What good does people being “aware” of the disease do if they’re not doing anything to cure or solve it? The money donated is not “icing on the top”. The money donated is EVERYTHING. That is the reason this whole thing started. The fact that I know what cancer is does nothing to help cure it, and dumping ice on my head and challenging my friends to do the same does nothing to help solve the problems of people who have ALS if none of us donate to an organization that is trying to find a cure.
If you were trying to link “awareness” about an issue to more people donating then we’re in agreement, but your comment didn’t really do a very good job of making that argument. Also, $10 is nothing. I would venture to say that very few people can’t afford to donate $10 to a good cause like this, and THAT would cause exponential growth in the funds donated to ALS.
Initially the challenge WAS to donate $10 if you did the challenge and $100 if you didn’t. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way that detail got lost.
I was annoyed at first with this whole challenge business. A vast majority of these fad charity things designed to “raise awareness” really do nothing to actually help solve the issue at hand. I thought to myself “How in the hell does dumping ice water on myself help people with ALS and how sad is it that I’d rather do that than donate to a charity funding research to do some real good.” The whole thing seemed pointless and ineffective.
Then I learned that you’re supposed to donate SOMETHING ($10 if you do the challenge, $100 if you don’t) whether or not you do the challenge, a detail that has sadly gotten lost in translation since the whole thing started. As long as something like this actually translates into donations and forward progress, I support it. I don’t care how stupid or irrelevant the “challenge” linked to it is.
From the perspective of someone who’s not very funny (unless you’re a fan of bad puns and dad humor), it always confused me when people who brought so much joy and happiness to the world cut their own life short. Thank you for helping us “unfunny” people relate and at least start to understand some of the reasoning behind this tragedy.
The thing about salad is that as a general rule, I don’t eat food that my food eats. I am simply too far up the food chain to pussyfoot around with lettuce and cucumbers and whatnot.
I bought a new thermostat online for less than $50 that has the ability to be set on a schedule, it was pretty straightforward to install and has saved me a ton of money and comfort so far.
dude just because you’re some pussycreep NF GDI scum doesn’t mean you have to hate us FAF fratstars because we’re so much more FAF than you. Plus, frat membership is for life, bruh. You can’t just like, stop being in a frat. If you weren’t such a geed you’d know that.
The League is easily one of the funniest shows out there right now. I hate Nick Kroll in pretty much any role other than Ruxin but I’ll be damned if he isn’t perfect in that role. More proof that Netflix produces some of the best shows on TV today.
“Look, I enjoy a fun exaggeration for the purpose of humor just as much as the next impoverished online humorist, but can we take a chill pill with the bipolar endorsements/condemnations? It’s literally sodomizing the place in my brain responsible for happy thoughts.”
Fucking this. I’ve already decided that 27 is the absolute earliest I’m getting married, and I’d prefer to wait until I’m at least 30. Live for yourself while you’re young. Get all of your crazies out and go do the things that you want to do before you have to inevitably settle down and dedicate your life to another person/people. How can you be a good parent if you still long to go see the world and take stupid and crazy (but fun) risks?
The issue is that for an unsecured private loan to someone with exactly zero credit in most cases, 7-9% is a pretty good rate from the bank’s point of view. That’s the issue with private student loans. There’s nothing to guarantee them and therefore nothing to seize to recoup the balance owed if the borrower decides that they can’t or just don’t want to pay anymore. It’s basically a lose-lose situation.
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Dude there’s tons of stuff to do in South Dakota! You could go see the Mitchell Corn Palace, or go to Wall Drug, or… or… yeah I got nothing.
What good does people being “aware” of the disease do if they’re not doing anything to cure or solve it? The money donated is not “icing on the top”. The money donated is EVERYTHING. That is the reason this whole thing started. The fact that I know what cancer is does nothing to help cure it, and dumping ice on my head and challenging my friends to do the same does nothing to help solve the problems of people who have ALS if none of us donate to an organization that is trying to find a cure.
If you were trying to link “awareness” about an issue to more people donating then we’re in agreement, but your comment didn’t really do a very good job of making that argument. Also, $10 is nothing. I would venture to say that very few people can’t afford to donate $10 to a good cause like this, and THAT would cause exponential growth in the funds donated to ALS.
Initially the challenge WAS to donate $10 if you did the challenge and $100 if you didn’t. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way that detail got lost.
I was annoyed at first with this whole challenge business. A vast majority of these fad charity things designed to “raise awareness” really do nothing to actually help solve the issue at hand. I thought to myself “How in the hell does dumping ice water on myself help people with ALS and how sad is it that I’d rather do that than donate to a charity funding research to do some real good.” The whole thing seemed pointless and ineffective.
Then I learned that you’re supposed to donate SOMETHING ($10 if you do the challenge, $100 if you don’t) whether or not you do the challenge, a detail that has sadly gotten lost in translation since the whole thing started. As long as something like this actually translates into donations and forward progress, I support it. I don’t care how stupid or irrelevant the “challenge” linked to it is.
but… you can’t just…
no wait I actually agree with this.
From the perspective of someone who’s not very funny (unless you’re a fan of bad puns and dad humor), it always confused me when people who brought so much joy and happiness to the world cut their own life short. Thank you for helping us “unfunny” people relate and at least start to understand some of the reasoning behind this tragedy.
The thing about salad is that as a general rule, I don’t eat food that my food eats. I am simply too far up the food chain to pussyfoot around with lettuce and cucumbers and whatnot.
What do you eat at Thanksgiving, you damned European?
I bought a new thermostat online for less than $50 that has the ability to be set on a schedule, it was pretty straightforward to install and has saved me a ton of money and comfort so far.
antelope, the true chosen people of the Americas.
You’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole.
So if at least 98% of these apply to me does that mean you’ll sleep with me?
guess I laid the sarcasm on a little too thick
Damn I guess you’re right. I could have sworn that it was a Netflix original but I guess I was mistaken.
dude just because you’re some pussycreep NF GDI scum doesn’t mean you have to hate us FAF fratstars because we’re so much more FAF than you. Plus, frat membership is for life, bruh. You can’t just like, stop being in a frat. If you weren’t such a geed you’d know that.
The League is easily one of the funniest shows out there right now. I hate Nick Kroll in pretty much any role other than Ruxin but I’ll be damned if he isn’t perfect in that role. More proof that Netflix produces some of the best shows on TV today.
“Look, I enjoy a fun exaggeration for the purpose of humor just as much as the next impoverished online humorist, but can we take a chill pill with the bipolar endorsements/condemnations? It’s literally sodomizing the place in my brain responsible for happy thoughts.”
I see what you did there.
Fucking this. I’ve already decided that 27 is the absolute earliest I’m getting married, and I’d prefer to wait until I’m at least 30. Live for yourself while you’re young. Get all of your crazies out and go do the things that you want to do before you have to inevitably settle down and dedicate your life to another person/people. How can you be a good parent if you still long to go see the world and take stupid and crazy (but fun) risks?
The issue is that for an unsecured private loan to someone with exactly zero credit in most cases, 7-9% is a pretty good rate from the bank’s point of view. That’s the issue with private student loans. There’s nothing to guarantee them and therefore nothing to seize to recoup the balance owed if the borrower decides that they can’t or just don’t want to pay anymore. It’s basically a lose-lose situation.
Having worked extensively in sales, I can assure you that 90% of receptionists go out of their way to be as mean as possible to telemarketers.