Blog Post #5 Prodigies with Technology

With the recent achievements that are known as modern technology, as a digital communicator it gives me great joy to learn about the new things that have been made. I love the idea that new technology will always be coming out to entertain and help us with our everyday tasks. I can see with new AI technology things like new ways of communication, and new forms of art we could never create with the technology we have now. There are endless possibilities for what the future may bring, but hopefully sentient AI's like Ultron will not pop up anytime soon.

Even so, you have to appreciate how far modern technology has gotten in the past 50 years, we went from giant bricks for phones, to phones that are thinner than your finger. We don't even need to have a wire for internet connection or even charging a device as we now have wireless charging which I find pretty cool. We use these new technologies to communicate, and connect with one another, so by creating new technology, we just expand our horizon for human communication.

A repercussion that bothers me about new technology will always be the price. Right now i use a 7 year old laptop for everything I do on the computer, from creating digital artwork, to playing video games, to even blogging such as this. I don't have a job, so I don't have the money to purchase the new technology to come out. This is a problem for some people who cannot get a job or are just too lazy to do so, but this doesn't apply to all of the current population.

Blog Post #4 Control the Hype for Stereotypes

Personally I enjoy watching ads such as this, because it gives little humor with my sort of taste. Even if it shows a little bit of a stereotype, it's done in good spirit. They didn't have any intention to make it offensive or harmful in any way, as it just advertised their product and showed how a change could completely change how someone looks. So what if it showed that "if you drive a truck you're a badass." this isn't really a stereotype that is bad, it just really isn't for the tastes of some. The commercial was generally he male version of all commercials for women, where they are portrayed to have perfect bodies, face with no blemishes and generally unobtainable. To be honest it's even slimmed down because the man only changed his car, and wasn't a Chris Evans.

There are many other commercials that are sure to be a lot worse, but i feel that most have very minor stereotypes that only if you pay attention you will notice. Such is the case with this Mio commercial.

It isnt really noticable, but there is a general stereotype that black people like grape flavored drinks and only if someone was really nitpicky about it they would point this out, fort he 3 seconds it was in this commercial.

But there are some people who believe we should own up to our stereotypes like myself, and the youtuber Nigahiga. He created a video based on Asian stereotypes and even creates a pun at the end using a Filipino stereotypes which i found hilarious. you can watch his video here.

Overall I believe stereotypes are things that should be generally accepted unless they are plain straight rude.

Blog Post #3 When parenting goes wrong

Many different parents have many different ways in disciplining their children. This is just one of them. As degrading as it may be, depending on the child, this sort of punishment will have different effects. Compared to some punishments like beating the children, I'd say this is a much better choice, given that the child is still young. If they are older like maybe 11+, they will be more prone to being made fun of at school by their peers, and this is the age where they care a lot more about their social status.

Talking from experience, I'd probably much rather have had my head shaved than my butt beaten with a slipper or belt. Even if it is mean, this may work wonders for some kids who need to learn discipline because they are not doing anything in school, and letting their grades drop. personally, I saw this before in a tweet on Twitter, back then I did not know the back story for it, and did not know it was a trend to be done by parents. Personally I do not find this to be the meanest thing ever, as parents can do much worse things to their children for misbehaving.

The mention of disciplining children reminds me of a video I once saw, where the father ran over his son's video games with a lawnmower, destroying hundreds of dollars worth of video games. 

Here is a screenshot of the parent shredding the video games

This is an example of a parenting method that should not be used. There is almost nothing to gain from that, other than the anger from your child. You can watch the video here. In this situation, the father could easily have brought out the "you live under my roof, you obey my rules" logic. But he decided to go to the extreme destroying the property of his son, all to only teach a lesson. This is the sort of thing that parenting should never get to, along with physical abuse, or definitely sexual abuse.