The Ice Bucket Challenge, and why I hate it.

[martybegan]

The latest Facebook fad is the Ice bucket challenge, where you post a video of yourself dousing yourself with ice water and call out 3 people to do the same or donate $100 to ALS research.

Now I have nothing against novel or quirky marketing methods when it comes to charity, and this certainly fits the bill, however my gripe is that this is nothing more than an online chain letter. No matter how noble the cause, or how innocent the action is, (the ice bath) its still a chain letter.

Chain letters are the lowest form of compulsion out there. its basically a way of propagating something though guilt or fear, i.e. a sob story about someone wanting the chain to reach 100,000 people, or bad luck will happen if you break the chain.

Here, on the other hand, will be public ridicule to people who don't want to participate. I have nothing against ALS research, supporting it, or doing things stupid like having ice water over your head, what I have a problem with is the implied licence given to people to call you out to do it, and the public forum in which they are doing it.

I was bullied as a child, and to me this is nothing more than peer pressure to get you to conform by donating or dousing (or both). This is not asking, it is challenging, and I find that riles me up something awful. I am hoping people will notice I do not propagate the chain, and if I do get called out, I don't know if I am going to ignore it, or speak my position on the whole thing.

 

[crpravens82]

I was bullied as a child, and to me this is nothing more than peer pressure to get you to conform by donating or dousing (or both). This is not asking, it is challenging, and I find that riles me up something awful. I am hoping people will notice I do not propagate the chain, and if I do get called out, I don't know if I am going to ignore it, or speak my position on the whole thing.

Toughen up.. Quit your bitching

 

[Darkwind]

The latest Facebook fad is the Ice bucket challenge, where you post a video of yourself dousing yourself with ice water and call out 3 people to do the same or donate $100 to ALS research.

Now I have nothing against novel or quirky marketing methods when it comes to charity, and this certainly fits the bill, however my gripe is that this is nothing more than an online chain letter. No matter how noble the cause, or how innocent the action is, (the ice bath) its still a chain letter.

Chain letters are the lowest form of compulsion out there. its basically a way of propagating something though guilt or fear, i.e. a sob story about someone wanting the chain to reach 100,000 people, or bad luck will happen if you break the chain.

Here, on the other hand, will be public ridicule to people who don't want to participate. I have nothing against ALS research, supporting it, or doing things stupid like having ice water over your head, what I have a problem with is the implied licence given to people to call you out to do it, and the public forum in which they are doing it.

I was bullied as a child, and to me this is nothing more than peer pressure to get you to conform by donating or dousing (or both). This is not asking, it is challenging, and I find that riles me up something awful. I am hoping people will notice I do not propagate the chain, and if I do get called out, I don't know if I am going to ignore it, or speak my position on the whole thing.

You're named...

Do it!

Sac up beyotch.

 

[Mad Scientist]

OP wants people to die of ALS!

 

[martybegan]

I was bullied as a child, and to me this is nothing more than peer pressure to get you to conform by donating or dousing (or both). This is not asking, it is challenging, and I find that riles me up something awful. I am hoping people will notice I do not propagate the chain, and if I do get called out, I don't know if I am going to ignore it, or speak my position on the whole thing.

Toughen up.. Quit your bitching

Kindly go play a game of hide and go fuck yourself.

 

[martybegan]

The latest Facebook fad is the Ice bucket challenge, where you post a video of yourself dousing yourself with ice water and call out 3 people to do the same or donate $100 to ALS research.

Now I have nothing against novel or quirky marketing methods when it comes to charity, and this certainly fits the bill, however my gripe is that this is nothing more than an online chain letter. No matter how noble the cause, or how innocent the action is, (the ice bath) its still a chain letter.

Chain letters are the lowest form of compulsion out there. its basically a way of propagating something though guilt or fear, i.e. a sob story about someone wanting the chain to reach 100,000 people, or bad luck will happen if you break the chain.

Here, on the other hand, will be public ridicule to people who don't want to participate. I have nothing against ALS research, supporting it, or doing things stupid like having ice water over your head, what I have a problem with is the implied licence given to people to call you out to do it, and the public forum in which they are doing it.

I was bullied as a child, and to me this is nothing more than peer pressure to get you to conform by donating or dousing (or both). This is not asking, it is challenging, and I find that riles me up something awful. I am hoping people will notice I do not propagate the chain, and if I do get called out, I don't know if I am going to ignore it, or speak my position on the whole thing.

You're named...

Do it!

Sac up beyotch.

Not happening.

 

[martybegan]

OP wants people to die of ALS!

 

[crpravens82]

I was bullied as a child, and to me this is nothing more than peer pressure to get you to conform by donating or dousing (or both). This is not asking, it is challenging, and I find that riles me up something awful. I am hoping people will notice I do not propagate the chain, and if I do get called out, I don't know if I am going to ignore it, or speak my position on the whole thing.

Toughen up.. Quit your bitching

Kindly go play a game of hide and go fuck yourself.

OMG I was bullied as a child.. Its life get over it..

 

[martybegan]

Toughen up.. Quit your bitching

Kindly go play a game of hide and go fuck yourself.

OMG I was bullied as a child.. Its life get over it..

I did. It took my a while, but I have a solid career and will be getting married next July. It still doesn't change the fact that the IBC is nothing but a modern chain letter, and it sucks like all chain letter suck.