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 Friday, July 12th, 2024 Feathered Food for Thought (Entry #9) Hello Everyone,  Food is a part of our everyday lives, yet how often do we stop to ponder what exactly goes into the meals we consume? In a world where convenience often trumps conscientiousness, it's easy to overlook the profound implications of our food choices. But maybe we also have to consider that it's not our choice that's changing, but our environment as it evolves forcing trends of higher calories and unhealthier foods. The comic that I chose will show how acknowledging issues with our food environment will tackle how we should perceive these industries.    image source I think the comic immediately captures your attention with the contrast between the two pigeons. We see one healthy-looking pigeon while the other is certainly obese, with a fry in its mouth. I think the reason why this contrast is effective and necessary is because we typically don't bat an eye if it were humans. As obesity becom...

 Sunday, July 7th, 2024 The Pros and Cons of Self-Driving Cars: Are They Safer? Hello, Everyone If you've been keeping up with technological advances, then you should be familiar with self-driving cars. With our technology advancing at unprecedented paces and moving from a realm of science fiction to reality, should we be concerned with so called autonomous vehicles? I think we should explore what the pros and cons are of self-driving cars in order to answer these types of questions. Waymo Driver Video Link Pros:  Reduced Human Error : Human error is responsible for ~94% of traffic accident ( According to a study by NHTSA ), but self-driving cars are equipped with advanced sensors and algorithms that are designed to eliminate this factor. With such advanced technology in sensors and improving algorithms, self-driving cars potentially could reduce the number of accidents significantly. Consistent Performance : A main upside in self-driving cars is their ability to maintain a co...

 Sunday, July 7th, 2024 Fresh (Entry #7) Hello Everyone,  Given that many of you are my peers and our professor assigned us to watch the film "Fresh", I can only assume that you all watched the film "Fresh". However, I can't trust my assumption being absolute truth, so for those who may not have watched it or perhaps put the film at 2x speed and didn't catch all the details, here's my breakdown on "Fresh". image source Let's start with my takeaway from "Fresh", it left me with many thoughts and emotions about the origins of our food. It made me question the systems and the industries that produce our food. Fresh is not only a typically documentary film so that viewers can learn about what's really going on when we get food on our plates, but also a wake-up call to consider how our food is grown, processed, and delivered onto our plates. The purpose of the film is to raise awareness about the industrial food production system a...

 Friday, June 28th, 2024 3 Books to Consider Reading (Entry #6) Hello Everyone,  Although I would say I've been desensitized to reading books, I still wouldn't consider myself a novel-enjoyer, but I want to introduce you to some books that have piqued my interests over the last year that I think other people should read too. I personally enjoy the classics such as The Odyssey , The Brothers Karamazov , or The Nicomachean Ethics , but today I want to also show some love to more modern books.  #1 "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness I actually have this copy of the book, only difference is that it's been sitting on my bookshelf. But other than that, I'm still excited to read this book as it was actually gifted to me by my Greek teacher, on my last day of high school. This book explores the horrors of Western colonialism, with the story set in the Belgian Congo. The book also dives into the darkness of imperialism and the main character's ps...

 Friday, June 28th, 2024 AllState Mayhem Commercial (Entry #5) Hello Everyone,  In this blog post, I'll be diving into a rhetorical analysis of an Allstate Mayhem commercial. I guess now is as good as any other time to start practicing on how to write about rhetorical analysis when we have a big essay on it. Let's not jump in too quickly to all the rhetorical devices and persuasive techniques without watching one of their ads.  video link:  Cat vs Insurance Agent Almost every American household nowadays has pets, so Allstate has already broadened its audience because almost everybody can relate to owning a pet. And in order to further relate to this pet-owning audience, Allstate targets them by showing the difficulties and mayhem that comes with raising a pet. But Allstate doesn't actually include a cat in the ad, but rather literally personifies "Mayhem" only having the actor act as your typical housecat. This plays into Allstate's genre as they try to amuse ...

 Sunday, June 23rd, 2024 3 Fitness Myths (Entry #4) Hello Everyone,  I'm not the biggest fitness nerd, but I still enjoy reading or watching about fitness myths. Whenever you get into fitness, it's always daunting because it feels like there's a vast amount of knowledge that you need to know about working out like range of motion, number of reps, and so on, but alongside the helpful information for fitness there's also false information about fitness. This false information ruins how enjoyable and helpful exercising could be. So, I'm going to provide you some debunked fitness myths to spread more awareness about false information within the fitness world. Myth #1: Spot Reduction Works This is one of the worst myths, as many believe that exercising a specific muscle or area will help reduce fat in that area. Doing thousands of sit-ups won't get rid of belly fat. These types of myths ruin the image of fitness as people become discouraged when they don't see th...