Child Abuse Awareness on Facebook

[Cain_Zeros]

I'd just changed it to a picture of myself and my girlfriend the day before it started, and I find Facebook charity things ridiculous. I mean, this is better than all those "females-only (despite the fact that guys actually can get breast cancer too)" breast cancer awareness things. You actually tell people what the fuck your doing instead of keeping it all a secret and expecting it to raise awareness magically.

 

[Ophiuchus]

It's meaningless. It's raising awareness of nothing, particularly as a lot of people are doing it without posting the status update to go with it. If you don't know what it's about, it's just a lot of people doing something without context. Just like that "I like it (wherever they put their handbag when they get in)" - completely meaningless unless you know what it's about.

I just changed my profile picture to some slices of bacon. Probably a bit childish, but whatever.

 

[TehCookie]

I'd stick with a tradional sunday night cartoon I watched with my family.

Spoiler: spoiler for neatness

 

[burningdragoon]

The one, the only.

[/spoiler]
I went through quite a few, trying to remember that cartoon I always loved but couldn't properly remember.
Then Rugrats came back to me..... Ah, the memories,

Holy. Crap. That's awesome!

I went in on the Pokemon December thing myself. I don't really remember what it's for, but whatever. It's not like I need an excuse to have not-me as my facebook pic. Charmander at the moment. Not sure what I would have up if I was doing the childhood shows one.

Edit: The Pokemon one looks to be just for the sake of it. Awesome.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

I'd go with Fry Guy or Mario/Luigi from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. What? It sure as hell was my favourite tv show when I was a kid! I still watch "The Great BMX Race" once every now and then, as it is my favourite episode. xD

 

[Sjakie]

Facebook IS child abuse, so oxymoron i guess!

 

[brendonnelly]

I hate to be a cynic.... but
Does anyone watch Hungry Beast, they did a segment on this in their "Things we think May be bullshit" segment. You guys should look it up.

 

[tijuanatim]

Super-teen extraordinaire
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
Runs around in underwear
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Rescues Washington D.C.
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
Unless something better's on TV
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

His brain's overloading
It has a chocolate coating
Textbook case for Sigmund Freud
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!

Check out Dexter Douglas
Nerd computer ace
Went surfing on the internet
And was zapped to cyberspace
He turned into the Freakazoid
He's strong and super-quick
He drives the villains crazy
'Cause he's a lunatic

His home base is the Freakalair
Freakazoid! Fricassee!
Floyd the Barber cuts his hair
Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!
Rides around in the Freakmobile
Freakazoid! Freakazoo!
Hopes to make a movie deal
Freaka me! Freaka you!

He's here to save the nation
So stay tuned to this station
If not, we'll be unemployed
Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
Freakazoid!!!

TL;DR For those who can't tell I switched to FREAKAZOID!

 

[NoNameMcgee]

It doesn't help and it's silly, but I did it anyway because Johnny Bravo is the bomb.

 

[Aethren]

I went with Pedobear. I should really stop posting on /b/.

 

[JasonBurnout16]

My friend sumed up my thoughts on this campaign in one status update:

"____: Just so everyone knows, changing your profile picture to a cartoon isn't going to do ANYTHING towards stopping child abuse. Everyone knows about child abuse already, this isn't going to "raise awareness". Unless you donate or actually DO something, you're not helping. There's charities out there, if you actually care. http://www.endabuse.org/ The only thing you're doing is letting your friends know you once enjoyed a show"

^ I honestly don't think your friend could have explained why people are doing it any better than that lol.

 

[Outright Villainy]

I just saw the news Good Job folks!

http://i.imgur.com/Drw9c.png

Hah, that was great!

OT: I changed mine to Captain Planet.
The most impractical of all superheroes!

 

[Super Six One]

Gambit for the X-men cartoons, i loved that dude.

 

[Rachel317]

I don't actually get the point of it...like, wouldn't it be better and more effective for everyone to donate, say, £1 to the NSPCC in order to help the charity do its job?

Changing your picture to a cartoon character won't make neglectful, lazy, violent parents treat their children any better...I'm not saying raising awareness isn't a good thing, but I know that not a single one of my friends who've changed their picture would donate cash.

Having said that, I'd probably change mine to a Pokemon character if I joined in. It might not be great now, but Pokemon's one of the only cartoons I remember from childhood so...

Charizard FTW!

 

[Crimsane]

Scrappy Doo, ************! Lemme at 'em! Lemme at 'em! I'll splat 'em!

 

[Knusper]

I decided to donate instead, but if I had changed my profile picture, it would have been to

 

[TOGSolid]

I think this is a totally appropriate picture and shows my devotion to the ending of child abuse.

 

[fullbleed]

Spoiler

This is mine

My friend has the exact same one. Love Captain Scarlet, he's so much more bad ass than Thunderbirds ever were.

What did I go for?

 

[Cakes]

I'm using Dexter (from Dexter's Laboratory, not the serial killer). I think it's completely pointless, but it's as good an excuse as any to have a cartoon character as your display picture.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

I have a picture of Homer strangling Bart.

I think this is a totally appropriate picture and shows my devotion to the ending of child abuse.

Goddammnit ninja'd!