"CHALLENGES"

Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30328

rogers park bryan wrote:

spanky wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Also, I dont see these CHALLENGES as legitimate pressure.

Easy to just ignore.

I didn't ignore it. I donated to a cause I probably would not have (because screw the YANKEES) - and still received additional pressure because I didn't make a wacky video for everybody to see.

It's similar to making a donation and then getting publicly ridiculed because you didn't donate more. That's a bad feeling for doing something for a good cause.

Your friends are assholes

I made that point already to him.

Brick · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:01 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

spanky wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Also, I dont see these CHALLENGES as legitimate pressure.

Easy to just ignore.

I didn't ignore it. I donated to a cause I probably would not have (because screw the YANKEES) - and still received additional pressure because I didn't make a wacky video for everybody to see.

It's similar to making a donation and then getting publicly ridiculed because you didn't donate more. That's a bad feeling for doing something for a good cause.

Your friends are assholes

I don't know them, but I'm going to guess that spanky is the problem.

spanky · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:02 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

spanky wrote:

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Don't a lot of people play in a golf outings qualify as this? Or go to parties or any number of "social" events that raise money for charity?

What about a fundraiser for little league or a school or something? Where does that fall on the attention whoring/social aspect line?

For some people, yes.
You disagree with that. :lol:

Isn't that a good thing then?

My very first post in this thread said that raising $ for a good cause is a good thing. I have repeatedly said similar things, as have others.

Has anybody here said differently? Do you know what the topic is?

Furious Styles · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:05 pm

Rod · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:08 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

spanky wrote:

I'm going to post a video on this message board of me listing every charity I've contributed to in the past 6 months.

Fuck that. I want to see you dump ice water on your head.

Im surprised at you. You usually love stupid shit like this.

I don't care one way or another. I'm not going to do it, but it is pretty obvious this has been the most successful marketing campaign in the relatively short history of social media.

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:11 pm

spanky wrote:

My very first post in this thread said that raising $ for a good cause is a good thing.

No it didn't. You went right away to the social aspect of thing insinuating that people who do this bucket thing don't care at all about the cause.

viewtopic.php?f=75&t=88407&start=75#p2055713

spanky wrote:

I think he's saying people are pretending to care by sharing videos of themselves dumping water over their heads.

Bagels · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:13 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

Were on a slippery slope towards eliminating all diseases....

except we haven't eliminated any and probably won't :lol:

in fact new ones are even being added . we can't even handle the old ones !

Rod · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:15 pm

Bagels wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Were on a slippery slope towards eliminating all diseases....

except we haven't eliminated any and probably won't :lol:

in fact new ones are even being added . we can't even handle the old ones !

The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can't know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill him. He will be killed, all right, but he can't know whether he is killed because of the knowledge which he has got or because of the knowledge which he hasn't got and which if he had it, would save him.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Bagels wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Were on a slippery slope towards eliminating all diseases....

except we haven't eliminated any and probably won't :lol:

in fact new ones are even being added . we can't even handle the old ones !

It does seem like a losing battle.

Remeber when AIDS and HIV was all the rage? It seemed like we had cancer on the run and was gonna be cured or treated into extinction

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:18 pm

Chris Rock had a bit on that.

Somewhere doctors just gave up. We still got cancer, sickle cell, Jerry's Kids are still limpin around...

Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30328

Frank Coztansa wrote:

spanky wrote:

My very first post in this thread said that raising $ for a good cause is a good thing.

No it didn't. You went right away to the social aspect of thing insinuating that people who do this bucket thing don't care at all about the cause.

viewtopic.php?f=75&t=88407&start=75#p2055713

spanky wrote:

I think he's saying people are pretending to care by sharing videos of themselves dumping water over their heads.

Frank - 1
Spany - 0

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:24 pm

I think Polio was the last disease that the doctors/scientists really buckled down and sorted out.

Chus · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:25 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

.

Or you could just send thoughts and prayers to Lou Gherig's family.

I'm sending thoughts and prayers to Wally Pipp's family.

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:26 pm

Chus wrote:

Frank Coztansa wrote:

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Or you could just send thoughts and prayers to Lou Gherig's family.

I'm sending thoughts and prayers to Wally Pipp's family.

He got the last laugh though didnt he??

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Those Endless Ice Bucket Challenge Videos Are All Worth It for This
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jayhathaway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7UUYt_vRI

Sure, cynics can argue that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a faddish, self-promoting waste of water, and people shouldn't need a stupid meme to convince them to fight life-threatening diseases. They can also bite their damn tongues, because that stupid meme has raised more than $20 million for people like Anthony Carbajal and his family.

Could we have done it without the celebrities? Without the water? Without covering Amy Schumer in an entire can of clam chowder? Yes, undoubtedly. But we didn't. So if some celebrities and a bunch of your Facebook friends want to jump on the bandwagon, let them. Turns out their money can still be used for research and drug development even if you don't feel it was given with the purest intentions.

Anthony, who has seen ALS claim his loved ones and now has to prepare for it to destroy him, too, doesn't really have the luxury of judging.

[h/t Reddit]

Bagels · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:27 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

It does seem like a losing battle.

Remeber when AIDS and HIV was all the rage? It seemed like we had cancer on the run and was gonna be cured or treated into extinction

well the not-so dirty secret is many of these charities are borderline scams anyway. scam is probably too harsh of a word, but when your CEO makes like 400K and only 10% of received donations actually go toward research/funding/whatever, well........

Bagels · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:28 pm

Hank Scorpio wrote:

I think Polio was the last disease that the doctors/scientists really buckled down and sorted out.

not if you ask Seacrest

Brick · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:29 pm

Bagels wrote:

Hank Scorpio wrote:

I think Polio was the last disease that the doctors/scientists really buckled down and sorted out.

not if you ask Seacrest

He thinks our immune systems will evolve to solve ALS.

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:32 pm

Bagels wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

It does seem like a losing battle.

Remeber when AIDS and HIV was all the rage? It seemed like we had cancer on the run and was gonna be cured or treated into extinction

well the not-so dirty secret is many of these charities are borderline scams anyway. scam is probably too harsh of a word, but when your CEO makes like 400K and only 10% of received donations actually go toward research/funding/whatever, well........

http://www.alsa.org/about-us/financial-information.html

27% to research. Not going to cure it that way fellas.

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:33 pm

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

Bagels wrote:

Hank Scorpio wrote:

I think Polio was the last disease that the doctors/scientists really buckled down and sorted out.

not if you ask Seacrest

He thinks our immune systems will evolve to solve ALS.

Let me just do a quick adjustment here on L5, and that should take care of your ALS.

Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30328

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Bagels wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

It does seem like a losing battle.

Remeber when AIDS and HIV was all the rage? It seemed like we had cancer on the run and was gonna be cured or treated into extinction

well the not-so dirty secret is many of these charities are borderline scams anyway. scam is probably too harsh of a word, but when your CEO makes like 400K and only 10% of received donations actually go toward research/funding/whatever, well........

http://www.alsa.org/about-us/financial-information.html

27% to research. Not going to cure it that way fellas.

Why did I have to comment on your thoughts on this, I hate myself?

Brick · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:33 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Let me just do a quick adjustment here on L5, and that should take care of your ALS.

spanky · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:34 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

spanky wrote:

My very first post in this thread said that raising $ for a good cause is a good thing.

No it didn't. You went right away to the social aspect of thing insinuating that people who do this bucket thing don't care at all about the cause.

viewtopic.php?f=75&t=88407&start=75#p2055713

spanky wrote:

I think he's saying people are pretending to care by sharing videos of themselves dumping water over their heads.

My bad. It was actually my 2nd post:

spanky wrote:

I get what Hank is saying, but I'm not sure it matters either way.

If somebody knocks on my door taking collections for a disease/charity I've never heard of, I may throw in a few bucks.
I may forget what the charity was by the time I close the door, but I still contributed.

I agree with Hank that there a LOT of people that are in this for the social media aspect more than the charity part.
People should be able to donate without pressure to have themselves being a sheep on video.

I assume you're still looking for everybody in this thread that said raising money for a charity is a bad thing?

312player · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:35 pm

Facebook = dbags
Facebook challenges = pathetic

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:36 pm

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Bagels wrote:

Hank Scorpio wrote:

I think Polio was the last disease that the doctors/scientists really buckled down and sorted out.

not if you ask Seacrest

Id like to see some documents supporting Seacrest's thoughts on that.

I cant find much

Hawg Ass · **Joined:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 pm **Posts:** 30328

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Dammit you should!!!

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

312player wrote:

Facebook = dbags
Facebook challenges = pathetic

Ill never tire of how sure you are of every opinion (right and wrong) you have

spanky · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:39 pm

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Hank, I am challenging you publicly to raise awareness for UTI's.....

(pees pants on video)

Douchebag · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm **Posts:** 43572

rogers park bryan wrote:

312player wrote:

Facebook = dbags
Facebook challenges = pathetic

Ill never tire of how sure you are of every opinion (right and wrong) you have

It's like an even dumber version of Scorehead. Who would have thought that was possible?

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