Today, so many have popped up – pledging support of everything from people with diabetes to victims of the Asian tsunami – that some find the trend laughable.

“Putting a ribbon magnet on your car is an empty gesture,” said Jay Barnes, the author of AntiMagnet, a Web site devoted to ridiculing the trend. “It’s prepackaged sentiment for a profit.'”

Jeff Poirier joined with friends to launch Support Our Ribbons, which offers magnets displaying messages such as “Support Our Ribbons,” “I Support More Troops Than You,” and “One Nation Under Ribbons.”

“Ribbons support many causes,” said Poirier, 25. “Isn’t it time that we support them?”

Hah! I knew I wasn’t the only one that thought that trend was old about a month after the ribbons first start appearing. At least someone else noticed this even more disturbing fact: they’re breeding.

There’s an SUV that parks in the lot at work that has at least 4 or 5 ribbons across the rear door. It’s almost as if they bought the SUV to go with their unusually large ribbon collection.

I’ll try to get a picture of it in all its “causier than thou” attitude.