Vague Sentences

“The freeway is faster than side streets.”

I heard this vague sentence when driving to LA, through La, and driving away from LA. Los Angeles has some of the worst traffic in the United States. Being from the LA area, its always about how to get to your destination the fastest. There are over 50 highways, freeways, interstates, and state routes in LA. Determining the fastest route to your destination you have to think of many factors. So the vague statement above has many factors influencing its truthfulness.

When you’re driving, the distance you’re driving, and how fast you drive are the major factors. Because of the many factors the statement becomes vague due to the fact there will be times taking the side street is faster then the freeway or vice versa. And when you’re not in Los Angeles, are there even freeways? This is claim that causes too many disagreements between drivers.

Subjective and Objective Claims

Both subjective and objective claims use standards to justify their conclusions. Standards created by society or our culture if it concerns someone’s physical appearance and even one’s attitude towards others.

At lunch today my friend said, “This chile colorado isn’t spicy.” But upon trying it I felt that it was a bit on the spicy side. Coming from a family where none of the food is “hot” or “spicy”, I am sensitive to foods that are very “hot”. Unlike my friend who grew up eating plenty of chile and pepper in her food. The claim she made at the restaurant was subjective because she used her personal standard to determine the spiciness of the food. I think that when it comes to conclusions concerning food they are usually subjective to every individuals favorites or dislikes when it comes to food.

This summer I spent a lot of time at my cousin's house and every day we would watch Filipino Tagalog soap operas on TV. We both would claim that everyone on the show is lighter-skinned. Both being tanner, dark browner, chocolaty colored girls (at least that's the color we call our skin tone). This claim is objective because it is the reality of it and not about how we feel or think. Nearly every person we see on Filipino television has a lighter skin tone the less common skin tone of Filipinos. The color of their skin has no influence on our watching.

About Me

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My alias name is Catalina because I love Catalina Island off the coast of Long Beach, CA where I am originally from. I am a second year at SJSU and my major is Advertising with a minor in Anthropology. This is my first comm course and I hope to learn a lot from this class. The class is called Critical Decision Making so from that I think I want to learn how to effectively make decisions. By doing so, it would benefit me in the future. I hope to also learn how to blog creatively. Blogs have a lot of influence today especially in society's culture. This is my third online class and I have come to enjoy the convenience of having an online class. I love to dance and take pictures both of which are my hobbies. My favorite season is summer and though its coming to an end I look forward to what this semester lies in store for me.