The ice cream (bucket) challenge

This is me doing the ice cream challenge, oh, was it supposed to be a bucket?

I am so sick of seeing the ‘jump on the band wagon’ phenomenon of the ice bucket challenge smeared all over my Facebook news feed. A lot of the posts I am seeing don’t even explain what it is about or who it is raising money for, or how to even donate money. It seems like it is just a narcissistic show for people to self promote themselves by uploading yet more content of themselves into the public domain, especially celebrities.

I know it has caused great offence when it has been compared to side effects of chemotherapy, not quite sure who thought that one up but it really does anger me. Try having your head stuck in a cold cap and having to wear it for 5-6 hours every chemo session. A great blog about this has already been written here.

A lot has been already written on this matter so I won’t rant any further but provide a few links as food for thought:

The ice bucket back lash

Dumping a bucket of ice on your head does not make you a philanthropist

The ice bucket challenge is as much vanity as charity

Newsreader beautifully shuts down ice bucket challenge

The celebrity ice bucket challenge and why it leaves me cold