off topic ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

[LastPommerFan]

wtf are you talking about?

 

The one where I (and several others) called you on your silly comment essentially implying that Millenials have a much greater sense of community than other generations because of essentially having internet wired brains?

 

This. This is the condescension that makes me love you so much.

 

How can you stand having digital intercourse with a person so far inferior to your intellect and experience as I am? Truly, you bring a depth to my life that I lack elsewhere. I appreciate your charity, and am deeply grateful for both for the lessons you teach, and the person I hope to one day become under your tutelage.

[BuffalOhio]

Did this after playing hockey last night. It felt pretty good after playing!

[Taro T]

 

 

This. This is the condescension that makes me love you so much.

 

How can you stand having digital intercourse with a person so far inferior to your intellect and experience as I am? Truly, you bring a depth to my life that I lack elsewhere. I appreciate your charity, and am deeply grateful for both for the lessons you teach, and the person I hope to one day become under your tutelage.

:rolleyes:

 

Oh, Mr. Pot, there appears to be a kettle that would like to have a word with you.

[Stoner]

This. This is the condescension that makes me love you so much.

 

How can you stand having digital intercourse with a person so far inferior to your intellect and experience as I am? Truly, you bring a depth to my life that I lack elsewhere. I appreciate your charity, and am deeply grateful for both for the lessons you teach, and the person I hope to one day become under your tutelage.

 

Digital intercourse. I like that. Man, I've slept with a lot of you fellas.

[LastPommerFan]

:rolleyes:

 

Oh, Mr. Pot, there appears to be a kettle that would like to have a word with you.

 

As long as you're willing to recognize your kettle-ness, we can bring this show to a close :)

 

Digital intercourse. I like that. Man, I've slept with a lot of you fellas.

 

To be fair, I was mostly paraphrasing Alanis Morissette.

[Stoner]

Welp, I had to go and google digital intercourse to see if GCOE had an original turn of phrase.

[LastPommerFan]

Welp, I had to go and google digital intercourse to see if GCOE had an original turn of phrase.

 

yeah, I wouldn't recommend that...

 

what with fingers being referred to as digits on occasion :)

[Taro T]

 

 

As long as you're willing to recognize your kettle-ness, we can bring this show to a close :)

 

 

 

To be fair, I was mostly paraphrasing Alanis Morissette.

:rolleyes:

[LastPommerFan]

:rolleyes:

 

What? It was the first album I ever bought with my own money. It will always hold a special place in my heart. ;)

[inkman]

What? It was the first album I ever bought with my own money. It will always hold a special place in my heart. ;)

So you're a lesbian?

[bunomatic]

Apparently not everyone because I never heard of this.

 

Well it certainly swept through these parts and on facebook. Not so much with my group of friends but we had a talk with our son about the fact that we hoped he'd make the right decision if he was challenged by any of his friends ( he's 16 ). The local news had segments about binge drinking at the time in relation to the challenges. But like I said in my post, not everybody.

[Hoss]

Well it certainly swept through these parts and on facebook. Not so much with my group of friends but we had a talk with our son about the fact that we hoped he'd make the right decision if he was challenged by any of his friends ( he's 16 ). The local news had segments about binge drinking at the time in relation to the challenges. But like I said in my post, not everybody.

 

I just graduated from college and I've never heard of it. Of course, I never needed a challenge to be stupid.

[Huckleberry]

[biodork]

To the point made earlier about NIH funding:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-segal/the-ice-bucket-challenge_b_5688100.html

 

According to Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, his agency has lost 25 percent of its purchasing power over the last decade due to draconian federal budget cuts coupled with inflation. Why does this affect ALS? Because according to the ALS Association, the NIH is the single largest source of ALS research funding in the world. But in 2014, the NIH has seen their funding slashed 5.1 percent, and their total budget is now $30.15 billion, down from $31.2 billion in 2010.

Let's put this another way: A month-long viral social media campaign consisting of billionaires, media moguls, and celebrities alike has raised $13 million, while a seemingly trivial percent cut in NIH funding means billions of dollars.

[That Aud Smell]

What was the NIH's contribution to ALS research this year? I'd heard ~$40M. That puts the $13M or more into a different light.

[Ottosmagic13]

One of the more hilarious celebrity challenges:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kilQkDwmG_s (Steve Harvey)

[Hoss]

I think it'd be nice to see this transition into another cause now. It's raised over $30 million for ALS. Now maybe there could be another (SAFE) challenge for people to pass along on another cause.

[Two or less]

For anyone who cares, here is mine. I see people posting personal ones so figured i would too.

 

Edited August 21, 2014 by Moulson26

[Hoss]

For anyone who cares, here is mine. I see people posting personal ones so figured i would do.

 

 

Nice (both the video and the jersey).

 

I would post mine but it was posted on my Facebook which is private.

Edited August 21, 2014 by Tankalicious

[Doohicksie]

According to Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, his agency has lost 25 percent of its purchasing power over the last decade due to draconian federal budget cuts

 

Oh, but we need to still make tax cuts, right?

 

 

 

 

 

Right?

 

How about the rich (who are, in fact, getting richer every year) pay an equitable share of the tax burden?

[biodork]

Oh, but we need to still make tax cuts, right?

 

 

 

 

 

Right?

 

How about the rich (who are, in fact, getting richer every year) pay an equitable share of the tax burden?

 

Right there with ya, buddy. CV, shrader, and I all work in this area, and I think we can all attest to the negative effects of funding cuts the last decade.

[Doohicksie]

I work in a less popular sector (defense) and we're feeling it, too. It just seems silly with corporate profits up and the wealthiest among us getting even wealthier, that there isn't enough money to go around. I think some of that "gratuitous" wealth should be applied to funding research, infrastructure, education, and most of all, meaningful JOBS.

[That Aud Smell]

I work in a less popular sector (defense) and we're feeling it, too. It just seems silly with corporate profits up and the wealthiest among us getting even wealthier, that there isn't enough money to go around. I think some of that "gratuitous" wealth should be applied to funding research, infrastructure, education, and most of all, meaningful JOBS.

 

Right on, comrade.

 

Ha. A joke. Sort of. Redistribution of wealth is a tricky topic among the electorate. The irony is: Millions of people who get hosed by a system that permits a huge majority of wealth to reside with a tiny fraction of people are the ones who get all "Communism, socialism, hur dur."

[darksabre]

 

 

Right on, comrade.

 

Ha. A joke. Sort of. Redistribution of wealth is a tricky topic among the electorate. The irony is: Millions of people who get hosed by a system that permits a huge majority of wealth to reside with a tiny fraction of people are the ones who get all "Communism, socialism, hur dur."

 

That's because the government, cable companies and businesses like Wal-Mart have executed a brilliant plan. Tell people that being dumb and poor is something to be proud of and they'll spend what little money they do have on low quality goods and merchandise for Duck Dynasty. It's brilliant. Widen the income gap and make it cool to be poor!

[dEnnis the Menace]

I just got nominated twice...I'm going to dump the ice over my head, but I am going to donate as well. Some friends and family have reached out to me because they have loved ones with ALS, and if it is raising awareness and money, I will change my tune and participate.