peabay
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Post by peabay on Aug 24, 2014 16:28:37 GMT
Did it. It was actually fun. My kids and my dh got a good laugh and ALSA.org got a big donation. Win/win.
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Post by *Shannon on Aug 24, 2014 17:01:53 GMT
I don't think there's anything forced, rude or obnoxious about it... if you're challenged either do it or don't do it. It's supposed to be a fun way to get people to learn about ALS and donate if they want. If whomever challenged you is a dick about it, that's their issue. Only you can make it an issue for yourself.
I think it's a great campaign that has succeeded more than it's developers ever envisioned it would. More power to them.
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IPeaFreely
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Post by IPeaFreely on Aug 24, 2014 17:10:30 GMT
I'm not a fan of meaningless gestures. And who I donate money to is my business. I'm like Kramer in the Seinfeld epi where he refuses to wear the aids ribbon.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 24, 2014 17:12:30 GMT
I'm not a fan of meaningless gestures. And who I donate money to is my business. I'm like Kramer in the Seinfeld epi where he refuses to wear the aids ribbon.
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Post by *Shannon on Aug 24, 2014 17:14:15 GMT
I fail to understand how you can be resentful of a donation challenge that has no effect on your daily life other than stopping up your fb feed. You have a loved one who passed away and I would think you would be happy that money is being raised to try and find a cure.
And I'm sure not everyone donates - as you can read on this thread, not everyone can afford to donate, but millions have been raised. Well worth "the thing to do". I'm resentful because it's become more of a fad than a fundraiser. I am willing to bet that a large majority haven't donated a dime or educated themselves about the disease. They've just made a video and posted it on FB. I've seen so many of my kids' friends do the challenge and I doubt they are sending in any money. Scrapbookdiva... I am so sorry for your loss of your FIL to ALS. Please keep in mind, though, that millions HAVE been raised for research because of this campaign. No, not everyone who makes a video is donating, but 1,000s are. Not everyone is looking up ALS to educate themselves, but 1,000s are. How can that be a bad thing? A friend's FB banner comes to mind: "The good things don't always soften the bad things, But, vice versa - the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." Yes, some people have no clue what it's all about and won't learn a thing or donate a dollar. But, so much good is coming from the campaign... so much more money than normally would have been raised, so many more people are now aware of ALS. P.S. I've had two Facebook friends who posted that they knew nothing about the disease before seeing these videos. They read up on ALS... neither were challenged, they just saw the videos and educated themselves. That's a win.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 24, 2014 19:59:35 GMT
Honestly, it is just one more reason I am glad that I'm not on Facebook.
There's no chance in hell that I'd be dumping ice water on myself.
And being pressured and bullied into donating money to a good cause is not something I find right.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 20:08:02 GMT
I don't think there's anything forced, rude or obnoxious about it... if you're challenged either do it or don't do it. It's supposed to be a fun way to get people to learn about ALS and donate if they want. If whomever challenged you is a dick about it, that's their issue. Only you can make it an issue for yourself. I think it's a great campaign that has succeeded more than it's developers ever envisioned it would. More power to them. I disagree. People are calling out others and basically saying do this and give your money. To assume others want to do it is rude and presumptuous. I don't agree with calling others out in public for something like this at all. I don't care what others do but don't drag me into it.
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 24, 2014 21:01:51 GMT
I don't think there's anything forced, rude or obnoxious about it... if you're challenged either do it or don't do it. It's supposed to be a fun way to get people to learn about ALS and donate if they want. If whomever challenged you is a dick about it, that's their issue. Only you can make it an issue for yourself. I think it's a great campaign that has succeeded more than it's developers ever envisioned it would. More power to them. I disagree. People are calling out others and basically saying do this and give your money. To assume others want to do it is rude and presumptuous. I don't agree with calling others out in public for something like this at all. I don't care what others do but don't drag me into it. I agree that some people are rude and presumptuous. I also think a lot of people are challenging others because they think it's fun and can't imagine that someone else might NOT think it's fun at all. It has been a big thing with teachers and some students at my school, and one of my oldest friends at school was shocked to find out that I wouldn't do it if challenged. Most people seem to think it's no big deal, and no one ever mentions any health concerns that might make someone think twice about whether to do it. Another teacher agreed with me that it's a kind of peer pressure, and neither of us like that part of it. The people I know do seem to be donating, but the major focus seems to be on calling out others to do the ice water dump and laughing about the videos. If I want to donate to this cause (which is an excellent, very deserving cause) I'd give a higher amount and forget the ice bucket part of it.
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Post by LAM88 on Aug 24, 2014 21:07:16 GMT
I tried to be clever and dumped a bucket of cash on my head that I was donating to ALS instead of dumping ice water, but instead I got called out for trying to weasel out of the challenge. I ignored it after that.
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pennyring
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Post by pennyring on Aug 24, 2014 21:09:50 GMT
I think it's funny how angsty some people are getting about this. If someone wants to nominate me they can, but I'm just going to laugh and ignore it. Not interested, don't care, and not a joiner, but everyone else can knock themselves out.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 24, 2014 21:18:44 GMT
I will politely refuse if asked. I donate my $ as I see fit and won't be told by someone else how I should donate. This is the only thing that bothers me with the whole thing. I am very happy to see awareness was raised about ALS, and that their donations have skyrocketed this year. But I have my own things I choose to donate to that are close to my heart. I really don't want to dump icy water on myself, and I really don't want to donate $100 to ALS if I choose not to dump the water. But if I'm called out by friends on Facebook, I look like the jerk who doesn't participate or donate.
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Post by penny on Aug 24, 2014 21:48:31 GMT
I love this - he tells you exactly what ice is for...lol youtu.be/la86Dr4Nzpw Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 24, 2014 22:03:59 GMT
Don't want to do it? Then just don't. This is supposed to be a free country and that includes the right to decline to participate in activities you don't want to do. No reason necessary. I'm not doing it. I just ignored the call outs and block the notifications to those posts. Honestly, I'm surprised that my friends tried that on me -- they really should know that one sure way to get me to not do something is to "call me out" in public to do it. If they press the matter? Well, I'll tell them NO very loudly. And I don't care if someone thinks I'm a curmudgeon. If they want to use public peer pressure and shaming to get me to do something, then I think they're a mean girl bitch and can bite it. They're apparently okay with that, so why should I care what they think of me? What causes I donate to or choose not to donate to are no one's business and I resent the peer pressure and public shaming involved in this fad. (Yes, I know it raises money for a good cause, I object to the process, as is my right.) I wish I could give you MORE than just one thumbs up for this one!
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Post by traceys on Aug 24, 2014 22:26:03 GMT
To me, it's just kind of like one more of those "chain letter post" type things.....you know, repost this for whatever cause, the breast cancer mystery post games, etc., albeit for a good cause.
I just ignore them. I donate money where I donate it, and I'm not into videoing myself for much of any reason to post on FB. I also didn't post three things I'm grateful for for seven days or whatever. Just not my game. Hopefully no one would be rude enough to demand to know why a challengee didn't complete it.
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Post by bianca42 on Aug 25, 2014 0:06:56 GMT
My SIL was nominated, but she has health concerns. She tried to ignore it, but the people who nominated her badgered her. So, her daughter did a video saying she was donating her weekend earnings from pet sitting and SIL was matching it...no ice water. She then got harassed because it was a cop-out and "with your health problems you should understand and be the first one to do the ice".
Then another friend who did the challenge along with her daughter and donated money posted this morning an article saying that the research that is being funded includes embryonic stem cell research. She is against that, and isn't pleased that she's supporting it.
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Post by zoeybug on Aug 25, 2014 0:45:55 GMT
I've been nominated twice and I really just want to donate but my 12 y o is so excited about me pouring ice water on me and then nominating HER I may jus have to do it ! I did make her watch a video about Pete Frates, the Boston College baseball star who was diagnosed at 27 with ALS . This helped her understand what it is seeing how affected this man is ( he can no longer walk or talk on his own) but also more determined to get me to do it! I say if you want to donate, donate and you don't have to donate $100, that's not feasible for everyone . Donate what you can, if you want. ALS ice bucket donations
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 0:52:46 GMT
So far, I have not been challenged and I hope to keep it that way. I will not video tape it. DH had NO clue what I was talking about when I told him about it. We have other diseases that have struck closer to home that we will donate to. Not saying ALS isn't worthy of donating; it's just not a cause we feel strongly about.
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Post by traceys on Aug 25, 2014 1:32:40 GMT
My SIL was nominated, but she has health concerns. She tried to ignore it, but the people who nominated her badgered her. So, her daughter did a video saying she was donating her weekend earnings from pet sitting and SIL was matching it...no ice water. She then got harassed because it was a cop-out and "with your health problems you should understand and be the first one to do the ice". Then another friend who did the challenge along with her daughter and donated money posted this morning an article saying that the research that is being funded includes embryonic stem cell research. She is against that, and isn't pleased that she's supporting it. Wow. How incredibly rude. With friends like that, you don't need enemies.....I don't rush onto the unfriending bandwagon, but I'd be tempted for someone who harassed me over something like that.
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 25, 2014 2:34:46 GMT
I'm resentful because it's become more of a fad than a fundraiser. I am willing to bet that a large majority haven't donated a dime or educated themselves about the disease. They've just made a video and posted it on FB. I've seen so many of my kids' friends do the challenge and I doubt they are sending in any money. ]Today my cousin's kids were dumping water over each other's heads to make videos to upload. The oldest said, "We're dumping water so we don't have to give money. If you don't get water dumped on you then you have to give money." I took the opportunity to explain it to them, particularly that the purpose is to give money, not to avoid giving money.
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julieb
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Post by julieb on Aug 26, 2014 2:44:49 GMT
I don't think the numbers lie and at this point, with so many people stating that others don't know anything about the disease, they have educated themselves.
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Post by megop on Aug 26, 2014 3:26:29 GMT
In my mind it's the digital version of a chain letter. Participate, don't participate, we're adults, our choice.
I just ignore and move on.
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Post by megop on Aug 26, 2014 3:27:47 GMT
Ya know, the anecdotal stories of this didn't happen perfectly in all aspects for all people is a bit ridiculous. At the end of the day, it was successful to raise awareness and increase fundraising.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 26, 2014 3:48:54 GMT
I apologize if I've missed a good RSI us soon/ I'll read later. A friends DH died too young (55) of this. It's hard to watch party spirited videos of neighbors and their kids getting dunked. No matter the outcome I can't help remembering the original constraint was get dunked or pay up. Feel certai those getting dunked don't also pay
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 26, 2014 12:56:35 GMT
She then got harassed because it was a cop-out and "with your health problems you should understand and be the first one to do the ice". People can be so rude, I'm sorry.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 26, 2014 13:02:38 GMT
Well - I was nominated last night by friends of ours. My kids are all "do it Mom!" because my middle DD has already done it (of course, when she went to donate, it needs a credit card, so I have to use mine...sigh)
DH and DS were also nominated by the same family. If they want to do it - fine. But I don't want to, and plan to just ignore it completely. If they call me out publicly, I will give my reasons, but I'm not saying anything for now.
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Aug 26, 2014 13:41:35 GMT
I've been nominated by three friends at this point, all of whom have posted videos of themselves being doused by icy water. I have no problem donating to ALS or any other worthy cause, but dumping ice water on myself does nothing to help anyone. I thought the original point of the the challenge was only to take the ice water dumping if you refused to donate, but now it seems everyone does both (or claims to). Any other curmudgeons out there who aren't willing to dump a bucket of ice water over themselves for no good reason? What do you do? Ignore the challenge? Make up an excuse? I too, am refusing. I was nominated by my sister, my three kids by her three kids and my DH by his bil. My sis is now insisting we owe $100 each ($500) for not participating, when I posted of would be making a donation instead. What the heck? Is she nuts? You can not force someone to donate to a cause, mind you, especially the cause of YOUR choice, nor can you demand they donate any amount just because you dumped cold water on your head, without their knowledge or agreement. She actually called me out on fb about it. I pointed out the illogical ness of her demands.
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Aug 26, 2014 13:47:12 GMT
The challenge is to donate $10 and dump ice water on your head OR donate $100 and don't dump the ice water. If you don't want to do it, just ignore the posts. Or if you just want to donate and not do the ice water, just post a status that the challenge was accepted and a donation has been made. I don't get how you can be nominated to donate anything. It's MY $$ and the person who "nominated" me is insisting I must pay. She chose to sign on, not me. And ignore the post? Yeah right. I tried that, I was then called out for that! Then I mentioned I planned on donating. I was told I needed to donate $100x5 (her entire family nominated my entire family). So I kindly explained that won't be happening. And I highly doubt she donated a penny... As if the water over her head will fund anything. I'm sour this morning.
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Post by Meri-Lyn on Aug 26, 2014 13:57:49 GMT
I tried to be clever and dumped a bucket of cash on my head that I was donating to ALS instead of dumping ice water, but instead I got called out for trying to weasel out of the challenge. I ignored it after that. Wasn't that what Charlie Sheen did, or am I thinking of another one? Dh was nominated last night and asked me what to do. I said just ignore it. I would hope there was no fallout from there, I don't think there will be. We'll see.
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peppermintpatty
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Post by peppermintpatty on Aug 26, 2014 14:20:40 GMT
Both of my kids were asked to do it. DD wouldn't do it because it was in the 60's and raining when she would have had to do it. No thank you. Ds was challenged the other day and we were so busy with church stuff and family stuff that he had no time. I told them that while I have no problem with them doing the challenge, I don't want to be told where and how much I should donate to a charity. I told them if they wanted to donate to a charity, we could discuss it as a family and donate to what we think is a worthwhile cause that directly impacts our family.
I wish this would just go away.
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Pinky Zebra
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Post by Pinky Zebra on Aug 26, 2014 16:25:41 GMT
Oh my goodness. If you don't want to do it - - don't do it! Why is this such an issue? The sad thing is, if this had to do with animals, there would be a non-stop thread that is bumped constantly. It'll go away. Eventually. Perhaps a social media break is in order for anyone that is that sick of it.
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