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(USA Today)   In a bit of good news, 2020 fundraiser created by Damar Hamlin has received millions of dollars in online donations since his injury   (usatoday.com) divider line
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Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 9:59:22 AM  
I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.
 
Farking Clown Shoes [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 10:14:01 AM  

Marcus Aurelius: I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.


You want the healthcare system to pay for children's toys?
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 10:17:16 AM  
$3,692,860 as of 0815 MST
 
khitsicker [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 10:23:16 AM  
Did Chris Jericho really donate twice because he typoed his own name?

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Noticeably F.A.T. [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 11:10:02 AM  

Farking Clown Shoes: Marcus Aurelius: I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.

You want the healthcare system to pay for children's toys?


It'd be nice if it paid for something.
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 11:10:24 AM  
I always knew the generosity of Bills fans would be repaid tenfold. If you scroll through the list of the donations you see every NFL team or close to it.
 
The Third Man [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 11:13:53 AM  
By the way, sports gang, there's a Farker in Buffalo who could really use your help in a fundraiser.  Hamlin's cause is a good one, but our friend Mr. Fuzzypaws has lost just about everything.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-need-everything
 
ProfessorTerguson [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 11:17:40 AM  

Marcus Aurelius: I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.


You get 
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Or

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Klippoklondike [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 11:21:21 AM  
The fundraiser is for a toy drive, not for his health care
 
ProfessorTerguson [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 11:22:22 AM  

The Third Man: By the way, sports gang, there's a Farker in Buffalo who could really use your help in a fundraiser.  Hamlin's cause is a good one, but our friend Mr. Fuzzypaws has lost just about everything.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-need-everything


Gotcha...ya I stay in a place like that one pipe...
Wish iat was more.
 
Mr.Tangent [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 11:38:56 AM  
The toy drive donations have now eclipsed the value of his entire 4 year NFL contract.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 11:43:14 AM  

cameroncrazy1984: I always knew the generosity of Bills fans would be repaid tenfold. If you scroll through the list of the donations you see every NFL team or close to it.


It's getting me more than anything else since last night. Watching all these messages flood in from everywhere. Knowing in the back of my head that the Bills Mafia started this trend, and to watch it come back...is...overwhelming.
 
holdmybones
2023-01-03 12:01:40 PM  

Noticeably F.A.T.: Farking Clown Shoes: Marcus Aurelius: I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.

You want the healthcare system to pay for children's toys?

It'd be nice if it paid for something.


It pays for a bunch of fancy cars and houses for healthcare execs and private equity worms.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 12:06:53 PM  
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This hiats extra hard. Dalton was the reason this all started years ago.
 
Mr.Tangent [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 12:14:55 PM  

phimuskapsi: [pbs.twimg.com image 811x1500]

This hiats extra hard. Dalton was the reason this all started years ago.


The circle is complete.
 
SirDigbyChickenCaesar
2023-01-03 12:22:04 PM  
Kelly and Nina's Daycare Center is going to be getting a shiatload of toys
 
mjones73
2023-01-03 12:29:00 PM  

Marcus Aurelius: I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.


What does that have to do with a toy drive?
 
OhioUGrad
2023-01-03 12:40:22 PM  
I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 12:41:43 PM  

SirDigbyChickenCaesar: Kelly and Nina's Daycare Center is going to be getting a shiatload of toys


It's also the place his mom works at
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 12:42:37 PM  

OhioUGrad: I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat


He's a second year player who was a 6th round draft pick. The charity is for toys for the daycare his mom works at. He is not a millionaire. Calm down.
 
catmandu
2023-01-03 12:43:22 PM  
I have found that the need to do SOMETHING is as hard wired into the primitive part of our brain as is the need to squirrel away supplies when there is a possibility of bad weather. I see this over and over again, both locally and on a national scale, human beings in general are empathetic and charitable. It may be the age old custom of taking food to a bereaved family, putting together a parade to wish a terminal child Happy Birthday (as happened here recently), donating to funeral or healthcare costs, or anything else but doing something charitable seems to make some of the hopeless feelings go away. In this case, Hamlin does not need funds to pay for medical care, that is covered. Being able to donate to his charity is the next best thing.

I think Christmas for the kids is taken care of for a long time coming.
 
Busta Clown Shoes
2023-01-03 12:43:56 PM  

OhioUGrad: I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat


Well, in need kids will be getting toys, no matter who it's run by. But thanks for your comment, that really helps more than a charity donation.

/jaded arsehole
 
iron de havilland [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 12:49:06 PM  
Was looking for Gul Damar memes to be droll and quirky. And this was the first result for "gul damar meme" so I think God wants me to post it.

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OhioUGrad
2023-01-03 1:35:51 PM  

cameroncrazy1984: OhioUGrad: I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat

He's a second year player who was a 6th round draft pick. The charity is for toys for the daycare his mom works at. He is not a millionaire. Calm down.


Hate to break it to ya...he's a millionaire, league minimum for a first-year player that is on an active roster is $705,000, if he's a second-year player he's already earned over a million, hence a millionaire (before taxes)
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Busta Clown Shoes: Well, in need kids will be getting toys, no matter who it's run by. But thanks for your comment, that really helps more than a charity donation.

/jaded arsehole


I donate time/resources locally

/sportsball
 
SVC_conservative [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 2:24:37 PM  
Look this is all sweet, but it'd be nice if we could fund a few AEDs too... a lot of youth programs STILL don't have one at every sporting event.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 2:35:40 PM  

OhioUGrad: I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat


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This is why we do it. Maybe don't be so jaded.
 
lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 2:44:00 PM  

catmandu: I have found that the need to do SOMETHING is as hard wired into the primitive part of our brain as is the need to squirrel away supplies when there is a possibility of bad weather. I see this over and over again, both locally and on a national scale, human beings in general are empathetic and charitable. It may be the age old custom of taking food to a bereaved family, putting together a parade to wish a terminal child Happy Birthday (as happened here recently), donating to funeral or healthcare costs, or anything else but doing something charitable seems to make some of the hopeless feelings go away. In this case, Hamlin does not need funds to pay for medical care, that is covered. Being able to donate to his charity is the next best thing.

I think Christmas for the kids is taken care of for a long time coming.


This is an underrated comment.
 
craigzy [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 2:44:10 PM  

The Third Man: By the way, sports gang, there's a Farker in Buffalo who could really use your help in a fundraiser.  Hamlin's cause is a good one, but our friend Mr. Fuzzypaws has lost just about everything.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-need-everything


fuzz would appreciate the help.
 
lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 2:46:51 PM  

OhioUGrad: cameroncrazy1984: OhioUGrad: I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat

He's a second year player who was a 6th round draft pick. The charity is for toys for the daycare his mom works at. He is not a millionaire. Calm down.

Hate to break it to ya...he's a millionaire, league minimum for a first-year player that is on an active roster is $705,000, if he's a second-year player he's already earned over a million, hence a millionaire (before taxes)
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Busta Clown Shoes: Well, in need kids will be getting toys, no matter who it's run by. But thanks for your comment, that really helps more than a charity donation.

/jaded arsehole

I donate time/resources locally

/sportsball


I guess you think he still has every dollar in his pocket, no expenses.
*eyeroll*
 
catmandu
2023-01-03 3:26:21 PM  

SVC_conservative: Look this is all sweet, but it'd be nice if we could fund a few AEDs too... a lot of youth programs STILL don't have one at every sporting event.



I agree that it would be a great use of some of the funds.

When Mom retired after decades as a gym teacher and 5 years as a track coach (only 5 years because most of her teaching years were before Title IV passed) her final gift to the school was an AED. It was used once when a parent had a heart attack watching a basketball game. He lived.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 3:30:25 PM  

mjones73: Marcus Aurelius: I'd prefer a real health care system instead, but you have to take what you can get.

What does that have to do with a toy drive?


Actually, it's mean to say because kids are gonna get toys...

But this guy's life might now be ruined. We don't know. We HOPE not. Hopefully this winds up with the best results, which see this guy back on the field.

But it's possible that he's eventually going to need outside financial support (because it's the NFL...), and I just hope people remember that if it comes to pass.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 3:33:38 PM  

puffy999: But this guy's life might now be ruined. We don't know. We HOPE not. Hopefully this winds up with the best results, which see this guy back on the field.


Honestly, best results to me are normal life again, I don't want to see him in a uniform again. If he truly desires it, I don't have a say (obviously) but that's what I hope for.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 3:34:06 PM  

phimuskapsi: OhioUGrad: I've never understood this. Yes, we're the richest country in the world, but honestly, this guy is (or was) in critical condition and does not care about his charity. It's better than tots and pears but you're donating to a charity run by millionaires in a billion-dollar league.

/yes I am continuing my grouchiness this new year
//no end in sight
///might be meds, might just be sick of shiat

[Fark user image 724x343]

This is why we do it. Maybe don't be so jaded.


Okay that's good news I hope this can be used at their discretion *if* something goes wrong.

OhioUGrad: Hate to break it to ya...he's a millionaire, league minimum for a first-year player that is on an active roster is $705,000, if he's a second-year player he's already earned over a million, hence a millionaire (before taxes)


Iirc NFL pensions kick in or after your third year. If, for example, this guy has brain damage from a lack of oxygen, every cent his family has will be gone soon.

In other sports, I'd assume being injured on the field would kinda count toward a full pension, and the medical bills would be paid by an outside entity... buuuut, it's the NFL...
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 3:37:06 PM  

phimuskapsi: puffy999: But this guy's life might now be ruined. We don't know. We HOPE not. Hopefully this winds up with the best results, which see this guy back on the field.

Honestly, best results to me are normal life again, I don't want to see him in a uniform again. If he truly desires it, I don't have a say (obviously) but that's what I hope for.


True, but it all depends. I wouldn't rule it out if this ultimately is tied to the timing of the hit and not some sort of underlying condition, and assuming he hasn't suffered damage from oxygen deprivation.

Even mentioning that bastard Chris Pronger (I don't have qualms saying that, he was a dirty player and fark him) he played at least a decade longer after his somewhat similar incident.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 3:44:22 PM  

puffy999: phimuskapsi: puffy999: But this guy's life might now be ruined. We don't know. We HOPE not. Hopefully this winds up with the best results, which see this guy back on the field.

Honestly, best results to me are normal life again, I don't want to see him in a uniform again. If he truly desires it, I don't have a say (obviously) but that's what I hope for.

True, but it all depends. I wouldn't rule it out if this ultimately is tied to the timing of the hit and not some sort of underlying condition, and assuming he hasn't suffered damage from oxygen deprivation.

Even mentioning that bastard Chris Pronger (I don't have qualms saying that, he was a dirty player and fark him) he played at least a decade longer after his somewhat similar incident.


Yeah, on Pat McAfee show they talked about how 4 hockey players had the same injury over the years and 3 of them had an underlying condition like irregular heartbeat or something. All of them survived.

People don't realize how incredible the circumstances have to be for this to happen. At full physical exertion your heart is around 130bpm or more, the rhythm has to be hit at so precise a timing for it to happen that we are talking milliseconds of windows for it to happen, add in the fact that the location and impact also has to be pretty precise. It's literally a 1 in a million shot. Probably more.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 3:50:53 PM  
https://twitter.com/Skullcandy1213_/status/1610366835165171713

lindalouwho and Adolf Oliver Nipples

Tomlin talks about Hamlin, apparently he's known him since he was 12.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 3:51:11 PM  

phimuskapsi: Yeah, on Pat McAfee show they talked about how 4 hockey players had the same injury over the years and 3 of them had an underlying condition like irregular heartbeat or something


If that's the case for him I do hope he shuts it down. Even if the problem can be *fixed*. Whatever it is with this guy, if anything is wrong that contributed I hope that they find it.

I had a coworker who had some problem involving his rhythm and they basically went through the artery in his leg and went and burned/killed tiny bits around his heart in order to get everything to fire on time.
 
abmoraz
2023-01-03 4:57:03 PM  

phimuskapsi: puffy999: phimuskapsi: puffy999: But this guy's life might now be ruined. We don't know. We HOPE not. Hopefully this winds up with the best results, which see this guy back on the field.

Honestly, best results to me are normal life again, I don't want to see him in a uniform again. If he truly desires it, I don't have a say (obviously) but that's what I hope for.

True, but it all depends. I wouldn't rule it out if this ultimately is tied to the timing of the hit and not some sort of underlying condition, and assuming he hasn't suffered damage from oxygen deprivation.

Even mentioning that bastard Chris Pronger (I don't have qualms saying that, he was a dirty player and fark him) he played at least a decade longer after his somewhat similar incident.

Yeah, on Pat McAfee show they talked about how 4 hockey players had the same injury over the years and 3 of them had an underlying condition like irregular heartbeat or something. All of them survived.

People don't realize how incredible the circumstances have to be for this to happen. At full physical exertion your heart is around 130bpm or more, the rhythm has to be hit at so precise a timing for it to happen that we are talking milliseconds of windows for it to happen, add in the fact that the location and impact also has to be pretty precise. It's literally a 1 in a million shot. Probably more.


Rich Peverly, Jay Bouwmeester, Eric Lindros, and... ? (just curious who the 4th was.  Google is failing me)
 
Craw Fu
2023-01-03 5:14:59 PM  

phimuskapsi: puffy999: But this guy's life might now be ruined. We don't know. We HOPE not. Hopefully this winds up with the best results, which see this guy back on the field.

Honestly, best results to me are normal life again, I don't want to see him in a uniform again. If he truly desires it, I don't have a say (obviously) but that's what I hope for.


I don't know anything about you, or if you deserve it, but you've earned my respect in this thread.  I will not be offended if this is immediately filed under 'who gives a fark', but there you have it.
 
4seasons85! [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 6:15:30 PM  

The Third Man: By the way, sports gang, there's a Farker in Buffalo who could really use your help in a fundraiser.  Hamlin's cause is a good one, but our friend Mr. Fuzzypaws has lost just about everything.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-need-everything


Done!
 
lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-03 6:39:51 PM  

phimuskapsi: https://twitter.com/Skullcandy1213_/status/1610366835165171713

lindalouwho and Adolf Oliver Nipples

Tomlin talks about Hamlin, apparently he's known him since he was 12.


Thanks a lot for bringing that to my attention.
 
desertgeek
2023-01-03 7:50:15 PM  
NFL Network reporter:

Cameron Wolfe  @CameronWolfe
10m
Just spoke with Dorrian Glenn - Damar Hamlin's uncle - who said his nephew is on a ventilator but he's improved to 50% oxygen needed after being at 100%. He's still sedated but main focus is recovering to breathe on his own & healing lungs.

/apparently, he's talked to a couple of different media outlets so you might see that info somewhere tonight
 
Adolf Oliver Nipples [TotalFark]
2023-01-03 10:48:52 PM  

lindalouwho: phimuskapsi: https://twitter.com/Skullcandy1213_/status/1610366835165171713

lindalouwho and Adolf Oliver Nipples

Tomlin talks about Hamlin, apparently he's known him since he was 12.

Thanks a lot for bringing that to my attention.


Agreed. I don't usually pay attention to the weekly press conference so I would not have seen this otherwise. Thank you.
 
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