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So Ruff
08-19-2005, 10:21 PM
I know this has been discussed here before, but I really can't stand how these things have turned into a fashion statement. The saddest thing is seeing "knock-offs" of these things being made -- you can find an assortment of random yellow bands being sold at the corner store nowadays. Are there actually people brainless enough to buy a random yellow wristband like that? Does it not make more sense to donate a buck to cancer research than to donate a buck to some lame dudes knocking off a charity for christ's sake?

I wonder how long this ridiculous yellow band fad will last; and I say ridiculous because the fact that it is a fad is ridiculous. When will people start taking off their yellow bands? I'm taking my Livestrong band off right now; yeah, my Livestrong band I got before it turned into a lousy fashion statement.
zorra_chiflada
08-19-2005, 10:24 PM
i don't think it's caught on here.
so it's like a fashion statement about wearing charity wrist-bands, basically telling everyone that "i'm charitable, look at me"? is that how it works?
So Ruff
08-19-2005, 10:26 PM
i don't think it's caught on here.
so it's like a fashion statement about wearing charity wrist-bands, basically telling everyone that "i'm charitable, look at me"? is that how it works?

Yeah, pretty much.

Actually, it went past the "i'm charitable, look at me" part all the way to the "woah, cool yellow wrist band, dude!" part.
Lindsey_1535
08-19-2005, 10:26 PM
They sell knock offs that say things like "baller" or "cool guy" or some shit along these things and yeaaa it pretty sick.
Rancid_Beasties
08-19-2005, 10:28 PM
The last cool fad was the yoyo craze of '95
zorra_chiflada
08-19-2005, 10:29 PM
The last cool fad was the yoyo craze of '95

i remember that shit
So Ruff
08-19-2005, 10:29 PM
They sell knock offs that say things like "baller" or "cool guy" or some shit along these things and yeaaa it pretty sick.

I saw one that said R.I.P. and it had a bunch of crosses and shit on it. I wonder if all the cool corpses wear those.
Lindsey_1535
08-19-2005, 10:29 PM
OH man those yoyo's were crazy!! They had crazy spinning things and alllll that jazz!!
So Ruff
08-19-2005, 10:32 PM
The last cool fad was the yoyo craze of '95

Now THAT was a cool fad. All the kids in school envied my X-Brain Wing Yo-Yo. Man, that thing would sleep for a good, 90 seconds, hell, maybe even two minutes on a good day.
i'mcrafty
08-19-2005, 10:43 PM
ok, so something that has raised a TON of money for cancer is a bad thing?
grow up!

people who wouldn't normally wouldn't donate are. so what if it's a fad! anything that can try to wipe out cancer is ok with me!!! :mad: :mad: (you get two mad faces)

:mad: make that 3!!!
So Ruff
08-19-2005, 10:50 PM
ok, so something that has raised a TON of money for cancer is a bad thing?
grow up!

people who wouldn't normally wouldn't donate are. so what if it's a fad! anything that can try to wipe out cancer is ok with me!!! :mad: :mad: (you get two mad faces)

:mad: make that 3!!!

I never said that the Livestrong bands suck, my beef is with the knock-offs. I'm as gung-ho for wiping out cancer as the next guy, but the fact that others are basically profiting off the popularity and success of this charity is silly.
i'mcrafty
08-19-2005, 10:52 PM
who's profitting off of them?
Lindsey_1535
08-19-2005, 10:53 PM
The knocks are what gets me maddddd! GRRR stupid people. I have a pink on for breast cancer but honesty who wants on that says fuckin "Coldplay" friggin stupid.
ToucanSpam
08-19-2005, 10:55 PM
Livestrong breacelets are fun but they got too trendy.

War amps stickers are what I rock on my gig bag.
Rancid_Beasties
08-19-2005, 10:58 PM
I had a brain yoyo too (still have it :D), those things did kinda kill the craze though, because then everybody could do yoyoing cos it came back automatically and sat for so long. The prime of yoyoing was the fireball, it sat longer than the brain and no auto comeback so it was awesome.
iceygirl
08-19-2005, 11:22 PM
i think its probably a genious way to make people who would never ocntreibute to charity get them to giv e a buck.

yheah it drive sm e nuts lol
GreenEarthAl
08-20-2005, 12:31 PM
I was wearing a yellow Ally band from Opus for about a year before there was a such thing as a live strong band.

The world is always trying to copy me.

I'm used to it by now.
ms.peachy
08-20-2005, 12:36 PM
I really can't stand how these things have turned into a fashion statement.
Umm.... wasn't the whole point of them a deliberate strategy by the major charitiable groups to create a fashion statement, to spur a fad that would raise the profile of charitable giving in the youth market?
CrankItUp!
08-20-2005, 12:54 PM
Yeah, I was wearing those low rider stretch jeans way before all these girls are now. I was so pissed. It's back to tight mini-mini skirts for me.
YEAH BABY ! YEAH ! :D
CrankItUp!
08-20-2005, 02:05 PM
I loved back in the 80's when the trend for girls was to wear multiple Swatch watches on one arm and looked like Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. And the mall WAS the place to be ! Ah! - those were cool times ! (y)
Monsieur Decuts
08-20-2005, 06:15 PM
the things don't fit me.

livestrong my ass.
p-branez
08-20-2005, 06:37 PM
people should just donate money to charity.

i'd rather donate $10 than buy a bracelet for $2.

you shouldn't have to get something in return for doing something good.
CrankItUp!
08-20-2005, 06:39 PM
That's so true ! People buy them now only to make a fucking fashion statement to others. (n)
Sandinista!
08-20-2005, 06:40 PM
I've seen those things around. I never had a clue as to what they meant/what they were for.

I probably won't buy one, though; I need to save my money for important stuff, like the recent 2-disc Stooges remasters, or some Vanilla Coke.
zippo
08-20-2005, 07:24 PM
i dont know if everyones wearing it cuz its a fashion statement but mostly because its finally a way they can show theyre such wonderful, caring people. and ofcourse the people behind these bracelets planned it that way, being aware how the world works.
just lure the idiots where you want them to go, they wont notice. its not your responsibility to change them.
Medellia
08-20-2005, 09:27 PM
who's profitting off of them?
The people making the copies that aren't for any charity whatsoever. I think that's what the gist of So Ruff's annoyance is about. not so much the yellow (or any color) band trend, but the bands that have nothing to do with charities, which seem to be more popular than the legit bands. Who do you think is getting the money coming from those? You'd have to be doing some pretty selective reading to miss that part of his original post.
mp-seventythree
08-21-2005, 07:24 AM
I'm always dubious when a company like Nike gets involved with things like Livestrong. Yes it's great if it can raise people's awareness of things like cancer charities, but someone spending a couple of pounds, dollars or whatever to get a wristband won't make those people start giving much needed money to charity on a regualr basis. My friend is a keen cyclist and Lance Armstrong is like a hero to him, he got a Livestrong band when they were first released - I asked him how much he regularly donates. He didn't have a clue what i was getting at, as far as he was concerned he had done his part by donating £1 and getting a wristband out of it.
I donate every month to Oxfam, but I don't expect anything in return. Ditto when I did a triathlon for Breast Cancer Research, they wanted to give me a t-shirt afterwards. I asked them how much all the t-shirts had cost to produce, and if the money they had spent on them wouldn't have been a little more useful actually going into research. And before anyone says "well it's good advertising for their cause", I would ask the question - how many of you have decided to donate money to a charity because you saw someone wearing a t-shirt with that charity's name on it?

exactly
ms.peachy
08-21-2005, 02:13 PM
I dunno, I reckon if it gets £1 out of someone who woud have otherwise given nothing, then what's the problem?

People are sheep. So, if there's a way to get the sheep to part with their cash for a cause, then so be it. yes it's stupid that some people will instead buy the knockoffs because they just think they are being trendy, but until there's a charity (or, really, even a paid service) that eradicates stupid people, we're kinda stuck with 'em. (This, by the way, is not news.)
mp-seventythree
08-21-2005, 02:45 PM
I dunno, I reckon if it gets £1 out of someone who woud have otherwise given nothing, then what's the problem?

People are sheep. So, if there's a way to get the sheep to part with their cash for a cause, then so be it. yes it's stupid that some people will instead buy the knockoffs because they just think they are being trendy, but until there's a charity (or, really, even a paid service) that eradicates stupid people, we're kinda stuck with 'em. (This, by the way, is not news.)

Absolutely
So Ruff
08-21-2005, 04:09 PM
The people making the copies that aren't for any charity whatsoever. I think that's what the gist of So Ruff's annoyance is about. not so much the yellow (or any color) band trend, but the bands that have nothing to do with charities, which seem to be more popular than the legit bands. Who do you think is getting the money coming from those? You'd have to be doing some pretty selective reading to miss that part of his original post.

Thanks for that. (y)

Like I said before, the fact that some marketing genius at Nike made donating to a charity a fashion statement is alright. Please note that I didn't say "screw charity."