Thaneshwar's Blog

Addison's assertion that ridicule is "made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense" is mostly true when comparing the past to the present. If anything, it has only gotten worse with the rise of technology and social media. There are several examples of texts where satire is used to highlight a problem, which emphasizes the problem more than just stating it bluntly. For example, in "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," dentists are referred to as "holy-mouth-men," and an ordinary dentist appointment is called a "mouth-rite," and many magical materials are used to treat the mouth. The way of primitively explaining something causes us to think it's weird, and only when we realize that it's talking about us will we experience a revelation. In the past, there were much more examples of using satire to solve real-world problems, but that's slowly fading away. In today's world, spreading awareness is more accessible and effectiv...

One day, I took my Legos outside to show my friends—it was an X-wing starfighter from Star Wars, and I was very proud of it. For some reason, I told some little kids to take care of my set while I went to play with my friends from school. When I came back, my X-wing starfighter was deformed, and many of the pieces were stolen. Looking back now, this was the reason my relationship with Legos is where it is today. When I was growing up, I played with Legos more than anything else. I couldn't actually build what was in the box because the pieces were stolen, so I had to resort to creating my own things. I remember having stories where there was a good guy and a bad guy, and the good guy kills the bad guy. And this was pretty much the only story I had when playing Lego, but it was also different from every other time. It was different in the sense that I always built different and new things every time, so the experience felt new every time I sat down to play Lego. The setting always c...

Throughout history, gender roles between males and females have remained largely the same. In recent times, this has become a more controversial topic. The main idea of these gender roles was that men went out and handled things like government and business, while women stayed at home, cooked, and took care of the children. And only men were educated and could work to support the family. Though this may be the generic and most common representation of gender roles, different cultures have their own roles as well. Although most cultures did have purposes for men and purposes for women, they are slowly moving toward gender equality and also accepting new genders that have both purposes meant for males and females. A common stereotype now is that females do better in academics and school than males. This is also proven through studies, where females perform better in academics. This is ironic because women did not have access to education in the past since their lifestyle did not require ...