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Blog #2

  1. Drinking Age – whether the US alcohol drinking age should stay at 21 or should it be lowered.

    Article: https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/us/legal-drinking-age/index.html. Juicy Quote: “‘In general, the younger people start to drink the safer they are…Alcohol has no mystique. It’s no big deal. By contrast, where it’s banned until age 21, there’s something of the ‘forbidden fruit’ syndrome.'” With the National Minimum Drink Age Act, some concerns are being raised about whether or not the drinking age should be lowered again or not. Older Americans believed that keeping the drinking age as is, reduces alcohol-related accidents and keeps teens safe, and it showed through research on the act’s impact when the percentage of car wrecks involving alcohol have declined. However, younger generations might still see this act as something to get around since its strictly implemented, and this could be even more harmful when they might not have no knowledge or education of alcohol or how to drink safely.

    2. Development of AI – is it beneficial or harmful to society.

    Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2023/02/16/is-artificial-intelligence-good-for-society/ Juicy Quote: “The risk Hawking refers to relates to a concept called ‘The Singularity.’ According to this theory, there’s a potential future date when computers will become better at building themselves than humans, allowing them to constantly upgrade and improve, eventually becoming far smarter than humans.” AI is becoming a big part of society now, for example in healthcare, banking, etc. However, there’s major public concerns rising about how AI will take over the world and its already damaging effects to society like AI being used to cheat on school work, AI technologies ‘taking over’ people’s jobs, etc. Society is having to come to terms with having to adapt to a world where AI is becoming the future.

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    hot pocket

    ingredients:

    -frozen hot pocket

    Step 1: Open the freezer and take out a frozen hot pocket( I usually get the pepperoni and cheese one)

    Step 2: Unwrap the hot pocket and put it in the air fryer

    Step 3: Set the air fryer at 400 degrees and default timer for about 15 minutes

    Step 4: Let it cook

    Step 5: Take out the hot pocket once the timer reaches like about 8 minutes

    Step 6: Put the hot pocket on a plate, then put it in the microwave

    Step 7: Let it cook in the microwave for about 1-2 minutes (just in case its still frozen)

    Step 8: Take it out and eat it.

    I would say that hot pockets are nostalgic for me, only because I eat it all the time. I usually just heat up a hot pocket if no one has cooked at home already or if I’m home alone and I’m hungry, or if I just don’t want to eat whatever food was made.