After watching so many of my classmates presentations, I realized how many different ways satire can be represented. Whether it's a 30 second long Saturday Night Live parody commercial or John Oliver poking fun at people for 15 minutes straight, satire truly attacks only stupidity or vices. At first when I watched satirical videos I thought the term satire was the same as making fun of anything you thought was stupid. However, satire is using critique, scathing humor, and irony to reflect on society. Some presentations ripped on how whiny the American society is, how news reporting is getting irrelevant and false, how dumb undecided American voters can be, and much more. I have realized how many issues I've fallen under the "target" category for, and since it's so embarrassing to be made fun of in a general sense, I've started to become more aware of what I complain about or buy. One of the presentations exposed how the average kid's imagination is dwindling. That particular presentation inspired me to try and live my life as fun as I can possibly make it. This means I will try my best to be smart about decisions I make, but I also have to take a step back and realize that not everything in life is meant to be taken seriously. The most important message I got out of that satire was to live your life by taking risks and being creative!
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