RANT: I'm sick of Lance Armstrong

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Ranger X
Torpid, STFU already. I could no longer take your idiocy so I skipped to the last page. Why do you care that people donate $1 to research cancer and in support, they wear a yellow bracelet?

Money alone won't find a cure. At least not the paltry amount the charities are making.

And bitching about this bracelet will? The foundation raised millions of dollars by selling these bracelets. Since when did millions equate to a "paltry amount"? Die in a fire already, moron.

Why would you admit to skipping to the last page and then ask a question that could be answered by not skipping to the last page? Now THAT is idiocy.

Millions, which is split into several portions going to various cancer related things, which is shadowed by the amount that is already going into cancer research. Money does help cancer research, but people who think that just having a bunch of money is going to cure cancer are sadly mistaken. We've had a decent amount of money for some time. The victims need money a lot more than the researchers.

get a clue - there will be no more "victims" when a cure is found. the researchers need the money to accomplish this.

 

[shuan24]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: shuan24
Last time I was at American Eagle they asked me if I wanted to buy a *red* bracelet for 1 dollar. I was like WTF? Apparently the dollar would go to some other charity that AE supported. IMO, thats pretty low of AE to copy Lance's movement. Oh well.

you should have told them that. in fact, get on their website and tell them.

my sarcasm meter is broken. are you saying that AE's actions are justifiable?

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
you won't give it up will you?

i don't care if they wear 10 of these bracelets in their friggin hair - it's 10 bucks given towards the war against cancer! somewhere somebody paid a buck a bracelet - case closed.

What if they wore 10 bracelets in their hair, treated you like you are stupid if you ask what they are for, and make every opportunity to show it off? What if they wore it to meetings where their appearance to the client actually could have an impact? If we can't agree that such would be annoying, I guess the case IS closed, because you are not easily annoyed.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: torpid
Not true. They might not have donated at all. You can buy them in droves. The odds of you wearing 100 bracelets if you donate $100 is pretty slim.

Also, the odds of someone treating their bracelet as an amazing and incomprehensible gift to humanity seems pretty high based on what I have seen. Whatever pleasure is dervied from the thought of people spending money on cancer stuff is lost when I witness someone behaving like a pompous fool when they have the opportunity to discuss the bracelet.

My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

 

[Mill]

Please tell me someone saw the information of the news about this. Some hospitals use yellow bracelets for DNR, and they've had people come in with the Cancer bracelets on. Oops. Now certainly they should be able to tell one bracelet from another, and it might be a stupid reporter who is exaggerating, but I thought it might be worth mentioning.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
you won't give it up will you?

i don't care if they wear 10 of these bracelets in their friggin hair - it's 10 bucks given towards the war against cancer! somewhere somebody paid a buck a bracelet - case closed.

What if they wore 10 bracelets in their hair, treated you like you are stupid if you ask what they are for, and make every opportunity to show it off? What if they wore it to meetings where their appearance to the client actually could have an impact? If we can't agree that such would be annoying, I guess the case IS closed, because you are not easily annoyed.

You have some issues, don't you? :roll:

 

[daveymark]

I want to get this bracelet, but I think it would get in the way of people seeing my watch. I don't like wearing anything on my other wrist. Suggestions? It would be great if others could see my watch AND the bracelet, because I care so deeply about what others think. I also like to leave my car keys out on my desk so people see the "corvette" keychain.

And let's not even get started with the ringtones on my mpx220. I'm so unique with my Kinght Rider theme!

 

[shuan24]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: torpid
Not true. They might not have donated at all. You can buy them in droves. The odds of you wearing 100 bracelets if you donate $100 is pretty slim.

Also, the odds of someone treating their bracelet as an amazing and incomprehensible gift to humanity seems pretty high based on what I have seen. Whatever pleasure is dervied from the thought of people spending money on cancer stuff is lost when I witness someone behaving like a pompous fool when they have the opportunity to discuss the bracelet.

My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

what about the people selling them on ebay for 5-10 dollars a pop?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: shuan24

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: shuan24
Last time I was at American Eagle they asked me if I wanted to buy a *red* bracelet for 1 dollar. I was like WTF? Apparently the dollar would go to some other charity that AE supported. IMO, thats pretty low of AE to copy Lance's movement. Oh well.

you should have told them that. in fact, get on their website and tell them.

my sarcasm meter is broken. are you saying that AE's actions are justifiable?

no, i am saying you should've told them they were lame to copy the LiveStrong bands.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: shuan24

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: torpid
Not true. They might not have donated at all. You can buy them in droves. The odds of you wearing 100 bracelets if you donate $100 is pretty slim.

Also, the odds of someone treating their bracelet as an amazing and incomprehensible gift to humanity seems pretty high based on what I have seen. Whatever pleasure is dervied from the thought of people spending money on cancer stuff is lost when I witness someone behaving like a pompous fool when they have the opportunity to discuss the bracelet.

My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

what about the people selling them on ebay for 5-10 dollars a pop?

Someone paid a dollar for them at some point, but the people reselling them are pond scum.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
you won't give it up will you?

i don't care if they wear 10 of these bracelets in their friggin hair - it's 10 bucks given towards the war against cancer! somewhere somebody paid a buck a bracelet - case closed.

What if they wore 10 bracelets in their hair, treated you like you are stupid if you ask what they are for, and make every opportunity to show it off? What if they wore it to meetings where their appearance to the client actually could have an impact? If we can't agree that such would be annoying, I guess the case IS closed, because you are not easily annoyed.

who treated you like you were stupid asking what their LiveStrong band signified? if that happened i don't agree with that at all.
there are always going to be lamers looking for attention in the world. don't get hung up on them.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
you won't give it up will you?

i don't care if they wear 10 of these bracelets in their friggin hair - it's 10 bucks given towards the war against cancer! somewhere somebody paid a buck a bracelet - case closed.

What if they wore 10 bracelets in their hair, treated you like you are stupid if you ask what they are for, and make every opportunity to show it off? What if they wore it to meetings where their appearance to the client actually could have an impact? If we can't agree that such would be annoying, I guess the case IS closed, because you are not easily annoyed.

Again you miss the point. Just because a tool wears a yellow bracelet doesn't mean that all people who wear them are tools. The bottom line is that money has been donated whether they are black, asian, white, a tool, or a black/white/asian tool. If you think that 10 yellow bands interwoven in the tool's dreadlock's affect your business, then tell your boss, or better yet get the balls to tell it to their face. Maybe it will get through their thick head. There is no disclaimer on any product exempting it from tools.

Again, you should edit your thread: I hate trendy posers who wear LAF bands for the wrong reasons. Then you wouldn't get flamed so much.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: shuan24

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: torpid
Not true. They might not have donated at all. You can buy them in droves. The odds of you wearing 100 bracelets if you donate $100 is pretty slim.

Also, the odds of someone treating their bracelet as an amazing and incomprehensible gift to humanity seems pretty high based on what I have seen. Whatever pleasure is dervied from the thought of people spending money on cancer stuff is lost when I witness someone behaving like a pompous fool when they have the opportunity to discuss the bracelet.

My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

what about the people selling them on ebay for 5-10 dollars a pop?

Someone paid a dollar for them at some point, but the people reselling them are pond scum.

agreed

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Modeps
My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

Well I wish I could react that way. I'm happy he's making money for charity, but having to work in proximity to am armband worshipper is just too much. This weekend I encountered another armband zealot, and that was it. I've now concluded that I could go the rest of my life without seeing a yellow bracelet and wouldn't mind at all.

If I'm going to have one form of discrimination, this is going to be it. If you wear a yellow bracelet and show it off all of the time but then when I ask you what it's for you say only the two words "live strong" then I will no longer respect you and will judge you silently and/or on an internet forum.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Modeps
My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

Well I wish I could react that way. I'm happy he's making money for charity, but having to work in proximity to am armband worshipper is just too much. This weekend I encountered another armband zealot, and that was it. I've now concluded that I could go the rest of my life without seeing a yellow bracelet and wouldn't mind at all.

If I'm going to have one form of discrimination, this is going to be it. If you wear a yellow bracelet and show it off all of the time but then when I ask you what it's for you say only the two words "live strong" then I will no longer respect you and will judge you silently and/or on an internet forum.

wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Modeps
My point is for every bracelet you see, at least $1 has been donated to LAF. If the person got it from a friend, there's still $1 going to LAF. If someone gets a hundred bracelets, they've donated $100. I wear it because I want other people to donate money as well. Do I think I'm changing the world? No, but this charity very well could help stop cancer. The more money donated, the better.

Well I wish I could react that way. I'm happy he's making money for charity, but having to work in proximity to am armband worshipper is just too much. This weekend I encountered another armband zealot, and that was it. I've now concluded that I could go the rest of my life without seeing a yellow bracelet and wouldn't mind at all.

If I'm going to have one form of discrimination, this is going to be it. If you wear a yellow bracelet and show it off all of the time but then when I ask you what it's for you say only the two words "live strong" then I will no longer respect you and will judge you silently and/or on an internet forum.

LoL, I'm sure nobody will disagree that everyone wants the posers to die in a fire!!

 

[Futher]

I'd argue that a fairly large percentage of the bracelets being sold don't support charity at all. You can easily go to a local deli or mini-mart, and pick up a fake look-a-like bracelet for a few bucks, and wear it around like it's the real thing. Most people don't buy them to support charity, and when that happens, it's gone too far...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Futher
I'd argue that a fairly large percentage of the bracelets being sold don't support charity at all. You can easily go to a local deli or mini-mart, and pick up a fake look-a-like bracelet for a few bucks, and wear it around like it's the real thing. Most people don't buy them to support charity, and when that happens, it's gone too far...

i don't know how you are gonna back up those statements, but i'm guessing they are a bit farfetched.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

You forgot to picture in your mind the tone that it is delivered in, and the dismissive nature of it.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

You forgot to picture in your mind the tone that it is delivered in, and the dismissive nature of it.

look, everyone has to deal with a$$holes on a day to day basis, but don't group the whole LiveStrong premise on some jerk.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

You forgot to picture in your mind the tone that it is delivered in, and the dismissive nature of it.

Again: your personal experiences have nothing to do with the whole program. It's like saying Fords suck because a Ford driver cut you off this morning.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

You forgot to picture in your mind the tone that it is delivered in, and the dismissive nature of it.

Again: your personal experiences have nothing to do with the whole program. It's like saying Fords suck because a Ford driver cut you off this morning.

What if a ford cut you off once a week; would it be ok to say that you are sick of fords?

 

[boyRacer]

I bought a whole box to give away to people when they first came out at my LBS. I still have a couple left but I never wore them. But now I'm going to wear one just to piss you off.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

You forgot to picture in your mind the tone that it is delivered in, and the dismissive nature of it.

Again: your personal experiences have nothing to do with the whole program. It's like saying Fords suck because a Ford driver cut you off this morning.

What if a ford cut you off once a week; would it be ok to say that you are sick of fords?

LMAO.....I rest my case.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: moshquerade
wtf? if the person told you "live strong" in response to the bracelet then they told you what it was. if you didn't understand what they meant then question further.

i am failing to see your point.

You forgot to picture in your mind the tone that it is delivered in, and the dismissive nature of it.

Again: your personal experiences have nothing to do with the whole program. It's like saying Fords suck because a Ford driver cut you off this morning.

What if a ford cut you off once a week; would it be ok to say that you are sick of fords?

you sure are sensitive if people wearing yellow bracelets get your panties in a twist. big deal if it's gotten trendy and some people don't know what the hell it's for, let alone who Lance is why does it bother you so much what people do with their lives?