Using Social Media To End The Spread Of STDs

condom-shareEvery now and then COED takes a break from the beer, boobs, and dogs dressed in Christmas costumes to do something of a serious nature for a good cause. Today is that day…hear me out.

Did you know that every year in the U.S. there are 19 million new cases of STDs, many of which are contracted by college students like yourself? That’s roughly the population of New York State!

With the help of COED and all of you, Trojan Condoms and MTV will be giving away 1 million condoms on college campuses and in urban locations through their “Evolve One Evolve All” campaign.

For every comment left on a video on the site, Trojan will donate 1 condom to those with out the means to go out and buy them. For every rating left on the site, another one. If someone takes the pledge or the quiz on the site, Trojan will donate 2 condoms. Every time the site is forwarded to a friend, Trojan will donate 3 condoms, and if you upload a video, Trojan will donate 5 condoms. (more…)

STD E-Cards are Great…Unless You’re Receiving One, Which is Totally NOT COOL

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Congratulations! You have an STD! (Nope. That’s not funny at all.)

What better way to celebrate the most unfortunate of problems than by sending an STD E-Card to your past girlfriends and/or flings commemorating the event?

inSPOT, the website responsible for the STD E-Cards, seem to be pitching them as an alternative method for introverted, emo kids who would rather not go through the trouble of actually talking to their past hookups face to face. Oopsy Daisy indeed.

If this “trend” catches on, it just proves how severely f***ed up our generation is.

As for me, I have hope for our generation: with the right spin, expect these STD E-Cards to be sent to every Tom, Dick and Jane with an email address. We are sick, cynical bastards who take nothing seriously, just like our parents always tell us. Congrats to us!

Until there’s a better way to relay the bad news to your ex-flames (outside of telling them in person or over the phone or by email or any other way more respectable than a f**king E-Card), I guess they will have to do, right? These digital disease warnings are a healthy reminder on why girls shouldn’t hook up with you in the first place, you selfish, shamless, careless piece of sh*t.