It started back in 2010, with a Facebook email from a friend.
Only it wasn't a real email of honest to goodness communication.
It was that odious bra color hoax, which is actually a double-chain letter. The first part was the message itself telling me to change my status to something particular, all the girls were going to do it as a joke on the guys and it would cause cancer awareness. So the email was viral, and all those color statuses resulting would be the second viral.
And once again, some meme duped and used at least one of my friends, who didn't really think about me after all, but was merely having fun and trying to save lives with chain letters at the same time.
I rolled my eyes and screamed.
Know what this stupid inconsiderate chain letter also does to at least some survivors of breast cancer? If you want to find out, read In The Name Of Awareness, a real eye-opener, and all the reason in the world not to participate in this incredibly insensitive meme in all its mutations.
And now for all you gals who bought into this tawdry thing and actually posted your bra colors,
congratulations on your willingness to be sheeple and on your TMI over-exposure! Any of your 9000 guy friends who happens to click your Facebook status, now knows what your bra color is. You just told your 16 year old hormonal cousin, your 60 year old grandpa, your boss, your teachers or students, and your best friend's husband and kids what color your bra is. Talk about making life an open book. Why not just post it on every billboard you can find where you live or tell some news reporter to broadcast all about you and your prefered bra colors on national TV?
Needless to say, I did not participate...
What's Your Color Absolutely great entry by Tiffany Harper!
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In late 2010, somebody came up with the same degrading stupidity all over again.
This site gives info on it and a very good write-up, except for the one nasty word near the beginning.
This time, the women were supposed to put how they 'like it' in their FB statuses, while the men were supposed to believe they are talking about sex.
Actually, what the statuses refer to is where women like to put their handbags (purses) when they get home.
And this chain is supposed to keep the men guessing and the women tittulating while somehow the magic of forwarding is supposed to increase breast cancer awareness.
You'd think people would learn after a while and stop falling for these ridiculous Facebook memes, but no!
Over and out!
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