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ALS ice water challenge

  • SportsAndLady
    These things are all over my Facebook. Annoying me.
  • DeyDurkie5
    Donate the money instead of looking like a retard
  • Iliketurtles
    Yeah same here. There was a funny one of this chick who when her brother went to throw the bucket of water on her, his hand slipped off the handle and it hit her right in the face. It was hilarious.
  • vball10set
    DeyDurkie5;1643973 wrote:Donate the money instead of looking like a retard

    This...cheap asses.
  • Automatik
    DeyDurkie5;1643973 wrote:Donate the money instead of looking like a retard
    I just ignore all of it.
  • Fab4Runner
    I believe you are still supposed to donate a small amount even if you do the challenge. It's a larger amount if you do not.

    It can get annoying, but it has definitely raised awareness and a lot of money. I can't really be mad at that.
  • sleeper
    Raising awareness is dumb. Fundraising is largely dumb too since most medical research is funded by US taxpayers via grants. Most of your money that you donate goes to non-profits with high overhead costs and marketing budgets with a small portion going towards funding research projects(even that is a racket since most research projects are just to employ a bunch of nerdy scientists with overpriced degrees).

    In other words, I view almost all medical fundraising gimmicks as scams.
  • vball10set
    Fab4Runner;1644193 wrote:I believe you are still supposed to donate a small amount even if you do the challenge. It's a larger amount if you do not.
    This may have been the original intent, but the challenges I've seen declare "either dump the water OR donate". Unfortunately this will flame out within a week or two, but I guess that's better than not being aware of the devastation of ALS at all.
  • wildcats20
    They raised over $1 mil just yesterday alone. I'd say it's working.

    As far as the donation thing, I've seen it as do it and donate $25 or don't and donate $100.
  • vball10set
    sleeper;1644195 wrote:Raising awareness is dumb. Fundraising is largely dumb too since most medical research is funded by US taxpayers via grants. Most of your money that you donate goes to non-profits with high overhead costs and marketing budgets with a small portion going towards funding research projects(even that is a racket since most research projects are just to employ a bunch of nerdy scientists with overpriced degrees).

    In other words, I view almost all medical fundraising gimmicks as scams.
    See Foundations: Komen, Susan G.
  • vball10set
    wildcats20;1644198 wrote:They raised over $1 mil just yesterday alone. I'd say it's working.

    http://www.alsa.org/news/archive/als-ice-bucket-challenge.html
  • wildcats20
    @darrenrovell: ALS Association wide donations yesterday broke single-day record: $1.9 million #IceBucketChallenge
  • vball10set
    wildcats20;1644203 wrote:@darrenrovell: ALS Association wide donations yesterday broke single-day record: $1.9 million #IceBucketChallenge

    I wasn't refuting your post, I was just reinforcing the impact the challenge has had on donations.
  • Heretic
    wildcats20;1644198 wrote:They raised over $1 mil just yesterday alone. I'd say it's working.

    As far as the donation thing, I've seen it as do it and donate $25 or don't and donate $100.
    Or just ignore every mention of the whole thing and donate $0!
  • wildcats20
    vball10set;1644206 wrote:I wasn't refuting your post, I was just reinforcing the impact the challenge has had on donations.
    I assumed that. Not really sure why I quoted your post, kind of a habit I guess.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    sleeper;1644195 wrote:Raising awareness is dumb. Fundraising is largely dumb too since most medical research is funded by US taxpayers via grants. Most of your money that you donate goes to non-profits with high overhead costs and marketing budgets with a small portion going towards funding research projects(even that is a racket since most research projects are just to employ a bunch of nerdy scientists with overpriced degrees).

    In other words, I view almost all medical fundraising gimmicks as scams.
    Don't tell anyone, i like my paycheck.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    DeyDurkie5;1643973 wrote:Donate the money instead of looking like a retard
    they've raised a few million from it, pretty sure people are doing both.
  • thavoice
    sleeper;1644195 wrote:Raising awareness is dumb. Fundraising is largely dumb too since most medical research is funded by US taxpayers via grants. Most of your money that you donate goes to non-profits with high overhead costs and marketing budgets with a small portion going towards funding research projects(even that is a racket since most research projects are just to employ a bunch of nerdy scientists with overpriced degrees).

    In other words, I view almost all medical fundraising gimmicks as scams.
    Some truth to that. I dont mind donating money and such, but tend to do it mostly to just local fundraisers that people hold instead of the big ones because of the things you brought up.
  • ts1227
    Fab4Runner;1644193 wrote:I believe you are still supposed to donate a small amount even if you do the challenge. It's a larger amount if you do not.

    It can get annoying, but it has definitely raised awareness and a lot of money. I can't really be mad at that.
    This. Is the whole thing dumb as fuck and am I beyond tired of seeing these dumbasses on my feeds? Yes. But, if dumb viral shit is what it takes to get people to donate, it's not a bad trade off.

    In a perfect world people would just donate without a viral activity around it, but in reality this is what it takes to get people interested.
  • Mohican00
    So the president declines this challenge and donates $100 instead.

    GLAD TO SEE THE POTUS ACTING LIKE THE POTUS, HUH GUYS?

    http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/08/13/obama-rejects-als-ice-bucket-challenge-will-donate-to-charity-instead/
  • TedSheckler
    Mohican00;1644245 wrote:So the president declines this challenge
    I'm guessing he didn't want to ruin his golf clothes or take a break from his golf and vacation.
  • Mohican00
    TedSheckler;1644249 wrote:I'm guessing he didn't want to ruin his golf clothes or take a break from his golf and vacation.
    I heard he was tired of getting letters of reprimand from SNL telling him to act his part as the president.
  • Tiernan
    Little known fact before Lou Gehrig got ALS it was known as Spanky Longwood's disease. Spanky was a pinch-runner for the old Boston Americans. ALS researchers were actually glad Lou Gehrig got it because donations to Spanky Longwood disease were going nowhere.
  • vball10set
    I'd rather donate to finding the cure rather than the awareness, but that's just me.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    Best one yet

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