours again just now because, honestly, it is the best of all the ones I have seen, and that includes the celeb videos. You guys should get national recognition from ALSA for that.
I agree with this wholeheartedly.
This isn't the first silent film IBC that I've seen, but that doesn't make yours any less awesome.
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My girlfriend and I did it. We tried to do something a little different...It was a lot of fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=War8z7FT9g4
Brilliant!! Loved it!! :metal
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Scard, I had to go back and watch yours again just now because, honestly, it is the best of all the ones I have seen, and that includes the celeb videos. You guys should get national recognition from ALSA for that.
Did you see David Grohl's?
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:lol
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Scard, I had to go back and watch yours again just now because, honestly, it is the best of all the ones I have seen, and that includes the celeb videos. You guys should get national recognition from ALSA for that.
Well, I hope I wasn't being too forward, but I sent a link to ALSA's media relations department, and their Communications Director emailed me back and said: "Right, this is a great one!"
Once again, well done, Scard.
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I posted it on FB.
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Scard, I had to go back and watch yours again just now because, honestly, it is the best of all the ones I have seen, and that includes the celeb videos. You guys should get national recognition from ALSA for that.
Well, I hope I wasn't being to forward, but I sent a link to ALSA's media relations department, and their Communications Director emailed me back and said: "Right, this is a great one!"
Once again, well done, Scard.
Not being forward at all! That's awesome, man. I didn't even think to submit it anywhere. Thanks again!
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I posted it on FB.
Nice!
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The dude who let the ice bucket land on his 9 month old grand kid... :facepalm: