Month: September 2018

Like many others, I too like to watch unboxing videos. Especially unboxing videos of things I want, for example, a new pair of shoes. I’ve watched multiple videos of shoe unboxing and I can never get enough. I agree with many points made in the video, but I agree most with how the video says unboxing videos shows how materialistic people really are. I believe this increase in materialism comes from the judgement of other people. For example, they’ll judge you on your clothing, what kind of car you have, etc. Being a human being you want to impress others not looked down upon. Another reason is that society is making products people have no use for. A few years ago, Supreme dropped a product where it was just a brick with there branding on it for like $50 dollars and people went crazy for it. They bought this product just because of the Supreme logo. If that same brick didn’t have the logo no one would pay much mind to it.  Also I believe these materialistic views are due to trends, like how everyone has an iPhone. Everyone wants to fit in and not be the odd one out, which is why we buy things we don’t really need.

I’ve never really watched reality tv because it seems very cringe. Everything about it just seems fake and everyone is just untalented in my opinion. I agree with everything stated by Salman Rushdie in his article. These days, to become rich and famous you can do literally anything, especially reality tv where “important” and famous people live their exaggerated lives.

In the article, Salman Rushdie says, “”Famous” and “rich” are now the two most important concepts in western society, and ethical questions are simply obliterated by the potency of their appeal.” I strongly agree with this statement because that is what people refer to as the “American Dream”. On Youtube, to get a lot of subscribers and views, all you have to do is become a reaction channel. You can literally react to anything and the reactions could be completely exaggerated, and people will still watch it. Another way is to make a blog channel, where you just record your everyday life (like reality tv). You just have to have something interesting in the video, a misleading and clickbait title. Many youtubers just like this make tons of money and have millions of subscribers and still continue to expand their channel.

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This image represents me because it shows that I am an introvert. The part of the  image that says “don’t” corresponds with me. I’d rather be alone than around a bunch of people.