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fireballs619 · 3746 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why should I do the ALS Ice Bucket Challange?

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.

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user-inactivated · 3745 days ago · link ·

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