shared feeling???

[Sean88gt]

I'd damn near look at them all, then determine if I didn't want to see individual ones.

[mk5.0]

I wish they would start using buckets of gasoline and matches...

[phaux]

The origins:

[Back N Black]

DAMN IT! too early in the morning to have my eyes watering from allergies!

[Denny]

I doubt all of those "challenges" actually get followed up by a donation, rather just another excuse for attention whorism.

[Back N Black]

I doubt all of those "challenges" actually get followed up by a donation, rather just another excuse for attention whorism.

I totally agree with you here. The narcisim that I am watching go on in social media is stupid (i dont even have a facebook) just by seeing it posted all over the internet..

[slow99]

$50 million raised versus $2 million last year. It's annoying but it's working.

[Back N Black]

$50 million raised versus $2 million last year. It's annoying but it's working.

yes its working I will agree, but out of all of them done, how many have actually paid you know?

[mstng86]

http://vimeo.com/104297130?from=outro-embed

best one yet

[snacksnack]

I'd damn near look at them all, then determine if I didn't want to see individual ones.

[Leah]

We need a good idea for the Arthritis Foundation fundraiser for the Spring! Obviously dumping ice cold water on a person with arthritis is not going to work so maybe 'Hot tub relaxation' fundraiser .

[bcoop]

We need a good idea for the Arthritis Foundation fundraiser for the Spring! Obviously dumping ice cold water on a person with arthritis is not going to work so maybe 'Hot tub relaxation' fundraiser .

Related: And I tend to agree.


Mark Cuban has been called “unpatriotic” for his stance on NBA players participating in international competitions. Given his Fallen Patriot Fund and the Mavs’ annual night benefitting soldiers and their families, of course that notion is ridiculous.

Now Cuban will likely draw the ire of his critics for daring to not jump onto the coattails of America’s latest fad – the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.

Speaking on CBS Radio in Dallas last Friday, Cuban explained why he’s declined numerous “nominations” to video himself being doused with a bucket of ice water to raise awareness and donations to fight ALS.

“We’ve gotten to the point now where it’s not so much about ALS or raising money,” he said. “It’s really a social-media phenomenon and I’m starting to feel bad for a lot of the other charities who are going to have a far more difficult time raising money. A lot of people are going to try to copy what ALS has done and it’s going to be impossible. Someone else is going to have to come up with something completely different. Not to take anything away from ALS. Whatever amount of money they raise, good for them. It's a terrible disease. I don’t want trying to coming up with an idea to fund raise to be about who is the most creative on social media. I don’t want to see a lot of charities waste a lot of money trying to come up with the next social-media phenomenon. I just don’t feel comfortable with it at this point in time. Had I done it early I would have been like, ‘Yeah I was one of the early ones.’ That’s just my style.”

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Ever-the-Independent-Cuban-Declines-the-Trendy-Ice-Bucket-Challenge-272732971.html

[Sean88gt]

So in my satirical mind I thought "what if dumping ice water upon one's head increases the likelihood of developing ALS, and through research, ALS groups have spread this as a means to make their organizations more powerful in an attempt to gather pharmaceutical support in pursuit of a cure, that will fund their agencies?"

So I didn't accept the challenge, and I'm in the financial position right now to donate to one charity - Sean Needs Law School Books.

[Roscoe]

Related: And I tend to agree.


Mark Cuban has been called “unpatriotic” for his stance on NBA players participating in international competitions. Given his Fallen Patriot Fund and the Mavs’ annual night benefitting soldiers and their families, of course that notion is ridiculous.

Now Cuban will likely draw the ire of his critics for daring to not jump onto the coattails of America’s latest fad – the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge.

Speaking on CBS Radio in Dallas last Friday, Cuban explained why he’s declined numerous “nominations” to video himself being doused with a bucket of ice water to raise awareness and donations to fight ALS.

“We’ve gotten to the point now where it’s not so much about ALS or raising money,” he said. “It’s really a social-media phenomenon and I’m starting to feel bad for a lot of the other charities who are going to have a far more difficult time raising money. A lot of people are going to try to copy what ALS has done and it’s going to be impossible. Someone else is going to have to come up with something completely different. Not to take anything away from ALS. Whatever amount of money they raise, good for them. It's a terrible disease. I don’t want trying to coming up with an idea to fund raise to be about who is the most creative on social media. I don’t want to see a lot of charities waste a lot of money trying to come up with the next social-media phenomenon. I just don’t feel comfortable with it at this point in time. Had I done it early I would have been like, ‘Yeah I was one of the early ones.’ That’s just my style.”

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Ev...272732971.html

Again, Mark Cuban nails it.

[bcoop]

I got called out by a friend, denied it, and made a donation. But not without pointing out that the dollars donated to dollars spent on research ratio was completely fucked. I only donated because I personally know someone who has ALS.


Then we got called out as a company, so I got sucked in. A guy I know dumped a 5 gallon bucket for every $10 donated by our office staff. We ran out of buckets when doing it, so he ended up getting a 30 gallon trash can dumped in addition to all the 5 gallon buckets. That was pretty funny to watch.