Movember is Over...FINALLY!

Alright, so it's been a while. I had a kid, I've been a little busy. Deal.

November came and went in a flurry of bushy faces and honestly...I had no idea why a bunch of my facebook friends were constantly updating their profile pictures with their fledgling facial hair. Then someone mentioned "Movember" and I looked into it.

Gods and Demons. Guys are growing mustaches and other facial hair to raise awareness for ass cancer. More properly known as Prostate Cancer, the latest Doctor's consensus is that once you hit 30 you need to have it checked every year or two when you have your check-ups. As everyone knows by know, a regular visit to the Doc is supposed to be more of a preventative measure than anything else, but men the world over simply refuse to have their prostates checked because their either homophobic, embarassed or just plain vain. I understand those feelings all too well. No one wants anyone poking around their private areas even if they do have a PHD after their name.

News flash. Women don't like going to the gyno either. Guess what though? They suck it up and do it anyway.

Long story short (for once) Movember was designed to do three things;

- Let men know that it's ok to go and get checked regularily, especially if their family has a history of cancer...and at this point, find me a family that doesn't. M'kay?

- Raise awareness that Prostate Cancer is a leading cause of early deaths in men 35-60.

- Raise a bit of money thru fundraising efforts by growing a mustache for fun.

The VAST majority of men I know who did grow facial hair for Movember...have NEVER had a prostate exam and STILL haven't had one.

Call me crazy I guess, but when you do something to raise awareness...shouldn't YOU be aware of it as well? Is being aware enough? I'm aware that a city bus plowing into my skull at 50 km/h is going to kill me...so that's good enough. But is being aware that ass cancer exists ACTUALLY enough? Is it really the point of Movember? To just know it's there? I'm pretty sure people know that Cancer exists at this point.

Two of my Facebook friends 'un-friended' me because I called them douchebags for growing facial hair and raising money....but not going to the doc for a prostate exam. Really. I lost sleep over it.

Of course I didn't.

Fuck them. Frankly, I hope karma rears her ugly head and they get ass cancer. Too harsh?

The fact of the matter is that NONE of us like to be poked and proded by doctors. Well, maybe if you buy this toy you do...but that's not the point.

When did Cancer become 'fun'? Seriously? At what point did we look at the hundreds of thousands of people claimed by various cancers a year and think to ourselves...."Hey! Let's all grow stupid fucking handlebar mustaches and be jerkoffs for a whole month to 'raise awareness' about the most common illness know to human history?"

The fact of the matter is simply this;

If you're going to take part in a movement to get guys to accept prostate exams as a regular part of their yearly or bi-yearly doctor visit, then I solute you. Seriously. You have my respect.

If you're going to take part in a movement and then NOT do the MAJOR part of it just so that you have a reason to grow some facial hair you normally would shave off....then you're a fucking douchebag loser.

Deal with it.

Fucking assholes. You're not doing your part for Movember unless you're actually DOING YOUR MOTHERFUCKING PART!

Fuck you. Try having someone you love die of cancer and then come back to me and tell me how funny or clever you think you are for growing something to raise awareness for something you CLEARLY don't actually believe in. Fucking hypocritical asshats.