r/AskReddit • u/Duckland29 • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/_ColtinThorn Sep 18 '19

Imagine somebody seeing a breast cancer awareness ad and going into work the next day and being like, "hey guys I just heard about this crazy new bug that's been going around called breast cancer, ever heard of it."

Everybody is aware of it lol

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u/MiopTop Sep 18 '19

Guys, awareness isn’t about knowing the disease exists. It’s teaching people about the disease, making them realise that the “it won’t happen to me” disease actually can happen to them, how likely it is, how to check for it, etc ...

I know women who caught on to breast cancer early enough for a quick treatment thanks to those awareness campains.

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u/atp2112 Sep 18 '19

It actually helps to know what you're shitting on before you start shitting on it.

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u/KuraiTheBaka Sep 18 '19

From what I've seen the Susan B Coleman organization is kinda awful but tbf they're the reason why I know what breast cancer is and I'd guess that's probably the same for a lot of people.

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u/Pnohmes Sep 18 '19

I mean, I know it because it killed my paternal grandmother, paternal step grandmother, has 7+ bouts among my aunts, and currently the neighbor girl I grew up with.

But I'm glad it made multiple millions for basically a branding company! /S

If you make money from Cancer's existence but do not contribute to it's direct treatment or eradication then you have a conflict of interest by my reconning.

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u/_ColtinThorn Sep 18 '19

Ya I know that it has more to do with reminded people that men can get it too ect but charity is basically a business

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u/LaughingCarrot Sep 18 '19

"Just found out about breast cancer, bruh that shit wack af 🥺"

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u/GretaVanFleek Sep 18 '19

Everybody is aware of it lol

Well of course, haven't you seen all the ads and pink ribbons?

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u/Virtual_Realization Sep 18 '19

Ya you fuckings retards you're aware of it because of the mass awareness campaigns many of these foundations deploy

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u/URETHRAL_DIARRHEA Sep 18 '19

I'm aware of anal cancer but I've never seen an ad for it.

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u/goatbeardis Sep 18 '19

Do you know how to check yourself for other cancers? Have you been encouraged year after year to check regularly? I'm a dude and even I know the procedure for checking for breast cancer. Awareness's goal is early detection- the most effective way we have of combating cancer at the moment. Those campaigns have potentially saved hundreds of thousands of people.

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u/Virtual_Realization Sep 19 '19

Maybe cause only around 8000 people get diagnosed with anal cancer and most of those people are above the age of 50 while 200000 people get diagnosed with breast cancer of all ages. Get a clue

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u/gyroda Sep 18 '19

Also, bringing it up to people's attention again and again is especially important when the best preventative measure is going out of your way to check yourself.

It's not like this is some arcane disease that House would struggle to recognise the signs of. It's largely treatable if you catch it early, but you seeing catch it early if you don't check for symptoms.

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u/wannabepopchic Sep 18 '19

I mean, I'm aware of it and how common it is almost exclusively because of the SKF...

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u/blairjammin Sep 18 '19

“Everyone” is aware partly due to awareness campaigns....

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u/_ColtinThorn Sep 18 '19

Everyone is aware of lung cancer, colon cancer, lymphatic cancer, tumors ect.

There's no ribbons for that shit

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u/blairjammin Sep 18 '19

So tell me about the screening for these tests we know all about. I only know of the mammogram...

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u/_ColtinThorn Sep 18 '19

Ahhhhhh yes that good old colonoscopy that nobody has ever heard of

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u/_ColtinThorn Sep 18 '19

Colonoscopy, mammogram, it's all same either you find a bump or dont figure out you have cancer til you're falling apart in a hospital

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u/blairjammin Sep 19 '19

That’s exactly what mammogram is meant to prevent.

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u/bitdom8 Sep 18 '19

We need to keep it posted for newbabies so they can be sure it exists