At some point, someone has to say “Hey, people are pouring water on their heads to get donations for ALS. I’ll be the guy inspired to actually make that donation.”
I’m that guy.
It seems like this thing has sort of split off into two branches (maybe there are more). In one group you have people who say you have to donate $10 if you dump the water on your head and $100 if you don’t, and in the other group people are not bothering with that $10 donation. One is obviously more useful than the other, although if it brings about more donations indirectly I guess it’s still getting something done.
I got challenged last night so I’m going to do it this afternoon! And I’ll make a $25 donation to the ALS group.
I JUST now learned about what this was after seeing it mentioned all over the place the last two days. Apparently it’s huge.
It’s now at about 41 million.
I don’t vote in public polls on principle, but I would have ticked No. I might do it under the right circumstances, which would involve drugs or alcohol, but I find it a bit cold(heh)-hearted for someone to tell me, “If you don’t do this, we’re not giving any money to such-and-such cause despite it being worthy.”
In a related development, US envoys banned from ‘ice bucket’. I think the phenomenon has shown up in Thailand too.
I believe it’s if you don’t do it, you need to give more $ to ALSA.
In related news, it was bound to happen at some point, one of the more unusual ones has two in critical condition.
Good luck with that!
I meant good luck extorting more money out of me.
I don’t think this has anything to do with awareness of the disease or generosity of spirit.
It is another tiresome, viral social media stunt that happens to allow celebrities and the other self-obsessed to show how much they “care”. The charity is incidental, it’ll be shoving bananas up your arse for alzheimer’s next week and so the escalation of stupid stunts continues until people die.
A byproduct is that this charity gets a load of money, good for them, they are a worthy cause. I’m sure that somewhere else other equally important charities are wondering why their takings are down and wondering why so many people are walking round with an “I’ve done my bit already” look on their face (and with wet hair…or smelling of bananas).
So no, I wouldn’t do it and I’d look down on anyone who tried these pitiful blackmail tactics in order to coerce me. I hate anyone confronting me with what, when and how much I should donate to a particular cause. I’ll make my own decision thanks.
Thankfully I’m not on any social media so the chances of anyone bothering me with this are negligible.
Well, to be fair, some people do pay good money for that anyway.
I voted no. Where do I send the check?
Please tell me this is a fund raiser for the Special Olympics.
Regards,
Shodan
I thought it was a fundraiser for barbecue sauce.
Good for you!
I am in an electric wheelchair myself these days. So pouring water over my head out of the question. But in the old days I’d have done it.
I had a kid on my caseload who had the worst joystick on his chair. The tiniest bit of moisture, and he was stuck. I’m not kidding-- like, if it was a hot day, and he sweated on the joystick, he’d get stuck. His mother put a bread bag over it until we could get him back up to Riley to demand that they replace it. Anyway, I hear you.
One of the most frustrating things we encountered was people who had handicapped placards, but didn’t “get” not to park in the van lift spaces if they didn’t need them. Sometimes there wouldn’t be a van lift space, and his mother would diagonal park in two regular spaces and leave the lift down.
I don’t think you actually have to sit in a chair-- if you spend a lot of time hanging out with people who use chairs, you get the gist. Although, FWIW, I’ve sat in some chairs because people needed me to move them, and it’s easier that way. The real eye-opener for me wasn’t that broken door openers suck, or streets with curb cutaways on only one side suck, but the fact that steering a chair is a real skill that needs some practice.
What? Please explain that, and I really hope you don’t mean what I think you mean.
“Fireman fighting for life after electric shock during ice bucket challenge. Three others were also injured when a ladder got too close to power cables as they poured water over a group of university students”
I was wondering how long it would take before someone got seriously hurt.
So wait, all these people getting doused with cold water are actually giving lesser donations, but they are the ones getting all the attention, like they’ve done something good? They post pictures of themselves getting doused, or endanger firefighters’ lives in order to avoid giving money? They could maintain their dignity, not be media whores, and actually do *more *for the charity by making a bigger donation if they refused to get doused?
That’s it, we’re through the looking-glass. Real life has jumped the shark.
Yup, either a physical challenge or pony up cash, seems reasonable to me.
However, it’s no longer limited to people. This particpant is awesome marketing!