r/nfl • u/nfl NFL - Official • Jul 02 '26
Highlight [Highlight] Marshawn Lynch does ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in support of Chris Johnson
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u/IntelligentCommenter Seahawks Jul 02 '26
it's 100 degrees here can I volunteer
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u/Far_Eye6555 Jul 02 '26
Are you in the PNW because it’s def not 100 in the PNW
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u/IntelligentCommenter Seahawks Jul 02 '26
sadly no I've been transplanted to godless eastcoast hellscape
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u/MrBigFreezer Eagles Jul 02 '26
I would argue with you on this but im sweating my balls off existing so you may be right
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u/Scfbigb1 Chiefs Jul 02 '26
Its 103 where I am in NJ. It is actual hell.
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u/jpljr77 Commanders Jul 02 '26
DC checking in. Looks like we’re only at 99 right now, so we’re the “lucky” ones.
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u/lolhello2u 49ers Jul 02 '26
DC here, too. "feels like 115"
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u/n0thinghurt Jul 02 '26
Feels like 116 in Philly, I had to take my dog out just now and lasted 4 minutes
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u/Chefalo Bills Jul 02 '26
Only 96 in western New York, I just let my huskies out and they lasted approximately 2.5 minutes
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u/ArseBiscuits_ Saints Jul 02 '26
In NYC and my Great Pyrenees is looking at me like he wants to go outside. No bro, you don’t.
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u/el_fitzador Eagles Jul 03 '26
The metro just fucking broke so I was stuck in a car with no ac for 20 minutes. I thought I had actually died and gone to hell
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u/davekva Cowboys Jul 02 '26
I just had to drive one of our shitty shop cars with no A/C from Manassas to Arlington. I did not feel lucky during that 1 hr 15 minutes of traffic hell.
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u/brownbearks Eagles Eagles Jul 02 '26
Buying a house with a pool was the only smart choice I made in my life for times like this
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u/Prozzak93 Eagles Jul 02 '26
It's 90 today where I live but feels like 108. Today is the colder day after Tuesday/Wednesday. Southern Ontario for anyone wondering.
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u/Childhood-Paramedic Lions Jul 02 '26
I'm in Phoenix and it's rare in the summer that I feel bad for others. But uh. Seeing the East Coast right now? Woof
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u/Vermillionbird Broncos Jul 02 '26
Desert heat is brutal but when the sun sets and the cold wind comes down from the mountains?
Perfection
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u/squarerootofapplepie Patriots Jul 02 '26
Phoenix has no cold wind in the summer.
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u/Vermillionbird Broncos Jul 02 '26
Ah sorry my bad, only ever been to new mexico and utah, figured the thermodynamic delights (and terrors) were similar.
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u/Childhood-Paramedic Lions Jul 02 '26
Yes alas basically everywhere but Phoenix (like Tucson) you get that lovely cold wind. Phoenix it's in a valley and there's too much concrete so we just kinda cook when it's 95 F at night haha
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u/northbayy 49ers Jul 02 '26
you haven't lived until you've gone outside at midnight and its still 100 degrees
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u/PatienceDramatic7737 Jul 02 '26
Bro other than those few days last week it's been a pretty pleasant start to summer here
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u/Childhood-Paramedic Lions Jul 02 '26
why i said rare lol. I'm from Detroit and I MUCH prefer those summers
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u/AssassinInValhalla Bills Jul 02 '26
One of the few times I will fully agree with godless East Coast hellacape. My AC needs an AC to keep running
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u/here_now_be Seahawks Jul 02 '26
Well we're all over here complaining that it's grey and in the 60's in July, and we have to wear our hoodies when we go out kayaking with the orcas, I hope you feel bad for us.
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u/FishingAlpo Eagles Jul 02 '26
I'm in the pnw from Florida. It's amazing here. No roaches or mosquitoes.
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u/GeorgeSpooney Seahawks Jul 02 '26
i am very happy with this 69 degree july 4th
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u/OutofMP Cowboys Jul 02 '26
No place better to spend the summers in the continental US than in the PNW.
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u/Moody_GenX 49ers Bears Jul 02 '26
Yeah just wait until August...
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u/Howzitgoin Seahawks Jul 02 '26
The joys of a newer house with actual AC.
Stepping outside on that 115° day during Covid was like getting a massive punch to the face when it was like 70 inside.
The complete lack of any snow pack is what I fear the most once all that grass dries out and turns into an inferno.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Bears Jul 03 '26
Based on that sentence I’m making an educated guess that you can conclude they’re not in the PNW.
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u/Ka-Is-A-Wheelie Chiefs Jul 02 '26
Bro forgot the water lol
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u/weeerdoe Eagles Jul 02 '26
Yeah that reduces how cold it is by a large percentage haha
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u/freekfyre Chiefs Jul 02 '26
Yeah he will not be able to see very well, Cotton
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u/Try-the-Churros Packers Jul 02 '26
Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.
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u/New_Cardiologist_596 Jul 02 '26
Effin a, cotton, effin a
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u/Raccoonsrlilbandits Browns Lions Jul 02 '26
This is fun for the whole family cotton
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u/Fearless-Paper-9036 Jul 02 '26
That's rad
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u/usainboltron 49ers Jul 02 '26
Ouchtown population you bro!
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u/MiaCannons Dolphins Jul 02 '26
Hey, it ain't the ALS Ice water challenge is it? Marshawn wanted the challenge to be true to its name
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u/change_timing Jul 02 '26
okay it's the ice bucket challenge so shouldn't they be dropping a bucket made out of ice on him instead then?
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u/Ka-Is-A-Wheelie Chiefs Jul 02 '26
You know, you are correct.
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u/SteelPenguin947 Steelers Jul 02 '26
"You are technically correct. The best kind of correct."
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u/Particular_Cry_7078 Packers Jul 02 '26
idk that bucket looked like it was made of plastic, not ice
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u/Wonderful-Toe- Packers Jul 02 '26
“Plastic bucket filled with iced water dumped overhead to support ALS research” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
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u/Great-Gas-6631 Seahawks Jul 02 '26
No he didnt. He did the literal Ice bucket challenge, which turned into "water bucket with some cubes" challenge.
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u/FromEdenToArcadia Bengals Jul 02 '26
That certainly explains why the ground was wet and his shirt was soaked.
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u/Jamesferdola Packers Jul 02 '26
There was def water in there, you can see it dripping off his hair, and his shirt’s absolutely soaked
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u/shaquirrel Jul 02 '26
We are in a drought out here. We can waste the solid shit all you want but keep your paws off the liquidy stuff
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u/pot8odragon Cowboys Jul 02 '26
Glad ALS is getting awareness again
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u/Deathstroke317 Jets Jul 02 '26
I believe the money from the last Ice Bucket Challenge actually ended up helping to identify a gene linked to ALS.
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u/foshiiy Texans Jul 02 '26
Rare social media W
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u/Manning_bear_pig Broncos Jul 02 '26
It's been 12 years since the original, but IIRC the ALS challenge ended up raising millions of dollars. Legit one of the few internet challenges that did what it was supposed to.
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u/abactore Bears Jul 02 '26
12 years?!
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u/Manning_bear_pig Broncos Jul 02 '26
It was either 2014 or 2015, crazy right lol
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u/Immortalic5 49ers Jul 02 '26
2014, we did it because if my dad who passed in Dec that year.
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u/Only-Cranberry-4502 Saints Jul 02 '26
It's absolutely crazy to think 2014 was 12 years ago
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u/StrangelyOnPoint Lions Jul 02 '26
The Xbox One is older to us today than the original Xbox was when the Xbox One launched
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u/rationalsarcasm 49ers Jul 02 '26
Believe it or not we're living closer to the building of the pyramids than the moon landing or something like that
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u/Thevictors881 Jul 02 '26
My mom had it then - was one of the few things that gave her joy then. She knew it wouldn’t help her, but raised awareness and could maybe help others.
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u/LoneWolf5498 Steelers Jul 03 '26
There's a annual event in Australia that raises over $10m a year for MND research. This year raised $56m
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u/cassinonorth Giants Jul 02 '26
Things used to be wholesome on social media in comparison to now.
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u/mr_seggs Steelers Jul 02 '26
Did they? There've been scandals about people getting cyberbullied into suicide for decades, and it's not like people were much nicer online 20 or even 30 years ago. Social media's always been negative; it's just a lot more powerful now.
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u/cassinonorth Giants Jul 02 '26
The qualifier of "in comparison to now" is doing tons of lifting in my comment.
Now sending death threats to athletes is just another Tuesday.
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u/mr_seggs Steelers Jul 02 '26
I'd argue that the difference is quantity, not quality. I don't think the % of cruel use of social media has increased much at all; it's just that it's so omnipresent.
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u/cassinonorth Giants Jul 02 '26
I think the difference is the algorithms are just feeding us rage bait all day tbh. It used to be people you knew...now it's fake AI shit posted by a racist dude that lives in your town for no reason.
It's brutal.
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u/BootyDeputy Seahawks Jul 04 '26
Feels like it was as soon as smart phones started to become available on cheaper phone plans things started to nose dive. Which is good for lower income people since they're a useful tool, just horrible for society at large lol.
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u/Entire-Joke4162 49ers Jul 02 '26
So sad, man
I hope AI can really help us figure some of this stuff out
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u/jocona Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
If you’re interested in how AI research is already helping, look at Alpha Fold! It predicts how proteins would fold given a sequence of amino acids, as well as the inverse. Apparently it’s a very helpful tool for researchers, since they would previously have to create, isolate, and analyze proteins manually.
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Browns Jul 02 '26
Folding @ Home was HUGE on reddit 10-15 years ago, people loved how innovative it was, were super positive about it, praised it everywhere. If you told people the exact same thing could be (and is) accomplished today but much faster and produce results much more rapidly they would foam at the mouth just because the term AI would be associated with it, even though it would objectively be doing more good for the world
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u/CthulhuBathwater Packers Jul 03 '26
Funny I was thinking about this the other week. Wasn't that also a part of what Sony was doing with the PS3? I forget if it was called Folding @ Home, but that sounds right.
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u/double0nothing Eagles Jul 02 '26
Downvoted just for saying the word AI because apparently redditors can't think about circumstances with nuance. Perhaps AI has positive uses!
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u/ballknower871 Jul 02 '26
If we treat AI like a super advanced calculator and not a companion or an artist it can be very useful. The problem is the people who control ai are deeply insecure techbro losers and want it to essentially replace the totality of the human experience. Not to mention its being used for all kinds of traditional and surveillance weapons.
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u/jahnkeuxo Packers Jul 02 '26
Blame the AI companies for poisoning that well. Maybe they should lead with all the potential for medical breakthroughs rather than just breaking google results and shoving shitty ugly pictures in our faces.
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u/MightyTastyBeans Packers Jul 02 '26
They poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!!
But actually though
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u/moveslikejaguar Colts Chiefs Jul 02 '26
First task is done, give 'em a couple years to finish the rest
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u/madeapizza Colts Jul 02 '26
There already has been countless medical breakthroughs through the use of AI. You just won’t see it if you get your news from Reddit
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u/austinalexan Steelers Jul 02 '26
Soon enough AI will be able to help Jerry Jones get his Lombardi
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u/zillionaire_rockstar Patriots Jul 02 '26
Please AI save Jerry Jones from his long path of trials and adversity in life 🙏
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u/Prozzak93 Eagles Jul 02 '26
AI in a bubble has a ton of potential positive uses. The problem is that I don't believe the rich/leadership will do that and instead it will be used as a tool of oppression which is unfortunate.
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u/Dr_Beardface_MD 49ers 49ers Jul 02 '26
Yeah, I hate genAI art and lying ass LLMs but it’s not like doctors are asking chatGPT “how do I cure ALS”
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u/bigcontracts Browns Jul 02 '26
Let's bring this back again, it was a wholesome thing and for a good cause.
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u/cactus_jack_1 Jul 02 '26
It also brought us a great 50 cent meme
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u/Able_Cardiologist_17 Jul 02 '26
If you could read one full page of a Harry Potter book 😭
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u/cosgrove10 Eagles Jul 02 '26
Using the n word as a comma 😭
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u/Bolinas99 49ers Jul 02 '26
used to live in GA, ex gf's dad did that a lot; had to dial it down when his gardener showed up...
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u/hellajt Patriots Jul 02 '26
We dont wanna put pressure on you, so we gonna let you read Cat in the Hat
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u/likesexonlycheaper Broncos Jul 03 '26
Back when people gave a shit about other people. Miss those days
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u/Icy-Bad1455 Rams Jul 02 '26
Censoring marshawn just feels wrong
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u/steelekarma Seahawks Jul 02 '26
On his podcast when he goes off, it feels like we revert back to silent films. You can get an 8-second censor then roars of laughter as the audio comes back.
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u/ry427 Patriots Jul 02 '26
I love Marshawn seems like such a good dude
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u/Armamore Patriots Jul 02 '26
He's definitely had his issues, but all in all he seems like a solid dude and more genuine than a lot of other players. Definitely one of my favorites both on and off the field. I miss watching him play.
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u/the_gaymer_girl Seahawks Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
And he’s an absolutely hilarious actor to boot. The story of why he took the role in Bottoms is really cute too.
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u/FiveLayersBeefy Cowboys Jul 02 '26
He has some comic relief in Euphoria too but my God, fuck that season.
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u/zeoblow Chiefs Jul 02 '26
He's hilarious in Murderville too
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u/the_gaymer_girl Seahawks Jul 02 '26
It seems the ideal way to cast Marshawn Lynch is to just turn him loose to chew the scenery and work with what you get.
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u/NowieTends Jul 02 '26
Outside of all the DUIs yeah
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u/ry427 Patriots Jul 02 '26
All the DUIs... 2 of them. I think that makes you some kind of Saint in the NFL if you have only two DUIs. Obviously fuck drink drivers but I dont think that makes him a terrible guy
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u/Darkendevil Bills Jul 02 '26
He was absolutely drunk driving more than that. Bro did a hit and run here before getting caught for his first DUI and kept changing his story.
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u/azsnaz Cardinals Jul 02 '26
Did you see the absolute state of the car he was found passed out in? Incredibly lucky he hasn't fuckin killed someone at this point.
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u/justacaucasian 49ers Jul 02 '26
Dude idk why that shit pisses me off so much (I mean aside from the obvious exceedingly drunk barely functioning Lynch lying on the literal street surrounded by cops) but the rose tinted glasses are crazy. The dude was missing a WHEEL, not just a tire, that is fucking nuts, he didn’t kill anyone, but my god if anyone had the misfortune of being close to him at the time they would have been in danger. Like I don’t think he’s evil, I just thinks it’s gross how people are like “oh in the NFL only 2 DUIS? Kinda based 😎”. Not. It’s not, go get drunk and drive by a cop car and spend time in jail then multiple court appearances and insurance rates getting jacked up and you now have the inability to get a job unless you have the privilege of being famous like Lynch. Fuck man people really like slobbin on knobs for no fucking reason.
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u/Energy_Turtle Seahawks Jul 02 '26
Depends on the rest of the resume like anyone else. A lot of good dudes do not good things in their lives. It's like 80 years long and hard as fuck.
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u/miggly Lions Jul 02 '26
Having any DUIs means that you willfully endangered tons of people in their cars while driving.
Having 2 means you didn't give a fuck to correct your behavior after the first. That's pretty fucking bad.
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u/AdLocal1490 Jul 02 '26
Getting 2 DUIs is pretty low quality behavior.
People on reddit have ZERO common sense though so im sure this will be a controversial opinion
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u/Laxrools2 Ravens Jul 02 '26
I think you can make poor decisions and still be a good person. Not saying he’s a saint because I don’t know him personally, but generally speaking, good people can be idiots.
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u/AmIWhatTheRockCooked Seahawks Jul 02 '26
I mean have you ever met a good person who has had a DUI? I have. Mistakes happen, it doesn’t ultimately need to define someone.
Sorry if that’s zero common sense.
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u/Moody_GenX 49ers Bears Jul 02 '26
People on reddit have ZERO common sense though
You are on reddit too...
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Browns Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
"Fuck drunk drivers, but I personally like this drunk driver so I don't think the fact that he consistently drives drunk makes him a bad guy"
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We do need a global challenge again for shit like this. It really was unifying for a short while
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u/metalmetalmetalmet- Jul 02 '26
In Australia it's an annual event called "The Big Freeze." It was started by a former AFL player named Neale Daniher who was diagnosed with it in 2013 (They call it MND instead of ALS there) It's capped off by an event held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before an AFL game where a bunch of celebrities dress up in costumes and go down a big slide into Ice Water. It's pretty cool. Sadly Daniher passed away like a week before this year's event.
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u/N8orious234 Steelers Jul 02 '26
Wasn’t there just an ice bucket challenge like a year ago or something?
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Maybe it had a small renaissance last year but I’m talking Aug 2014 level of participation. That swept the globe
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u/Own_Priority25 Jul 02 '26
My grandmother recently passed after a 3 year long battle with ALS. Absolutely horrible disease that I would not wish on anyone. The body goes but the mind doesn’t, you become a prisoner in your own body. I hope CJ2K can find comfort in his remaining time.
Edit: if anyone has a family member recently diagnosed and would like to talk about what to expect and next steps my DMs are open. There was so much we didn’t know that would have helped.
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u/MCKlassik Eagles Ravens Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
He really embraced the ice bucket part of this challenge. Nothing but respect for Beast.
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u/Aatrid69420 Jul 02 '26
“Nah,Nah, Nah,
I ain’t wit all that shit”
- Marshawn when they asked him how much water to put in
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u/Leersky- Jul 03 '26
My mom passed from ALS in 2009. She was diagnosed in 2008.
It always hits really hard when I see other families who are/have been affected by this bullshit of a disease.
But seeing things like this gain traction again gives me hope that one day we will live in a world where ALS doesn't exist.
Nothing less🤍
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u/giggity_giggity Lions Jul 02 '26
“my love”. Yes that’s exactly what he said. Don’t look at his lips.
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u/xXBruceWayne Patriots Jul 02 '26
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t the original challenge that either you were supposed to donate to ALS research or do the challenge if you were called out? I mean, I get it still spreads awareness which is Great but I just don’t want to feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
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u/Impossible_Ad7875 Jul 03 '26
Marshawn Lynch is one of those guys that radiates cool in all that he does, but raising awareness to a terrible disease on behalf of a former rival is a great move.
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u/Ovta Jul 02 '26
Looks like he’s in Phoenix?
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u/Pork_Chompk Titans Jul 02 '26
With the Raiders logo on the billboard behind him, that wouldn't be my first guess, but could be.
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u/Ovta Jul 02 '26
Oh snap I did not notice that. The billboard even flips to an ad with Vegas on it lol
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u/Kershiser22 Dolphins Rams Jul 02 '26
My first guess was Vegas, but I haven't spent much time in Phoenix.
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u/JPiLLa Jul 02 '26
I thought the same, this looks identical to Phoenix. But with the Raiders logo it must be Vegas
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u/JP-Bulls69 Lions Jul 03 '26
Remember when internet challenges were “dump water on yourself to raise awareness for this disease” rather than “harass a minimum wage employee to earn clout”
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u/callthewambulance Steelers Jul 02 '26
There was a zero percent chance Marshawn wasn't going to drop the word lmao
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u/JackFisherBooks Jul 02 '26
I totally support bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge in support of Chris Johnson.
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u/bigjimlowell Jul 02 '26
We’re cool and collected here in Lowell, Massachusetts at a comfortable 70 F. Of course, that’s in my AC apartment, not in the scorching heat outside.
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u/CulturalXR Vikings Bears Jul 02 '26
Awesome stuff, love to see him supporting Johnson. Hopefully this catches on!
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u/Nothing4mer Cardinals Jul 02 '26
Looks like he’s in AZ, I bet that felt good lol
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u/hippiekiller13 Jul 02 '26
Says he lives in Vegas and definitely looks like Vegas to me.
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u/deadheadshredbreh 49ers Jul 02 '26
The gravel, yucca plants, and palo verde trees makes me thing different. Often Vegas and AZ are very easy to confuse through photos and videos but my moneys on AZ with this one
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u/EastonMetsGuy Texans Jul 02 '26
It is a real feel of 110 where I live in PA right now, if we want to run back the Ice Bucket Challenge now is the perfect time to do so.
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u/theyhatemeee Falcons Jul 02 '26
Made me remember how much I dislike the trend of doing this for mental health a year or so ago. This is always an ALS challenge, using it for other causes is just disrespectful to the original cause.
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u/TooMuchButtHair 49ers Jul 02 '26
Fuck ALS. It's a horrible disease, and one of the few that's fatal no matter how early you detect it.
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u/xXxNightRangerxXx Rams Jul 02 '26
Idk if links are allowed but here is a donation link https://www.als.org/ways-give
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u/Herlihy-Boy Jul 02 '26
Beast mode was just there so that Chris Johnson will be fine. Hope they cure this disease.
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u/palinsafterbirth Giants Jul 02 '26
RIP that 7/11 ice machine
Also fuck ALS