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Post by Ursiel on Aug 25, 2014 14:20:38 GMT -6
The action of dumping a bucket of ice water on your head is also supposed to have a similar effect on a person's body as that of what ALS does to a person. The intense shock to your nervous system is supposedly similar.
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Post by Drillwarrior on Aug 25, 2014 16:10:24 GMT -6
I honestly challenged no one on this site. I tagged you because I thought you would find it funny to see me dump a bucket of ice water on my head and donate money to charity. Instead, the majority of you have said things which imply this is dumb and stupid. Only ragda and maybe bystander seems to have gotten why I posted what I did. :/
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Post by Yoh Komori on Aug 25, 2014 21:13:09 GMT -6
My mistake on getting tagged thinking it's you challenging me.
and again, I want to stress this: the cause is good and so is the action, if like you, said person who performs this action donates.
I find the lack of people in the 18-24 age range who know what ALS is and usderstand why this challenge gives a person a sense of the illness dumb and stupid, since so few even check to see what ALS means, and fewer still seem to get the connection to the frozen water sensation.
I don't find your action stupid at all. It's a noble cause.
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Post by Key on Aug 25, 2014 23:48:50 GMT -6
Do you know how many times overheard people say they are donating to the "ASL(American sign language), ACL(a muscle in your arm???), CSL(I have yet to even find what this could have been), and ACS(same as the last)" foundations when they really mean the ALS foundation? I laughed at this. Oh man ... society ....
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Post by bystander on Aug 26, 2014 8:52:40 GMT -6
I find the lack of people in the 18-24 age range who know what ALS is and usderstand why this challenge gives a person a sense of the illness dumb and stupid, since so few even check to see what ALS means, and fewer still seem to get the connection to the frozen water sensation. I find the lack of understanding of these people disturbing. Me, I know exactly what ALS does to a person. As a native New Yorker and a die-hard Yankees fan you can not know about ALS. For all those individuals for don't get the relation between the baseball team and the disease go find and watch "The Pride of the Yankees".
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Post by Yoh Komori on Aug 26, 2014 18:06:49 GMT -6
I find the lack of people in the 18-24 age range who know what ALS is and usderstand why this challenge gives a person a sense of the illness dumb and stupid, since so few even check to see what ALS means, and fewer still seem to get the connection to the frozen water sensation. I find the lack of understanding of these people disturbing. Me, I know exactly what ALS does to a person. As a native New Yorker and a die-hard Yankees fan you can not know about ALS. For all those individuals for don't get the relation between the baseball team and the disease go find and watch "The Pride of the Yankees". ^ that right there shows someone paid attention growing up, or did research at some point before this hoopla. That's the kind of understanding im surprised more people under 20 don't have. There is more to life than the latest pop song/athlete's stats/ hipster trend. :/
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Post by Dragon in the Shadows on Aug 28, 2014 6:30:19 GMT -6
I have been nominated and did not do the challenge or donate to an ALS cause. I instead chose to donate to one of my other charities instead. Here's why, this whole thing is a fad. Charity should not be done simply because it's what everyone else is doing. Charity should be done because you care about the cause. Now I do care about ALS and will donate for ALS research in the future, after this fad has run it's course and funding starts to diminish, but it will not be related to the ALS ice bucket challenge.
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Post by Drillwarrior on Aug 28, 2014 8:26:57 GMT -6
Wow, rejecting charity just because it's a "fad" such a fucking hipster.
So many of you honestly make me sad for humanity.
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Post by Dragon in the Shadows on Aug 28, 2014 9:37:10 GMT -6
I'm not by any means rejecting the charity, just the challenge. To me the challenge takes away from the act of charity. It's a shameless guilt trip and nothing more.
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Post by Yoh Komori on Aug 28, 2014 14:40:11 GMT -6
Wow, rejecting charity just because it's a "fad" such a fucking hipster. So many of you honestly make me sad for humanity. Sorry drill but I call bullspit. If not for this challenge I would never have realized you seem to care so much about this. He just said hes gonna donate, so what are you complaining about? So far all ive seen is people jumping on a bandwagon, and lynching those who don't. DitS is right, it's not charity if peer pressure is involved. You have to want to support that cause or foundation. I support dimentia research, because it's in my family. I support charitiy sports games/tournaments locally because I've had people pass/knew these people and want to honor their memory. My point is why support a cause you have no affiliation to or wanton to contribute to. Choosing to donate to something else makes perfect sense. You have a pledge, and that means the foundation will prosper, not doing the stunt because he chooses not to is perfectly acceptable. In short your being childish and immature. :/
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Post by bystander on Aug 28, 2014 15:16:08 GMT -6
I find the lack of understanding of these people disturbing. Me, I know exactly what ALS does to a person. As a native New Yorker and a die-hard Yankees fan you can not know about ALS. For all those individuals for don't get the relation between the baseball team and the disease go find and watch "The Pride of the Yankees". ^ that right there shows someone paid attention growing up, or did research at some point before this hoopla. That's the kind of understanding im surprised more people under 20 don't have. There is more to life than the latest pop song/athlete's stats/ hipster trend. :/ I saw the movie many times over the course of my life time, I watch it every time it comes on now.
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