badstar

Okay, so the last few months, I've noticed when I go shopping that everyone and everything is marketing for a cure for breast cancer.

Now please, don't take this for me belittling the seriousness of breast cancer, that is NOT what I'm commenting on here.

What I don't get is the fact that EVERYONE seems to be obsessed with it, and yeah, there are plenty of other charities for other forms of cancer but...well, they're not all obnoxious about it. Everything has to be that horrid shade of bubblegum pink with the ribbon design all over it. I've seen vacuum cleaners, blenders, paper towels, measuring cups, toilet paper...yes, toilet paper- what is it, wipe your ass for the cure? Seriously. Why not slap a little sticker on it and say "We'll donate two cents to breast cancer charities"? Why does it all have to be that shade of pink? Do people really have a desperate need to trumpet that badly how much they support the cause that they need pink toilet paper and a blender?

But why does no one seem to give a rip about other cancers? Not visibly anyway. Brain cancer? When is the last you heard about brain cancer? Or pancreatic cancer? Or lung cancer? Hell, the most obnoxious anti-smoking campaign* isn't half as annoying as pink everything everywhere you go you can't get it out of your field of sight, it's just there EVERYWHERE.

*yes, I am against smoking. But a lot of the anti-smoking campaigns are annoying too.