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Food, Inc. Sheds Light on Food Industry while Jersey Shore’s Fakeness is a Downer

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I love documentaries.

There’s always something new to learn about and it’s much more entertaining to watch than the news (although I do watch that weekly). From the dangers of bottled water, capitalism, to body modification, I’m able to see different perspectives in the world.

I watched Food, Inc. today and it was a bit of an eye-opener for me. Food, Inc. takes viewers on an exclusive trip to see exactly what goes on behind the scenes of the food processing industry. Basically in plain words, why e-coli outbreaks are so common today, what we’re feeding livestock, the living arrangements on animals, and the farmers who’ve been sued for not being on the bandwagon.

A lot of questions have been raised inside my head while watching this film, many of which people go through everyday. I can keep on supporting the mass production of food and all the issues that surround it by buying the cheaper alternative, or I can make a difference by going organic. We all know that organic food isn’t cheap, but it’s definitely tough knowing that just about everything out there is made from corn, making us literally … walking pieces of corn. Changing what you eat isn’t like changing our drinking water source. All I had to do was install a Pur filter and I was saved. Going against generically engineered food requires financial support and a lot of time.

Sigh, decisions, decisions. But although it may not change you are, please check Food, Inc. out. It’s very well made.

A few days ago, I stumbled upon a video about Jersey Shore being fake as reviewed by a youtuber. I watch it online whenever a few episodes pile up, and yes, I can consider it a guilty pleasure of mine. I’ve never believed television to be real. I just don’t buy the whole idea that major drama can happen when called for every episode. The “cast” of Jersey Shore obviously are rolling in the dough for this. Don’t think we don’t notice those nose jobs, Jersey Shore. But anyway, this youtuber pointed out on the crazy bar fight in season 4 that there was definitely a set-up scene. Snooks and Deena were waiting for their cue to start going nuts and I’m not so surprised that it was so obvious. This doesn’t change my feelings towards the show although it’s getting to a point that I want the show to wrap up already. You’re Cut Off was so much better. See the breakdown for yourself below:

Something’s Not Quite Right

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So I just finished watching this video about a kid having his hand stepped on by an adult. The title of the video claims that it is in China but after viewing it countless numbers of times, either they are speaking a dialect that is considered the minority (not Mandarin or Cantonese) which means that this is somewhere in the country (explains the brutality) … or the fact that this did not really take place in China at all. Japan was known to cut off the hands of thieves back in the days …. Hmm. I am not trying to defend China blindly but it’s no coincidence that the Chinese have been taking a whole lot of social and political heat lately. I don’t know if it’s propaganda or just a huge change in the way people are but something is just not right.

In the video, the massive public surrounds a little light-skinned boy. People are supposedly saying that he stole something or bumped into an old lady (something along those lines). Everyone just stands around him while this one guy pretty much decides to teach the little kid a lesson by kicking him around and going as far as to stepping on his hand. I’ve heard someone say that they were telling the “white boy” to get lost/go home. A lot of white people are pissed. Yes, that little kid is very pale but Asians typically can be light-skinned, too.

I don’t condone violence and apathy at all, but I really can’t help but feel that we’re not getting the entire story here. It seems more like a goal lately to blame the Chinese for a lot of things.

Think about it. Put a video of something graphically violent and make sure you leave no background information or subtitles. All you see is a bunch of Asians being violent.

Hopefully, this all clears up soon. I’d rather question as much as possible than take everything shoved at me at face value. Either way, this situation needs some clarification.

UPDATE: Turns out that this kid tripped an old lady so he could pickpocket her. He got caught by the son of the old lady, the one who steps on the kid’s hand. I don’t know what to say or where to stand. I don’t want the kid to get hurt because what if he were my kid? I wouldn’t want that to happen. But another point is that the child got off easy as opposed to getting a hand chopped off or something. Also, it seems as though the kid is mixed with Chinese and (fill in the blank) … so he’s not just white. Not sure if that really matters, but hey, it is an update after all.