There has been much said about the new health care exchange website healthcare.gov. It has had some glitches. When people rushed to sign up when enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) started, the site crashed. Buzzfeed has decided to feature part of the site — its stock photos.
We all recognize stock photos. They are the ever-present uber-emotive images that are so cheesy that captions and meme ideas for them pop into peoples heads without much thought. It seems that this is what happened to the good people at Buzzfeed. Judging by the comments section, ?their attempt at humor fell flat for many readers.
Some of the photo captions — like those in the images below — are getting very negative responses.
Image via healthsourceri.com and Buzzfeed
Like this one:
Wow, really? Diabetic enrollment? Yes, how about we get more coverage for us diabetics, who did nothing to get our disease, work hard to keep it together (YOU try acting like a f**king internal organ 24/7) and many of us do not get ANY healthcare benefits, even if we HAVE insurance.F**K YOU BUZZFEED. I don’t give a F**K about you ragging on Obamacare, but WOW.
Number 12 was pathetic and ignorant…..
The others captions just seemed to miss the comedy mark, especially considering many reinforce facts about the ACA that are being distorted.
One read “My deductible just skyrocketed so f**k you” over the face of a smiling young man. Surely many will find some if not all of the captions funny, but judging from the comments most people were not amused.
When I was scrolling through waiting to laugh, I chuckled a few times and then fell flat at number 12 , which is the “you are not my mother” photo, here is why.
This is my me and my mom when I was a kid. She is my biological mother. I went through my childhood having people ask if she was my “real” mother. In 2013, it should be a given that families can look many different ways. That skin color doesn’t define a family. Buzzfeed should know better.
I already know people will say it’s a joke and it doesn’t matter. To many mixed-race families it does. Families like mine get stopped in stores and other public places and questioned if our children are ours for no other reason than skin color. It has happened to my fianc??while out at the park with our kids, much like it happened to a white man who was suspected of kidnapping his biracial daughters at Walmart. All because people can’t conceive in their minds families with people that look different. Perhaps the next time Buzzfeed does a comedy bit they can keep that in mind.
