[Speed2K]

Someone posted a video from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on the Canuck thread; I didn't know much about ALS so I googled it.

So what is ALS?

From ALS Canada website:

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. People living with the disease become progressively paralyzed due to degeneration of the upper and lower motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Eighty per cent of people with ALS die within two to five years of diagnosis– unable to breathe or swallow. Ten per cent of those affected may live for 10 years or longer.

Other neurodegenerative diseases include Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. According to the World Health Organization, neurodegenerative diseases are predicted to surpass cancer as the second leading cause of death in Canada by 2040.

ALS has no known cure or effective treatment yet. For every person diagnosed with ALS, a person living with ALS dies. Approximately 2,500 - 3,000 Canadians currently live with this fatal disease.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is being used to raise awareness and funds for ALS.

Here are my favorite, top 10, challenges that I thought were quite creative and fun to watch.

BizNasty (aka:Paul Bissonnette)
Paul Bissonnette ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

Bill Gates:
Bill Gates Accepts Mark Zuckerberg?s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge In Big Way - YouTube

New England Patriots:
Robert Kraft, Patriots takes the ice bucket challenge - YouTube

Some random dude named DJ.
World's Smoothest ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

NY Jets:
New York Jets Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

PK Subban:
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: P.K. Subban - YouTube

Jimmy Fallon:
Rob Riggle, Horatio Sanz, Higgins, The Roots,$& Jimmy Take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

Marian Gaborik:
Marian Gaborik ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

Ronda Roussey:
Ronda Rousey Accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

Conan O'brien (this one is hilarious)
Conan Takes The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[trip]

started one and sent out a few challenges a few hours ago

should have chose a warmer day lol

[RRxtar]

this is a pretty sweet idea! awesome how many rich/celebrity people are getting involved as well! havent seen any regular folk on my facebook get challenged yet tho

[boatcaptain]

my previous boss pass away from ALS :(

[SupraMan604]

My father currently has ALS....:(
Glad all those celebrities are helping to do something about it.

[parm104]

My father currently has ALS....:(
Glad all those celebrities are helping to do something about it.

May God give your father the strength to fight through this difficult time. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[sam0m0]

Triple H takes the "Ice Bucket Challenge" - YouTube

Oprah ice bucket challenge - YouTube

Mark Zuckerberg ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

The Rock | ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[blkgsr]

are any other these pros/celebrities doing any donations or are they just making videos??

because unless they're doing something more than making a 2 min video and challenging others to do the same it's not really doing much more than getting the name out there....while i understand that is a good thing on it's own, the money can actually be used for research

[asian_XL]

Shaquille O'Neal Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[rsx]

Prepare for girls to be taking this "challenge" so they can wear skimpy clothing and get wet...

[dangonay]

are any other these pros/celebrities doing any donations or are they just making videos??

because unless they're doing something more than making a 2 min video and challenging others to do the same it's not really doing much more than getting the name out there....while i understand that is a good thing on it's own, the money can actually be used for research

The donations this year are already millions ahead of last year for the same time period, so it appears this challenge is doing what it should: bringing awareness to ALS and raising money. How is any of this bad?

Everyone knows about HIV, cancer, diabetes and even Parkinson's (Michael J Fox). How many people really know anything about ALS?

[jeedee]

Prepare for girls to be taking this "challenge" so they can wear skimpy clothing and get wet...

that sounds pretty awesome to me

[Tim Budong]

Vince McMahon takes part in the "Ice Bucket Challenge" - YouTube

[dangonay]

^ YES. Finally someone called out Trump. I wanna see if his hair holds up. :)

And Kermit The Frog? Epic choice.

[nah]

The story of how this started...

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:11366483

[pinn3r]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNpTGfqW2w

[frozen]

Ya, eventually this ALS ice bucket challenge crap will spread like cancer with morons just promoting themselves rather than donating $.

[tiger_handheld]

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/donate.aspx?eventid=56456&langpref=en-CA&Referrer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.als.ca%2fen%2fdonate

I don't know much about ALS or what it does, so these videos did increase my awareness of it. If you guys wanna actually donate some money....

[flawless]

Here are some more:

The best Ice Bucket Challenge videos from the rich and famous | The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/15/6004099/25-best-ceo-celebrity-ice-bucket-challenge-videos-als-charity)

[blkgsr]

The donations this year are already millions ahead of last year for the same time period, so it appears this challenge is doing what it should: bringing awareness to ALS and raising money. How is any of this bad?

Everyone knows about HIV, cancer, diabetes and even Parkinson's (Michael J Fox). How many people really know anything about ALS?


if the money is coming in the i guess it's doing exactly what i hoped it was....reread what i wrote

[murd0c]

I just find it so cool that the richest and most powerful people in the world are doing this challenge.. It's kinda neat seeing them act like regular people on this rare ocassion

[FerrariEnzo]

People whos wearing suits and other heavy type clothing wouldnt really feel the coldness... lol

[underscore]

Charlie Sheen did it, with a twist:

http://i.imgur.com/Bnqy9Lx.gif

Weird Al got in on it too:

http://i.imgur.com/K4EwLeM.gif

http://i.imgur.com/mpys6IZ.gif

http://i.imgur.com/ZmsqWLJ.gif

http://i.imgur.com/bb3EU2u.gif

http://i.imgur.com/WTri1zX.gif

[murd0c]

If the pope did it the ice/water would evaporate before it touched him

[Ch28]

Charlie Sheen did it, with a twist:

http://i.imgur.com/Bnqy9Lx.gif

That's actually really cool of him.

Not like 10k is going to matter since he makes like 1+ mill per episode lol

[trancehead]

Charlie Sheen did it, with a twist:

http://i.imgur.com/Bnqy9Lx.gif



Charlie Sheen -- Ice Bucket Challenge with a BIG Twist - YouTube

still winning

[parm104]

That's actually really cool of him.

Not like 10k is going to matter since he makes like 1+ mill per episode lol

I hate when people talk like that...Charity isn't measured by whether or not giving makes a difference to one's personal finances but rather the simple gesture of selflessly giving to those who are in need.

$10,000 may not matter to him but it's still a huge gesture.

[meme405]

Tiesto ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

Tiesto, in style.

[underscore]

Charlie Sheen -- Ice Bucket Challenge with a BIG Twist - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qat9gR5nrpM)

still winning

the gifs left out the best part, he was called out by Miller and then he called out the Two and a Half Men guys (John Cryer, Chuck Lohre, and Ashton Kutcher) to match his $10k :lawl:

[GS8]

I studied ALS about 10 years ago when assisted suicide became a hot topic. Not only did it help me understand that debate but also just how serious this disease is. I donate a few times since then. I guess any donation is better than no donation but I sincerely hope people are donating through awareness and not because their favorite celebrity dumped ice on their heads.

[Ch28]

Ice Bucket Challenge: Gary Bettman - YouTube

Jay and Dan Accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[Mr.HappySilp]

G.E.M.?????ALS Ice Bucket Challenge???? - YouTube

seems pretty weak compare to the N.American version.

[Hondaracer]

Fuck Gary bettman got a nice place lol

[SpartanAir]

Re: ‪#‎ALSicebucketchallenge‬:

Today:
Wow, look at all these videos of people dumping ice water on themselves! Talk about going viral, they've raised millions for ALS!

15 years from now:
Hey Dad, check out this video of this crazy dude dumping like $200 worth of fresh water over his head...wait, how many of these videos are there??

[Grandmaster TSE]

avengers assemble!

RDJ takes the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS - YouTube

Chris Hemsworth Ice bucket challenge - YouTube

[underscore]

Steve-O is weighing in on the trend, and he's got a good point. How the fuck did Charlie Sheen and Steve-O become the voices of reason?

http://i.imgur.com/sW1zYOe.png

[7seven]

Time for some ice bucket challenge fails

Ice Bucket Challenge Fail - YouTube

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge EPIC FAIL! - YouTube

Epic FAIL ALS Ice Bucket Challenge #icebucketchallenge - YouTube

Ice Bucket challenge fail 3 - YouTube

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge FAIL! - YouTube

[Vale46Rossi]

huehuehue

[murd0c]

that first one OUCH

[Inaii]

The Ice Bucket Challenge... - YouTube

He put all the info (website, etc) in his facebook post and challenged his fans to donate $5 or more to the cause.

My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge f... - YouTube

Colton Haynes & Emily Bett Rickards ALS Donation... - YouTube

(I love this one, John Barrowman is such a dick :lol )

[parm104]

Fuck Gary bettman got a nice place lol

That's not his house...it's a golf club...

[GS8]

Steve-O is weighing in on the trend, and he's got a good point. How the fuck did Charlie Sheen and Steve-O become the voices of reason?

http://i.imgur.com/sW1zYOe.png

I guess that's because it's the current 'trendy disease'. What will it be next month? Parkinson's because Robin Williams?

I mean Ebola still has no cure and already wiped out over 1000 people in Africa and infected much more but I guess that's another continent so whatevs. (Sarcasm)

With the spew of these videos being seen, I can't help but think it's just another bandwagon ride at this point.

[hal0g0dv2]

Tatum Miranda & Jenn Morillo ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Featuring Dan Bilzerian - YouTube
Dan Bilzerian Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[7seven]

ESPN feature on the origins of the ice bucket challenge for ALS

Pete's Challenge (ESPN Full Feature HD) - YouTube

[underscore]

Apparently Nathan Fillion called out Tom Hiddleston for the ladies.

[parm104]

The story of how this started...

SC Featured: Pete's Challenge - ESPN Video - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:11366483)

ESPN feature on the origins of the ice bucket challenge for ALS

Pete's Challenge (ESPN Full Feature HD) - YouTube (http://youtu.be/yCoKB_tU9ng)

I always start with the first page when reading a new thread.

[LsquareD]

é„$伊å�¥Ice Bucket Challengeï¼� - YouTube

[SpeedStars]

Starting to see hot girls getting cold and wet on my fb now :megusta:

[SkinnyPupp]

Tiesto ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JaXYAEMo4)

Tiesto, in style.
And now this charity effort has officially turned into a complete shit show.

[Soundy]

Something to kill a little more time...

Funny Ice Bucket Challange FAIL Compilation [2014] NEW â—� Funny ice Bucket Challange Videos - YouTube

[meme405]

And now this charity effort has officially turned into a complete shit show.

I'm pretty sure it turned to shit, when Steve-0 and Charlie Sheen became "the voice of reason".

The Ice bucket challenge, is like that Kony campaign (minus the part where it's like a complete farce), it became trendy and hip, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon.

Unfortunately for ALS, the hype will die off and we will return to status quo soon enough...

[underscore]

^ removed?

[multicartual]

é„$伊å�¥Ice Bucket Challengeï¼� - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80coXI3CYs&feature=youtu.be)


Buddy pays these hos to hang out with him

[multicartual]

Many people just see this as a way to increase their own fame

[murd0c]

A old co-workers husband found out he had ALS about a year and a half ago and he has been such a big strong man for as long as I have known him and he's a prison guard as well. He came into my work for the first time in months and I was shocked on the way he was looking. It's such a frustrating and sad disease, you might say this has turned into a shit show and not enough people are donating but at least it's making people more aware and most importantly this shit show is still brining in money and giving more exposure to ALS. As long as people keep donating that's all that matters since every bit helps.

I have been donating money to the cause for years and it does feel good to see other people donating as well.

[bcedhk]

Buddy pays these hos to hang out with him

WAT :suspicious:

[SkinnyPupp]

I'm pretty sure it turned to shit, when Steve-0 and Charlie Sheen became "the voice of reason".

The Ice bucket challenge, is like that Kony campaign (minus the part where it's like a complete farce), it became trendy and hip, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon.

Unfortunately for ALS, the hype will die off and we will return to status quo soon enough...
I agree, and it's been just as annoying to see this as it has the brooklyn shuffle or koni or planking. It did have the nice side effect of giving awareness and raising money for a disease. But that tiesto video was the most disgusting of all.

[GLOW]

But that tiesto video was the most disgusting of all.

I watched it with audio off. did i miss something that made it terrible?

[ZN6]

1 Litre no Namida- trailer - YouTube

This

[Soundy]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/16692_977440162269707_4211130592616178175_n.jpg

https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10374072_854706574563400_9108610270793945434_n.jpg ?oh=b94a6e3ff3f6d05b0a6ff74a3decef67&oe=547FF5B2

[Devastator]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=855532311136496&id=146505212039213

[SkinnyPupp]

I watched it with audio off. did i miss something that made it terrible?
To me, having strippers spraying him with expensive champagne seems more insulting than innocuous like most of these have been.

[GS8]

Many people just see this as a way to increase their own fame

That's exactly what it is. Hell if I know half the people who have done this challenge so far.

Wouldn't it be easier to just write a cheque and make a donation? But then you won't be famous and known for bringing awareness!

Here's an actual ALS video

Winning for Winston - YouTube

He died last September :(

[nabs]

I hate awareness campaigns... and this is a real reason why.

Hit yourself with ice water OR donate 100 dollars? wtf. how does that make any sense and how does it drive awareness to the cause, if anything its taking people away from the true severity of the disease.

[nabs]

I'm pretty sure it turned to shit, when Steve-0 and Charlie Sheen became "the voice of reason".

The Ice bucket challenge, is like that Kony campaign (minus the part where it's like a complete farce), it became trendy and hip, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon.

Unfortunately for ALS, the hype will die off and we will return to status quo soon enough...

Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 donated 10k to this cause, he found the whole idea of the awareness campaign stupid as well as he wrote on his twitter.

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501514207788273664

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501514368077815808

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501515260407582720

[GS8]

I hate awareness campaigns... and this is a real reason why.

Hit yourself with ice water OR donate 100 dollars? wtf. how does that make any sense and how does it drive awareness to the cause, if anything its taking people away from the true severity of the disease.

Is that what the challenge is? I never read it because I didn't care.

How morbid have we become when we ponder giving money to a charity vs. dumping ice water over our heads?

I'd dump ice water over my head because it's fucking SUMMER. And I'd still donate to ALS because your body slowly dies and your healthy mind along with it. It's fucking awful.

[snails]

^ i think you guys are missing the point.. like i posted in another thread.

a guy with ALS challenged his friends to dump a bucket of ice water on their heads to raise awareness... like everything that goes viral it had to be something simple everyone could do but normally wouldnt.

most celebrities doing it (obviously for attention) did end up donating as well and for those who dont donate they are clearly helping the trend and thats to spread awareness... if it didnt work would it be viral right now and have 50x + the donations as previous years?

so yeah i agree its dumb.. but its simple marketing and its doing exactly what it was meant to do

[FerrariEnzo]

love watching the fail ones.. lmao

[underscore]

I hate awareness campaigns... and this is a real reason why.

Hit yourself with ice water OR donate 100 dollars? wtf. how does that make any sense and how does it drive awareness to the cause, if anything its taking people away from the true severity of the disease.

It was started in 2012 by a baseball player with ALS, the deal was supposed to be get ice dumped on you and donate $10, or don't get iced but donate $100. Followed by then nominating 3 others to "take the challenge". Obviously a bunch of idiots have bastardized it but at least some people have gotten the point.

[Spoon]

Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 donated 10k to this cause, he found the whole idea of the awareness campaign stupid as well as he wrote on his twitter.

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501514207788273664

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501514368077815808

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501515260407582720

End of the day, the charity got 10k from him. How would this have happened without this circus act? For all I know, most of the developed world with an internet connection at least knows what ALS is. I sure didn't before this. :rolleyes:

[murd0c]

Well say it's stupid but I was just nominated as well... I'm going to donate $50 and will even nominate a well known member of RS :)

[snails]

Well say it's stupid but I was just nominated as well... I'm going to donate $50 and will even nominate a well known member of RS :)

pce

http://static1.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/That+snail+is+obviously+trolling+the+ant+every+bod y+knows+_197f1107b69711f83f01c37c1bc3c148.gif

[murd0c]

Donate people every bit helps!!

http://i.imgur.com/0hiMUyT.jpg

[underscore]

Does anyone have access to the charity "donation split" for the ALS foundation?

[tiger_handheld]

Does anyone have access to the charity "donation split" for the ALS foundation?

as in what % of $1 goes to admin, research, etc?

[parm104]

Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 donated 10k to this cause, he found the whole idea of the awareness campaign stupid as well as he wrote on his twitter.

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501514207788273664

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501514368077815808

https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/501515260407582720

Isn't it ironic and safe to say that he wouldn't have donated this $10K had it not been for this Ice Bucket Viral challenge....

[Noir]

Isn't it ironic and safe to say that he wouldn't have donated this $10K had it not been for this Ice Bucket Viral challenge....

Exactly! It is absurd, but it's absurd by design; and the countless examples like Deadmau5 is proof that the absurdity clearly has merit.


Many people just see this as a way to increase their own fame

In a way yes, but a big driving force behind this phenomenon are by people who don't need, nor want the extra fame anyways (at least for the videos I watched), and I think that's the gesture or sentiment that's really reaching out to a lot of people. At least for me, that's how I see it anyways.

[underscore]

as in what % of $1 goes to admin, research, etc?

yeah exactly.

[multicartual]

Isn't it ironic and safe to say that he wouldn't have donated this $10K had it not been for this Ice Bucket Viral challenge....


Everyone wants fame


Fame = easy money and tons of sex with admirers


I'm a complete fucking nobody but when girls are introduced to me after having read my book or hearing about me from someone else they generally drop their panties at the first chance


10k is a drop in the bucket for those people, but I guarantee that they just got a ton more followers and buzz around their names due to the charity


In the jewish community they have a word for humble, good people, it is a "mensch" and those people would be ashamed to brag about donating to charity


We live in a culture where if you don't brag, generally you won't build much of a brand or following


Here is someone I am sure so many RS'ers look up to, and yes, he did an ice bucket challenge:


Instagram (http://instagram.com/danbilzerian)


Showing off money or your body, express route to fame

[bloodmack]

I actually really don't like that dan guy.. I think he's the worst image of what a man should be. Womanizer and egotistic. No compassion or any mindfulness. Out with the old in with the new please and thanks.

Also all these famous people have been challenged by another. What makes you think they're all doing it for more points in the fame bucket?

The problem we have here is ego filled questions with ego filled answers. We see the good benifits of this yet here we are ignoring them and talking about the people rather than the subject of their actions

[murd0c]

Berz is up!!!
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[Inaii]

you're really quiet :lol

[murd0c]

I know, I was going it was louder dammit

[Berzerker]

Berz in......

[parm104]

Everyone wants fame


Fame = easy money and tons of sex with admirers


I'm a complete fucking nobody but when girls are introduced to me after having read my book or hearing about me from someone else they generally drop their panties at the first chance


10k is a drop in the bucket for those people, but I guarantee that they just got a ton more followers and buzz around their names due to the charity


In the jewish community they have a word for humble, good people, it is a "mensch" and those people would be ashamed to brag about donating to charity


We live in a culture where if you don't brag, generally you won't build much of a brand or following


Here is someone I am sure so many RS'ers look up to, and yes, he did an ice bucket challenge:


Instagram (http://instagram.com/danbilzerian)


Showing off money or your body, express route to fame


I don't think you made a point here and at the same time you definitely MISSED the point...

If there are people who are trying to post these videos to further their own personal careers and wealth, so be it...there is nothing you nor I can do about that. It's a consequence of the viral media campaign which HAPPENS to be generating a LOT of money for the cause. Anyone abusing the challenge for personal gain isn't HURTING the cause...they are in a sense still helping it.

I could waste my entire life looking all over the world for people to criticize but it would be a never ending task (which is why I just do it on RevScene.) But if someone is abusing this charity campaign, who cares? They're not hurting it and they're certainly not hurting you. LET THEM EAT CAKE.

--------------------

Also, can you link me to your book? I'd love to purchase it...

[murd0c]

now this is a good video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h07OT8p8Oik#t=118

[shawnly1000]

In the last 23 days, the ALS Association and its 38 chapters have raised $31.5 million from people inspired to donate thanks to the ice bucket challenge. How significant is that? The total money raised by the national organization and its satellite charities last year was $64 million.

ESPN Sports world helps drive challenge (http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=11385374&src=desktop&wjb)

[meme405]

Damn I was waiting for the bucket to slip and hit you in the head...

[multicartual]

But if someone is abusing this charity campaign, who cares? They're not hurting it and they're certainly not hurting you. LET THEM EAT CAKE.


Hey I never said it was a bad thing! It went so viral because of the star power, and fame-seekers love, love, love to do anything that makes people pay attention to them and their projects. Bill Gates' did a great job on his and it is obvious from his other work with malaria that his intentions were pure. He is someone people should look up to and not Charlie Sheen or Dan Ballsberg.

To admit to hipsterism is asking to be put in stocks and pillory, it is natural for me to dislike and poo-poo anything from the establishment. My close proximity to Main and Hastings definitely gives me a punk-anarchist vibe in my brain. I am often a dick but I have made peace with Jah and can accept that.

Also, if you want a book I'd rather sell you a paperback in person!

[Retrac]

Kinda on topic, the co-founder of this challenge passed away by drowning.

ALS ice bucket challenge co-founder Corey Griffin drowns, aged 27 - People - News - The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/als-ice-bucket-challenge-cofounder-corey-griffin-drowns-aged-27-9681129.html)

[van_city23]

50 cent did the challenge

50 Cent ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! HD - YouTube

and he nominates mayweather over his instagram, i don't know how to put the video in so just click the link to it

"Floyd will you except my ALS/ESL CHALLENGE: I will donate $750k to a charity of your choice, If you can read a full page out of a Harry Potter book out loud without starting and stopping or fucking up."

Instagram (http://i.instagram.com/p/r9y3DQMLyI/)

[trancehead]

"fuck the bucket of ice!!" hahaha

[Drow]

Lol props to the marketing geniuses in ALS

So effective in getting funds for their research

But im so sick of seeing that shit plattered everywhere... Just donate the money stop posting these gaylord vids i dont wanna see em no more

Almost as gay as that kony shit a few years back

/rant

[rsx]

I normally hate these types of trends, but since it's raising awareness and definitely getting donations in, I don't mind it one bit. It's much better than harlem shake or whatever is trending.

[vafanculo]

Kinda on topic, the co-founder of this challenge passed away by drowning.

ALS ice bucket challenge co-founder Corey Griffin drowns, aged 27 - People - News - The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/als-ice-bucket-challenge-cofounder-corey-griffin-drowns-aged-27-9681129.html)

That was pretty fucking ironic

[meme405]

"fuck the bucket of ice!!" hahaha

50 CENT ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE (FLOYD MAYWEATHER DISS) - YouTube

[tiger_handheld]

Lol props to the marketing geniuses in ALS

So effective in getting funds for their research

But im so sick of seeing that shit plattered everywhere... Just donate the money stop posting these gaylord vids i dont wanna see em no more

Almost as gay as that kony shit a few years back

/rant


It was started by a guy named Pete Frates(sp?) who has ALS.

I'm not one for the huge waste of water, but before you bash something know the story at least. - See page 1 for the story/video.

[trancehead]

It was started by a guy named Pete Frates(sp?) who has ALS.

I'm not one for the huge waste of water, but before you bash something know the story at least. - See page 1 for the story/video.

wat? there is still marketing involved here from the initial get go

[SkinnyPupp]

Hundreds of millions of dollars were raised for a disease that affects 0.009% of the population... Again charity is always good, but I wonder if this is taking attention from diseases that affect a lot more people, that could also use some research funds?

[Lomac]

Been seeing some videos popping up on my FB feed of friends doing this thing. The thing I'm kinda proud to see is that they've all donated $100 each as well.

I don't like most internet trends (I still don't know WTF the Harlem Shake is, nor do I ever care to find out), and I was prepared to completely ignore this one as well after seeing it pop up on my own feeds. But I'm kinda happy to see that for once an internet trend is being used to further a good cause.

Unlike planking, because fuck plankers.

[Lomac]

Hundreds of millions of dollars were raised for a disease that affects 0.009% of the population... Again charity is always good, but I wonder if this is taking attention from diseases that affect a lot more people, that could also use some research funds? I also wonder if this fad is taking away from those?

It's a valid point, but at the same time you have to think about how many of these relatively unknown diseases are lacking proper funding because they don't receive any sort of mainstream attention. Yes, proportionally this one is receiving an "unfair" amount of attention, but maybe (doubtfully, unfortunately) this one giant push of funding will be enough to help finally find a cure.

[SkinnyPupp]

It's actually at $31 million so far... I guess that isn't too disruptive. So I guess this can only be seen as a good, if annoying, thing :thumbs:

[murd0c]

its at $41 million so far and the Canadian ALS foundation has 2 million with a goal of 3 million

[PeanutButter]

The people who are criticizing this competition SUCK!
There is no point in arguing with these kinds of people. It isn't even worth your energy.

A wise person told me If you have haters you're doing something right. Clearly this challenge is doing it right.

[meme405]

Hundreds of millions of dollars were raised for a disease that affects 0.009% of the population... Again charity is always good, but I wonder if this is taking attention from diseases that affect a lot more people, that could also use some research funds?

And hundreds of people donating to Ovey just so she doesn't have to feel "financial burden", when millions of people are dying everyday is right?

At the end of the day someone is always going to be worse off, people help where they feel compelled, and helping anywhere I consider a good thing. Much better than everyone just being selfish, and not helping anyone.

Been seeing some videos popping up on my FB feed of friends doing this thing. The thing I'm kinda proud to see is that they've all donated $100 each as well.

yeah it became a talking point ever since steve-o, charlie sheen, and bill gates spoke out, now more people are actually donating, and mentioning the reason they are doing it.

[SkinnyPupp]

And hundreds of people donating to Ovey just so she doesn't have to feel "financial burden", when millions of people are dying everyday is right?


Who? What? What are you talking about? I didn't say anything like that.

[multicartual]

And hundreds of people donating to Ovey just so she doesn't have to feel "financial burden", when millions of people are dying everyday is right?




Not every life is equal, only the people with fans and people who care about them matter

[underscore]

Hundreds of millions of dollars were raised for a disease that affects 0.009% of the population... Again charity is always good, but I wonder if this is taking attention from diseases that affect a lot more people, that could also use some research funds?

Supposedly neurological diseases could pass cancer for number of deaths in the fairly near future, so if we can bump off a pretty nasty one as soon as possible it'll be awesome.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

yeah ALS doesn't affect that many people, but if they could fix ALS, that would mean they could fix a lot of other things too (and the brain is one thing i would like them to put more effort into maintaining/fixing)... i know eventually all my other body parts can fail and be replaced with machines or cloned or printed versions... but the brain... we can achieve immortality of the body, but not the mind...

and maybe stephen hawking can live longer and think of more shit, lol, his knowledge and insight alone is worth more than 1,000,000 normal people's lives. hahaha.

so yeah in my perspective, if we can even put 10 more years in HIS life, and only his life alone, it's worth it. but the reality is, it will affect more than just him.

[StylinRed]

Cpt. Picard did one today

Pstew's Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

(made a donation)

[k2_alpha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU6pB7s7rtg

[underscore]

And I thought he quit smoking.

[death_blossom]

I think this is a hilarious ice bucket challenge:

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE!! - Mega64 - YouTube

[Drow]

It was started by a guy named Pete Frates(sp?) who has ALS.

I'm not one for the huge waste of water, but before you bash something know the story at least. - See page 1 for the story/video.

I never bashed what this whole "campaign" is about im just bashing at how its the new fad and its everywhere and its starting to annoy me.

Kinda like how i like "edm" or w.e, then seeing it become the new fad and seeing it plastered everywhere pisses me off.

Thanks for nominating me!?!?? You have 24 hours to complete the ALS challenge~~~~!!

[H.Specter]

I think this is a hilarious ice bucket challenge:

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE!! - Mega64 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuaVFZ95TqQ)

asl challenge? 16/f/vancouver

[bcrdukes]

If Revscene can come up with $2000 by next Thursday, August 28, 2014, I will stop riding my bikes for the remainder of the year.

I challenge you, Revscene. :fuckyea:

Bonus: I will even stop drinking hipster coffee and espresso for the remainder of the year.

[Stormspirit]

If Revscene can come up with $2000 by next Thursday, August 28, 2014, I will stop riding my bikes for the remainder of the year.

I challenge you, Revscene. :fuckyea:

Bonus: I will even stop drinking hipster coffee and espresso for the remainder of the year.

does anyone actually care about this guy riding his bicycle or drinking his gay coffee here?

[underscore]

If Revscene can come up with $2000 by next Thursday, August 28, 2014, I will stop riding my bikes for the remainder of the year.

I challenge you, Revscene. :fuckyea:

Bonus: I will even stop drinking hipster coffee and espresso for the remainder of the year.

I've got $50 for this.

[flagella]

does anyone actually care about this guy riding his bicycle or drinking his gay coffee here?

I give zero fuck. He can pay me to stop riding his bike.

[XplicitLuder]

I never bashed what this whole "campaign" is about im just bashing at how its the new fad and its everywhere and its starting to annoy me.

Kinda like how i like "edm" or w.e, then seeing it become the new fad and seeing it plastered everywhere pisses me off.

Thanks for nominating me!?!?? You have 24 hours to complete the ALS challenge~~~~!!

lol if this stuff like this annoys you..id hate to be you. Is it really that hard to move past it ? not like you have to click every single one and watch through the torture of it so you can rant at the end

[westopher]

I have nothing too important to add here other than I would like to shoot all of the people protesting how the ALS ice bucket challenge "wastes water."
Take a fucking minute shorter shower then you dipfucks. Ban pools and toilets. People can find a way to criticize even the best intentions. ALS is one of the most devastating diseases imaginable, I think a few wasted buckets of water to raise $41 million dollars for research of a horrendous disease that no one really understands much about is pretty good use of that water.

[meme405]

I have nothing too important to add here other than I would like to shoot all of the people protesting how the ALS ice bucket challenge "wastes water."
Take a fucking minute shorter shower then you dipfucks. Ban pools and toilets. People can find a way to criticize even the best intentions. ALS is one of the most devastating diseases imaginable, I think a few wasted buckets of water to raise $41 million dollars for research of a horrendous disease that no one really understands much about is pretty good use of that water.

Pretty much this.

Out of all the things you could complain about this particular challenge, wasting water is like the worst possible angle you could come at it from...

does anyone actually care about this guy riding his bicycle or drinking his gay coffee here?

In short... yes.

[Lomac]

I have nothing too important to add here other than I would like to shoot all of the people protesting how the ALS ice bucket challenge "wastes water."
Take a fucking minute shorter shower then you dipfucks. Ban pools and toilets. People can find a way to criticize even the best intentions. ALS is one of the most devastating diseases imaginable, I think a few wasted buckets of water to raise $41 million dollars for research of a horrendous disease that no one really understands much about is pretty good use of that water.

Wait, people are complaining about wasting water?

:pokerface::fulloffuck:

[bcrdukes]

Wow, Revscene sure is having a bad day today!

[parm104]

Kinda like how i like "edm" or w.e, then seeing it become the new fad and seeing it plastered everywhere pisses me off.


LOL did you really just try and compare "EDM" a music genre to a viral campaign designed to help people suffering from a disease!?!

Even if I was going to make a stupid argument, I would try and make the BEST stupid argument I possibly could. It's like you're not even trying!

[SkinnyPupp]

I think I already made the best argument... This is Harlem Shuffle 2014. Just as annoying but with an upside this time.

[GLOW]

I think I already made the best argument... This is Harlem Shuffle 2014. Just as annoying but with an upside this time.

you mean harlem shake? isn't the harlem shuffle just a 2 step back and forth?

[underscore]

There's the Melbourne Shuffle, and the Harlem Shake. I assume the Harlem Shuffle is doing the Melbourne Shuffle during a Harlem Shake.

[twitchyzero]

Lol props to the marketing geniuses in ALS

So effective in getting funds for their research

But im so sick of seeing that shit plattered everywhere... Just donate the money stop posting these gaylord vids i dont wanna see em no more

Almost as gay as that kony shit a few years back

/rant

can't say i've seen the term 'gaylord' used in about a decade's time :hay:

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ff/ba/84/ffba844926c4278f3bdac8f33cd1207c.jpg

[iEatClams]

Newsreader beautifully shuts down ALS challenge:



While it's undoubtedly in a good cause, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached the point of near-ubiquity on the internet. When someone challenged Queensland newsreader and seemingly pretty bloody ripper bloke Lincoln Humphries to tip water over his head in the name of charity, he gently but firmly shut the idea down.

After starting out his video by nominating "everyone everywhere", Humphries acknowledged the good that the ice bucket challenge has done, then suggested some other things we could be doing to make a difference, including spreading the love around to other deserving causes like cancer and fresh water charities, and not wasting so much damn ice.

Never before has the regional broadcaster WIN been more worthy of its name.



Newsreader Beautifully Shuts Down Ice Bucket Challenge - Pedestrian TV (http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/arts-and-culture/newsreader-beautifully-shuts-down-ice-bucket-chall/600a2c06-7dec-4f27-a74a-1ab99a534c75.htm)

Lincoln Humphries ALS Nomination - YouTube

[twitchyzero]

some good points but he could've done it without being a cheeky cunt

[Tim Budong]

The Sedins

Untitled on Vimeo

[Berzerker]

Sorry. Little later than 24 hours but I had to wait for my helpers.

Berz Does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

Berz out.

[nma]

haha cute kids! "you're welcome"

[rexsomnii]

:pokerface::victory::sweetjesus:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=268962969963503&set=vb.100005494058166&type=2&theater

[Lomac]

Sorry. Little later than 24 hours but I had to wait for my helpers.

Berz Does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube (http://youtu.be/mtRLNi5R0pg)

Berz out.

Well done, sir.

[jdmhaze]

mirin' workout station Berz.

[BillyBishop]

Does anyone have access to the charity "donation split" for the ALS foundation?

ALSA
Financial Information - The ALS Association (http://www.alsa.org/about-us/financial-information.html)
2013 Annual Report
http://web.alsa.org/site/DocServer/annual_report_fye2013.pdf?docID=107222

--

Edit to add ALS Canada's Statements:
http://www.als.ca/sites/default/files/files/2013%20Signed%20Audited%20Financial%20Statements.p df

[murd0c]

Very nice Berz!!

[REVscene.net]

If Revscene can come up with $2000 by next Thursday, August 28, 2014, I will stop riding my bikes for the remainder of the year.

I challenge you, Revscene. :fuckyea:

Bonus: I will even stop drinking hipster coffee and espresso for the remainder of the year.

Challenge Accepted.

BTW, you're up too. I challenge you.. for a good cause and in good fun :P

bcrdukes, !SG and Acuraeyez

ALS #IceBucketChallenge 2014 - YouTube

Good on others who have already contributed in this thread. But be careful not to lose sight of the original cause amongst all this social media madness

What is ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease? | ALS Society of British Columbia (http://www.alsbc.ca/what-als)

[6thGear.]

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/donate.aspx?eventid=56456&langpref=en-CA&Referrer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.als.ca%2fen%2fdonate

I don't know much about ALS or what it does, so these videos did increase my awareness of it. If you guys wanna actually donate some money....


I got issued the challenge. Is this link the proper one for donations?

Edit. .. never mind. ..I found out off als.ca

[jackp0t]

Not Doing Much? Man Explains How Only A Small Percentage Of ALS Donations Really Go Into The Research For The Cure | New Video
percentage that goes to the research


And if you guys are seeing in your FB feed about that girl that died from the als bucket challenge its a hoax
Hoax: Mississippi Girl Dies After Breaking Her Neck From Ice Bucket Challenge | Internet Blacklist | Phishing and Scam Database (http://phishlist.com/hoax-mississippi-girl-dies-after-breaking-her-neck-from-ice-bucket-challenge/)

[twitchyzero]

awesome #searchingOscar

Leonardo DiCaprio ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[SkinnyPupp]

So how does that idiot expect the ALS organization to work? Or any non-profit organization? Someone has to run the damn things, and those people need to get paid for their work. It's not like they're just taking the money and running away with it :facepalm:

[meme405]

So how does that idiot expect the ALS organization to work? Or any non-profit organization? Someone has to run the damn things, and those people need to get paid for their work. It's not like they're just taking the money and running away with it :facepalm:

Some organizations run much more efficiently then others. 7% is a shockingly low number.

I don't know if the numbers he found are tabulated differently then how some sites like charity watch, or charity rating sites add up values.

For what its worth I havnt researched this at all, but ChildFund, or Christian Childrens fund as it was previously known, was once publicly humiliated for their high fees and high administrative costs. Today Childfund manages to only take about 20% of each dollar. That means that 80% of each dollar donated actually goes towards helping those who need it.

That's a pretty bleak comparison to the 7% of ALS.

certainly makes me curious why the gap is so large...

EDIT: That guy is a nutjob, ALSA spent almost 72% of their budget on services directly related to their cause. While that number is still low compared to most well run organizations, ALSA is also pretty small in comparison to salvation army, and childfund. So it is difficult for them to stack up the same.

Should have known, this is what you get when you try and defend the point of some dumbass who posted a video on worldstar for christ sake.

The guy mentions 7% because that is all that went directly to research. What this clown ass guy neglected to mention how another 63% went towards actually helping communities affected by ALS, and those who have the disease.

[Alby]

Simpsons Ice Bucket Challenge | THE SIMPSONS | ANIMATION on FOX - YouTube

[tiger_handheld]

Sorry. Little later than 24 hours but I had to wait for my helpers.

Berz Does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube (http://youtu.be/mtRLNi5R0pg)

Berz out.


You forgot to say "Berz out"... :hotbaby:

[Lomac]

She'll probably kill me for putting it up on here, but I think my friend has all you beat. :fullofwin:

ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE - YouTube

And, yes, she also donated to the cause.

[Ch28]

saw white tank top = :megusta:

sees bra = :yuno:

[hotjoint]

Rick Rubin just owned everyone in this challenge...

Rick Rubin ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[7seven]

Rick Rubin just owned everyone in this challenge...

Rick Rubin ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqgM4ImdQU)

Gary Roberts and James Harrison already did something similiar

Gary Roberts ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

James Harrison Takes The Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[murd0c]

Best video I have seen
2 Year Old Ice Bucket Challenge - YouTube

[Soundy]

So how does that idiot expect the ALS organization to work? Or any non-profit organization? Someone has to run the damn things, and those people need to get paid for their work. It's not like they're just taking the money and running away with it :facepalm:

Some organizations run much more efficiently then others. 7% is a shockingly low number.

I don't know if the numbers he found are tabulated differently then how some sites like charity watch, or charity rating sites add up values.
Of course, there are several of these things circulating the 'net now, claiming all sorts of different small percentages of donations "actually going to research" and stating "we've been duped" and "I've done my own research"... and you nail the problem right here: most people DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY MEAN.

Snopsing these claims, we find this:
Charity Navigator's breakdown of the ALS Association's finances for the fiscal year ending January 2013 shows that 72.4% of the ALS Association's budget during that period was used for program expenses — that is, the programs and services the ALS Association delivers to the ALS community according to its mission, such as professional and public education, research into ALS treatments and cures, and patient and commmunity services. Of the remaining budget, 11% went to administrative expenses and 16.5% to fundraising expenses. It appears that someone confused the term "program expenses" with "overhead" and mistakenly assumed the former represented money spent on bureaucracy rather than the vital ALS-related services provided by the ALS Association.
Read more at snopes.com: Where Do ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Go? (http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/als.asp#rhVyY3KZZGAZOCiA.99)

I love how all of these say "do your own research, it's easy to find the truth!" - well apparently not, because YOU'VE managed to miss it:
Charity Navigator Rating - The ALS Association (http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3296#.VAM16PldVvB)
Program Expenses (Percent of the charity’s budget spent on the programs and services it delivers) 72.4%

The ALS Association Debunks Fake News Article that Went Viral - The ALS Association (http://www.alsa.org/news/archive/debunks-article.html)
The ALS Association spent 79% of our annual budget on programs and services last year, which includes 28% on research, ONE of three main pillars of our charitable work (see below for breakdown).
Not sure where Assclown there gets 7%... But here's something even more interesting people would find, if they bothered to do a little easy research beyond just finding random internet articles that support their own prejudices:

If a donor would like 100% of their donation to go to research, he/she can simply check a box on our online donation form here. If a donor already donated and would like to redirect their donation, please email us at donations@alsa-national.org.

Should have known, this is what you get when you try and defend the point of some dumbass who posted a video on worldstar for christ sake.
That's the only clue you need.

The guy mentions 7% because that is all that went directly to research. What this clown ass guy neglected to mention how another 63% went towards actually helping communities affected by ALS, and those who have the disease.
I doubt he neglected to mention this... so much as he neglected to consider it in the first place.

She'll probably kill me for putting it up on here, but I think my friend has all you beat. :fullofwin:
More pics of friend! :accepted:

On a cheerier note:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=808791272474319

[Soundy]

I think I already made the best argument... This is Harlem Shuffle 2014.

:suspicious:

The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle - OFFICIAL PROMO - YouTube

[N.V.M.]

http://youtu.be/8bSl8ofEqKc

[SkinnyPupp]

Here's a good post about the subject, bringing up some things I hadn't even considered (I'll highlight them below): StormWrestling.com - Commentary (http://www.stormwrestling.com/083114.html)

I've finally been challenged to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC). Well actually I've been "Nominated" twice in fact, by people who apparently don't understand the difference between a Challenge vs. a Nomination. That may be a silly point but considering "Challenge" is right there in the name it drives me nuts that most people seem to get this concept wrong.

Enough picking of nits, there is some serious business afoot that needs to be addressed. Until I was challenged personally I've been content to sit on the side lines biting my tongue happy to stay out of this whole deal. I'm not a fan of beating my head against the wall, and I fear what I am about to say will amount to little more. Like many of you I have clicked on and watched many of the IBC videos. We have done so no doubt because they are very entertaining, and in there lays the rub.

These videos are, for the most part just entertainment. They entertain those who watch, offer a placebo effect of doing good to the person who does them, and generates a whole bunch of money for people who don't suffer from ALS. I know this won't be a popular view, which is why I've stayed out of it as long as I could, but now that I've been called out, I'm going to speak my mind. Anyone who knows me knows I'd rather be right than popular any day, which may explain my rather small circle of friends, so here I go.

There are three basic flaws in this IBC (Or the upcoming Pink-Tober & Mo-Vember campaigns) and it is not until you get to that final third fatal flaw that this whole thing falls apart. This is probably by design because as long as no one looks too deeply everyone can live in denial and just feel good about themselves. Yes I realize that most people involved in this mean well and have good intentions, but a lot of false hope was built on good intentions and when people are suffering from diseases and people are giving away their hard earned money, false hope and good intentions don't really amount to much.

The first flaw is that a lot of people taking up this challenge are just doing creative videos of themselves dumping water on their heads as a vanity project to get attention and pat themselves on the back for all the good they are doing, despite not donating a single penny. The excuse or denial here is "Well at least we are creating awareness, look at the national donations, they are way up". Way to pass the buck. I'm sure you're individual video was the one that made the difference. For those who did in fact donate or are pacified with the "I've created awareness" we then have the second flaw.

What is the ALSA doing with all of this money? The truth is the vast majority of the money you are donating is not going towards research and finding a cure for ALS. The numbers are disputed somewhat. I've heard people claim as low as 7% is going towards research and the ALSA claims that number is closer to 27%. Lets for the sake of convenience and benefit of the doubt, use 25%. Three quarters of the money you donate to help find a cure isn't going where you want it to. Most of it is going towards "Awareness and Education", which could be translated to be read "Advertising and Promotions" to ensure more money gets donated so they can again put only one quarter of it towards what they are claiming it's for in their promotion and advertising. It is a deceitful cycle that keeps a lot of people employed earning great livings while delivering very little of the money donated to the cause they are promoting. To this we offer ourselves the excuse, "Well 25% is better than nothing, that is still a lot of money, and someone has to run these charities" To this I offer you the popular concept of cutting out the middle man. Why are we donating to these Charity groups that only deliver a small percentage of our donations to the research groups? Why not donate directly to the people that are actually doing the work, the people trying to discover treatments and cures?

This is the third and final flaw. The reason we don't donate directly is because then we would discover that the portion of our donation that isn't going towards salaries and advertising, that 25% that we think is actually doing good, is going into the pockets of Big Pharma. Yes the pharmaceutical companies are getting your money. You are giving your money to some of the biggest, richest, most profitable companies in the world. You are helping cover the cost of their research and development programs to allow them to make higher profits. You are not financing new research, this is research they are already doing. This is how they make their money after all. They create new drugs to treat diseases, and when they find a new treatment they patent it and sell it back to you at a huge profit.

Think about that for a minute. Millions upon millions of dollars are being GIVEN to a company to help find a cure or treatment of a disease and if they find a cure/treatment, the people you GAVE that money to will then patent that cure and sell it back to you at a huge profit. Wait...What...profit? I thought we donated to Charity, a non-profit organization. Oh right that's another reason why we don't donate directly to the people doing the research if we did they wouldn't be able to claim it as a non-profit or a charity, and they are creating these drugs with the sole intention of making profits, hundreds or millions of dollars in profits. Yes your good intentioned donations, or at least the part that isn't going towards salaries and advertising, that huge 25% of it, is going towards increasing the profit margins of some of the richest most profitable companies in the world. Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

I think I will end my rant here because I don't want to get started on all of the harm Big Pharma is doing to our medical system. If you've been to the doctor in the last decade you've no doubt already discovered that doctors no longer treat patients, they prescribe drugs to them. If you go to a doctor because you are experiencing severe back pain, the first course of action is to prescribe painkillers. A good Dr. if you are lucky enough to find one of the good ones, will also advice you that weight loss and exercise to reduce the strain on your back and strengthen your core would probably solve your problems completely, but unfortunately most people are too lazy for that and would rather just fill their prescriptions.

And with that we've come full circle and found the root of the problem, laziness; one of the original seven deadly sins: Sloth. It's far easier to just dump a bucket of ice water on your head, wear a pink ribbon in October, or grow a silly moustache in November, than it is to look a little closer and find out that there is a huge problem with the system. While I have not looked as closely as I probably should have, thanks to my friend Paul Lazenby, my eyes are at least open. I will not be accepting the Ice Bucket Challenge, because I do not wish to give my money to Big Pharma and since I have no need to stroke my ego by doing a fun video to illustrate what a great guy I am, I don't see the point.

That said I will be looking into finding an ALS related charity that actually helps those suffering from the disease and donate my $100 to them. If that proves too hard a task I will just go out and find someone who is suffering from the disease and give them my $100.

In closing I would just like to clarify that my intent was not to damn those who have taken part in the IBC or other charity fund raisers. Most of you, as I stated earlier, mean well, I'm just suggesting that if you really want to make a difference, good intentions alone don't really accomplish much.

I look forward to your letters and email,
Lance

[Hondaracer]

sitting in a bucket of fresh ice might be a little colder, but along the same lines as i never accepted it as a "challenge" lol :

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/sniperslayer/555_zpsa40d6f78.jpg~original

[NikLee]

This chemist used liquid nitrogen. Educational because he explained how he survived lol.

Chemist uses liquid nitrogen instead of ice in ALS bucket challenge (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/chemist-uses-liquid-nitrogen-instead-of-ice-in-als-buck-1629253185/+knibbs)

[Shark Tank]

Only in America :suspicious:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=732346336812739

[GS8]

No ice bucket challenge for Ebola?

:suspicious:

[corollagtSr5]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe6050S7odQ

[MG1]

Looks like this ice bucket thing may have led to a death. No proof, just my suspicion, but Joan Rivers dies after a heart attack during a surgical procedure. She's 81 years old. Sheesh............. why court death?

Joan Rivers Completes Ice Bucket Challenge with Help From.... Tara Reid? - BWWTVWorld (http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Joan-Rivers-Completes-Ice-Bucket-Challenge-with-Help-From-Tara-Reid-20140822)

RIP, Rivers. Lived a full life. Pissed off many people and eventually it took its toll. Lesson number one.......... don't piss off Johnny Carson.

[MG1]

Don't know why the fail, but she was having surgury done on her vocal chords when she suffered the heart attack.

I don't know about you guys, but ice bucket thing can't be good for anyone. Coaches have always hated gatorade showers. George Allen, football coach may have died from the result of a gatorade shower.


Allen's death may have been indirectly caused by a Gatorade shower. He died on December 31, 1990, from ventricular fibrillation in his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, at the age of 72. Shortly before his death, Allen noted that he had not been feeling well since some of his Long Beach State players dumped a Gatorade bucket filled with ice water on him following a season-ending victory over the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on November 17, 1990 (he remarked that the university couldn't afford actual Gatorade).

[StylinRed]

Looks like this ice bucket thing may have led to a death. No proof, just my suspicion, but Joan Rivers dies after a heart attack during a surgical procedure. She's 81 years old. Sheesh............. why court death?

Joan Rivers Completes Ice Bucket Challenge with Help From.... Tara Reid? - BWWTVWorld (http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Joan-Rivers-Completes-Ice-Bucket-Challenge-with-Help-From-Tara-Reid-20140822)

RIP, Rivers. Lived a full life. Pissed off many people and eventually it took its toll. Lesson number one.......... don't piss off Johnny Carson.

:suspicious: heard she was having more plastic surgery done when a complication occurred

who cares? bitch was evil...she said palestinian children were stupid and deserved to be bombed to death...wtf? wth says that? or even believes kids deserve to be killed? that was her last public outing that i heard of before she died...karma

[SkinnyPupp]

Don't know why the fail, but she was having surgury done on her vocal chords when she suffered the heart attack.

I don't know about you guys, but ice bucket thing can't be good for anyone. Coaches have always hated gatorade showers. George Allen, football coach may have died from the result of a gatorade shower.
Fail was for saying her death was caused by the ice bucket challenge...

[MarkyMark]

Dies rich at 81. Yup karma sure told her.

[StylinRed]

Dies rich at 81. Yup karma sure told her.

;) karma as in she died like 2? weeks after saying that


but i guess her comments are expected for the entertainment industries first troll


back on topic this is making the waves

http://img-9gag-lol.9cache.com/photo/aVQeW3n_460s_v1.jpg

[MG1]

^sapphire crystal display, yo............


Does the iPhone 6 have an IP rating? Nvm, it's just tough and scratch resistant. Not water or dust proof. Although, my iPhone survived a drop into the toilet, lol.

[StylinRed]

thought this was cool for any Karate Kid fans well... Cobra Kai fans ;)


Cobra Kai ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Vimeo