Waaghpowa said:
Batou667 said:
The idea behind Movember is that you get your family and colleagues to sponsor your silly moustache, and you then donate the money to the cancer charity. They actually raise a fair bit of cash this way, but the fact that not everybody's aware of the fundraising bit shows there's evidently still work to be done! This "online ceasefire" however, I can't see any direct benefit to.
My experience with Movember has always been people using it as an excuse to not shave for a month. It would seem to me that they're fully aware of the fundraising involved, but don't do it. Instead they do it "in the spirit of" and thus makes them feel good about doing a good thing as I described. I can use the same example for just about any cancer or disease awareness. The best way to do any of those things is to actually do something, such as making direct donations to the cause, and forget about the stupid little games.
There were some local organisers of Movember talking about how the "Awareness" is enough, and you don't need to fundraise, in my local area. I fucking hate people like this who don't understand activism, yet try their hand at it and do actual damage. There's a strong correlation between doing small actions like these and reduced donation to charitable causes: The people who grow moustaches without fundraising are less likely to fund others, which completely defeats the point.
Of course, "Awareness" is just the self-congratulatory wank as compared to actual action. We're still raising awareness for ass-cancers and breast cancers? I think we're all aware of them and even more aware of their fundraisers.
OT: Ceasefire Friday was a stupid idea.
It:
1) Correlates violent games and shooting in the minds of the public.
1a) As a promotional event, it PROMOTES that sentiment.
2) It's hypocritical and ignorant. You're not stopping watching television shows with guns, reading books with guns, listening to music which references guns.
3) It doesn't do anything positive.
3a) It makes a few people feel self righteous.
4) It trivialises the tragedy.
Yeah, I'm so sad, I'm going to not play one genre of video games. I'm practically tearing my hair out and wearing sack-cloth for these people
5) It does not take a deliberate decision to participate. If you're playing most MOBAs, or camping, or hungover, you could do this without even trying.
I've got an idea. How about you
do something. If you think the solution is to get rid of guns, support that. If you think the solution is to give teachers guns, support that. Donate some money to charities for research into mental illness. See if you can volunteer at a mental health hospital.
Altering your gaming habits slightly is the lamest thing you could do. Just for you guys, I'll switch hands for "special time" in the hope of changing stupid activist events into meaningful ones. I'll tell you how it works out in a week [spoilers-it doesn't change shit]
Solvemedia: "Ask questions"
Indeed.