ice bucket challenge???

chocolate_ladyland · 08.14.2014, 11:41 AM

a valuable cause, another lazy, misguided and narcissistic movement in armchair activism, or harmless fun that at it's worst gets people cold and at it's best sends some money towards ALS research.

I side with the third option. how about you? if you were nominated, would you do one?

!@#$%! · 08.14.2014, 11:44 AM

don't know what you're talking about but i'll venture that "narcissistic" seems the correct assessment of anything done in public view.

chocolate_ladyland · 08.14.2014, 12:21 PM

http://www.businessinsider.com/ice-b...nadella-2014-8

!@#$%! · 08.14.2014, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by chocolate_ladyland

http://www.businessinsider.com/ice-b...nadella-2014-8

they want to stomp ALS?

al pacino, al bundy and al sharpton must be pissed

anyway, narcissism is still the right answer. yes?

Rob Instigator · 08.14.2014, 01:11 PM

rich fucks spend $500,000 to throw gala events that end up raising $8,000 for some local charity. crock OF SHIT.

there is no self-aggrandizing or congratulatory pats on the back if the rich fucks just give $500,000 directly to a charity.

Many celebs and rich people donate tons of money and time without the publicity whore aspect. wish they all did.

!@#$%! · 08.14.2014, 01:14 PM

and i still don't know what the fuck ALS is and i won't know about it until someone tells me because i refuse to accept the presumption that i should know this shit acronym or should have to google for it. that's right. i'm not googling it. no way.

Rob Instigator · 08.14.2014, 02:37 PM

Lou Gherig's disease

EVOLghost · 08.14.2014, 04:45 PM

5% A, 80% B, an 15%C

!@#$%! · 08.14.2014, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Lou Gherig's disease

but wouldn't that be LGD???

i'm confused!!

Rob Instigator · 08.15.2014, 08:11 AM

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed

!@#$%! · 08.15.2014, 08:44 AM

thanks rob. and now i feel like a fucking asshole!

Savage Clone · 08.15.2014, 08:51 AM

Maybe if he had said Stephen Hawking instead of Lou Gehrig at first...

!@#$%! · 08.15.2014, 08:59 AM

oh no, that's multiple sclerosis i think

a different sclerosis

either way fucked up

o wait no no no

you're right

LifeDistortion · 08.19.2014, 01:51 PM

I'm all for awareness. Just like you asked "what's ALS?" At least something as lame as the ice bucket challenge will get people to ask and become aware of it. Is this a disease that can be easily wiped out with the right breakthrough? I have no idea, yes this is a fad that will have its time and then be forgotten about except for those that suffer it, but at least if it gets the information out there its a small victory.

tw2113 · 08.19.2014, 09:31 PM

I wouldn't call it a challenge in August. If it were January, sure. Otherwise it's just a quick way to cool down briefly + raise some apparent money.

Pookie · 08.21.2014, 02:30 AM

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/56962...ushpmg00000013

!@#$%! · 08.21.2014, 04:17 AM

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http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/56962...ushpmg00000013

Oh, fucking priceless...

Thanks for posting that.

I've always thought that charity is bullshit and window dressing and this confirms it.

As for the sequester legislation there is a reason so many liberals signed it--- it was meant not to take effect. A sort of suicide pill. But the usual fuckers ended up cutting their noses to spite their faces, and everyone lost.

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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	rich fucks spend $500,000 to throw gala events that end up raising $8,000 for some local charity. crock OF SHIT. there is no self-aggrandizing or congratulatory pats on the back if the rich fucks just give $500,000 directly to a charity. Many celebs and rich people donate tons of money and time without the publicity whore aspect. wish they all did. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	and i still don't know what the fuck ALS is and i won't know about it until someone tells me because i refuse to accept the presumption that i should know this shit acronym or should have to google for it. that's right. i'm not googling it. no way.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Lou Gherig's disease __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.15.2014, 08:11 AM	#10
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	thanks rob. and now i feel like a fucking asshole!
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08.15.2014, 08:59 AM	#13
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	oh no, that's multiple sclerosis i think a different sclerosis either way fucked up o wait no no no you're right
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08.19.2014, 01:51 PM	#14
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	I'm all for awareness. Just like you asked "what's ALS?" At least something as lame as the ice bucket challenge will get people to ask and become aware of it. Is this a disease that can be easily wiped out with the right breakthrough? I have no idea, yes this is a fad that will have its time and then be forgotten about except for those that suffer it, but at least if it gets the information out there its a small victory.
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tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,156	I wouldn't call it a challenge in August. If it were January, sure. Otherwise it's just a quick way to cool down briefly + raise some apparent money. __________________ Shake shake
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/56962...ushpmg00000013
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