“The theme of the Awareness Fair is…AWARENESS.”-Cleopatra from Clone High

I am sick and tired of forced ‘AWARENESS’ of this and that on stupid social media! If I like your status I have to put up a ridiculous status? If one of my idiot friends decides to dump ice on their head and tell me to I have to do it (Which I did See here) or I am a poor sport? Did dumping a bucket of ice water on my head make me more aware of…what was that for? I don’t know, I’m just pissed off that I had to dump a bucket of ice on my head, and I don’t know why??? My status right now is “I just used my boobs to get out of a speeding ticket”, am I more aware of breast cancer? No…did I give any more money?…no.

I am not saying that I do not give money to charities; I give money to the charities I want to give to. This includes Breast Cancer, I run for the cure and get donations every year. I give to several charities and have a budgeted amount every month. This also benefits me via tax break so win-win. (Yay for giving it makes me feel great). What this social media BS does is enrage me (makes me feel like poop) because it’s like saying-“Hey dummy, I tricked you into caring, cause you weren’t caring enough before!”. Listen I was caring plenty enough for the both of us, and so I say tend your own garden and lead by example AND STOP SENDING ME THIS SHIT! My awareness to you is that you could also set aside a portion of your income to give away, by monthly donation OR when someone asks, then you can be like summer santa and say YES! I’ll sponsor your for $100!

This is my letter to everyone in the future who sends me social media charity pandering. I will reply with this blogpost. I am boycotting social media awareness pandering. And if you share it you are just as guilty. The pandering does the opposite of it’s intension- it makes us desensitized to it. If there is a specific thing you are doing, like you want me to sponsor you to dump ice on YOUR head for a specific event, or write stupid comments on YOUR facebook, that is great just ask. Maybe I will maybe I won’t. The only thing I want to be nominated for is an award. That award might be for bitchiness, but I will accept that nomination!

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Tara Audibert is and artist, teacher, comic illustrator, consultant, and just a Jill of all Trades. She co-hosts the podcast No Such Thing as Grown Ups with her spouse Curtis Carey from Sunny Corner, NB, Canada where they also make Animations, Finger Puppet Sitcoms, Prepping with Puppets, comics, poetry books, children’s books and so much more! www.nosuchthingasgrownups.com

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