https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s Marco Mangiola Seth Warrington en-us 2021-03-16 03:36:17 UTC 2021-03-16 04:14:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f605.png mmangiola1457 https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313775159 Ridiculing- The Author is ridiculing the companies for insulting the intelligence of their customers but at the same time is ridiculing the "doofuses" that are being warned by the companies.
Condescending-  the author is being very condescending when he talks down to the "stupid" portion of humanty when he says " It's just that lately I find myself deeply annoyed at the way your feeble-mindedness"]]> 2021-03-16 03:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313775159 mmangiola1457 https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313790361  " Idiot warnings, I called them, as in, those warnings that would insult Homer Simpson's intelligence, much less the intelligence of a couple of smart cookies like you and me." In this quote, the author uses a hyperbole to suggest that these labels are made to "warn people" but really only insult their intelligence.]]> 2021-03-16 04:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313790361 swarrington1277 https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313792722 The Author's argument does persuade me. I found myself amused and actually considering his proposal. As I was thinking, I began to believe more and more of what he was mentioning, and by the end I was sold. This is seen in the passage here, "The problem is that now, thanks to idiot warnings, the weak survive, too, and pass their weakness down as well. I mean, did anyone stop to think that maybe the guy who put on the Superman suit and went up to the roof was actually meant to leap off? Then he reads that warning and instead of liquefying himself against the pavement, he survives. To procreate."]]> 2021-03-16 04:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313792722 swarrington1277 https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313796425 The structure of the editorial is more a relaxed, colloquial structure and seems more of a rant than a structured piece. This works in its favor as it seems less formal and more of a conversation between you and the author.]]> 2021-03-16 04:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313796425 mmangiola1457 https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313796815 To emphasize how the warnings labels on some products are exaggerated and insult our intelligence by assuming that we are feeble minded enough to not assume these labels. The quote "Whew. Glad they told me. Otherwise, I might have tried to drive my mini-van to the observation deck at the Empire State Building." shows this through sarcasm.]]> 2021-03-16 04:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmangiola1457/zqllikrjw1d35x9s/wish/1313796815