I just DON'T like it ...

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/06/robyn-urback-facebooks-i-like-it-campaign-pointlessly-sexualizing-tragedy/

Robyn Urback: Facebook’s “I like it” campaign pointlessly sexualizing tragedy

I think quoting a comment by a reader of this article would best describe my feelings on this matter:

All I'm seeing is: "Curiosity raises questions, which leads to conversations and that's where action starts!". Good, that's fine, but does no one realise that this is an IDIOTIC way to raise curiosity? Where is the link between sexually suggestive ways to tell where you leave your purse and breast cancer? THERE IS NONE. I could do the same thing; observe:

Me: Just got a rim job!
Friend: Wow, disturbing.
Me: I'm talking about getting new rims on my car haha! But also, it's colon cancer awareness month!
Friend: Oh, uh, neat. Didn't know.

Except in this example, the sexually suggestive rim job actually has closer relevance to colon cancer than a freaking purse to breast cancer.

(source: National Post)

PS: And according to The Huffington Post, this whole meme originated with a male social network user, as probably did last year's breast cancer FB meme. At least the latter was, while equally suggestive, remotely relevant.

Backside-Slapping Warning Spawns Internet Debate - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/backside-slapping-warning-spawns-internet-debate/story?id=10333368
As for the excuse that the FB fans of the BSAS are merely poking fun at the university's breathless warning, I call bollocks. If that really were the case, instead of making a fan page for the BSAS pervert, they would be making parodies of the email itself. But hey, can't pass up a good opportunity to vent some latent frustration at how modern sensibilities have gotten in the way of what used to be "harmless fun".

My Bra? Color Me Furious.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/11/my-bra-color-me-furious/
(via Politics Daily) Internet slacktivism at its worst. No useful preventive advice, no call to action, no support for sufferers or survivors - just giggles and inside jokes. Considering how juvenile and sexualized this little game is (and has become), I would not be surprised if this "awareness" meme turns out to have been thought up by some semi-sloshed frat boys one Friday night. That's why I'm updating Facebook with the color of MY skivvies. Hey, I knew someone who lost his life to prostate cancer. But jugs are better at grabbing attention than sundry slimy internal organs, aren't they?