DISQUS

Shanead · 5 years ago

All I have to say to you is shut up. If you think its soooo stupid why did you write about it? If people buy the braclets atleast it still goes to a good cause.

Mike · 5 years ago

I wrote about it becuase I think it needs to stop. You think my thoughts are stupid, yet you took the time to write a comment, so the same applies to my comments. People like to voice our beliefs.

As far as the good cause they go to...yes it is a very good cause. And I state that over and over again in my article. But the reason I think that the bracelets need to go away, is because they have gotten AWAY from their good cause and they are now some lame status symbol, which I also state in the article. I even go on to say that it started out great, but the craziness ruined it. I never once say anything of the sort about how the money going to cancer research is bad in any way. I just think this extreme adoration of Armstrong is lame, mainly becuase it ruined the cause meaning of the bracelets.

Did you just read the title and decided to comment?

MJ · 5 years ago

I agree everybody I see is wearing them blasted bracelets and half of them don't even know what it means or support the cause.
I refuse to wear or even touch of those bracelets!!

Martin · 5 years ago

There are two sides to this issue. On one side you can say that whomever has one of these is either supporting the cause (they purchased one) or they know someone who bought them and gave it as a gift / money exchange. Either way, I would say the initial goal is met (money for a bracelet sent to the LAF). I agree there are too many people out there with the idea this is a "FAD". Then again how many AIDS ribbons do you see looming around or USA flags from 9/11. So I guess what it comes down to this, either you support this organizations cause, regardless of its patron's donations or you support the downing of a trend that was started when a man (who happen to be the flagship organizer) won a sport that featured this bracelet. Either way, the wristband is present, the cause is being supported, its only the fault of those who pay for or receive the bracelet to know what it stands for. I personally purchased 10 of them for the purpose of supporting the cause and at the same time showing my dead relatives friends (who died from cancer) that their memory is not lost on me.

cooler than u · 5 years ago

How about this...You are a douche bag!!!

Mike · 5 years ago

Now that is the kind of forward-thinking discussions I like to see on my site!

You know, even though there isn't much substance, this kind is the kind of post that one can really dig into and find some truths. For instance, I think we can all agree that one of the following is true:

This person is either someone that has those yellow bands all the way up his arm and is the exactly the type person that has turned this "livestrong" idea into a complete steaming pile of crap....or that was Lance Armstrong himself.

I choose to believe that latter. Thanks for the post Lance!

kc · 5 years ago

the bracelet was created so that people could indicate that they were fighting for a common cause... and then it became a trend... just like anything in society will tend to do... the point is that the bracelet is trendWORTHY... no matter what people do to identify themselves, once it is done a second time, it is a fad or a trend... SO WHAT? i would rather have people pay for a trend like this bracelet that supports a wonderful cause than spend more money on some fad like a beanie baby that will sit and collect dust but will have no meaning beyond its trendiness...

Greg · 5 years ago

I think those people who backorder them for months are SO STUPID. Cool you'll get a stupid yellow bracelet that's worth about 30 cents and you payed 15 bux. LAME

jwire · 5 years ago

Thank God for the voice of reason! Finally someone willing to stand up and rebel against this ridiculous self promotion. Furthermore: Not only is LA a whore, he's a slut. I have no respect for a man who leaves the wife that stood by him in his darkest hour (and then was happy to stand in his shadow during his brightest moments). I mean, he's finacially secure, has an easy 6-hour a day job, free travel, but still can't make his marriage work because of too much stress? He has turned back into the same arrogant, self centered jerk rejected by the pro peloton before his cancer diagnosis. Where can I get a wristband to show disdain for men who abandon their wives and children to run off with rock stars?

Lil J · 5 years ago

screw you, i want my dollar back! douche bag

caitlyn · 5 years ago

omg...who cares if people buy the bracelets! who cares if its become a trend..at least the money is going to a good cause!you dont have to buy or wear the bracelets but u dont have to waste ure time and make fun of them...JUST DONT WEAR THEM!people like you make me soo mad! nobody cares about what you think about these yellow braclets!

Mike · 5 years ago

...and people like you make me laugh my ass off! For the moment I will not discuss the insane lack of writing skills that you display by starting your post off with "omg". What I will discussis that even though you state that nobody cares what I think, you have in fact taken the time to comment on my ideas. So I guess YOU care what I think, at least enought to get angry about it.

Interesting huh? I bet you would never had guesses you cared about what I think so much.

Also, I believe you are missing my point. The bracelets themselves are ok, the cause is good. The people, namely the people that buy into this and are reallying into defending it (which you are clearly a charter member of this group) and Lance Armstrong himself. I am not against the cause at all...I say donate the dollar and don't wear the bracelet. You are a fool to believe that the bracelet is just about cancer. You are wearing a marketing tool for Armstrong around your wrist! He is a liar if he said that wasn't part of it. If marketing himself wasn't a part of it the bracelets wouldn't be yellow, the tour de france's color for the winning rider...or LiveSTRONG wouldn't be the name, people that just want to help tell people to donate to a existing group not theirs with their name stamped everywhere. Hell if he didn't care about the marketing, there wouldn't be a damn bracelet to begin with!

(OMG! I'm like totally right aren't I?!)

MJ · 5 years ago

It's me again. I'd just like to say that making a bracelet for supporting cancer is bull because they're wasting money on making the bracelet insted of donating the money to the actual cause. I had a grandmother htat dies of cancer but you don't see me crying about it some people in my opinion just need to move on from the past and head for the future.

Zeos · 5 years ago

I agree that alot of people bought these just because everyone had them.
I Bouht them for the cause not the FAD, I wear one and gave them to friends and family that wanted to wear them for the cause not the FAD!
But I did have one rule, NO SMOKERS could have one because Smoking can cause cancer.
Every $1 goes to LAF so even if someone bought it for the FAD, SO WHAT.
It is going to HELP people with Cancer.
My Mother died of Cancer.
It started as Breast Cancer but eventually spread in her whole body.
That is why I support and wear the LIVESTRONG wrist band.
I don't want to see anyone have to go through the pain and suffering that my MOM went through.


Z

mike · 5 years ago

Thats a touching STORY. However, if what you SAY is the CASE, then you are clearly not one of the PEOPLE I'm referring to.

Make no MISTAKE I agree with the cause...I just DON'T agree with the Lance Armstrong marketing and WORSHIP that goes along with it.

Also, whats with the CONSTANT capitalization?

U Heard Me · 5 years ago

What are you thinking? Just because people aren't buying the bracelets for the cause doesn't mean their money is helpful. As for the fashion, if you had time to sit at your computer and write a long essay about something that is barely an arguement probably means you are wearing an iozide shirt tucked into your docker capris with a top of the line pocket protector and dorky glasses. Even if you don't like Lance Armstrong doen't mean that you should punish all of the people that the money could make a difference to. The people that benefit from this (cancer sufferers) have nothing to do with Lance Armstrong. If people hate Lance Armstrong that doesn't mean that they should not helo the people with cancer. Basically, the money is going to the cancer sufferers, not Lance Armstrong, so help them.

U Heard Me · 5 years ago

If you discourage people from buying the bracelet you are not supporting the cause. Who cares if other people are just in it for a stupid reason? They still give money,and when you tell them not to they don't give money.

Mike · 5 years ago

The time it took me to write that article is most likely the same amount of time it took you to write yours (plus the time you should have spent fixing all the grammatical errors in your post). So what does that say about you and your fashion? Oh yeah, thats right...nothing because wether or not you or I wear "iziode" (I presume you meant "izod") shirts has nothing to do with anything.

Also, you seem to be missing my point. But thats ok, there are lots of other people out there just as stupid as you. You might have read some of their entries above.

If you think that Lance Armstrong got nothing but good karma from this Livestrong thing, you are even more stupid than your writing would suggest. He got an amazing amount of press from this, and in America, press means endorsements, and that means money. How much press did the other major Tour De France winners get in the past? I can't remember...you let me know if you can think of any of their names...or even if you knew who Armstrong was a few years ago. The fact of the matter is if he really wanted to do this and get nothing back and just be a good guy, he wouldn't have done the marketing spree with the little gold billboards that people can wear on their wrists.

Oh you were right about one thing: Who cares if someone doesn't like Lance Armstrong? Hell...Who cares if you DO like Lance Armstrong? Armstrong's charity is not the only game in town...if it all goes to cancer sufferers, then why would it matter that I'm stating my distain for Lance Armstrong?

You think about that one for a while.

Damn I hate repeating myself...read before you post people.

BL · 5 years ago

I really agree with you Mike. They're stupid and just about everyone at my school is wearing one of those obnoxious yellow shit.

And how do people really know it's for a good cause? Just becuase the website say so, doesn't mean so. there are millions of other and far superior ways for lazy ass people to support anti-cancer movements.

Each year, more money is spent on stupid junk than the entire amount of money used for medical research funding.

Skaught · 5 years ago

You said it slick! Fuck those bracelets. If you want to help cancer research, give $10, $20, $100. Give something that matters and quit being concerned about getting recognition for donating a FUCKING DOLLAR! "look at me, I gave a dollar to a billion dollar cause, see my bracelet?"

FUCK YOU RETARDS!

Hell, even if you have one “for the cause” you’re a fucking idiot. You wear a yellow gay-ass wristband so everyone will know you gave a fucking dollar? WOOPEE!! Cheap-Skate mother-fuckers. And again, don’t go looking for recognition, hell especially for a fucking dollar. So if you have a yellow wristband, FUCK YOU! YOU CHEAP-ASS, ATTENTION SEEKING, FUCKING CUNT!!!

mark · 4 years ago

even if only .50 goes to cancer it is more than most people give and compairing lance armstrong to Barry bonds is retarded the chances of his feat being repeated is as slim as someone hitting 800 home runs in 10 years
OK the bracelets are queer now and the only reason i found this post was im looking for one that says fuck you or fuck off i just don't want to buy 40 of them they made the yellow bracelets to raise awareness he gives more than the million dollars that they were raising from the sale guess what
he did what he wanted your talking about it he don't care if its a fad just as long as his messages gets out just like i don't care if a ugly girl blows me

Lbby · 4 years ago

shut the fuck up idiot! at least the money goes to a good cause! there isn't anything wrong with those bracelets or Lance Armstrong so i don't know what crawled up your ass but i think you need a proctologist.

Mike · 4 years ago

Don't I say in the article that I wrote that I have no issue with the cause? I would know that because I wrote it, you would have known that if you would have read it before posting.

On the other hand I do love that you tried to sound smarter by using big words for a third grader, like "proctologist" Even though you are the one, suggesting by the tone of your comment, that has something stuck up your ass, I must disagree with you on your suggestion. If I did in fact have something that "crawled up my ass" one wouldn't go to a proctologist, you would go to the plain ole ER. A proctologist is a doctor you would go to if you had a disorder or medical malady pretaining to the colon, anus, etc. He would not be someone you would go to if you, say, I don't know, had a Lance Armstrong bobblehead shoved up there. I'm sure you'll be thanking me for that information in the future.

There I go, helping those less fortunate once again!

Baylee · 4 years ago

OMG.. you must have a sick mind. You are not even human . Who cares if YOU don't like the idea of the LiveStrong Bracelet..DON'T WEAR THEM..But leave it alone asshole!!!!

Mike · 4 years ago

No.

Kyle · 4 years ago

Hhhhhm heres what I havet to say:If youre wearing it to support cancer then I see why. If youre wearing it for the fashion why???? If it supports cancer and youre only wearing it for the fashion youre a dumbass. The sad thing is more than half of the people that have these dont even know what it means. I say if youre wearing it for the fashion take it off. If you have like a relative or just wanna support people who have cancer then wear one. Just dont buy 10 of them to go up youre arm.

Kyle · 4 years ago

Adding on: I would rather somebody not wear it at all really. Dont wear it, just donate the dollar. The only people that will take the bracelet is the ones who wear it for fashion.

Angele · 4 years ago

Well you obviously have no respect for anyone other then yourself.
People aren't just buying the bracelet because is lance armstrong, I actually have a valid reason. I've bought a bracelet and am proudly wearing it for all my family and friends that have had to deal with cancer, or have lost a loved one to cancer.
Why would someone bash out someone that is trying to raise money for a great cause, regardless of the bracelets.

So it would be fair to say that if you became ill and your family and friends wanted to raise money to help you, everyone shouldn't care because you'd be mooching people's money.

Get Real. Get a Life.

Mike · 4 years ago

I support cancer research, just like the big picture at the top says. I just don't like the Armstrong Spin on it. I don't care if you give a million dollars to cancer research, its the Armstrong marketing that I don't like. Did I say that clear enough for you, because you clearly weren't smart enough to ween that information from the above article.

If you were raising money for a sick person and all of the money went to that person, then fine. Thats great, it happens all the time and its a wonderful thing. However, you can't seriously believe that Armstrong doesn't get something back in return from everyone wearing those dopey bracelets? You are a fool if you think so. I'm not accusing the guy of dipping in to the fund, but the yellow and the fact that it says "liveSTRONG" on sure sound like a nice marketing campaign to me.

Also, you sound like kind of a bitch.

jacob · 4 years ago

i cant believe u r idiot enough to actually write this...have u no morals or respect for a man who once had cancer..he has probably endured more crap than u ever will

Mike · 4 years ago

So what? Just because he had cancer I should like him? Thats a horribly stupid statement. What if a guy kills 30 infants but then he gets cancer? "Well I don't like the infant killing, but he has been through more than I ever will...what a great guy!" Is that what you are saying? You would support that guy because he went through cancer? Why do you support a guy that kills infants? Huh?! Answer me that!

Man, you are really messed up.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

Look i think what ur saying about these livestrong bands is Bullshit...
I live in Australia and everyone here knows what they are fundraising for and nobody has a problem that alot of people have them.
They are here for a good cause, its not just about Lance (u think he gets money out of them?). Really your just an idiot who has nothing else to do with your time. Live with it!

sean · 4 years ago

lance is a ledgend. just incase u were wonderin the lance bands are for the 'Lance Armstrong Foundation' who are a ligit charaty how the hell would lance get ne money from the lance bands???? when u get sum proof bout dis shit send me an email. the reason all those other people u have talked havent had such a big fuss made about them is cause none of them started their own cancer foundation did they. i am an aussy and i wore this lance band became popular because it is a gud cause so dont say its just a fad. when u have survived cancer and won 6 tour de frances in a row and started ur own charaty then u can talk but till then shut ur stuoid mouth ass hole

Mike · 4 years ago

I didn't say that he was getting money from the fund. In fact I said the exact opposite in a comment:

"I'm not accusing the guy of dipping in to the fund..."

What I'm saying is he is getting one great marketing campaign out of it. All I'm saying is that if he was really a great guy, he would give the money annoymously and not have people wear little advertisements on their arms.

Armstrong is just so full of himself and fools like you that just blindly follow the guy for a lame reason like "he had cancer." Not only that, but judging by both of your comments neither of you can read or at least chose not to. Because if you did I wouldn't have to waste time reiterating things I just wrote not more than a day ago.

Ok, just so I don't have to say it again: I DIDN'T SAY HE DIPPED OUT OF THE FUND, I'M SAYING THAT IF YOU THINK THAT HE ISN'T GETTING ANYTHING BACK FROM THIS (Like free marketing or a PR campaign or even a chance to get on TV more, thus more endorsements.) AT ALL YOU ARE AN IDIOT AND A DOUCHEY, BLIND LANCE FOLLOWER.

There, I even put it in caps for you.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

dude y r u so against lance? i mean he might be a bit brash but thats no reason to call him a douche bag(what kind of lame word is dat any way?). another thing the livestrong bads arnt for his own personal publicity, he wants to get people to support his cancer foundation not him he already had a huge name before the livestrong bands and most of the people who wear them already supported him before. people dont just buy these things for fashion if they did they would buy the many differant coloured ones from nike insted and even if they do buy it for fashion at least they're still dontaing money to charity. people dont just follow lance blindly they are inspired by him and what he has been through. if u dont lyk these things so much just dont buy one.

Anonymous · 4 years ago

ur an ass hole

LadyLou · 4 years ago

How can you honestly say that this is a STUPID fad. Firstly, because Lance Armstrong is such an amazing athlete he was offered millions of dollars in endorsments, this is where he got his profile within the general public, and a very well deserved one at that. Admittedly, yes Lance was a pig of a cyclist when he was younger but after he came back from cancer he learnt a lot and changed his ways, (doesnt that in itself make him a great person?). Secondly, how can you persecute a man for having a failed marriage? So it didn't work out with his wife can't he be happy too? That doesnt make him a bad person, and FYI, his wife wasn't around untill the end of his cancer, his girlfriend at the time left him and then when he was almost at the end of his treatment he met his ex wife, so no, she wasnt there for him. And One final thing i will say is this, the liveSTRONG Bands aren't just about raising money, they are about inspiring people, Lance Armstrong has inspired many people with cancer showing them that they can LIVE and be STRONG even though they feel weak and dont want to go on at that time. It also inspires hundreds of sports people and many others to go to a place within themselves, they never thought they could and perform like they never could. How is any of that lame, partiularly when it is probably one of the most successful fundraisers in history, raising millions of dollars to help support people who really need it. This is an amazing effort for a man who came from, a single parent family with a mother who scrificed everything just so her son could be a respectable man

Mike · 4 years ago

All you did there was list a bunch of crap I don't care about. Lets run through this a bit shall we?

YOU: "...but after he came back from cancer he learnt a lot and changed his ways, (doesnt that in itself make him a great person?)"

ME: "No."

YOU: "Secondly, how can you persecute a man for having a failed marriage?"

ME: "I want you to point out in my article where I even made mention of his wife. Go ahead, I'll wait...find it yet? No? Because I didn't mention her or anything like that in tha article. Can I make it a rule that you have to read before you can post?"

YOU: "...it is probably one of the most successful fundraisers in history, raising millions of dollars to help support people who really need it."

ME: "If you would have read the article you would have noticed this line: 'Well the organization initially was fine, but people have made this retarded.' I have no problem what so ever, as I have stated time and time again, with raising money for cancer. The main problem is retards like you that think this is more than it is. It should be just a fund raiser, but you changed it into a fahsion statement / religious experience with Armstrong as your spandex wearing messiah!"

YOU: "...a single parent family with a mother who scrificed everything just so her son could be a respectable man"

ME: "Who gives a rats ass about that? I'm pretty sure that doesn't make him special in this day."

Also, I want to make mention of the guy that called me an asshole, but did not have the guts to leave his name (or even make one up). That person will now be known as "Sheryl Crow".

robin · 4 years ago

The first thing that I don't understand is why no one seems to be able to spell a complete word. Really that just feeds to the fact that you are idiots. Question to everyone who feels that Lance is their hero, would you buy a stupid plastic bracelet that was sitting in the checkout lane if it wasn't yellow and from your beloved Lance. My guess probably not because even though everyone will say that it is the cause that they support, really it is a fad and a status symbol that Mike has stated over and over again. And please actully read the article before you post the Mike is an asshole, because if you get beyond the title he actually makes a lot of sense.

'Sheryl Crow' · 4 years ago

i would just lyk 2 no y u didnt reply to tha guy above me???

"Sheryl Crow" · 4 years ago

Robin, incase you were wondering i did read the article and thats why I called him an asshole. Also if your so smart why do you even care what i have to say. You should realise that this is just a waste of time and even if it is a fad, like Kc said "i would rather have people pay for a trend like this bracelet that supports a wonderful cause than spend more money on some fad like a beanie baby that will sit and collect dust but will have no meaning beyond its trendiness." I am sure that you have been part of a fad at some time during your life or had something that would qulify as a status symbol and the proceeds of this wouldn't of gone to charaty.

Mike · 4 years ago

I didn't reply to him because he just said things that everyone else has, he added nothing new to the conversation. Also, he doesn't seem to know what a "douche" is, so he is most likely under the age of 12. In fact his big point, is "if you don't like one don't buy one." Wow! Great idea dipsh*t! ...thats why I didn't reply, he added nothing. Even less than you.

I do find it interesting that you seem to care so much what I think and what I say to everyone. Nice to know I have a fan.

By the way, if Robin "cares what you say" at all its because there is no excuse for your spelling. You are either an adult with no education or a kid that will grow up to be one.

Just so you know, you seem to have listed off some other good examples of things that are harmless until mindless twits around the world made them into a steaming pile of crap...like Beanie Babies, or...yes...LiveStrong bands.

There, I replied, can you sleep tonight now?

LadyLou · 4 years ago

Well I am very sorry Mike, if you think the world revolves around you, but i wasn't only remarking on what you have said but what other people have said, why dont you read the posts about your own article before acting like an elitist pig.
Another thing i can suggest is perhaps you should stop making assumptions, i never said that this was a fashion statement (the only reason i personally wear a band is because i think it is a great cause and i find it insiring), and secondly i never said anything about it having to do with a religious experience, infact i am an atheist so no religion for me. I do believe you will find that a religious experience can be different to being inspired by something, if that is what your were refering to. And one final thing, instead of abusing people for not being as well educated as you or being a bit gutless, why dont you make real rebuttals against what they are saying? Just because someone doesnt know how to spell a word or two doesnt make them any less of a person than you or their opinion less worth while.

Mike · 4 years ago

YOU: "but i wasn't only remarking on what you have said but what other people have said"

Sounds like someone finally read my article and is trying to not look like even more of an ass. Forgive me for not believing you about how you were commenting on "things others have said". First off why the hell would you comment about things others have said here? Thats stupid, inane and pointless. Secondly, here is a quote from your previous post: "...how can you persecute a man for having a failed marriage?" So when you said "you" you weren't referring to me, but to other people that have said that? Ok, so the whole post was directed at me execpt for that sentence? Sure. That makes sense. Wow how could I be so conceited that I could think that when you post a message on my site, about my article, that your message would be directed at me?! Lets face it, you were wrong! Its ok. I would think you would be used to it by now.

Also, how could I have made any assumptions about what you said? In my reply to your initial comment, all I did was DIRECTLY quote you and then reply. The act of directly quoting you pretty much eliminates the possibility of me generating any assumptions even if I wanted to. Now if you are referring to any of my other replies to OTHER people that have commented, then maybe you are the one that thinks "the world revolves around you."

Ok, lets move on to the next part of you misguided diatribe. "secondly i never said anything about it having to do with a religious experience, infact i am an atheist so no religion for me." Who gives a shit what religion you are? Noone. I was using a metaphor you 'tard! I would hope that noone is actually worshiping Armstrong, although I wouldn't be surprised by it judging by some of the reactions this article gets.

Oh an lastly: "Just because someone doesnt know how to spell a word or two doesnt make them any less of a person than you or their opinion less worth while." Yes it does.

"Sheryl Crow" · 4 years ago

Mike you always accuse people of not reading what you say, but the same can be said for you either that or you just miss their point completely. Also how dose some one not knowing how to spell make them less of a person that’s just ridicules. A point that that you passed over that I think is quite worthwhile is that lance Armstrong would not have recived much more publicity than he already befor the liveStrong bands.

"Sheryl Crow" · 4 years ago

Just incase u were wondering their are more people who don't agree with you on this site than do. Dose that say anything to you?(don't say that they are all wrong because i already know you think that).

Mike · 4 years ago

Sheryl, those last two comments that you made, might just be the most inane and incoherent post out of the whole bunch. Judging by some of the previous posts that is quite an infamous accomplishment.

I think the best way to sum your absolutely worthless post is with your own words:

"...how dose some one not knowing how to spell make them less of a person that’s just ridicules."

Wow. That is just a mess. I'll just let everyone else read over that one and let the sheer horribleness wash over them.

As far as your last question...do I seem like a give a rats ass what you or any other of these misguided "Armstronginacs" thinks? Yeah, thats right, I just coined the term "Armstronginacs".

Mike · 4 years ago

Hi Mike,

Get a fucking life im sick of your shit.

Think of a better word to use than Retard.

Get fucked!

andrew · 4 years ago

dude,
ur a dick.
get a life, and some friends. maybe then you wouldnt have all this spare time to bag a good cause.

jon · 4 years ago

just for the record,
"andrew", see above: dude,
ur a dick.
get a life, and some friends. maybe then you wouldnt have all this spare time to bag a good cause.
thats me.

p.s., in case you missed it the first time,
ur a dick.
love jon

Mike · 4 years ago

"Think of a better word to use than Retard."

Wow, you're right. I should be using more high-level phrases like: "Get fuucked". Oh and your "sick of my shit"? The don't come to this page! I didn't make you come here and write something. I realize that you are probably only 13 and the two guys that posted right after you are your little friends, but guys really...What the hell are you going to do about it?

It so funny how angry you, and others, get. What did I make fun of your daddy? Did I call your mom a slut? No. All I did was voice my opinion on a guy that you see on TV.

You guys are just little pussies.

Also, why is everyone so lazy they can't just type out "You are"? Instead all these prepubescent posters just type "u r" and sometimes like our idiot friends "jon" and "andrew" they leave out the space and just go with a "ur". I weep for the future of our world's collective education.

Mike · 4 years ago

Hey Mike,

I really am sick of your opinion why dont you find something else to combine your negative thoughts with.
The person who wrote above me I dont even know!

I have a quick question for you though. Were dropped on your head as a baby?

Simply because it will explain why your the retard! (hey look your favorite word)

Mike · 4 years ago

Hi Mike,

Another thing, you think your so smart "the two guys that posted right after you are your little friends"
Guess what asshole they're the same guy. Are you sure your not 13. Maybe you should start reading the stuff that people put on your site before you comment.

Mike · 4 years ago

You really love me don't you? You really care what I think, you keep coming back, you want to know about my childhood...do you have a poster of me on your wall too?

Oh and guess what dipshit. I read everything anyone posts, but I feel like stopping when I read pointless drivel like your posts.

Come on, we can stay on topic can't we?

Mike · 4 years ago

Hi again,

There is no subject to get back to because it has been exhausted from your continuous unsupported hate of the livestrong bands...
So yeah maybe you should tell us about your life so we all can be ANTI-MIKE. And no i dont love you but i do have a question for you!

LadyLou · 4 years ago

Ok then, you asked why would i comment on what others have said? Sorry for being ignorant of how your mind works but maybe you should explain yourself a bit further, how is that stupid, inane or pointless? All i was doing was giving my argument a little backbone, something which, to my knowledge, you have failed to do.

Secondly, i doubt that people are only going to react to what you say in your article, when they are 'posting' after numerous others have. You might like to check the facts before replying seeing as I referred to three other posts, not just one.

Next, how is the statement 'The main problem is retards like you that think this is more than it is. It should just be a fundraiser, but you changed it into a fashion statement/religious experience with Armstrong as your spandex wearing messiah!' a metaphor? A metaphor is when a person, says that one thing is another to descibe it, ie. All the world's a stage. What you were doing was ASSUMING that I (Louise), turned this into a fashion statement and that I think that Lance is a messiah. Therefore that is the assumption. (You also assumed that I am a retard, but we wont go there, seeing as I clearly am not.)

Another thing, you're probably right, growing up in a one parent household nowadays doesnt make you special, but Lance wasn't brought up in a time when single parent family's were not accepted, which made his life so much harder than it would in today's society.

And finally I challenge you to convince me that someone who doesn't have a good education can't have a worthwhile opinion. Albert Einstein failed a school entrance exam and Leonardo Da Vinci only went to school untill he was about 14 but both are considered to be geniuses the world over. Just because someone hasn't been taught to spell doesn't mean they can't have ideas. Spelling is learnt but ideas and thought processes are innate.

LadyLou · 4 years ago

Oh and another thing, by attacking people's grammar, spelling and personal views you degrade your own article and also your argument

"Sheryl Crow" · 4 years ago

lol "ur" means you're so its not just lazy people who cant be bothered doing a " " and this isn't exactly important 2 people so they and if they are lazy with their grammer it only shows how much they don't care about you.

Mike · 4 years ago

Too bad Mike i would really hate to be you right now trying to rebut everyones thoughts because clearly they think your insignificant....

Maybe you should quit while your way behind.
Do you know anyone who has been ravaged by cancer, do they wear a livestrong band?
I just hope you dont become diagnosed. As i am quite sure you would regret the comments you have made to people on this site.

The reason why i was getting stuck into you earlier is because you were the one giving everyone else abuse and unnecessary sarcasm. I bet it made you angry with the comments i made to you! (i figured you should learn how it feels)

Its fair enough to have your own contention. People would listen to what you have to say more if you didnt mouth-off as if they have thrown a rock at your head.

Mike · 4 years ago

To Louise:
Listen, I realize that you aren't going to concede you were wrong. That’s fine. But everyone knows that you were not referring to others, you just didn't read my article. We also all know you will never come clean to that. Its fine, you know you were really wrong.

Nope. It was a metaphor, and if you still aren't happy with that, then we can call it a exaggeration for comedic / dramatic purposes. Like I said, I really don't think anyone actually worships Armstrong. Although, I think the other "mike" might be his son, or at the very least jacks off to a picture of Lance right after he jacks off to a picture of me.

"...but Lance wasn't brought up in a time when single parent family's were not accepted," Nope. Still doesn't make him special.

"...convince me that someone who doesn't have a good education can't have a worthwhile opinion." Ok, lets take the other Mike for an example. This moron clearly is either too young to have finished any meaningful education or is just stupid. Look at what he is writing. That guy is beneath everyone. Oh yeah, I also don't care what you think either. I would have cared and I even started too, but then I noticed that you misspelled "describe" (you put "descibe"). So now I don't care what you say either.


"Oh and another thing, by attacking people's grammar, spelling and personal views you degrade your own article and also your argument"

You just don't get it do you?
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To "Sheryl":

"lol "ur" means you're so its not just lazy people who cant be bothered doing a " " and this isn't exactly important 2 people so they and if they are lazy with their grammer it only shows how much they don't care about you."

My god you are a complete idiot. You know those paint chips in your old house might taste good, but they are really doing some serious damage to you.

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To Other Mike:

Actually, I'm feeling pretty good and I'm having a blast laughing at all of these inane comments.

"Do you know anyone who has been ravaged by cancer, do they wear a livestrong band? "

Yes and no.

"I just hope you dont become diagnosed. As i am quite sure you would regret the comments you have made to people on this site." Nope. Actually I have plans in place that if I do happen to die of cancer. I plan to have a really tall stone set with my article and all of my comments engraved into it. I also don't recall saying anything bad about cancer sufferers in general...just Lance.

"I bet it made you angry with the comments i made to you! " Nope. Why would I care what some random guy on the web thinks of me? I realize that all of you care what I think, but that doesn't mean to oppisite is true.

"People would listen to what you have to say more if you didnt mouth-off as if they have thrown a rock at your head."

I think I said it in a clear calm tone from the very beginning. Now, when people swerve off topic, the conversation gets dragged with them. That being said, having never had a rock thrown at my head, so I'm not sure how I would react, but I don't think it is close to what I have shown here.
People that want to hear what I have to say will actually read the article and make their decision. Not everyone out there decides to get so angry to post vulgarities and flip out like Armstrong is your daddy.

Hanni · 4 years ago

Hi Mike,

first of all I'm sorry for all the mistakes my comment will contain. English is not my native language (I'm German).

I am an great fan of Lance Armstrong and I was simply shocked when I read the headline of this article. So I started reading...

I agree with some of your arguments but there are a few points I would like to comment:

I don't know if it's right to call Lance Armstrong a "douche bag" (what the hell is a douche bag??). Your main argument is that those bracelets are something like a commercial and that he should spend the money anonymously.

I think that something like a cancer foundation works at its best when a popular person found it. It is nothing despicably as long it helps people. What did you do to have the right to criticize it when he gains a profit out of that? This is definitely not his reason for founding that foundation. Do you really think that he thought "Well, I would like to have more money what could I do?? I could found a foundation so the people think I am great person although I'm a douche bag. What was a douche bag again?" ?

And those "little advertisements" makes the people spend for a good reason. Without them most of us wouldn't know about the LAF.
I can understand that it is annoying to see everybody walking around with a bracelet without knowing what it means but I also just can't reconstruct your situation because in Germany aren't so many people wearing it.

Another person called him a whore for leaving his wife. What do we know about his private life? Not as much to judge about him and this is good!


I would like to write more but I can't remember what i also wanted to say...maybe next time =).


Hanni

Mike · 4 years ago

Hi mike,

Can you get a condom big enough to cover that huge dick on your head? Maybe you could fill it with some DOUCHE!

Mike · 4 years ago

You know, I have no problems with replying to all of your on-topic comments. But if we can't even stay close to being on topic, then I'll have to shut the comments on this post down. I don't care if you call me a dickhead, but at least have some sort of substance to your post. Seriously, the "condom for the dick on your head" line? I didn't realize I stepped in the way back machine and stepped out in 1992.

Lame lame lame...

Hanni · 4 years ago

When I said "profit" I didn't mean money he gets from the donations. Sorry for that misunderstanding but I still don't understand your problem with the marketing campaign. Tell me what Lance Armstrong should do differently? I'm glad that his popularity grows with that campaign so more and more people will spend their money. The growing popularity is a side effect you cannot prevent and there is no reason for preventing it, right?

It's just naturally that nobody remembers the other men who won the Tour de France five times. Their triumphs are years ago of course no one really remembering them. Ok, I could have told you their names but just because cycling is a very popular sport in Europe. I am sure that no one will talk about Lance Armstrong in ten years.

I agree with you when you say that some "trend-following" people have ruined it in some case but I haven't got a problem with them as long as it is for a good case.

Anna · 4 years ago

Hey Mike,
I have a question: what is your real problem?
I agree with you in the point that the LAF is a marketing campaign for Armstrong himself (of course!!). But on the other hand it's a great thing to use your popularity to start a foundation; to call the people's attention to spend some money on such important things like the fight against cancer - by the way... there are also hundreds of other very important campaigns.
In my opinion one of the main problems of today's society is that the most of us aren't interested in spending money for charity organisations. So we need famous people to make the people think of it. Otherwise they would not realize the necessarity of supporting such campaigns. There is no way out of it.
Today it's Lance Armstrong... but the next generations maybe would not remember him either, then there will be an other famous person founding a foundation to fight against whatever and the people will buy the products of the campaign. But is it really so bad? Don't you think it's the one and only possibility to make the people spending their money?
Of course it's foolish to wear the Livestrong-bracelets just the way you wear some status symbol. But who cares of the foolishness of the mankind?
You don't have to love Armstrong, but you have to realize that it's (maybe) the only chance to make the people think of it, to wake them up.
Best regards,
Anna

PS: My English is not the best... I'm sorry!

Mike · 4 years ago

Ok people. Maybe you didn't or can't read the huge graphic at the top of this page, so I'll say it once more...hopefully for the last time.

I do not have a problem with charity. I do not have a problem with people giving money to cancer research.

What I don't like is Armstrong himself and the stupid people that have turned this psuedo-well-meaning foundation into a complete farce.

Hanni · 4 years ago

Of course I've understood that you don't have a problem with people giving money to cancer research but after reading your last reponse I realised that your reasons aren't really comprehensible. They are based on the assumption that the LAF is a "pseudo-well-meaning foundation" (that's a quotation!). You don't like Armstrong because so much people admire him.

No one says that cancer turns you into a better person but I think what really annoys you is that so many people admiring him for admirablly things which you just cannot understand because he could probably be a "douche bag" and other people who also survived cancer aren't as popular as him (what a dishonor!!!).

Let me tell you something: He isn't so popular because he survived cancer. The reason is that after surviving cancer he won the hardest sportevent on earth six times in a row! That turns him into a symbol of hope for so many people! (Yeah I know Barry Bonds is able to swing a baseball bat and no one is interested...)

LadyLou · 4 years ago

Mike do you really want someone to list all of your spelling mistakes? I have only made one gramatical or spelling error in all of the comments I have posted. And seeing as you are clearly wrong, numbers of people have repatedly proved that (and I agree that abuse is pointless but you shouldn't throw stones if you live in a glass house), maybe you should give up while you are ahead, it is pretty plain to see, particularly after reading the last few post's and your replys to them, that your are very jelouse of Lance Armstrong and wish that you were even remotely as popular or famouse as him. I can't even begin to voice how rediculous that makes you and also how pointless your opinion is.

Mike · 4 years ago

Just because more people are writing in that disagree with me has no bearing on the validity of my argument. Also, if I was jealous of Armstrong because of his fame or popularity, why aren't I writing articles about every other famous and popular person? Clearly you are the one that is making senseless statements.

Really now, I don't have the time or desire to keep answering the same pointless questions over and over again. If no one can bring anything new to the discussion then it has run its course. You are all saying the same lame things over and over again! Its all very pointless. I can't believe that all of you, seemingly anonymous internet users, all have the same stupid, baseless arguments. It’s a shame. This was really getting to be a great discussion.

Sadly, I must do what I never wanted to do and shut down the comments for an article. I think we all know why. I have refuted all of your points on why, for some reason, you think I should like some yellow spandex wearing loser, and collectively you can't seem to bring anything new to the table. Sad. For a moment there I thought someone might really think of a better argument than "You suck", "Its ok to write like a retard (there, that last one's for you "Other Mike")" and "Look at what all the other people have said!"...but clearly you can't, and those that can have failed to step forward.

And so ends the comments section on one truly great article, if not because of how amazingly clear and thought-provoking it is, than because of the sheer interest and emotions it brought out in all of you morons that for some reason act like you know him or is the father of your maladjusted child.

Here is the final word on this subject: Lance Armstong is, and will always be, a douche bag.

The end....for now.