Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS

[dillanharp]

Places with water surpluses don't send their water to places with water shortages because then we wouldn't have fucking water shortages or fucking deserts or fucking cottonmouth.

That's exactly how L.A. gets it's water...

If this has you bothered you need jesus.

[chuck d]

I can't believe all these people are wasting so much water dumping it over their heads! If that water wasn't getting dumped on their heads it would be getting diverted to drought stricken climes all over the world, right? Oh wait, that's not how water systems work. Places with water surpluses don't send their water to places with water shortages because then we wouldn't have fucking water shortages or fucking deserts or fucking cottonmouth. Pretty sure if the fat kid next door took a break from the slip n slide for a week people in California wouldn't all of sudden have their britas brimming over. Access to water is about economics and politics not about some girl you knew in eighth grade dumping a bucketful over her cousin's head. #twobathsadayallsummerlongbitches

http://www.worldometers.info/water/

http://www.vice.com/read/save-water-ban-golf-815

The production of biofuels has also increased sharply in recent years, with significant impact on water demand. Between 1,000 and 4,000 litres of water are needed to produce a single litre of biofuel.

[pizzafliptofakie]

I swear it took like a week of seeing these videos pop up before I was finally informed what the cause was. Goes to show how good of a job they've been doing.

[Tufty]

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Those internet fads only make me depressed. Depressed because I realise that people are too stupid for anything else than copying stupid stuff on the internet and display them on youtube or other social networks.

 Charity is bullshit. Raise awareness for ALS?? What about the other syndromes or whatever? What about the declining health systems worldwidely??? Those things are way too serious to rely on charity from celebrities. Yet somehow people bite that and believe that charity can fix things and fill holes.... Especially because its easy, sometimes "fun" and requires zero thought. Charity is a worldwide PR scam and cover for crimes.

 To the OP. The only thing that troubles you is wasted water? The first world wastes that amount of water everytime anyone pees or takes a shit.

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There are far less noble things to spend money on than donating it to charity, particularly to a disease like ALS which is a motherfucker (any relatives that have it?).  Also I think it's lame to criticize somebody for donating to a specific charity and not OTHER charities... like it's selfish or something.

As I said above, it's a fad, it's annoying... i hate the way celebrities turn it into a spectacle instead of just donating money for the good of it, but it's WORKING!  These stupid videos bring attention to the foundation which bring awareness which brings donations.  It's a great idea really.

Now whether any of that money actually DOES anything is a different discussion... I read somewhere a long time ago that like 3 to 4% of money raised by the American Cancer Foundation goes towards actual research.

Thats what you understood? That I criticize people for not giving to every charity? You make me even more depressed... Charity is bullshit it is used for building the public image for a company and avoiding taxes thus doing very little to NO GOOD at all, to the decline of health systems worldwidely that seem to deprive treatment for more people every year.

 You know from what else is the research funded? From taxes. Yeah those taxes that rich people and companies can evade from charity or hiding their money on tax heavens, which is a legal crime. However no problem you can donate some of the money you steal and build your image and have a pass. The same applies to public health systems.

 Health is not a commodity, is not a PR trick and its not some bullshit internet fad. Its something serious , an investment for the future of humanity beyond numbers and stupid market rules.

 No access to treatment is economical Nazism. The poor are sentenced to death not because of their race but their incapability to pay the medical bills. And charity doesnt seem to fix that all these years for the masses, as more and more people cant access treatment every year....

[KoRnholio8]

so did any of these bucket challenges turn into wet t-shirt contests? post examples

[ill_Murray]

So some facebook fuck gets his internet rocks off by being the center of attention for 30 seconds by dumping water on themselves under the guise of helping a charity?

Lame.

[dillanharp]

[ill_Murray]

^Fucking gold right there

[RCB3]

Agree with a lot of people on how these type of things are an ego boost for people who show off how "generous" and "charitable" they are. Hopefully people are actually donating when they do it and even though social media trends can be lame, at least it's raising awareness to cure something and not something negative.

The whole water wasting thing is bullshit to me. Hopefully everyone criticizing it because of that is doing everything they can to conserve water because of the drought and in times of no drought also because water is something that will keep getting bigger as an issue in the next decade.

Whatever you think about it, this page is worth your time to check out people getting smoked in the dome. It really does show how stupid people are and how a lot of people don't realize they can even pick up a bucket full of ice water.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/just-donate-the-money

[skateboardnorth]

I have to say that this is the best "waste" of water on the planet.  Most of my friends had no idea what ALS was until this thing happened.  In my opinion ALS is even worse than AIDS and Cancer.  It fully robs people of all their motor skills, leaving them trapped in their own body with a fully functioning mind, and usually kills them within 5 years.  Like it or not, it is raising awareness!!

I would bet that those who complain about the waste of water don't do anything to save or preserve our fresh water on the planet themselves.  Flushing the toilet too often is a waste, taking a long shower is a waste, filling up swimming pools is a waste, washing our vehicles is a waste.........the list can go on about things that waste A LOT more water than this challenge that is out there to help people with a horrible disease. 

Lastly I beg everyone on here to watch the trailer for this documentary about a famous guitar player who got ALS and has been surviving somehow.  It's really inspiring and will make you not take life for granted.  The full doc is online somewhere and it's a great story. His dad even invented sign language through his eye movements to communicate with him.

[Glue Reed]

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Those internet fads only make me depressed. Depressed because I realise that people are too stupid for anything else than copying stupid stuff on the internet and display them on youtube or other social networks.

 Charity is bullshit. Raise awareness for ALS?? What about the other syndromes or whatever? What about the declining health systems worldwidely??? Those things are way too serious to rely on charity from celebrities. Yet somehow people bite that and believe that charity can fix things and fill holes.... Especially because its easy, sometimes "fun" and requires zero thought. Charity is a worldwide PR scam and cover for crimes.

 To the OP. The only thing that troubles you is wasted water? The first world wastes that amount of water everytime anyone pees or takes a shit.

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There are far less noble things to spend money on than donating it to charity, particularly to a disease like ALS which is a motherfucker (any relatives that have it?).  Also I think it's lame to criticize somebody for donating to a specific charity and not OTHER charities... like it's selfish or something.

As I said above, it's a fad, it's annoying... i hate the way celebrities turn it into a spectacle instead of just donating money for the good of it, but it's WORKING!  These stupid videos bring attention to the foundation which bring awareness which brings donations.  It's a great idea really.

Now whether any of that money actually DOES anything is a different discussion... I read somewhere a long time ago that like 3 to 4% of money raised by the American Cancer Foundation goes towards actual research.

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Thats what you understood? That I criticize people for not giving to every charity? You make me even more depressed... Charity is bullshit it is used for building the public image for a company and avoiding taxes thus doing very little to NO GOOD at all, to the decline of health systems worldwidely that seem to deprive treatment for more people every year.

 You know from what else is the research funded? From taxes. Yeah those taxes that rich people and companies can evade from charity or hiding their money on tax heavens, which is a legal crime. However no problem you can donate some of the money you steal and build your image and have a pass. The same applies to public health systems.

 Health is not a commodity, is not a PR trick and its not some bullshit internet fad. Its something serious , an investment for the future of humanity beyond numbers and stupid market rules.

 No access to treatment is economical Nazism. The poor are sentenced to death not because of their race but their incapability to pay the medical bills. And charity doesnt seem to fix that all these years for the masses, as more and more people cant access treatment every year....

Oh blah blah blah... I'm not gonna bother arguing with your bullshit high school nihilism.  if you get so bent out of shape about something like this you are clearly just sitting behind your computer, hating shit and pretending to be a radical (i.e. doing nothing).

I have a relative with ALS, its fucking awful, and this brings awareness (just the fact we are talking about it is proof) to a horrible disease most people didn't even know about a month ago.  Whomever thought of this took the stupid, attention whoring of "internet fame" and made it useful.

[skateboardnorth]

I swear it took like a week of seeing these videos pop up before I was finally informed what the cause was. Goes to show how good of a job they've been doing.

But you now know.  So it did work!  Go do some research on the disease man.  Even donate if you feel so inclined, trust me it's worth it!  There are different places to donate to and some help patients get wheelchairs and pay for medical equipment.

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

This is a way better-conceived campaign than the "Ice Vat Challenge" I tried to start last year, where participants were completely submerged in vats of ice water.

The key difference, I think, is that they've been smart enough to use people without ALS.

[abudabi]

This is a way better-conceived campaign than the "Ice Vat Challenge" I tried to start last year, where participants were completely submerged in vats of ice water.

The key difference, I think, is that they've been smart enough to use people without ALS.

was the idea behind this post to make people hate u?

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

No the idea behind that post was that I submerged people suffering from ALS in vats of ice water until they died.

[abudabi]

No the idea behind that post was that I submerged people suffering from ALS in vats of ice water until they died.

i hope are either regular or have some terrible shit going on in your life

edit: i was gonna fix my spelling mistake but instead ill just say i hope u die a horrible death

[seriously dude]

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Places with water surpluses don't send their water to places with water shortages because then we wouldn't have fucking water shortages or fucking deserts or fucking cottonmouth.

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That's exactly how L.A. gets it's water...

If this has you bothered you need jesus.

Read the whole post you lame. And yes I know where LA gets it's water from. I've seen Chinatown.

[HIHB]

So I am sure we've all seen this new "Ice Bucket Challenge" in order to raise awareness of the ALS disease more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis ).  People are dumping water on them selves and nominating others to do the same- if they reject it they must donate $100 to the research for ALS.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge

Being from California which is currently in a drought I thought this is fucking silly that people are dumping buckets of water and ice in order to avoid donations. My biggest thing with is that what the fuck does water have to do with finding a cure or helping people with ALS?

What do you guys think?

The ice water being dumped on your head makes you feel frozen for a second, like people with ALS feel all the time.

[skateboardnorth]

This video explains how the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge started.  It's worth a watch http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:11366483

[Tufty]

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Those internet fads only make me depressed. Depressed because I realise that people are too stupid for anything else than copying stupid stuff on the internet and display them on youtube or other social networks.

 Charity is bullshit. Raise awareness for ALS?? What about the other syndromes or whatever? What about the declining health systems worldwidely??? Those things are way too serious to rely on charity from celebrities. Yet somehow people bite that and believe that charity can fix things and fill holes.... Especially because its easy, sometimes "fun" and requires zero thought. Charity is a worldwide PR scam and cover for crimes.

 To the OP. The only thing that troubles you is wasted water? The first world wastes that amount of water everytime anyone pees or takes a shit.

[close]

There are far less noble things to spend money on than donating it to charity, particularly to a disease like ALS which is a motherfucker (any relatives that have it?).  Also I think it's lame to criticize somebody for donating to a specific charity and not OTHER charities... like it's selfish or something.

As I said above, it's a fad, it's annoying... i hate the way celebrities turn it into a spectacle instead of just donating money for the good of it, but it's WORKING!  These stupid videos bring attention to the foundation which bring awareness which brings donations.  It's a great idea really.

Now whether any of that money actually DOES anything is a different discussion... I read somewhere a long time ago that like 3 to 4% of money raised by the American Cancer Foundation goes towards actual research.

[close]

Thats what you understood? That I criticize people for not giving to every charity? You make me even more depressed... Charity is bullshit it is used for building the public image for a company and avoiding taxes thus doing very little to NO GOOD at all, to the decline of health systems worldwidely that seem to deprive treatment for more people every year.

 You know from what else is the research funded? From taxes. Yeah those taxes that rich people and companies can evade from charity or hiding their money on tax heavens, which is a legal crime. However no problem you can donate some of the money you steal and build your image and have a pass. The same applies to public health systems.

 Health is not a commodity, is not a PR trick and its not some bullshit internet fad. Its something serious , an investment for the future of humanity beyond numbers and stupid market rules.

 No access to treatment is economical Nazism. The poor are sentenced to death not because of their race but their incapability to pay the medical bills. And charity doesnt seem to fix that all these years for the masses, as more and more people cant access treatment every year....

[close]

Oh blah blah blah... I'm not gonna bother arguing with your bullshit high school nihilism.  if you get so bent out of shape about something like this you are clearly just sitting behind your computer, hating shit and pretending to be a radical (i.e. doing nothing).

I have a relative with ALS, its fucking awful, and this brings awareness (just the fact we are talking about it is proof) to a horrible disease most people didn't even know about a month ago.  Whomever thought of this took the stupid, attention whoring of "internet fame" and made it useful.

Of course you are not going to argue because you got nothing to say except idiotic stuff about knowing me and what I have done in my life... I hope your relative gets something out of this but I highly doubt it. You are disillusioned as fuck.

[Baron Samedi]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153235802013797&set=vb.5769333796&type=2&theater

[KoRnholio8]

[dillanharp]

So one of the guys who started this drowned over the weekend.
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/20/co_founder_of_als_ice_bucket_challenge_drowns_at_age_27/
Not in a bucket though.

[@thewilleasley]