To be thoroughly sick of internet memes that "raise awareness"?

[Sansarya]

So today’s one was this. I have a cousin with stage 4 breast cancer. What will help her is donations to cancer charities or cancer research organisations, not silly pink pictures of teddy bears or butterflies or coy games about what colour your bra is. I don't think anyone is unaware of what cancer is and a link to a cancer charity's website, though far less fun, is what would actually help. Why do people still share this crap?

Op,that teddy one Is bloody meaningless and pointless. Yes we need total opposites. Yes I love my mother, but çoukd strangle her at times

It is called click baiting.

There is a financial reason for it - the more a photo is "liked" and "shared", the more value it has, and by extension, the more value the FB site it originates from has. This is how Britain First memes get spread all over the world.

I'll put on my flameproof suit now, but I am sure virtually every person who breathes and has access to the internet is "aware" of autism, breast cancer, childhood cancer, heart disease et cetera. Opinions of cause and diagnostic criteria notwithstanding, of course.

I'd love it if people were more "aware" of epileptic encephalopathy, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy or any of the thousands of rare disorders that claim lives worldwide every year.

Of course, there is no money in that "awareness", so we continue to exist on the shadows.

As for "why" people still share this crap - because it takes a second to click the share button, requires no effort at all, and the clicker gets some smug self satisfaction that they have "helped".

Not that it is a sore spot for me or anything...

Today I spotted this one on Facebook. Not sure that's how kidney transplants work tbh...