#IceBucketChallenge

"RazoE" (razoe) 08/21/2014 at 10:11 • Filed to: ice bucket challenge

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Too soon?

ReallyColorful > RazoE 08/21/2014 at 10:12

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Way too soon :(

ttyymmnn > ReallyColorful 08/21/2014 at 10:13

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Well, it's been 102 years....

Diesel > RazoE 08/21/2014 at 10:13

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Wow, also fuck the ALS challenge. 500K people die a year from heart disease.

ReallyColorful > ttyymmnn 08/21/2014 at 10:14

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Still!

macanamera > RazoE 08/21/2014 at 10:15

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/too-soon-16243…

I like the way you think.

Diesel > ReallyColorful 08/21/2014 at 10:16

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Fuck Titanic.

RazoE > macanamera 08/21/2014 at 10:22

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oh snap, didn't see. Forgive-iness, please..:(

macanamera > RazoE 08/21/2014 at 10:28

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No worries at all mate, just avn a giggle.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > RazoE 08/21/2014 at 10:31

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http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/upl…

crowmolly > Diesel 08/21/2014 at 10:46

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I used to think like this until I realized that ALS people are in far more of a "situation" than heart disease sufferers.

Not just because their disease is nasty but because the incidence rate is so low that it doesn't make financial sense for anyone to work on a modern treatment let alone a cure.

This is a case of "we would go bankrupt trying to help you since we'd never recover R&D costs". In some cases the government will subsidize R&D but not always.

That sucks, and this may be a great thing for them as far as funding goes. Granted most people didn't pay, but it's still a massively record setting year for donations.

Diesel > crowmolly 08/21/2014 at 10:47

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I know it's a serious disease, I just want to point out that heart disease, cancer and diabetes are far more dangerous when it comes to survival.

crowmolly > Diesel 08/21/2014 at 10:50

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There is awareness, funding, treatment, and research going on for all of those diseases already. ALS patients don't have much at all. Ask a Joe of the street what ALS does as a disease.

Not trying to start shit, just trying to offer a perspective not usually given.

Diesel > crowmolly 08/21/2014 at 11:06

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I know how bad it is, as a disease. But, 2/100K is such a low rate of the population that I can't understand the coverage.

crowmolly > Diesel 08/21/2014 at 11:16

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Oh, why the challenge is popular? Probably due to narcissism. Most of the ice bucketers did not donate and probably don't know anything else about ALS.