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user-inactivated  ·  3768 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why should I do the ALS Ice Bucket Challange?

I further think it's depressing that not a single damn person who I have yet asked (in person) has been able to tell me what ALS stands for.

But fuck it, I didn't donate anything. So who the hell cares if I'm a big fan of Lou Gehrig.





fireballs619  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Knowing the name of something != Knowing what the things is.

Even if they learn that it is a motor neuron disease, they are more aware of it than they were before.

user-inactivated  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah but by that logic I should just go around donating money to acronyms.

fireballs619  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, not at all.

I'm just saying, knowing what ALS stands for, especially when the words are somewhat technical, is not the metric by which you should be judging people's knowledge of the disease.

user-inactivated  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How else? It's a start. Before I dump ice on myself I oughta know why. Sure, "muscle atrophy" is also an acceptable answer.

thundara  ·  3767 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To be fair, it's not exactly composed of the most common words in the English vocabulary. I had thought that the "S" was "Syndrome" before I double-checked just now >_>