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I tend to notice people wearing ribbons, I call them "the ribbon people" because I think it's funny that they are wearing them, supposedly to "raise awareness" for whatever their color represents.

I know a few of the colors either because they directly affect someone in my family or because I see them everywhere

red- AIDS or heart disease
orange- self injury
pink- breast cancer
yellow- war type causes (support the troops, POW's etc)
brown- crohn's and colitis (which I always found hilarious)
light green-celiac

well, it turns out that there are more causes than ribbons, I mean, today I saw a lady with a purple ribbon on, so I thought I would ask about it, and she said "look it up" and rushed off about her day........so I did

http://www.productsforthecure.com/pages/ribbons.html
http://www.craftsnscraps.com/jewelry/ribbons.html
http://www.causekeepers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=C&Category_Code=Colors
http://www.gargaro.com/ribbonstxt.html

so, now I wonder.........why was she wearing that purple ribbon? and how does "look it up" raise my awareness about anything?!

so, anyway, I was thinking.......what if I just offended one of the ribbon people?:eek: :( If you are a ribbon person (or whatever the PC-term is) what color do you wear and why? does anyone ever ask you about it?

if you are not a ribbon person, what color would you wear? if there is not one assigned to something you think there should be more awareness of, what color do you think should represent it?

Always figured it was like the Hanky Code:


http://alt.xmission.com/~trevin/hanky.html

Always figured it was like the Hanky Code:


http://alt.xmission.com/~trevin/hanky.html

:eek:

that's.......interesting.

Brown has another meaning:


George Carlin on ribbons: "I got a brown one. You know what it means? Eat shit, motherfucker!"

:)

:eek:

that's.......interesting.

Yeah I doubt it's serious though. Kind of funny.

Yeah I doubt it's serious though. Kind of funny.

well, I am traumatized.

also, because I was looking up the ribbon colors and I found out that the lime green ribbon that represents celiac disease also represents STD awareness, so even if I did want to wear one......I don't wanna wear one. :(

well, I am traumatized.

also, because I was looking up the ribbon colors and I found out that the lime green ribbon that represents celiac disease also represents STD awareness, so even if I did want to wear one......I don't wanna wear one. :(

Um...why does it representing STD awareness make you want to not wear one?

Um...why does it representing STD awareness make you want to not wear one?
Because the good people of Oklahoma will think she's got Crabs.

Um...why does it representing STD awareness make you want to not wear one?

because it doesn't mean the same thing as celiac awareness. :confused:

see, if I wear a ribbon, the kids are going to want to wear the ribbon, and most of the ribbon people wear one because it directly affects them, so I don't want my daughters walking around in the STD ribbon. ;) (because I am backwards)

Its not just the little ribbons, I also see tons of those stupid bracelet thingies.

They were just trendy things - it was fashionable to try to have the image that you 'care' about a cause or something. It is all BS by trendy wannabes.

Truly sad and pathetic. I dont care how good a cause it may be, some guy in a suit wearing one of those on his wrist is just tacky.

It's all well and good the wearer of the ribbon knowing what it means, but they don't do much to raise awareness if no one else knows what they mean. I once had an anti poverty one that was a solid oval shape with a chain hanging down. I took it off when people kept asking me why I was wearing a sperm on my jacket. A friend recently got one for some sort of cancer that was a daffodil, but also took it off because of all the odd looks he got for wearing it.

Its not just the little ribbons, I also see tons of those stupid bracelet thingies.

They were just trendy things - it was fashionable to try to have the image that you 'care' about a cause or something. It is all BS by trendy wannabes.

Truly sad and pathetic. I dont care how good a cause it may be, some guy in a suit wearing one of those on his wrist is just tacky.

I know what you mean, now they have them for fashion wear, I saw someone the other day with a light green one that said "sexy"........what kind of cause is that?!:mad:

I wear a pink bracelet in honor of my mother. The proceeds go to Susan B. Komen Foundation. I know some people think it's silly, but I don't wear it to be fashionable, I wear it for her.

I wear a pink bracelet in honor of my mother. The proceeds go to Susan B. Komen Foundation. I know some people think it's silly, but I don't wear it to be fashionable, I wear it for her.

the pink is very recognizable. I see a pink ribbon and I know what it means. If someone didn't know, and asked you about it, I am sure you would tell them.

I just got annoyed with the woman who assumed I knew what her ribbon meant, apparently I was unaware, and if she wants to raise awareness, she isn't doing a good job of it.

so, anyway, I was thinking.......what if I just offended one of the ribbon people?:eek: :( If you are a ribbon person (or whatever the PC-term is) what color do you wear and why? does anyone ever ask you about it?

I carry a small red and a pink ribbon on my white coat. Why? Because I want to show solidarity and also display that I am open for informing about the subject.

the pink is very recognizable. I see a pink ribbon and I know what it means. If someone didn't know, and asked you about it, I am sure you would tell them.

I just got annoyed with the woman who assumed I knew what her ribbon meant, apparently I was unaware, and if she wants to raise awareness, she isn't doing a good job of it.

She was unaware of your unawareness. :D

Sometimes I think they just make certain ribbons to confuse people. I was driving behind a car with a black magnet ribbon. I almost got into an accident trying to read the thing...which said "Someone stole my other support magnet."

I carry a small red and a pink ribbon on my white coat. Why? Because I want to show solidarity and also display that I am open for informing about the subject.

what do your ribbons represent?

I know what you mean, now they have them for fashion wear, I saw someone the other day with a light green one that said "sexy"........what kind of cause is that?!:mad:
What's wrong with showing support for those people with disturbingly erotic medical conditions?

what do your ribbons represent?

Just what you wrote they represent. HIV/AIDS awareness, heart disease and breast cancer (even if I like to think of the pink one to mean cancer in general).

Just what you wrote they represent. HIV/AIDS awareness, heart disease and breast cancer (even if I like to think of the pink one to mean cancer in general).

cool.

cool.

Meh, we all do our own vain things in the delusion that they might make a difference.

I think it just get silly when people start wearing them when they have no clue what they mean.

Those bracelets are now popular in Japan, even though my students have no clue what "WWJD" means and the magnetic car ribbons are also starting to show up here, leaving me wondering just what troops a few young Japanese people in Tokyo were actually supporting. :p

I don't mind most of the ribbons, but the yellow ones annoy me.

I find them annoying because somehow sticking a magnetic yellow ribbon on the back of your car makes you patriot.

At one point in time, patriotic meant you were willing to house colonial troops in your home despite the significant probably that you'd be hung or shot were they found.

Later in history, being patriotic meant taking the tires of your car and donating them, so that the US Army had some rubber to build their tank treads with.

Nowadays, being patriotic is driving around in an SUV or Hummer with a big yellow "Support our troops" sticker on it.

Pathetic.

My Brit Lit teacher has two "Support Our Ribbons" magnet things.

My Brit Lit teacher has two "Support Our Ribbons" magnet things.

Your Brit Lit teacher is clearly a bastion of patriotism for our fair nation and way of life.

But seriously, if you want to be patriotic, do patriotic things. If you want to look patriotic, sure, why not, get a ribbon or three.

I hate the ribbons but not quite as much as I hate those bracelets.

If I was going to wear a ribbon it would probably be the light pink/light blue one that is supposed to be a pro-life thing.

if you are not a ribbon person, what color would you wear? if there is not one assigned to something you think there should be more awareness of, what color do you think should represent it?

Since reading your links, I have become offended by the whole over-used concept of ribbons. I would wear a clear cellophane anti-ribbon ribbon.

Since reading your links, I have become offended by the whole over-used concept of ribbons. I would wear a clear cellophane anti-ribbon ribbon.

sounds good.

did you see the mega-list of things a purple ribbon could mean? it's almost different every page I found.......I still wonder what the heck she was wearing it for:mad:

i dont get ribbons the only thing i get is a pin from legacy

So orange means you support capturing Feral cats and you support Israel creating settlements?
I'd hate to be a Feral cat lover in the middle east.

It is my understanding that ribbons were originally invented by people with too much cloth. I protest the use of ribbons as a waste of our natural resources and valuable textiles, and therefore wear a holographic projection of a ribbon eating a lacy ribbon, which is wearing a blue ribbon. Blue being for free speech and chronic fatigue syndrome, but not short bowel syndrome, as the lacy ribbon isn't aware of this cause.

I don't mind most of the ribbons, but the yellow ones annoy me.

I find them annoying because somehow sticking a magnetic yellow ribbon on the back of your car makes you patriot.

At one point in time, patriotic meant you were willing to house colonial troops in your home despite the significant probably that you'd be hung or shot were they found.

Later in history, being patriotic meant taking the tires of your car and donating them, so that the US Army had some rubber to build their tank treads with.

Nowadays, being patriotic is driving around in an SUV or Hummer with a big yellow "Support our troops" sticker on it.

Pathetic.

So are the family members who put the Service star magnet on their vehicles and the service star flags in their house windows pathetic also?

I tend to notice people wearing ribbons, I call them "the ribbon people" because I think it's funny that they are wearing them, supposedly to "raise awareness" for whatever their color represents.

I know a few of the colors either because they directly affect someone in my family or because I see them everywhere

red- AIDS or heart disease
orange- self injury
pink- breast cancer
yellow- war type causes (support the troops, POW's etc)
brown- crohn's and colitis (which I always found hilarious)
light green-celiac

well, it turns out that there are more causes than ribbons, I mean, today I saw a lady with a purple ribbon on, so I thought I would ask about it, and she said "look it up" and rushed off about her day........so I did

http://www.productsforthecure.com/pages/ribbons.html
http://www.craftsnscraps.com/jewelry/ribbons.html
http://www.causekeepers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=C&Category_Code=Colors
http://www.gargaro.com/ribbonstxt.html

so, now I wonder.........why was she wearing that purple ribbon? and how does "look it up" raise my awareness about anything?!

so, anyway, I was thinking.......what if I just offended one of the ribbon people?:eek: :( If you are a ribbon person (or whatever the PC-term is) what color do you wear and why? does anyone ever ask you about it?

if you are not a ribbon person, what color would you wear? if there is not one assigned to something you think there should be more awareness of, what color do you think should represent it?
The new rage is spousal abuse, i think they wear white ones.

interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsOIjzQ1V8

This clip may offend some viewers... but is quite accurate.


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interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsOIjzQ1V8

This clip may offend some viewers... but is quite accurate.


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I do not know about accurate it is their "point of view", which does not imply accuracy. But that is the joy of our nation they have the right to make fun of and put down anything that does not agree with their point of view. SO yes some may be offended by it but who cares they do not need to watch it. While I was not offended by it I would probably never watch it again as I found rather on the ignorant opinionated side. But hey that is just my point of view.

thank you and have a great day.

Those bracelets are now popular in Japan, even though my students have no clue what "WWJD" means and the magnetic car ribbons are also starting to show up here, leaving me wondering just what troops a few young Japanese people in Tokyo were actually supporting. :p

Funny... I've wondered that about the one's with those ribbons on their cars in the states, myself. Maybe it was just that, "Support our Self Defense Force" didn't fit on ribbons?

Me, I had a couple, "Look! I have a ribbon!" ribbons on my car, but that's just because I think the whole ribbon craze is vain. If you really care about a cause, give your money to the cause, rather than giving it to magnetic ribbon makers.

I know what you mean, now they have them for fashion wear, I saw someone the other day with a light green one that said "sexy"........what kind of cause is that?!:mad:

It's a fucking awesome cause is what it is.

I hate the ribbons but not quite as much as I hate those bracelets.

If I was going to wear a ribbon it would probably be the light pink/light blue one that is supposed to be a pro-life thing.

Hey, I wear a Livestrong bracelet, and that's because I actually support the cause of cancer research. Just because some people turned it into a fashion thing doesn't mean it's a bad thing in and of itself. I actually have a personal reason, too. My dad was diagnosed with cancer when I was younger. Luckily for him, it was detected soon enough to remove it, but it did make me think about all those who were not so fortunate. If buying a little silicone bracelet will help at least a bit, if it raises the awareness of just ONE person, then I consider that well spent. (And I'm really tight on money, too; I'm in college, so for me to say something is money well-spent is pretty meaningful.)
Yes, I can directly donate money or time, but those aren't mutually exclusive with the bracelet, are they?

So are the family members who put the Service star magnet on their vehicles and the service star flags in their house windows pathetic also?

If they go around being arrogant about their patriotism, yes.
If they have it up their as a gesture of support for a loved one who is in the middle of a warzone, no.

i once wore a red one for aids. but that was because they were handed out at a lecture form the head of UNAIDS. i only wore it that evening though.

I guess they must be like those rubber bracelets from a couple of years ago. Very few people wore them to spport or raise awareness for their particular charity, most people just wanted them as accessories.