As I see it, the thing is, asking for donations the traditional way has probably desensitized everyone enough that a new idea was forced to evolve, and here it is, and it's working. I have to wonder what the next new idea will be. Any ideas?
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- Yes. It's raising a lot of money. But if everyone who did the challenge donated instead of posting a witty video about themselves wasting a natural resource, it would have raised a lot more.
- Again, yes. It's raising a lot of money. But do we need to raise this much for something that only affects two in 100,000 people? I understand that it's devastating for those people but there are a lot of devastating things that affect a lot more people.
How many people does it need to affect before it becomes worthy?I'm with you, Sunny.
Here are my big problems with it:
- It's a huge waste of a natural resource that a large portion of the country is rapidly running out of. My state is in it's worst drought in 500 years.
- Yes. It's raising a lot of money. But if everyone who did the challenge donated instead of posting a witty video about themselves wasting a natural resource, it would have raised a lot more.
- Again, yes. It's raising a lot of money. But do we need to raise this much for something that only affects two in 100,000 people? I understand that it's devastating for those people but there are a lot of devastating things that affect a lot more people.
Maybe I'm just being grumpy but it's truly just not adding up to something that makes sense to me.
They have raised more in a few days than the entire amount raised last year. Without the challenge, people wouldn't have donated.
The fact that so few (comparatively) are affected is exactly why this huge fundraising is so important. Finding a cure/treatment is no cheaper just because it's rare. But because it's rare, it doesn't get the big bucks that other organizations get. I doubt this one-time win-fall is going to suddenly result in a cure. But it really might result in more comfort for people suffering with ALS, and it might result in treatment that slows the progression.
How many people does it need to affect before it becomes worthy?
Everyone who does the video is supposed to donate as well. The deal is, if they take the challenge, they donate ten bucks. If they don't, it's a hundred. Most celebrities that participate send much more than that.
I second that one.
I third it.Ew.I second that one.
People flush more water down the toilet every day (even where there's a drought) than these people are putting over their heads for charity.
Besides. Water is a renewable resource. Whatever gets dumped onto the ground evaporates back into the clouds. I think we're safe.
What the heck does it mean stinging snow?For what it's worth, the Farmer's Almanac predictions:
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I don't.I want the video..........