Killing Us Softly

This film I thought at first would be something that was not very interesting, though in the end it really did grab my attention. She made a lot of good, and very true points during her film. The impact that advertising has on people is different for everyone, because not every ad will make a person feel the same as another, though it could. For me it depends on what product or what it is that they are trying to sell that has an impact on me. For example: an ad that is directed towards women for some sort of clothing brand that is more expensive than others, such as under armour or north face, is going to make me feel like oh that women is pretty, and she is wearing this brand, maybe if i wear this brand people will think i am pretty. To me this is not what would go through my mind, but it could have gone through many women's minds. I also have noticed, and it was clearly pointed out in the film that women have a much higher standard than the men do. Women are always expected to look or dress, and act a certain way. As for men based on the advertising i have seen, it seems that as long as they have muscle and are not heavy, they are fine, and all brands will look good, they are not expected to act a certain way. Though they may think that in an advertisement with Lebron James or Kobe Bryant that if they by their brands they will look good, and will look good doing whatever they are doing in the pic or commercial. Both of these examples shows what Killborn was saying, that it is ridiculous how the society has such a large difference in what is acceptable for men and what is acceptable for women.

Impatience in America

I see impatience as a problem in this world because it can make people very angry. It can come from so many things that a person could be perfectly fine one minute, and be exploding the next for example: a person is going slow through a school area, which of course is always 25 during school hours( this is during school hours) and a person behind them is in a hurry and tailgating them. So the person in the front realizes this and has 2 options, to continue to go slow poss brake check them, or to speed up and get out of their way. lets say the person is an older person though so they just continue to go slow. Thus leaving the person behind them very impatient because perhaps they will be late to work or are just in a hurry. when they get to a stop sign the impatient person may honk, flip the person off, or just get out of the car and start yelling. Personally i feel that impatience is something that gets many people in a lot of trouble. There are so many ways that its nearly impossible for all of us to not feel impatient at least once in our life. some other types of people being impatient could be: standing in line at a store, waiting to get gas, waiting for someone to arrive, waiting for a call back from someone, stop lights, late for work, Christmas shopping, black Friday, among many other situations that can cause some people to be impatient. A large problem I notice is road rage, possibly the highest on the top of my list for impatience. I am not sure how so many problems could possibly all be fixed, I believe that a person can only fix the problem within them selves, because they are the ones that make them selves that way. Perhaps therapy or some sort of relaxing thing could be done.

Reality Television

Reality television i believe relates to the people because the people who watch it, have something that has happened or do stuff that happens in the show. They feel that they have experienced it so they become interested, which makes them watch it, and watch it more often. The biggest effect i have noticed from people watching reality television is the styles of clothing that people wear. They seem to change what they wear to what they see on television, or try to act or look like the people that they see on television. The reason that i believe reality television is so popular is because it does not just focus the attention to one group that it is trying to draw in, it can relate to many people and have problems or situations that can relate to many people, not just one type of group for example: they do not just pull in one certain type of race, or athletic group, or people who like weird things. There are many different types of archetypes that people see on reality television. The main one i have seen, based on the shows that i watch are a mid twenties groups. People who like to party, there's always one person who thinks that they are in charge of everything and everyone. A person who is always a follower, and girls who are always bitchy. There is always one girl who just ruins the day for everyone continuously. The bitchy one usually leaves the show early, because no one likes them, or gets voted off early. There are many more, but those are the main ones that i see when i watch reality television shows like Jersey Shore or Bad Girls Club, etc.

Religified

Under armor and North Face are brands are things i consider to be religified. The reason for this being that most people really love these two products for two different reasons. Under armor is mainly for the sports people, or people who are athletic, and are active that need cold gear or warm gear. There is also just regular under armor that does not have the warm and cold factor, that people just get to wear under other shirts, pants etc. To most people who really are into athletics under armor is considered top of the line compared to Nike and Adidas. North face is  religified to me because it is like the top brand of casual wear for men and women. They make t-shirts, pants, but to me the most known thing made by North Face to me are their jackets. The main people who have the North Face items are mainly geared to high school and up. North Face does not make many things for younger kids other than jackets. There are many people who follow this trend. These two brands have been religified by so many people wearing them, and liking them because of the way they look, and how warm they are makes people really like the two brands that i have mentioned.

Popular music today

There have been many songs that have come out in this last year that are making references to fighting, and violent types of things. This was also shown in an article that we read, that mentioned the killings of certain rappers, how covers on albums have showed violence. Certain types of rap artists seem to be rapping more and more about gang violence, and violence in general. I feel that this is contributing to more teenage kids thinking they are "gangster" and becoming more associated in groups, and thinking that gangs, and violence are more common, so that in their head makes it a little more okay. I also feel that music such as rap is making men think that it is okay to use women, or have multiple women. So men look up to these artists and do the same as them, and what they are rapping about.

PCKCC Elizabeth: What is a "Manly Man?"

Even though you wrote the top two things down, what do you personally think is the top three things a man should have in order to be considered "manly"? What type of confidence are you talking about in the sentence "without confidence, you wouldn't be able to do anything..."

PCKCCBlogAndrew: Media Makes Us Smarter

when you say that some people may argue it doesn't make us smarter other than what you said, do you think there are other reasons for people thinking this, if so what may they be?