Clicktivism By Patrick Magee
You’re probably wondering how I did it? How did I cure cancer? Science, medicine, the dark arts? No, I took a photo of myself without any makeup on a posted it to Facebook. Through doing that, I raised awareness. Before I posted that photo many people had probably never even heard of cancer. Raising awareness for cancer is the only way to cure it. Because the more people who look at cancer, the less deadly it becomes. Like those ghosts in Super Mario 64. This isn’t the first time I’ve changed the world of course. A few years ago, I shared a video about a robot called KONY2012 who was programmed to kidnap children. As is my understanding, it was a direct result of my posting that video to Twitter that led to Mr. 2012 being arrested and fired directly into the sun, which as we know is the only successful way of deactivating a murderous robot. Am I a hero? In many ways yes, in many other ways, also yes. It takes a certain kind of bravery to post a photo of my face to the internet. The kind of bravery that I think Leonardo Da Vinci displayed when he painted his famous Mona Lisa without makeup to raise awareness about the bubonic plague. A lot of my friends waste their time going to protests, and volunteering for various organizations. What they don’t understand is that they are wasting their, and everybody else’s time. Every second they spend marching, could be spent liking charities on Facebook or helping the authorities find the wreckage of that missing plane by ending all their tweets with a #MH370. Plus a lot of my friends are members of these organizations UNICEF or AMNESTY for several years. Whatever. If you could follow me on twitter @Patty_McGee, or like my page on Facebook, we could save the world, one click at a time.
Copyright © Speechie Lansing | Year Posted 2017
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