No makeup selfie.

Sunglasses Ron

GenieOz wrote: »

Majority of them didn't appear to be until people started giving out about them, now they seem to be accompanied by a screenshot of a donation.

I'm waiting for the "for every like this selfie gets FB and Microsoft will donate one euro to cancer charities" copy paste to spread :pac:

Oranage2

How well run is the Irish cancer society does anyone know?

Un Croissant

The GF decided against it as she would feel like a hypocrite for bitching about them and then doing it,and couldn't afford the donation so it would be pointless sh*t.

Dodged that bullet.

Edit: She did check herself though, so there you go.

caustic 1

A hell of a lot of judgemental folk on AH.

hjkl

It really is unbelievable that 5 pages after someone posted a link to a cancer research site saying they had a surge in donations since the start of this campaign, people are still moaning about it and saying it doesn't help.

Penny Tration

One of the girls on my friend list isn't too happy.

'2 all of u bitchin bout us takin selfies u av NO idea how much courage it takes 2 take a pic wit no make up on, dats a v scary ting 4 girls to do n wer raisin money for cancer research wit dis. Wat r U doin to help? '

Somebody replies "I sent in a text to donate 4 euro, did you?"

Reply: "eh no y wud i? Dats not d point its bou women bein brave n takin off der face so ppl listen and help wit cancer reaearch"


*facepalm*

Rhotheta

frimpong wrote: »

It really is unbelievable that 5 pages after someone posted a link to a cancer research site saying they had a surge in donations since the start of this campaign, people are still moaning about it and saying it doesn't help.

Without the moaning there wouldn't be as many donations.

yawhat!

I'm a strong independent women and I don't need no makeup!

Tasden

frimpong wrote: »

It really is unbelievable that 5 pages after someone posted a link to a cancer research site saying they had a surge in donations since the start of this campaign, people are still moaning about it and saying it doesn't help.

While also slagging off the girls' appearance which just confirms why it has actually become a big deal for some girls to post no make up pictures online. They're doing it for a good cause- whether its due to naivety or vanity or anything else- and it has had a positive effect, and yet people still feel justified in passing judgement on their appearance and berating them for doing it.

Penny Tration

Tasden wrote: »

While also slagging off the girls' appearance which just confirms why it has actually become a big deal for some girls to post no make up pictures online. They're doing it for a good cause- whether its due to naivety or vanity or anything else- and it has had a positive effect, and yet people still feel justified in passing judgement on their appearance and berating them for doing it.

Have to agree with you about slagging off their appearance. Pretty much every girl on my friend list who posted a selfie looks lovely with no make up. Slagging someone for not wearing make up is ridiculous.

If only more than one of them had actually made a donation as well as the selfie, too.

Un Croissant

Tasden wrote: »

While also slagging off the girls' appearance which just confirms why it has actually become a big deal for some girls to post no make up pictures online. They're doing it for a good cause- whether its due to naivety or vanity or anything else- and it has had a positive effect, and yet people still feel justified in passing judgement on their appearance and berating them for doing it.

Only a few people have commented negatively about their physical appearance. Which have rightly been called out on their BS. Others have commented positively.

AlanS181824

The girlfriend did this thing on Facebook, she said it was charity and I was like... Right. :rolleyes:

Un Croissant

AlanS181824 wrote: »

The girlfriend did this thing on Facebook, she said it was charity and I was like... Right. :L

May god have mercy on your soul.

Rhotheta

Let's be honest, most people doing this care more about likes and fishing for compliments than cancer research, that's what p1sses people off even if it does raise money.

AlanS181824

Un Croissant wrote: »

May god have mercy on your soul.

Ah thanks! Haha
I thought it was gas looking through my timeline and all I see is... No MakeUp Selfie #Brave #PuttinOnABraveFace, Doing this fer cancer #raisinawarenes, the amount of them with their hash tags.
I donated €4 which I think is enough! :P

Plazaman

Facebook will probably donate €1.00 for every selfie posted as soon as they get enough likes to pay for that baby with the spare leg growing out it's back.

fatherted1969

People on this would rot your hole sometimes. The ones that are slating Facebook users for posting selfies for likes are fishing for likes here themselves. Imo any way of raising money for such a worthy cause is great so well done to the ladies on this. Looks like a good lot of money being raised

whats_my_name

fatherted1969 wrote: »

People on this would rot your hole sometimes. The ones that are slating Facebook users for posting selfies for likes are fishing for likes here themselves. Imo any way of raising money for such a worthy cause is great so well done to the ladies on this. Looks like a good lot of money being raised

Exactly, not everyone has a hidden agenda. What I think is more amazing is the fact that so much work & effort is put into fundraising days & events which takes months of planning whereas this is just a random idea on a random day that has potentially brought cancer charities in thousands of €€ just by the power of social media.

Rhotheta

whats_my_name wrote: »

Exactly, not everyone has a hidden agenda. What I think is more amazing is the fact that so much work & effort is put into fundraising days & events which takes months of planning whereas this is just a random idea on a random day that has potentially brought cancer charities in thousands of €€ just by the power of social media.

Which will be pumped into analysing "cancer genes" which is yielding little results, all assumptions about cancer need to be reviewed. That's what needs "awareness".

fatherted1969

whats_my_name wrote: »

Exactly, not everyone has a hidden agenda. What I think is more amazing is the fact that so much work & effort is put into fundraising days & events which takes months of planning whereas this is just a random idea on a random day that has potentially brought cancer charities in thousands of €€ just by the power of social media.

Exactly... such a simple idea and look how its growing. Fair play whoever thought it up

Tzardine

Rhotheta wrote: »

To be honest cancer research is one of the last charities I would donate to as your money could be donated somewhere that actually makes a significant difference. Right now the money is going towards "understanding" cancer without the actual results to validate this so called understanding. Perhaps the obsession with cancer genes is the wrong way forward.

Have to agree a little with this. Sending money to cancer research is good, but don't forget to help the charaties that support families dealing with Cancer.

We lost a family member last year to cancer and the work that the hospice and the Irish Cancer Society did can not be praised enough.

Never mind this selfie stuff, most people are not sending a donation anyway. If you want to do something good for cancer buy a daffodil on daffodil day 28 March.

yawhat!

If you like this picture 10,000 times our Spam site will donate 1,000,000 euro for a brain transplant for an ostrich.

Capt'n Midnight

wprathead wrote: »

Fully agree sinead, seems like "FB Like Whoreing" at its worst

Who isn't "aware" of Cancer ffs?

Livestrong , Lance Armstrong's charity, raised hundreds of millions and spent most of it promoting cancer.

lukesmom

Oh well between my friends and I we raised (so far) €785 and that's not including pals in the UK who are also donating.

Legs.Eleven

I must just have sound women as Facebook friends. The few that have done it are lovely women who are the furthest thing from vain you can think of. Their selfies are not using any snazzy lighting or filters.

I really can't get worked up about this at all but there's one guy on my news feed who's written 4 bloody status updates complaining about it. This is a load of patronising bollocks if you ask me:

Girls taking "No make-up selfies" to raise awareness for cancer... how the **** did we arrive at that!? How about putting your phone down, taking your head out of your arsehole and raising some money for charity. Complete and utter sewage.

If only Malala Yousafzai had taken a non-make-up selfie instead of risking her life, getting shot in the head by the Taliban, surviving and telling the world her story...

In the interests of clarity; if you're raising money for charity, nice one. If you're "raising awareness" for something that absolutely everybody knows about then take a deep breath, read about something challenging, politically important and/or not well-known and shout it loud. Without a photo of yourself. Good night and I love you all.

And he's getting very thick with everyone who challenges him. He accuses OTHERS of attention seeking? He has back and forth lovey dovey conversations with his new girlfriend on his profile as well. Interesting that people use Facebook this way accuse others of vanity.

padd b1975

Charity must not only be done; it must be seen to be done.

maguic24

WikiHow wrote: »

Women can hardly go to bed without make up not to mind doing a selfie without it.

I rarely wear make up...tis too expensive to be wearing all the time...

Lollipops23

I like that there's lots of donating going on, but the level of narcissism going on is disturbing and a slap in the face to anyone going through treatment.

The 1st anniversary of my mate passing away from cervical cancer was this week. I know damn well what she'd be saying if she could see these tools on facebook.

maguic24

Artful_Badger wrote: »

As far as I see, making an effort no matter how small to raise awareness of a serious thing like cancer which at the very least will make some people more inclined to donate to cancer charities or be aware of how many people are affected by it = Not an absolute waste of time.

Pissing and whinging on the internet about what other people do with their own time on another part of the internet because you dont like it or think it doesnt make a difference = Absolute waste of time.

About time these facebook threads were banned from AH for good too. <---- Me raising awareness of an issue and striving for change = Not an absolute waste of time, so keep your irony.

But threads like these ones are, inadvertently, raising awareness...simply by giving out about selfies they are raising awareness about cancer......

Posters have even put up the number you can text to donate to a cancer charity....if that's not raising awareness...what is???

Why ban them?

lukesmom

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I like that there's lots of donating going on, but the level of narcissism going on is disturbing and a slap in the face to anyone going through treatment.

The 1st anniversary of my mate passing away from cervical cancer was this week. I know damn well what she'd be saying if she could see these tools on facebook.

Well my mother is fighting breast cancer at this very moment and thinks any exposure spreading awareness about cancer is a good thing!

ash23

Anyone I've seen on facebook doing it has also included a screenshot of the donation they've made to the Irish Cancer Society or similar.

Can only be a good thing in my opinion. No donation though and I can't see the point.

ash23

Also just to add, I don't understand why Movember gets such support on AH (men raising money by altering their appearance and posting pictures of it) and this doesn't when it's essentially the same thing.

Double standard much? Men do it and it's "all a bit of craic for a good cause". Women do it and it's slated. (again this is on the basis that most of the selfies are accompanied by donations).

RossFixxxed

I've seen one person do the selfie with a picture of their monetary donation beside it. That seemed good, why not get others to do it.

Then 4 more with no donation and a load of "oh ur gorgeus hon, jelly xoxo" type crap after it.

It's the usual "Like if you hate cancer" yet again.


Re: Movember. Yeah same rubbish unless backed up with donations.

Whatever the campaign is if it's just a social network "Cancer is bad" thing it's a total waste. If it raises money then DO IT!

Rhotheta

ash23 wrote: »

Also just to add, I don't understand why Movember gets such support on AH (men raising money by altering their appearance and posting pictures of it) and this doesn't when it's essentially the same thing.

Double standard much? Men do it and it's "all a bit of craic for a good cause". Women do it and it's slated. (again this is on the basis that most of the selfies are accompanied by donations).

People tend to find validation seeking to be obnoxious. When men post pictures of themselves with a beard they aren't doing it to be told how handsome they are imo. There clearly are many women who are fishing for compliments.

ash23

Rhotheta wrote: »

People tend to find validation seeking to be obnoxious. When men post pictures of themselves with a beard they aren't doing it to be told how handsome they are imo. There clearly are many women who are fishing for compliments.

I haven't really found that among the ones I've seen to be honest. Generally it's normal women looking...normal. Nobody posting telling them how gorgeous they are. Maybe I'm just friends with some very down to earth people.

I would say that the Movember thing isn't about how handsome they are but many would do it for validation to show how much "fun" they are.

Same goes for the "shave or die" thing. Or any sort of sporting fundraiser - it's all just a different type of validation. Ultimately fundraising makes people feel good and they like to be told how great they are for doing it.

Duggy747

ash23 wrote: »

Also just to add, I don't understand why Movember gets such support on AH (men raising money by altering their appearance and posting pictures of it) and this doesn't when it's essentially the same thing.

Double standard much? Men do it and it's "all a bit of craic for a good cause". Women do it and it's slated. (again this is on the basis that most of the selfies are accompanied by donations).

People doing Movember ask and link to their donation page throughout the month. It's a month-long thing that a person does, not just post up a picture and that's their bit done for cancer.

ash23

Duggy747 wrote: »

People doing Movember ask and link to their donation page throughout the month. It's a month-long thing that a person does, not just post up a picture and that's their bit done for cancer.

If the woman is making her donation of €4 to the cause and tagging her friends and getting them to do the same, then what harm? Why the total negativity around it?

razorblunt

I think it's fantastic it's being done with an attached donation, the last few days of just selfies was ridiculous though. They may as well have just typed "boobies" and it would have raised the same awareness.

TimeToShine

Watching some of you practically trip over yourselves to insult the character of some of these girls for "like fishing" so you can get thanks is both ironic and embarrassing.

I really cannot fathom how something like this annoys people.The bottom line is that girls take pictures, and as a direct result cancer research gets additional funding. What's the problem?

There's no need to single out particular girls on your friends list as useless human beings and somehow conclude anything other than you being a bit thick for not realizing that in the general scheme of things this is actually a positive contribution to society for a change.

mikom

I think we all know the real winner here......... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g5Wej5-HI5M/UoLS72S7yJI/AAAAAAAACwE/9_NbSSzKg6M/s1600/P1060436.JPG

razorblunt

TimeToShine wrote: »

Watching some of you practically trip over yourselves to insult the character of some of these girls for "like fishing" so you can get thanks is both ironic and embarrassing.

I really cannot fathom how something like this annoys people.The bottom line is that girls take pictures, and as a direct result cancer research gets additional funding. What's the problem?

There's no need to single out particular girls on your friends list as useless human beings and somehow conclude anything other than you being a bit thick for not realizing that in the general scheme of things this is actually a positive contribution to society for a change.

But there wasn't any direct result in the first instance, it was a 'let's do X to raise awareness for Y' with no tangible benefit. I would think that is where that is where the "fishing" accusations came from, same as the 'I'm going to live in Florida for 13 months or I used my boobs to get out of a speeding ticket".
I don't think anyone could justify attacking a selfie following a donation, the more do that the merrier I guess.

amandaf675

Tbh i didnt know how to donate until I seen all this on Fb and I got nominated so I posted one and nominated and have also said if any of the men in my life decide to put on make-up and stick up a picture Ill donate for each one!

FourFourRED

Shouldn't it be a no bra selfie it it's for raising breast cancer awareness?

ash23

ash23 wrote: »

Also just to add, I don't understand why Movember gets such support on AH (men raising money by altering their appearance and posting pictures of it) and this doesn't when it's essentially the same thing.

Double standard much? Men do it and it's "all a bit of craic for a good cause". Women do it and it's slated. (again this is on the basis that most of the selfies are accompanied by donations).

Anyone who does Movember is a tosser. And it's not seen as "just a bit of craic" by everyone. By last year the victim industry was already complaining about how it was male-centric and therefore sexist, that it was racist (you can have a look yourself, don't want to ruin the joke), that is was cis-centric and all this other stuff about how since it was white men doing it it was therefore bad.

Lollipops23

ash23 wrote: »

Anyone I've seen on facebook doing it has also included a screenshot of the donation they've made to the Irish Cancer Society or similar.

Can only be a good thing in my opinion. No donation though and I can't see the point.

I've seen at least half of the one in my newsfeed with no link/screenshot of donations accompanying it. I have no issue with the fun raising aspect of it, but a huge portion of the posts are stupid young wans who just want to be told what "stunners" they are.

amandaf675

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/10710519/No-make-up-selfie-trend-helps-cancer-research-charity-raise-1million-in-24-hours.html

Fishyfreak

At least the selfies will cover the CEO's salary of €145,000.

Only 36,250 * €4 donations required.:rolleyes:

DildoFaggins

I would also like to add If people are really sympathetic towards cancer sufferers why don't you make a small donation to one of the hospices which care for cancer sufferers and others.


I mean It took some muppet posting selfies to get people to donate why not donate before this for a good cause? no publicity or fake mirage that people will think "aw what a great person you are for donating and posting a selfie without make up so hard hun"

Rhotheta

TimeToShine wrote: »

Watching some of you practically trip over yourselves to insult the character of some of these girls for "like fishing" so you can get thanks is both ironic and embarrassing.

I really cannot fathom how something like this annoys people.The bottom line is that girls take pictures, and as a direct result cancer research gets additional funding. What's the problem?

There's no need to single out particular girls on your friends list as useless human beings and somehow conclude anything other than you being a bit thick for not realizing that in the general scheme of things this is actually a positive contribution to society for a change.

Before the complaints I didn't see any actually donating. The complaints worked.

razorblunt

DildoFaggins wrote: »

I would also like to add If people are really sympathetic towards cancer sufferers why don't you make a small donation to one of the hospices which care for cancer sufferers and others.


I mean It took some muppet posting selfies to get people to donate why not donate before this for a good cause? no publicity or fake mirage that people will think "aw what a great person you are for donating and posting a selfie without make up so hard hun"

Good point I know Marymount in Cork is an incredible place, the staff up there are just fantastic and don't get near enough credit.