An odd new campaign began in the last 24 hours on Facebook. The challenge: to pit an onion ring against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and see who gets more fans. As I write this, the onion ring is a good deal behind the Prime Minister — around 14,000 fans, compared to the nearly 30,000 fans of Harper.
And what is the end game of this contest? I have no idea. Perhaps the gold ring has something to do with the Olympics. Or not.
One comment on the site criticises this as “silliness reduces the seriousness of Facebook and can hurt their democracy campaign a tad.”
Huh? Of course it is silly! But I really don’t think it is hurting anyone! If Harper was smart, at his first photo op he should bring along a box of onion rings…
There’s a fun little thing going on over at Facebook. Someone got the bright idea to see if an onion ring could garner more “fans” than Stevo. As of this morning, The Ring has 11,121 fans while the PM has over 29,000. And this “fan club” started just yesterday – as far as I can tell.
This is, of course, all in good fun and one shouldn’t try to read too much into this unprecedented groundswell of Onionosity in Canada. But this does should how viral the new media really can be and should be a cautionary note to public figures who do not recognize its power.
For the record, I predict that The Great and Wondrous Onion will have double the number of fans by the weekend.
It’s also a good laugh to scroll through some of the comments being posted on the site. Here’s a sampling:
Even though both make people cry, onions do it without intent!!!
Do you think A & W would give us corporate sponsorship? I’ve always liked their onion rings… mmmmm
This onion ring would NEVER take a 2-month holiday in the middle of my meal!
I think anything can get more fans than Stephen Harper. Harper does what he wants, leaving a horrible taste in our mouths. The onion ring is battered than fried and leaves a wonderful taste in our mouths.
One day, I wanted to buy a coffee, but I was 14 cents short, and this onion ring gave me a quarter … and even said ‘keep the change’ … that’s why I’m a fan!
This onion ring has suspended the production of all other onion rings until after the Olympics
Oh, and in the time it took for me to write this, His Whole-liness’s fan base has grown to 11,460.
I have never solicited funds for any cause whatsoever on this site, but that is ending now, and I hope you can help.
Cuz this is family.
Brian Millar is my wife's cousin whose health has been nuked by cancer. The guy was living the life - his life - as a 20-something, when this merciless disease hit him. And hit him hard.
Chemo. Radiation. He's been down all those roads and right now Brian is on a bit of a dip in that road. But it is one that we are all sure he will rise from.
Brian took this disease and said: "Look. I'm going to make this into something positive and raise a shitload of money so I can ride with Lance Armstrong in the name of cancer research."
Brave frickin' dudes, both of them. Lance conquered testicular cancer a while back and has become a general leading the war against this horrific monster of a disease. And Brian is still kicking back at the sonofabitch.
So, here's the "ask". Please go to the site and decide if this is worth a few bucks or even just posting this link on your site. Colleen (the Resident Love Goddess) and I we want to help and this is the best way I can right now.
Do what you can for Brian and his family. Because man, this is Hell for them. And if they can raise enough funds, maybe their Hell will be a little less painful.
Victory for the Gunners!
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