Trendiness and Good Causes

Counting this one, I will have written 9 posts, 1 more than the number of posts last year. That was my goal. It has been fulfilled. Unfortunately, most of my thoughts and observations can be summed up in one short line. Facebook status updates can do that, along with the bombardment of projects at school. Shucks Jo, how do you do it. By the way, I think Feminists are hypocrites. I don't know if my friend would agree with me, but that wouldn't change my opinion. Check out her stuff. Here Jo, you get more traffic.

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So while walking around campus, I noticed someone wearing one of those "To Write Love on Her Arms" shirts. Don't know what it is? Read a bit here. To sum it up, it's a slogan for an organization that helps people suffering from depression, suicide and such related things. When I first saw the shirt worn by someone I knew, I was curious about it. It was a nicely designed shirt and the slogan stood out because it seemed like poorly written english. Putting it shortly, it was something I would've worn. So I searched the slogan, came across the site, and it was a compelling story. Something worth supporting. The shirt did it's job.

Now I ask you, who wears it cause its trendy, and who wears it cause they know the story behind it? Gosh, I wish the latter outweighs the former. I draw a parallel to the Livestrong rubber bracelets. Remember what that was for? Cancer. I remember the surge of popularity those bracelets had. All of a sudden, rubber bracelets were pretty rad. But really, just like now, who knew what Livestrong was for?

The silly thing is, as my friend points out, people are that shallow to do something cause it's trendy, not really for it's good nature. I implore you, serve your fellow man, not cause it's the "in" thing to do, but because you truly believe someone out there needs help.

Stay safe and take it easy everyone,

-Nick