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Title: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: Cthulhu on December 05, 2010, 09:14:50 pm
How many of you changed your pictures to cartoon characters and how exactly do you think it would help stop child abuse?
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: werdna on December 05, 2010, 09:18:45 pm
No and no idea. :D
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: _henwee on December 05, 2010, 09:19:49 pm
Hmm... I guess it shows moral support (if that even adds up to something).
So if it attracts enough attention - someone will do something about it?

It could possibly work, in theory, I guess.

But no... I didn't do it.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: Russ on December 05, 2010, 09:21:53 pm
I didn't do it and I think it would aid child abuse prevention in the same way that wearing a pink ribbon aids breast cancer prevention
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: _henwee on December 05, 2010, 09:23:20 pm
I didn't do it and I think it would aid child abuse prevention in the same way that wearing a pink ribbon aids breast cancer prevention

Yeah... but you BUY a pink ribbon (say $2) and you wear it to show you support to attract other people to BUY a ribbon. More money for the foundation.

What the hell does this Facebook trend do?
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: werdna on December 05, 2010, 09:31:48 pm
True that.. I guess it's just the awareness that counts.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: Souljette_93 on December 05, 2010, 09:42:39 pm
My friends are doing it, but I haven't..
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: /0 on December 05, 2010, 09:53:57 pm
It kinda trivialises the issue doesn't it? Yeah, chuck a cartoon character on my dp, great, that's child abuse taken care of, now let's move on to the next fad.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: onur369 on December 05, 2010, 09:56:49 pm
I was wondering what was happening
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: burbs on December 05, 2010, 11:44:49 pm
It kinda trivialises the issue doesn't it? Yeah, chuck a cartoon character on my dp, great, that's child abuse taken care of, now let's move on to the next fad.

Very Gervais.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: /0 on December 05, 2010, 11:47:42 pm
It kinda trivialises the issue doesn't it? Yeah, chuck a cartoon character on my dp, great, that's child abuse taken care of, now let's move on to the next fad.

Very Gervais.

lol i'm a big fan of gervais
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: simpak on December 06, 2010, 02:17:10 am
I didn't understand why this girl wearing a dress I would kill for (but which is out of stock on Asos) in her profile picture last week now has one of Alice in Wonderland.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: burbs on December 06, 2010, 02:45:35 am
ASOS is great - free shipping to Aus currently!
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: vexx on December 06, 2010, 05:17:34 am
How many of you changed your pictures to cartoon characters and how exactly do you think it would help stop child abuse?

i dont think many people i know are doing this (i certaintly didnt know about it)
but cartoon=stop child abuse? little sense there..
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: MuggedByReality on December 06, 2010, 06:21:35 am

 As much of a non-sequitur as boycotting hummus to solve the middle east problem:

  http://diasporism.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/boycotting-hummus-for-world-peace/
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: QuantumJG on December 06, 2010, 10:23:30 am

 As much of a non-sequitur as boycotting hummus to solve the middle east problem:

  http://diasporism.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/boycotting-hummus-for-world-peace/

WTF?
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: MuggedByReality on December 06, 2010, 01:38:16 pm

 As much of a non-sequitur as boycotting hummus to solve the middle east problem:

  http://diasporism.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/boycotting-hummus-for-world-peace/

WTF?

 I meant that the idea that boycotting Israeli hummus with the aim of a peaceful Middle East in mind (wittily sent up  by Chavi in his blog), was just as risible as the idea that the content of FB profiles could help in the fight against child abuse.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: Cthulhu on December 06, 2010, 01:48:37 pm

 As much of a non-sequitur as boycotting hummus to solve the middle east problem:

  http://diasporism.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/boycotting-hummus-for-world-peace/
BUT I FUCKING LOVE HUMMUS.
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: Intronaut on December 07, 2010, 01:01:27 pm
Raising awareness of things that everyone is aware of sure is useful.

I'm going to go out and raise awareness for rocks. I'll sell badges that say "Rocks exist."
Title: Re: Regarding this weeks facebook trend...
Post by: chansthename on December 07, 2010, 04:56:10 pm
Raising awareness of things that everyone is aware of sure is useful.

I'm going to go out and raise awareness for rocks. I'll sell badges that say "Rocks exist."

There shouldn't be money involved, it should be changing your facebook picture to a spaceship, so that you can be seen to advocate the existence of rocks.

(makes no sense, does it?)