https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUpgmGiW8pE
In this scene, Ross and Rachel, who are married, are locked out of their apartment which their daughter Emma is in. Emma is sleeping in her crib and Rachel is scared that something might happen to her even though the chances are quite low. Ross mentions that his mother is going to be there in a minute and she has the keys, but Rachel says that she cannot wait that "long". Ross says that everything is going to be fine, because in a minute she is still probably going to be sleeping. Rachel, as a normal mother, starts to think about impractical possibilities and says that Emma could jump out of her crib. Ross responds in a sarcastic tone by saying "Can not hold her head up, but yeah jumped". Then, Rachel starts to panic and says she left the faucet on or wonders if she left the stove on. Ross mentions that the last time she cooked was 1996. When Rachel mentions that a bird could fly in through the window she left open, Ross becomes extremely sarcastic and begins his exaggerated story first by telling her a pigeon just flew into the apartment, then says it was an eagle who went on the stove and caught fire. Ross is being completely sarcastic and using his story as a way to make Rachel realize how absurd she sounds. Ross continues his story by saying that the baby jumps out of her crib and goes all the way across of the apartment to the eagle and makes the eagle angry. Ross continues by mentioning that while all of this is occurring, the faucet is overflowing, but the eagle and the baby continue to fight while swirling in a whirlpool.
Ross was being completely sarcastic during his story to calm Rachel down and tell her that in a minute it would be impossible for their baby to be in any danger. Ross uses a great deal of exaggeration when he says that their baby jumped out of their crib and began to fight with the eagle who was "caught on fire". The use of satire by Ross was effective because Rachel realized that she also was exaggerating and everything she listed seemed not likely to occur.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Extraterrestrials Have Hair Humans Cannot Even Imagine
"Scientists Speculate Extraterrestrials May Have Completely Different Hair Than Humans"
By: J Wilson
Source: The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/articles/scientists-speculate-extraterrestrials-may-have-co,37686/
Considering the infinite amount of celestial bodies in the known universe, scientists from across the world gathered at Stanford University and released a report this week saying that any extraterrestrials may have hair completely different than humans. The researchers also mentioned that aliens could have hair with color and texture, so different than humans that no one would be able to recognize it. Astrobiologist, Jeremy Rosenwald mentioned that "We do not even have the vocabulary to describe how aliens could look with such differences". The amount of gravity or water on a planet can determine if the hair is curly or wavy. Rosenwald described the alien's hair as, "Styling beyond the human brain's capacity to conceive". Researchers used computer stimulations to try to understand how the hair would look in an area with a different or absent atmosphere. They discovered that the aliens might not only have hair that is black, brown, blonde or red, but any color on the visual spectrum or one that is completely translucent. Scientists went on to say that since humans could not even visualize how an aliens hair could look maybe they could have hair that parts horizontally across the top of their head. Astronomer Nigel Lucas mentioned that they had gathered several images on how bangs would look on an alien in a ninety-percent methane atmosphere. These aliens could be far more intelligent than us and have hair salons much more advanced than ours today.
This article has uses a great amount of satire. It is satirical in every sentence. It uses incongruity by stating that aliens have hair salons or that they could have bangs and translucent hair. These statements all sound sarcastic and absurd. An example is found in the article, "The scientists went on to suggest that because the differences between humans and extraterrestrials could extend to the fundamental building blocks of life, alien organisms may even have a head of hair that parts horizontally across the top of their head, rather than vertically at the center or to either side".
By: J Wilson
Source: The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/articles/scientists-speculate-extraterrestrials-may-have-co,37686/
Considering the infinite amount of celestial bodies in the known universe, scientists from across the world gathered at Stanford University and released a report this week saying that any extraterrestrials may have hair completely different than humans. The researchers also mentioned that aliens could have hair with color and texture, so different than humans that no one would be able to recognize it. Astrobiologist, Jeremy Rosenwald mentioned that "We do not even have the vocabulary to describe how aliens could look with such differences". The amount of gravity or water on a planet can determine if the hair is curly or wavy. Rosenwald described the alien's hair as, "Styling beyond the human brain's capacity to conceive". Researchers used computer stimulations to try to understand how the hair would look in an area with a different or absent atmosphere. They discovered that the aliens might not only have hair that is black, brown, blonde or red, but any color on the visual spectrum or one that is completely translucent. Scientists went on to say that since humans could not even visualize how an aliens hair could look maybe they could have hair that parts horizontally across the top of their head. Astronomer Nigel Lucas mentioned that they had gathered several images on how bangs would look on an alien in a ninety-percent methane atmosphere. These aliens could be far more intelligent than us and have hair salons much more advanced than ours today.
This article has uses a great amount of satire. It is satirical in every sentence. It uses incongruity by stating that aliens have hair salons or that they could have bangs and translucent hair. These statements all sound sarcastic and absurd. An example is found in the article, "The scientists went on to suggest that because the differences between humans and extraterrestrials could extend to the fundamental building blocks of life, alien organisms may even have a head of hair that parts horizontally across the top of their head, rather than vertically at the center or to either side".
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