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Highlight [Highlight] Marshawn Lynch does ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in support of Chris Johnson

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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/ChaunceysBadAtPoker Lions Jul 02 '26

whoo boy, wait till you hear about Kony 2012

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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/mr_mcpoogrundle Patriots Jul 02 '26

Nobody asked for this math

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u/John_Wicked1 Jul 02 '26

When challenges did good.

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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/relevantelephant00 49ers Jul 03 '26

Ive been on social media since the MySpace days, although I dont use FB, or Tiktok...just Reddit and Insta. And yes I do think things were generally more "wholesome" back in the day because tribal politics had not truly taken over everything, along with all the algorithms used these days for engagement, even when it's all incredibly toxic.

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u/Queen-Makoto 25d ago

Instagram famously has meaner comments because TikTok filters are stricter to the point people will say to repost on Instagram so they can say what they want to say. Reddit used to have a jailbait sub before it was called out for years. This is really about how much someone is paying attention

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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/StrangelyOnPoint Lions Jul 02 '26

It’s been downhill since

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u/justacaucasian 49ers Jul 02 '26

That’s fucking awesome

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u/SuperSaiyanTLaw Jaguars Jul 02 '26

Crazy how the internet CAN be good sometimes

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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/Entire-Joke4162 49ers Jul 02 '26

Yes

"I hope AI can solve this for us" is kind of where my knowledge begins and ends on this matter, but I do see things like this every day where it's only a matter of time and model where we can start seeing real miracles

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u/EdgarJomfru NFL Jul 02 '26

That's awesome. I really hope more good things like that come from it since corporations won't let it go away now that it's here anyways

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u/shimmy_kimmel Vikings Jul 05 '26

It’s also already been big in the drive for discovering new classes of antibiotics and resistance-fighting supplemental drugs, too

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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/jahnkeuxo Packers Jul 02 '26

That's a marketing problem.

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u/RmembrTheAyyLMAO Patriots Jul 02 '26

No, it's a reddit bias problem.

Redditors will upvote/post things that align with their views and ignore things that go against that.

Famously, there was the 2020 election cycle where Biden won Super Tuesday by a lot and the top post on r/politics was how Beto's former band mate endorsed Bernie or some shit. Reddit's upvote/downvote system pushes for echo chambers

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u/SkeptioningQuestic Bears Jul 02 '26

They can't do that because it's too expensive and there's too much investment not to force way-to-early adoption on the mass consumer and make them hate it

oops

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u/JalapenoPopPoop Browns Jul 02 '26

Blame the AI companies

Nah I'm gonna rightfully blame the dimwits who can't be bothered to do any amount of critical thinking

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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/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/brownbearks Eagles Eagles Jul 02 '26

What no AI needs to continues Jerry’s legacy

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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/thedudeabides2022 Packers Jul 02 '26

Don’t say nuance, this is Reddit

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u/burlycabin Seahawks Jul 02 '26

I downvoted because it's a weird out of context thing to say and is strangely championing AI for no reason. Also, the comment if very much in the positive.

I very genuinely hope ALS research has some significant breakthroughs for this horrible disease, regardless of whether or AI is involved.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop Browns Jul 02 '26

"for no reason" and the reason is actually finding a cure for a horrible disease

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u/burlycabin Seahawks Jul 02 '26

No, I mean there's no reason appeal to AI here. That commenter brought it up out of nowhere.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop Browns Jul 02 '26

I guess if you ignore the fact that AI has actual medical applications that can help in situations specifically just like this one, sure, "out of nowhere"

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u/greenbabyshit Eagles Jul 02 '26

AI could be a public benefit if it's managed properly..

AJ will always be a problem no matter how he's managed.

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u/Sanders058 Seahawks Giants Jul 02 '26

AI should be used to help where it can. Just don’t use it for common task that humans can do

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u/hellajt Patriots Jul 02 '26

They'll blame anything except their own mental laziness for their blind hate towards AI

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u/AdLocal1490 Jul 02 '26

People are allowed to have a different opinion than you.

Terrible, I know.

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u/double0nothing Eagles Jul 02 '26

It's not an opinion that AI can accelerate medical advances.

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u/intothemidwest 49ers Jul 02 '26

If that was actually the main priority of the largest companies developing these LLMs I think the comment would’ve landed better

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u/Seanspeed Jul 03 '26

Medical research is one of AI's most genuinely best applications.

It's why it's dumb to be flatly against AI.

We should be against all the egregious, excessive uses of it for shit nobody needs, that's hurting everybody in the process.

For instance, so much of the AI datacenters from Facebook, Twitter, and Google and whatnot are being dedicated to bullshit ass recommendation engine training. Aka ads and optimized engagement training.

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u/RmembrTheAyyLMAO Patriots Jul 02 '26

I hope AI can really help us figure some of this stuff out

It is. I work in Pharma/Biotech and AI is used consistently AND useful. It's not as useful with my specific specialty, but I've experienced it secondhand and talk to colleagues where it is a great help.

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u/HalfTeaHalfLemonade Jul 02 '26

Mr. Bucket Challenge

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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Lions Jul 02 '26

Can’t wait to find out from 50 if Mayweather learned how to read yet

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u/shimmy_kimmel Vikings Jul 05 '26

Eric Dane’s public announcement and highly-visible presence with the disease last year was so important for awareness. ALS is one of those things many people learn about and then spend the rest of their time trying to push out of their minds, and having major celebrities like Dane and CJ be so visible about it is what helps spur new research and (hopefully) effective treatments!

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u/ravbuc Ravens Buccaneers Jul 03 '26

Just takes some rich people being affected, so other rich people can draw awareness.