We know what you like on the couch (the bed, etc)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 9:51am

How is this "raising awareness"? Isn't it just a way for women to feel like they are doing something when they are actually doing nothing?

No hatin', just observin'.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 9:56am

Does everybody except me know what this is about?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 9:59am

"It" is their purse/handbag. They are secretly mentioning where like it to raise awareness for breast cancer. Like last year with the bra color.

I don't object to being silly and trying to get things to go viral, but I've yet to understand the point.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:04am

I like it slung over a chair so that my dog can lick the bottom.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:06am

"I like to let it grow free"


(I'm raising awareness for testicular cancer by talking about what I do with my pubes)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:08am

Oh well in that case, I like to blend it with strawberries and yogurt and make a delicious smoothie.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:26am

If I'm accessorizing with my Gucci bag I wear it over my shoulder so everyone can see that I'm fashionable.

If it's my going out clutch, I tuck it between my legs to make my package look bigger.

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:32am

There was a great essay about what could have been accomplished if all those Bra color babes had each give two cents to cancer research but I didn't save it.

Those Facebook "Awareness" campaigns are pointless.

[clever name]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:41am

You will never, ever, see my status as one of those dumbass double entendres. I wish people would get that it isn't funny.

[Q]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:45am

It took me awhile to figure out what exactly was going on. I got the entendre, but I didn't know they were referring to purses. Now that I know what it's supposed to accomplish, I have to admit I'm confused. Like PRS, I don't get how this is supposed to highlight breast cancer awareness.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:50am

I don't think this is the article Joe mentioned, but it makes salient points, including the one that many women are aware, but I have no idea of what they can actually do - such as how to properly check for lumps, etc.

And dudes, check for nut lumps. I mean, your hands are going to be down there today, anyway.
Facebook? Your Bra Color? Something About Breast Cancer Awareness?

[siny]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:55am

This is the message that I got and it did not mention anything about breast cancer, but maybe it was tacked on in later versions:

"OK ladies here's a game, like the bra color game which was a total success and we had men wondering for days what was with the colors and it made it to the News. Well this game has to do with your handbag, where we put our handbag the moment we get home for example "I like it on the couch", "I like it on the kitchen counter", "I like it on the dresser" well u get the idea. Just put your answer as your Status with nothing more than that and cut n paste this message and forward to all your FB female friends to their inbox. The bra game made it to the news. Let's see how powerful we women really are!!! REMEMBER - DO NOT PUT YOUR ANSWER AS A REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE"


I ignored it. And can I take this moment to rant against all those people who insist that you change your FB status for some cause or another ? Yeah, I know I can (and do) ignore them, but I wish they would STFU. There, I feel better already.

[Q]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 10:58am

"see how powerful we women really are"

Because they can network privately on Facebook? Not sure how that relates, but whatever.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 11:00am

I don't like the implication that you're somehow letting someone or something down by NOT changing your status to the cause du jour. Like when they all say "90% (or whatever number) won't repost." I feel like, everyone I know on Facebook already knows how cancer touched my life, I don't need to change my status update to remind them. I do that enough without provocation anyway.

[siny]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 12:55pm

It does not even have to be an important cause, just anything that pops into someone's head and then they expect all their friends to repost it ! How the hell does it help anything ?
And this being a Breast Cancer Awareness month, now I am getting reminders to schedule a mammogram !!! Because of course I would not think of it unless reminded on FB.

[gotham girl]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 1:06pm

true confession time. are you sitting? ok...

i'm not on facebook. the horror i know. i guess i will burn in the flames of obscurity and non-relevance for eternity... or until another social network eclipses the current one.

[siny]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 1:08pm

Gotham girl, just look at what you are missing, lol.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 1:14pm

There's no shame in not being on Facebook. No shame in being on it, either.

There IS shame, however, reserved for women who want to promote breast-cancer "awareness" and aren't aware of how to check their own breasts.
Self-Exam

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 1:20pm

Yeah, I think this is silly. So, okay, eventually people will realize what it is is and go, "Oh, look, they're promoting breast cancer awareness!" so then it'll be on their minds. But aren't there more useful things we can do? Any awareness is good awareness, but it just seems to me like the time/energy/effort/brainpower is better spent. Link people to an ACTUAL way to help. Novel concept.

[Weez]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 2:18pm

*sigh* I posted "[name] likes it on the floor in he... oh no, wait, she doesn't like these silly memes at all 'cos they're not funny and ridiculously unhelpful! :)" with a link to the "Facebook? Your Bra Color?" article on Facebook. Not TWO MINUTES LATER, I got the "Remember the game last year about what color bra you were wearing at the moment?" message in my inbox. -_-

I might now post the link to PRS's video with an explicit "OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH BE AWARE" message, as extra emphasis that I don't hold with this fannying around and playing cutesy games nonsense.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:22pm

Do they still have that click for mammograms site that Mamie always linked? I used to click, even though I always thought there was something nefarious about them threatening to withhold mammograms if they didn't get enough clicks.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:26pm

Here you go

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:32pm

Thanks. I wonder if they changed it. I swear it used to be that if they didn't get enough clicks the women didn't get mammograms.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:39pm

Like on "Family Guy," where if you bought a stuffed gorilla, they saved one in the wild. And if you didn't, they killed one.

[gotham girl]

Posted: 10/6/10 at 3:54pm

"There's no shame in not being on Facebook. No shame in being on it, either."

true, PRS. i was being facetious. i'm in no way a tech-snob and i'm sure facebook is useful and practical for many, just not me. although when i hear about some of the more silly stuff, i have to agree with Betty White that it sounds like a big waste of time.