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Ice bucket nonsense

The reason they use a ice bucket is because the feeling you get when the water hits you is close to what happens to your body when it's effected by the illness

The idea has raised £50mil for an awful illness and whilst there will always be a few attention seekers it's been done with a great deal of spirit and I think it's been wonderful to see
 
jp5 said:
To date it's raised just shy of $90million for a charity that most had not heard of before.

Of course some do it just for attention without donating but there are idiots in all walks of life. Even if it has made just one person donate when they wouldn't have before (and possibly more likely to donate to charities in the future) it is a success.

How you can have a dig at the concept is shameful.
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The UK figure is reported as £250,000

Given that more concepts exist (i.e sponsorship) I found the shameful thing to be the badgering and negative attitude towards me as a non participant (but as I suggest earlier it may simply be a characteristic of some social media users)
 
It's made a serious amount of money for extremely worthy causes, money they would probably never have seen.

No-one gets harmed and awareness raised a zillion fold.

Get a grip with your moaning! Would you still have posted that nonsense if you knew someone desperately needing support from these tireless charities......thought not.
 
Its fine and shows how social media can be used to good effect, much like all the ugly women without make up...., just leave those who dont want to do in peace.
 
CMAC said:
It's made a serious amount of money for extremely worthy causes, money they would probably never have seen.

No-one gets harmed and awareness raised a zillion fold.

Get a grip with your moaning! Would you still have posted that nonsense if you knew someone desperately needing support from these tireless charities......thought not.
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Sadly that's not true
 
lex! said:
Couldn't agree more, with OP all the way. Am totally fed up with it, and thought it was a load of tosh right from the start. Like a bunch of sheep out there. What's next? Throw yourself in front of a bus challenge?
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You make a good point. A quick dousing of cold water is exactly the step just before the "commit suicide for charity" craze.
 
Slab said:
Sadly that's not true
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Ok its a quick wiki.. but

As of August 25, the Ice Bucket Challenge raised $79.7 million for the ALS Association, compared to $2.5 million raised over the same period in 2013.

You still think its a bad idea?
 
guest100718 said:
Ok its a quick wiki.. but

As of August 25, the Ice Bucket Challenge raised $79.7 million for the ALS Association, compared to $2.5 million raised over the same period in 2013.

You still think its a bad idea?
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I think raising money for charity is an excellent idea I think the format is childish and poorly conceived

That it works to an extent doesn't change my opinion of the method
 
Slab said:
I think raising money for charity is an excellent idea I think the format is childish and poorly conceived

That it works to an extent doesn't change my opinion of the method
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Well you'd better stay away from the internet as these sorts of things arent going to go away any time soon.. every other charity will be looking at how to do something similar.
 
I find it distasteful and refuse to take part due to the fact that 1 in 10 people in the world have no access to clean drinking water, it's a basic human right that many do not have. The challenge has made me act, which I acknowledge is in response to the challenge and a good thing, but my support has gone here instead http://www.wateraid.org/uk
 
Heres the way to do it..........:thup:






[video=youtube_share;5HBWkYLGIGw]http://youtu.be/5HBWkYLGIGw[/video]
 
Having had the misfortune of spending almost three months in hospital this year, most of which was in a neurological rehabilitation unit, I've witnessed first hand the effects of this condition.

Anything that helps research into it and makes life easier for those suffering has to be a good thing.
 
Slab said:
I think raising money for charity is an excellent idea I think the format is childish and poorly conceived

That it works to an extent doesn't change my opinion of the method
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Have you read the reason why they are using an ice bucket ?

There is a clear reason why that format was chosen
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Have you read the reason why they are using an ice bucket ?

There is a clear reason why that format was chosen
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Yeah, apparently several weeks after the ice bucket thing kicked off someone then linked it to ALS because they thought it would help give an indication of what it might be like if paralysed

A bit of a shame if you need to experience it in order to feel a donation is warranted though
 
The ice bucket thing comes from American Football.

They always dump the large ice bucket over the coach at the end of a big game win (superbowl etc)

So, the Baseball players did it to raise awareness of ALH for one of there own who has contracted the illness. It went from there......
 
Slab said:
The UK figure is reported as £250,000

Given that more concepts exist (i.e sponsorship) I found the shameful thing to be the badgering and negative attitude towards me as a non participant (but as I suggest earlier it may simply be a characteristic of some social media users)
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Illnesses don't respect borders. Money raised anywhere is money that will contribute towards finding treatments that can be used across the world.

The badgering and negative attitude you found says more about the other person than anything else. They'd find a way to be badgering and negative no matter the circumstance.
 
jp5 said:
Illnesses don't respect borders. Money raised anywhere is money that will contribute towards finding treatments that can be used across the world.

The badgering and negative attitude you found says more about the other person than anything else. They'd find a way to be badgering and negative no matter the circumstance.
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And I hope they find a treatment soon

The badgering and negative attitude is a direct result of the nomination aspect of the format... do this dare &/or pay up... because if you don't you're not fun and you don't care about sick people
 
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