Do you think this FB/breast cancer thing is a load of shite?

[bintofbohemia]

I've seen a couple of statuses from friends saying they're off to live in (insert random city.) They've all had responses from friends asking all about it, loads of people texting and calling to see what's going on...

Turns out it's one of these shit "awareness" things that is supposed to promote breast cancer awareness. I don't see how it does anything of the sort - in fact is it anything to do with breast cancer or has some numpty just made it up?

I've just been sent the email explaining about it and I just thought - ffs.

IABU?

Amen to that, DreamsOfSteam, the exclusivity is a really negative point, I think. Anybody and everybody should be encouraged and enabled to take part in everything to support it.

Oh, I now understand a status update that made me think 'eh?' the other day. Thanks.

agree, in a wierd way it like BC have done what they need

we are aware
recovery rate is high
women get treated well and fast
treatments have come along loads

I only gave to BC run thingy as my friend had it, but secretly I think that there are far more deserving causes

I feel really mean writing that, but I am just being honest
I have so much compassion for people that have it, but something about the charity does not sit with me

Wasn't October breast dancer awareness month? shouldn't it have been done then?

This is Movember, raising awareness for men's cancer.

May change my status to

Squeeze your man's nuts today
Testicular cancer link.

Except I have no Facebook friends :o

Breast dancer? Like strippers?

@porcamiseria: "I have so much compassion for people that have it, but something about the charity does not sit with me"

Agreed. It's the jollification and prettification of the disease I can't stand. I have had people very close to me die of breast cancer, and other close friends survive it, but whichever happens in the long run (and let's face it, you don't know at the beginning), it's always a devastating diagnosis.

ROLF at breast dancer

ROFL even

Last time one of these was going round (the dreadfully tactless pregnancy craving one) I made the point that cancer is not a fucking joke and my opinion is just the same about this load of rubbish. People die of cancer so why not raise awareness in a serious and sensible way rather than a silly "don't tell the menz" injoke thing.

oh that explains why one of my FB friends posted yesterday saying she's going to live in Germany for 3 months.

I did think it was a bit odd, she's a TA and just started a new job in a new school! Cue lots of her friends asking if her son is going with her and why she's going/when and what's going to happen about work.

Bloody stupid.

I presume her birthday is on the 3rd of whatever month?
These things have become much too easy to spot now.

Oh Great!! - now i have to tell my DH that one of our good friends isn't going to St Petersburg for x amount of months and i'm jealous (and a bit tearful) and why don't we move to somewhere nice and exotic for a while (and how dare she leave her dog).....

.....then i will punch her in the face for lying to me when i was feeling low

These status updates are the biggest loads of shite out FFS there?s not even a link to a page telling the signs and symptoms etc.
Adding to that can someone tell the prat that started this that Shh crap MEN GET BREAST CANCER TOO!!

And as with female breast cancer the sooner it?s discover the better the chances are.

And another thing it?s blood November, you want to campaign about something talk about prostate and testicular cancer.

And while I have my soapbox out Breast cancer run people stop discriminating against men

I still don't understand how they're supposed to work.

I was thinking the same as catpark, men can get breast cancer too.

ha whaddya know? Her birthday is 3rd August.

August being germany.

Well if it wasn't for MN it would wasted on me. I thought she was being seconded abroad.

yanbu. am all in favour of sharing useful links about cancer awareness, but can't abide these oh so hilarious "gotcha" games.

It really is a lorry load of old poop (to quote Celia Imrie in Dinnerladies) .

I actually wouldn't mind going to Austria for 26 months though!

I'm sure the Dominican Republic might be lovely but I think I'd have had enough long before 25 months were up!

YANBU. In cringeworthy-ness, it's second only to those 'change your profile pic to a cartoon character to show that you're against child abuse' things. Is anybody pro child abuse?

it is absolute shite and my heart sinks when I see it - the awful all girls together type thing which excludes men irritates the hell out of me for a start.
I have mixed feelings about the pink thing -it sort of sanitises what is a pretty horrible disease. I do stuff to support breast cancer charities like raising money at a strawberry tea and designing cards for them to sell and I guess I do it because both me and my SIL have had breast cancer.
I hate the other statuses that say things like 'only some of my friends will repost this blah de blah' followed by some mawkish thing about remembering people who have died of cancer because I think it's just people showing off how compassionate they are.