Satire III
I read the article Mr. Wasserman linked to called “New Remote Control Can Be Operated by Remote” from the Onion. I thought the title was funny in itself and sounded extremely…lazy. The article is all about how much of an inconvience it is to pick up your TV remote to change the chanel. Now theres a remote that controls the television remote, because bending over to get the real remote is just too much of a hassle. This reminded me of the movie Click. The main character, who is played by Adam Sandler, was fed up with all the remotes to turn on the TV, fan, toys, garage etc. so he found one that controlled everything. He fast forwarded through life because he didn’t want to deal with all the inconviences in life. Getting back to the article…It shows how lazy humans, especially Americans, have become. Things like this and supersize are the reason America is one of the fatest countries in the world. having a remote that controls a remote that controls the TV makes me wonder how our parents managed to watch tv!? there was a time when you actually had to get up and go to the TV to change the chanel or the volume. Maybe we need no remotes in life to get Americans moving again. In every magazine you can find articles called “how to get the body you want” or “how to lose 10 lbs”and “healthy diet!” Obviously the public wants these articles-so then why do we need to regress and be lazy? Basically, I thought the article was really funny. I love how it makes fun of how lazy people are.
