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Entry #7: Fresh

 The purpose of the film documentary Fresh is explain to the audience the importance of agriculture and how farm life is being sustained by the farmers and the animals. The film also states how many Americans live in a situation called 'Food Deserts' where they are unable to purchase fresh farm food like fruits and vegetables because access to a farm is impossible for them. There is no real target audience this film is trying to direct to, this film is for anyone to watch and learn from. The tone of this film is casual/professional, this documentary dives deep into how life as a farmer is and how important taking care of the livestock and crops really is. Because of farmers, many Americans are able to gain access to good fresh foods and vegetables with plenty more to spare. Americans should know about the issues regarding the food we eat because most of it is processed food, which is unhealthy compared to the fresh farm food. We should care about the agriculture because if ther...

Entry #6: Statistically speaking...

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  If you are reading this, then I presume that you know what Russian Roulette is. But if you don’t, it is a game originating around the late 1800s in Russia that involves a certain number of players (at least two) and a revolver with a single round loaded. The players will then place the muzzle either to themselves or to their opponent. A fairly lethal game that ends with at least one person dying. However, people claim that the game is lethal and wrong to play, it is gambling with your life and you will most likely lose, but the game isn’t always lethal. The game is not as full of death as people make it out to be. Statistically speaking, Russian Roulette could be considered a safe game to play, as crazy as it sounds. If you were to interview 100 people who have played Russian Roulette, all 100 of those people have survived the game and lived to tell the tale. So, if we’re talking about statistics here, it means that Russian Roulette is 100% safe since the survival rate is 100%. A...

Entry #5: Mayhem

  The Mayhem Bear commercial is one that promotes the Allstate insurance. The advertisement states explicitly that the insurance will cover the costs of damages to property such as to your car. The ad is designed to be humorous to keep the audience engaged with the content. It is promoting to people who need good insurance so that they don’t pay out of pocket for every damage they take to their property. Rhetorically, the ad shows a bear coming out of hibernation in the woods and approaching a clean, undamaged car. The rhetorical bear proceeds to rip the door off the hinges and destroys the side-view mirror. The commercial states that the Allstate insurance will cover the costs for all of those damages. The atmosphere of the ad is set in a casual setting near a hiking trail in the woods. The weather is calm and beautiful, people are heard in the background laughing and chatting for a split second before they leave the scene. This implies that any and all incidents or accidents done...

Entry #4: Using an immoral to eliminate a immoral

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  People often think DUIs are sinful, chaotic in nature, and foul play. However, what if I told you that wasn’t always the case? If perhaps it was a better alternative than not? What if the argument was made that drinking and driving could be ethical? The argument would sound ridiculous, and nobody would listen. Something so immoral couldn’t possibly have any use to anyone involved. Unless it did hold some use, more than what the average person could think of. How immoral is something if you can use it to stop something more evil? Take Joseph Stalin, for example. Stalin wanted to spread communism throughout Europe and divide Germany after World War 2 so that it could not threaten Europe again. Stalin did many immoral things considered worse than a DUI, which brings us back to the previous question of what if drinking and driving could be ethical. Drinking and driving is considered sinful, and killing a person while drinking and driving is horrible, but what if the person that was k...

Entry #3: Mint

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  I had recently gone to the store and bought myself a small package of mints. When I arrived home, I tore the paper packaging open and took a singular mint out. It was hard to the touch and white as snow. The mint I had eaten left me feeling refreshed. Like I had gone outside and sucked in a huge breath of cool springtime air. It made my mouth and throat burn but in a pleasant way. It feels like I can breathe smoother. The smell on my breath is strong and lingering. I could feel how it dissolved in my mouth. The sound of the crunching was loud inside my mouth, the chunks of it being broken down seemed to amplify the flavor and strength of the freshness. The flavor is strong, biting, almost spicy, it left me feeling like I was outside during the winter season where snow covered the ground like a thick blanket. The mint I had eaten left me feeling refreshed, giving me the sensation as if I could see my own breath as I exhaled. Inhaling made my mouth feel like a cave in the mountains...

Entry #2: Would you?

One of the many time travel questions people ask is, “Would you go back in time and kill baby Hitler?”. This questions is purely for the sake of wondering what people would do if given the chance, but what if you could? Imagine you are in that situation, not a “What if?” or “Would you?” situation, but you did, in fact, go back in time and kill baby Hitler? In our current timeline you would be hailed as a hero for saving many people from certain death or corruption, but to the people of that time you would be a monster, a baby killer. You wouldn’t be able to explain anything to anyone in that time, they wouldn’t believe you anyways. Nobody would believe that you are from the future and came to their time to kill this baby to save thousands of lives, they would think you are insane or some nutcase. It makes you think about all those who have killed babies and have been called monsters for it. It makes you wonder if they were all just heroes from the future trying to prevent a horrible ev...

Entry #1 About Me

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  Hello, I am making this post as an introduction about myself to anyone and everyone who reads my blog and wants to get to know me better.  My name is Emily Reid and I am currently a college student. The activities I like to do are drawing and I am currently pursuing an arts major because becoming a professional artist has been my dream for the past ten years. I view myself as a creative person and I want other people to see what ideas I am able to put down on a blank sheet of paper or a blank digital screen. I’ve always loved to draw big scenes with nature or the sky as it reminds me of nature itself and just how big the world is. The world is full of wondrous things and I really try to put that into my work. This blog post was an introductory about myself to the ones who read this. In this post I tell you about myself and what I love doing. At the bottom, I have listed two examples of my work.