The McBournie Minute: Ribbon magnets
They first started appearing in 2004. You would drive around and see a red, white and blue ribbon magnet with "Support Our Troops" or a yellow one with a similar message. It was the beginning of a new trend in automobile fashion.
The problem is, almost no one ever displays them in the proper manner. Most people tilt their ribbon magnets sideways to about 3 o'clock so that the text on the ribbon can more easily be read. Some people even tilt it completely over on its side like a Jesus fish.
People, the curvy part goes at 12 o'clock, the ends go at 6 o'clock. If you can't display it properly, don't display it at all. They look stupid on their sides.
What's worse now is that every single cause out there has their own ribbon magnet. POW, cancer, puppies with diabetes, etc. Buying these things (in most cases) does nothing for the cause it advertises, since they are made by private companies that employ Chinese workers to make them.
You stick them to your car to make people think about how concerned you are about important issues, without actually being concerned. If the cause you advertise is so important to you it would be more about the cause and less about you.
Get your magnets here.
The problem is, almost no one ever displays them in the proper manner. Most people tilt their ribbon magnets sideways to about 3 o'clock so that the text on the ribbon can more easily be read. Some people even tilt it completely over on its side like a Jesus fish.
People, the curvy part goes at 12 o'clock, the ends go at 6 o'clock. If you can't display it properly, don't display it at all. They look stupid on their sides.
What's worse now is that every single cause out there has their own ribbon magnet. POW, cancer, puppies with diabetes, etc. Buying these things (in most cases) does nothing for the cause it advertises, since they are made by private companies that employ Chinese workers to make them.
You stick them to your car to make people think about how concerned you are about important issues, without actually being concerned. If the cause you advertise is so important to you it would be more about the cause and less about you.
Get your magnets here.
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posted by Bryan McBournie at
8:46 AM
2 Comments:
While alot of people don't have a link to the cause of their magnet... Some of us do...
But it is kinda like those "livestrong" bracelets... everyone & Everything has one now..
but don't put down those of use who have a cause...
and if your wondering... my cause is Ovaraian cancer... It's in my family..
By
Anonymous, at 10:34 AM
Yeah, but at least the Livestrong bracelets were funding research for their cause. Ribbon magnets just make people rich who don't care about your cause.
People profit from good intentions, and that is what's wrong.
By
Bryan McBournie, at 4:01 PM
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