As a kid most of you probably settled important decisions using rock-paper-scissors. It was a common problem solving technique that some of you may still use today for the simplest of decisions. The idea that rock defeats scissors, scissors defeats paper, and paper defeats rock is no laughing matter and should never be questioned.
I stumbled upon a blog titled "1000 Awesome Things". If you have ever heard of The Book of Awesome, The Journal of Awesome, or The Book of (even more) Awesome, then you'll understand where I'm getting at when describing this blog. Every week a new blog post is uploaded showing readers "life's little joys". Things like getting grass stains, getting a trucker to blow his horn, bakery air, and even using rock-paper-scissors to settle a dispute. This blog made me appreciate the little things in life that would otherwise go unappreciated if there wasn't someone to shed light upon them.
In the rock-paper-scissors blog post, there were many funny posts about instances where people had to use the game to settle disputes. I scrolled through lots of comments and I settled upon a commenter named Citrus. Here's what she posted-
You can see that Citrus is very open when describing her very serious encounter with the game rock-paper-scissors. Unfortunately her story didn't end well and she seems to indirectly blame it on the game... Citrus uses a made up name and a profile picture that doesn't really give off any ideas of what she could be like as a person. It seems that she values her privacy when using online communication. Her grammar isn't the best (especially in the second sentence) and her tone to me is displaying a sense of regret due to her divorce.
The commentor known as Emmy questions the title of rock-paper-scissors. She believes that the proper name is paper-scissors-rock. Her use of emoticons and exagerated grammar gives off the impression that she's of a younger age. Her tone also gives off the impression that she has a tendency to be dramatic. Judging by all the replies to her comment, everyone seems to appreciate her contribution to the rock-paper-scissors blog post. One commentor even seems to question Emmy's modification to the game known as "paper-scissors-rock-lizard-spock". This sparks a few comments back and forth and grabbed my attention.
All in all I felt very comfortable reading most of the comments to this blog. Everyone seemed to be very positive and didn't criticize what the author had to say. I had a very enjoyable time researching and reading all these comments!
This post made me so nostalgic! I feel we can almost relate this back to some of the memes we looked at, how they point out everyday situations that one might not always point out, and that's why everyone thinks they are awesome! You know?
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
I used to play rock-paper-scissors a lot when I was younger with my friends, and we always had a lot of fun making decisions. I found it very interesting how the author, Citrus, would have used the game for all of her wedding decisions as I am not entirely sure that I would rely on a childhood game for something quite as important as that. Overall, I thought that the blog post that you chose was very interesting, and definitely brought me back to my childhood for a few moments.
ReplyDeleteI loved the comment you highlighted about the couple who used rock paper scissors to decide things for their wedding, too great! I remember back in the day my parents made my sister and I play little games like rock paper scissors to work out our arguments. You mentioned that you felt comfortable reading all of the posts and comments made on the blog, and I think that is really important when looking at written things on the internet. Quite often there are debates over even the smallest things online, so it was nice to read that this blog managed to have mostly positive feedback. Thanks for sharing!
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