Open Bar: Arguments About Turtles, All the Way Down

[Eater of Clowns]

In other news, there's the "ice water challenge".

http://abcnews.go.com/US/reason-crazy-ice-water-challenge-trend/story?id=24886646

When challenged, you have 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice water on your head, or you have to donate $100 towards ALS research.

Besides the fact that the most useful thing you can do is not accept the challenge, doesn't pouring a bucket of ice water on your head seem a bit arbitrary?

I kind of want to start a "put out lit cigarettes on your arm for dyslexia" challenge.

Everyone I've seen doing it has donated at least something IN ADDITION to pouring ice water on themselves. They've raised $1.39 million since the start of the trend, compared with $22,000 over the same time period last year, so it's both fun and effective.

I'm starting to see the anti-ice water challenge posts crop up on my feed, which means only one thing to me:  escalation. When I get home from work I'm going to put on facebook that I'll donate $5 for every person in my feed with a needlessly cynical ice water challenge status. It starts at $20, just from today.

[Pæs]

I'm seeing people claim the idea is to donate $10 if you do the challenge, $100 if you don't. But because it's being passed around on Facebook, most of the time the point is lost and it's just "HEY <tag 5 friends> PUT ICE WATER ON YOSELF." One person has claimed it's to simulate the shock you feel when you find out that you have a life-threatening illness.

Most of the time it's "Ha, I did the ice thing, now this list of people need to do it also or pay $100" followed by weird shaming for people who don't freeze themselves or have a spare $100.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

so this happened to my room today.

it used to be urban concrete grey/battleship grey and it was horrible and depressing.

Look at that turquoise. I dare you to feel shitty looking at that. CANT BE DONE!

That's an awesome color, that is. 

[Junkenstein]

I'm seeing people claim the idea is to donate $10 if you do the challenge, $100 if you don't. But because it's being passed around on Facebook, most of the time the point is lost and it's just "HEY <tag 5 friends> PUT ICE WATER ON YOSELF." One person has claimed it's to simulate the shock you feel when you find out that you have a life-threatening illness.

Most of the time it's "Ha, I did the ice thing, now this list of people need to do it also or pay $100" followed by weird shaming for people who don't freeze themselves or have a spare $100.

The bold - Well that's some interesting bullshit. Bet that catches on nicely as a justification too.

I suppose the shaming part is somewhat expected. Being unable to afford spurious luxuries and bets and such is quite socially unacceptable. You might accidentally make people notice the employment/wealth disparities in our culture.

Also, nice work with the Interview. Good Luck that upside down person.

[LMNO]

In other news, there's the "ice water challenge".

http://abcnews.go.com/US/reason-crazy-ice-water-challenge-trend/story?id=24886646

When challenged, you have 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice water on your head, or you have to donate $100 towards ALS research.

Besides the fact that the most useful thing you can do is not accept the challenge, doesn't pouring a bucket of ice water on your head seem a bit arbitrary?

I kind of want to start a "put out lit cigarettes on your arm for dyslexia" challenge.

Everyone I've seen doing it has donated at least something IN ADDITION to pouring ice water on themselves. They've raised $1.39 million since the start of the trend, compared with $22,000 over the same time period last year, so it's both fun and effective.

I'm starting to see the anti-ice water challenge posts crop up on my feed, which means only one thing to me:  escalation. When I get home from work I'm going to put on facebook that I'll donate $5 for every person in my feed with a needlessly cynical ice water challenge status. It starts at $20, just from today.

Yeah, I was going to post a follow-up, since I heard on NPR today that donations to ALS have gone up 1000%.  That's not a typo.

One can bloviate about short-term spikes vs long-term slopes, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that this thing actually worked.  Nice going, internet!

[Junkenstein]

Conversations I can't even believe I'm having #444553/J -

"If you see someone doing something which could kill them, do you have a moral obligation to say something?"
"Yes"
"But what if..."
"No. You stop shit until it's safe"
"But what if..."
"No"
"But..."
"No. Who is acting the fool?"
"Well I don't want to say..."
"Stop fucking about and tell me or I'll blame you for whatever it is that is about to go wrong"

I swear, at this rate the Crowbar of Truth and Justice is going to make an appearance.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Just got my test results. No cancer.

Or STD and my pap was clean.

But holy fuck, no cancer.

Off to happy dance down the street, bbl.

[Junkenstein]

Excellent news that woman.

[LMNO]

Just got my test results. No cancer.

Or STD and my pap was clean.

But holy fuck, no cancer.

Off to happy dance down the street, bbl.

[Suu]

I've decided to make a dress for the husband's chief pinning, because I'm poor, and I can actually get something I want this way.

[minuspace]

 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

So, these multiple Discordian group pages on FB I've been volunteered for.






I suppose I haven't been paying attention to youth culture recently, but when did "FGT" become an acceptable, no-harm-done substitute for "faggot", and why the fuck is everyone OK with it?




I am once again reconsidering my self-identification, if these are my peers.

I've been bothered by it too. I'll read on, but I'm uncertain what to make of it.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

In other news, there's the "ice water challenge".

http://abcnews.go.com/US/reason-crazy-ice-water-challenge-trend/story?id=24886646

When challenged, you have 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice water on your head, or you have to donate $100 towards ALS research.

Besides the fact that the most useful thing you can do is not accept the challenge, doesn't pouring a bucket of ice water on your head seem a bit arbitrary?

I kind of want to start a "put out lit cigarettes on your arm for dyslexia" challenge.

You still have to donate. It's just a matter of if you aren't donating $100+, you should call attention to it by posting a silly video. $20 here, since I'm otherwise pretty poor and can't really spare $100.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

In other news, there's the "ice water challenge".

http://abcnews.go.com/US/reason-crazy-ice-water-challenge-trend/story?id=24886646

When challenged, you have 24 hours to pour a bucket of ice water on your head, or you have to donate $100 towards ALS research.

Besides the fact that the most useful thing you can do is not accept the challenge, doesn't pouring a bucket of ice water on your head seem a bit arbitrary?

I kind of want to start a "put out lit cigarettes on your arm for dyslexia" challenge.

Everyone I've seen doing it has donated at least something IN ADDITION to pouring ice water on themselves. They've raised $1.39 million since the start of the trend, compared with $22,000 over the same time period last year, so it's both fun and effective.

I'm starting to see the anti-ice water challenge posts crop up on my feed, which means only one thing to me:  escalation. When I get home from work I'm going to put on facebook that I'll donate $5 for every person in my feed with a needlessly cynical ice water challenge status. It starts at $20, just from today.

Yeah, I was going to post a follow-up, since I heard on NPR today that donations to ALS have gone up 1000%.  That's not a typo.

One can bloviate about short-term spikes vs long-term slopes, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that this thing actually worked.  Nice going, internet!

Here's the video I did, where I actually went into some detail about the thing before bucketing, and pointing out that you pour the bucket if you're not donating a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHvnq9QYh5I&list=UUwVZ2fdI_WYBHuPhvlCRg0Q

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh, uh, also, apparently, no one I challenged has accepted, so, I also nominate LMNO.