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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9376071" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Okay, you need to step real careful here my friend. Because if you are referring to the Ice Bucket Challenge, you likely never actually paid any attention to that challenge. &quot;The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving the pouring of a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or self-administered, to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig's disease) and encourage donations to research.&quot; I won't say that there are not people who do dumb things just because they saw someone else do it. That happens, especially with dumb teenagers who do things like make donuts with their cars. But you need to be able to differentiate between &quot;people are doing this dumb thing for attention&quot; and &quot;people are doing something to get attention FOR A GOOD REASON&quot;Do they? John Wick isn't a Chosen One. The last &quot;Chosen One&quot; story I read the Chosen One was a Troll who died saving the life of the woman he loved, who had shot him in the face. And his story was not one of being &quot;awesome&quot; though he was nigh-unkillable and incredibly deadly... cause Troll. The vast majority of modern stories aren't about Chosen Ones, and more about &quot;the person who figured this out&quot;. Like, if you want to tell a story about the man who founded an empire... he is going to be the first emperor. It is just the nature of the story. The story about &quot;humanities strongest warrior&quot; will be about... humanities strongest warrior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9376071, member: 6801228"] Okay, you need to step real careful here my friend. Because if you are referring to the Ice Bucket Challenge, you likely never actually paid any attention to that challenge. "The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the [B][I]ALS Ice Bucket Challenge[/I][/B], is an activity involving the pouring of a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or self-administered, [B][I]to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig's disease)[/I][/B] and encourage donations to research." I won't say that there are not people who do dumb things just because they saw someone else do it. That happens, especially with dumb teenagers who do things like make donuts with their cars. But you need to be able to differentiate between "people are doing this dumb thing for attention" and "people are doing something to get attention FOR A GOOD REASON" Do they? John Wick isn't a Chosen One. The last "Chosen One" story I read the Chosen One was a Troll who died saving the life of the woman he loved, who had shot him in the face. And his story was not one of being "awesome" though he was nigh-unkillable and incredibly deadly... cause Troll. The vast majority of modern stories aren't about Chosen Ones, and more about "the person who figured this out". Like, if you want to tell a story about the man who founded an empire... he is going to be the first emperor. It is just the nature of the story. The story about "humanities strongest warrior" will be about... humanities strongest warrior. [/QUOTE]

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