Story of StuffIn my opinion, this video carries a very important message, and we need to heed it, listen to what she is saying. We as a species have started going downhill, buying and creating consumer goods at such a crazy rate. The Story of Stuff in my opinion is such a sickening video, seeing what we have done and what we can do to ruin our only world. We are ruining the only place we can ever live. But I also think that the video was kind of meant to be sickening, to make us stop doing what’s so sickening. Every time I see something like this, I say to myself, I will do this more to help our earth, and I will be this, but, after about a week or two I forget, and I am back to being some silly creature that is killing the only earth I can know. So, that, I think, is what makes this video something to not pay attention to. We see so many videos and articles about how we are ruining our world, that it seems to get a little repetitive, and I might be wondering, if it’s so impactful to the people who see it, why doesn’t the government see it? And act on it? We do see ads so often. Billboards and YouTube commercials, so why don’t we see ads on how we are horrible people and are killing the earth?
Story of Stuff CritiqueI think that Lee Doran raises some good arguments, and he made the Story of Stuff a lot different for me. I do think, if all his data analyzing is correct, that the Story of Stuff needs to be changed, because it is factually incorrect. And although he had some good arguments, he also had some really not very good arguments, such as a buzzer, or just saying ‘this is wrong’ or something along those lines. I am surprised the video is being shown in schools to 9 year olds, so I do think it is important to share the videos, but I did feel the way he asked for his videos to be shared was a little bit greedy.
Did You Know?No, I didn’t. All this information was surprising, yet very predictable and maybe not so impactful as it could be. The music was cool though. I think this is valuable information that probably a lot of people know, but are doing nothing about. It really pulls heartstrings on some people, where on others… well they frankly don’t care. And then there’s the group in the middle, who care, but not really enough. I’m in that group. The middle group doesn’t do anything. Those closer to the ‘I really care’ group might think about it, and want to help but won’t, and those closer to the ‘I don’t care’ group will probably forget about it in a few days, if not even the same day they hear it. In between those, I’d say I’m in the middle. The video was simply overall interesting to watch. I was very interested in the animation and the music.
Consuming KidsI think the video raises some good points, although I can’t really agree with it. It seems as though they are saying kids almost don’t have a mind, even when they reach adolescence, and that kids will always choose popular, or trending items, and that the parents have no say at all in what the kids are buying. Parents will most likely not buy their kid every single thing they want, and even then, the parent is not committed to giving the child exactly what they want.
SweatshopsI think that sweatshops are both good, and bad. On the one hand, they offer jobs to young woman who may not be able to work otherwise, and they make not very expensive cloths for people who need cheaper options. On the other hand, they treat their woman horribly, and they could pay much much more, at least enough to let the women live well, and fairly. I think that companies who use sweatshops can pay the workers more, even a dollar more a day, and they would be much better off. I also think they need to help make the factories cleaner. But it’s hard to know what to do.
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