Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand

[crownie]

Can you even buy pop tarts any more?

bought some from safeway a few weeks ago, not as good as i thought they would be.

 

[The Scales]

bought some from safeway a few weeks ago, not as good as i thought they would be.

Saw some chocolate ones in a confectionary shop yesterday. Could possibly be tempted with a different flavour, but chocolate doesn't work for me.

 

[peternorth]

ice bucket challenge.

i read somewhere on the internet that you pour ice cold water on yourself OR donate money.

so no one's donating?

i stand to be corrected

 

[TheFreshBanana]

ice bucket challenge.

i read somewhere on the internet that you pour ice cold water on yourself OR donate money.

so no one's donating?

i stand to be corrected

It's either donate 100 dollars if you don't do the challenge.

Or send the 10 dollars and do the ice bucket challenge.

People are stupid and actually think the celebrities are only donating 10 dollars.

No you ******* idiot, the whole point of doing the challenge in the first place, and challenging other people to do it, is to spread awareness about ALS.

And it's not like they're going to just donate 10 dollars when they do it lol.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Pretty simple and smart marketing tactic actually. It's driven a lot of awareness.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

And what happens if you do neither? Is it as serious as ignoring a Neknominate?

 

[Cruyff14]

It's either donate 100 dollars if you don't do the challenge.

Or send the 10 dollars and do the ice bucket challenge.

People are stupid and actually think the celebrities are only donating 10 dollars.

No you ******* idiot, the whole point of doing the challenge in the first place, and challenging other people to do it, is to spread awareness about ALS.

And it's not like they're going to just donate 10 dollars when they do it lol.

Charlie Sheen poured 10k over his head in cash and donated that.

 

[Gough]

It's raising awareness of MND which in itself is important. A mate of my old man's died of it twenty odd years ago, his started the same was as it seems to have done with Neale Daniher in that his speech was the first to be affected meaning that he sounded a bit pissed all the time. It's a s**t of a diseases and if tipping a bucket of ice water over yourself means that awareness and hopefully a bit of coin is raised I don't see any harm, only good coming from this.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I think a mil has already been raised.

 

[Vapor]

 

[I bleed Blue]

Even ol' mate Gill is onto it

 

[courtjester]

Follow Pearl Jam on social media and they've all done it. Ed Ved did it and donated 5000, as did Stone Gossard.

 

[peternorth]

well its worked. i donate $500. feels good.

i just hope the ice bucket challenge continues year after year, and doesnt lose its meaning like other charity things (like those wrist bands).

 

[crownie]

I think a mil has already been raised.

Stevo from Jackass said 15 million on his facebook page, but not sure if all countries are doing it for the same thing.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Stevo from Jackass said 15 million on his facebook page, but not sure if all countries are doing it for the same thing.

Yeah, saw a vid last night that said the ALS organization have already raised 13.3 mil

 

[JUBJUB]

ice bucket challenge.

i read somewhere on the internet that you pour ice cold water on yourself OR donate money.

so no one's donating?

i stand to be corrected

Geelong players found a good use for the Premiership Cups

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/2014-08-20/cats-answer-the-icebucket-challenge

 

[dales.girl38]

http://m.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celeb...ses-ice-bucket-challenge-20140822-1072f6.html

Figure looks more like $42 million according to this article.

 

[Tyler Durden007]

Geelong players found a good use for the Premiership Cups

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/2014-08-20/cats-answer-the-icebucket-challenge

I hope they collected cash from the other players to donate. Awareness is a crock of s**t. Awareness disappears in 2 weeks when the next passenger jet is shot down by drunk Russians over the Caspian Sea.

 

[peternorth]

I hope they collected cash from the other players to donate. Awareness is a crock of s**t. Awareness disappears in 2 weeks when the next passenger jet is shot down by drunk Russians over the Caspian Sea.

i somewhat agree with that. celebs are doing it mostly IMO for attention.

question, if there was no tipping of iced water on self, would people donate?

 

[Tyler Durden007]

i somewhat agree with that. celebs are doing it mostly IMO for attention.

question, if there was no tipping of iced water on self, would people donate?

Probably not. It's the whole "look at me I'M FULL ON MAD!!!" element of this day and age. Oh, and just like the planking s**t, there's already a few people dead from it. Collateral damage?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Who is Joe Bonnamassa?

 

[peternorth]

Probably not. It's the whole "look at me I'M FULL ON MAD!!!" element of this day and age. Oh, and just like the planking s**t, there's already a few people dead from it. Collateral damage?

i agree with what you say, and add that celebs almost feel compelled to do this in order to keep up with the competition. if they don't participate, they will lose fans which will hurt financially.

at least through photos and video they can prove that they have done it. donation to charity however is harder to prove.

 

[BotsMaster]

http://m.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celeb...ses-ice-bucket-challenge-20140822-1072f6.html

Figure looks more like $42 million according to this article.

That is not news!

 

[Catfish Alley]

I doubt the charity care why people are doing it. They've got a bunch more money for research now. That's all they'd care about.

 

[peternorth]

I doubt the charity care why people are doing it. They've got a bunch more money for research now. That's all they'd care about.

heartless money making grubs