There are many obvious clues in this article that show that the author is being facetious such as the title:"Sexy Vampires are Destroying Our Nation's Children", referring to vampires as "creepy jerks", and stating that vampirism has not been declared fatal yet. The author obviously isn't very serious about this topic and instead is just sharing information on vampire trends. The fact that John refers to vampires as 'sexy' and then 'creepy jerks' expresses that he is using humor as well as sarcasm in his post. The topic isn't very serious in the first place and John, the author, puts a nice comical twist on the current vampire obsessions. People are going gaga over anything to do with vampires these days and are even trying to dress like them, so it is a relief to know that not everyone is obsessed with vampires.
I do agree the author has obviously showed many clues of facetious. The author over exaggerates by saying this "illness" is worse then the mad cow disease, swine flu, and monkey pox combined. When in reality these diseases are much worse then kids pretending to be vampires. The author quotes "Vampirism" will lead to kids to dress in black, dye their hair, start wearing eyeliner, try to mimic vampire behavior, drink red beverages, and listen to techno music. Pretending to be a vampire by doing these things wont harm the kid or others around him. Having an imagination is much safer then "street racing or Sexting." This article was written to be factious not serious. "Sexy Vampires are destroying our nations children" to me is meant to be a humorous article"
You can tell the author of this article is being facetious because the whole piece is a hyperbole. John Houder is clearly not a fan of the Twilight saga. He writes that it is plaguing today's youth. Comparing it to diseases such as mad cow disease, swine flu and monkey pox. He uses the article to make fun of Twilight and other "glamorous vampires" of today. For example making fun of Bella and Edwards 90 year difference relationship,calling it pedophilic. He brings to surface the ridiculousness of the cult following of these books and how the image of vampires has changed.
Yes, the author is being facetious. First off, the title is "Sexy vampires are destroying our nation's children," then he goes on saying that the Twilight saga is worst than DISEASES (some of which were deadly). He also brings up the Harry Potter series, saying that while the children who spend their allowances on fake wands and spend their time trying to summon dark spirits is alright aka "typical kid stuff", teens who end up dying their hair black, buying eyeliner (or "guyliner"), avoiding the sun, and speaking in Victorian English a worse alternative. Although avoiding the sun can be a bad thing, I think trying to summon evil spirits and chanting cryptic incantations isn't something I'd let my children do. The author goes on saying that being obsessed with the Twilight saga and vampires in general will eventually make your children "have terrible summer wardrobe choices, rickets, and DIABETES." Obviously, the author is trying really hard to be facetious by saying so many absurd facts about the Twilight series and its affect on teens.
"Sexy Vampires are destroying our nations children" that just tells you the whole article and topic will be facetious. You can tell that Mr. Houder doesnt like the Twilight series since he wrote this article. So I mean how can you take it seriously especially with the title being that. Also the word "Guyliner" seriously who writes that stuff and not mean to be funny about it.
John was just trying to get a laugh out of some people when he wrote this article. He states that using attractive actors is only one of the schemes used to recruit innocent children. When he mentioned European belief of vampire appearance, and went on to state a "puffy, red-faced Meat Loaf" as the person to play Edward in the Twilight series it was obvious he was trying to make fun of the series.
This article is clearly facetious.I feel that the title itself gives that away.John Houder was trying to be humorous, and included numerous jokes throughout the article.He makes up a disease name for the recent popularity of vampire shows, and even gives possible symptoms. These symptoms consist of wearing "guyliner", drinking red drinks, and avoiding the sun.This is obviously looking for a laugh. Houder continues by saying the children are being drawn in to vapirism by attractive actors. He comments that if the used "meat loaf" looking actors that this wouldn't have happened. This author clearly thinks the vampire phenomenon is ridiculous. He makes his feelings even more apparent with his closing sentence.John tells parents to involve their kids in illegal activities instead of being crazed vampire fans. All of these combined things show the factiousness of the entire article.
The title itself gives it away that the article is going to be facetious. He makes jokes throughout the article, "There has been an illness spreading across America recently that is more virulent and insidious than mad cow disease, swine flu and monkey pox combined." The author is clearly making fun of the vampires of today. You can tell that he is worried about the affect this vampirism is having on the children who read and watch the shows. Comparing today's youth with yesterday's showing the difference between Harry Potter and the wanna-be vampires. Ending the article with the sentence, "Do your part and get your kids hooked on something safe like street racing or “sexting” instead" shows the readers how seriously John Houder takes today's vampires.
John Houder is being facetious by making a joke out of the whole situation. Bringing humor into a serious issue is no way to treat the matter. He states that innocent kids pretending to be vampires is worse than the deadly diseases such as mad cow, swine flu, and monkey pox. He makes a joke out of the whole matter which is not to be taken literally.
John Houder was clearly being facetious. Throughout the article, Houder continues to make jokes. He stated that acting like a vampire is worse than getting mad cow disease, swine flu and monkey pox combined. He calls vampires “creepy jerks” and says Twilight would not have been popular if one of the main characters was a “red-faced Meat Loaf“. Then he goes on to say, “get your kids hooked on something safe like street racing or “sexting” instead.” It was obvious that Houder did not take the topic very seriously.
The author of the article clearly had to be facetious, otherwise he comes off as insane. The comments he makes against today's cultural acceptance of vampires from the youth of today were anything but serious. He even begins the article with "Sexy vampires are destroying our nation's children" and then continues to relate the fictional disease of vampirism to real and potentially fatal ones such as swine flu and monkey pox. If this wasn't enough in his article, he goes on by calling it a "vampidemic" and says incantations and the summoning of dark spirits are "pretty typical kids' stuff." John Houder couldn't have been taking the article very seriously, especially as he calls street racing and 'sexting' safe activities in comparison to staying out of the sun and using a higher, if not more proper, state of the English language.
Reading the article, one can obviously tell the author is being facetious and lacking seriousness. Even though the article tells of some accurate facts, there are unrealistic opinions included, such as the imaginative descriptions of vampires and their physical appearance. Comparing vampirism to real diseases is just some serious humor. Even though the media of today affects young adluts brains and appearances, vampirism isn't truly some sort of disease or infection.
John, the author of this facetious article, has clearly had some fun making fun of vampirism, twilight serious, and other television shows about vampires. One of his ways of doing this is in his article he stated that vampirisim is even more virulent and insidious than the mad cow disease, swine flu, and monkey pox combined. When really vampirisim isn't a bad disease at all. It's something most teens and some young adults would have if they were a serious twilight fan. John obviously had some fun making this article and was not very serious about it.
There are many obvious clues in this article that show that the author is being facetious such as the title:"Sexy Vampires are Destroying Our Nation's Children", referring to vampires as "creepy jerks", and stating that vampirism has not been declared fatal yet. The author obviously isn't very serious about this topic and instead is just sharing information on vampire trends. The fact that John refers to vampires as 'sexy' and then 'creepy jerks' expresses that he is using humor as well as sarcasm in his post. The topic isn't very serious in the first place and John, the author, puts a nice comical twist on the current vampire obsessions. People are going gaga over anything to do with vampires these days and are even trying to dress like them, so it is a relief to know that not everyone is obsessed with vampires.
ReplyDeleteI do agree the author has obviously showed many clues of facetious. The author over exaggerates by saying this "illness" is worse then the mad cow disease, swine flu, and monkey pox combined. When in reality these diseases are much worse then kids pretending to be vampires. The author quotes "Vampirism" will lead to kids to dress in black, dye their hair, start wearing eyeliner, try to mimic vampire behavior, drink red beverages, and listen to techno music. Pretending to be a vampire by doing these things wont harm the kid or others around him. Having an imagination is much safer then "street racing or Sexting." This article was written to be factious not serious. "Sexy Vampires are destroying our nations children" to me is meant to be a humorous article"
ReplyDeleteYou can tell the author of this article is being facetious because the whole piece is a hyperbole. John Houder is clearly not a fan of the Twilight saga. He writes that it is plaguing today's youth. Comparing it to diseases such as mad cow disease, swine flu and monkey pox. He uses the article to make fun of Twilight and other "glamorous vampires" of today. For example making fun of Bella and Edwards 90 year difference relationship,calling it pedophilic. He brings to surface the ridiculousness of the cult following of these books and how the image of vampires has changed.
ReplyDeleteYes, the author is being facetious. First off, the title is "Sexy vampires are destroying our nation's children," then he goes on saying that the Twilight saga is worst than DISEASES (some of which were deadly). He also brings up the Harry Potter series, saying that while the children who spend their allowances on fake wands and spend their time trying to summon dark spirits is alright aka "typical kid stuff", teens who end up dying their hair black, buying eyeliner (or "guyliner"), avoiding the sun, and speaking in Victorian English a worse alternative. Although avoiding the sun can be a bad thing, I think trying to summon evil spirits and chanting cryptic incantations isn't something I'd let my children do. The author goes on saying that being obsessed with the Twilight saga and vampires in general will eventually make your children "have terrible summer wardrobe choices, rickets, and DIABETES." Obviously, the author is trying really hard to be facetious by saying so many absurd facts about the Twilight series and its affect on teens.
ReplyDelete"Sexy Vampires are destroying our nations children" that just tells you the whole article and topic will be facetious. You can tell that Mr. Houder doesnt like the Twilight series since he wrote this article. So I mean how can you take it seriously especially with the title being that. Also the word "Guyliner" seriously who writes that stuff and not mean to be funny about it.
ReplyDeleteJohn was just trying to get a laugh out of some people when he wrote this article. He states that using attractive actors is only one of the schemes used to recruit innocent children. When he mentioned European belief of vampire appearance, and went on to state a "puffy, red-faced Meat Loaf" as the person to play Edward in the Twilight series it was obvious he was trying to make fun of the series.
ReplyDeleteThis article is clearly facetious.I feel that the title itself gives that away.John Houder was trying to be humorous, and included numerous jokes throughout the article.He makes up a disease name for the recent popularity of vampire shows, and even gives possible symptoms. These symptoms consist of wearing "guyliner", drinking red drinks, and avoiding the sun.This is obviously looking for a laugh. Houder continues by saying the children are being drawn in to vapirism by attractive actors. He comments that if the used "meat loaf" looking actors that this wouldn't have happened. This author clearly thinks the vampire phenomenon is ridiculous. He makes his feelings even more apparent with his closing sentence.John tells parents to involve their kids in illegal activities instead of being crazed vampire fans. All of these combined things show the factiousness of the entire article.
ReplyDeleteThe title itself gives it away that the article is going to be facetious. He makes jokes throughout the article, "There has been an illness spreading across America recently that is more virulent and insidious than mad cow disease, swine flu and monkey pox combined." The author is clearly making fun of the vampires of today. You can tell that he is worried about the affect this vampirism is having on the children who read and watch the shows. Comparing today's youth with yesterday's showing the difference between Harry Potter and the wanna-be vampires. Ending the article with the sentence, "Do your part and get your kids hooked on something safe like street racing or “sexting” instead" shows the readers how seriously John Houder takes today's vampires.
ReplyDeleteJohn Houder is being facetious by making a joke out of the whole situation. Bringing humor into a serious issue is no way to treat the matter. He states that innocent kids pretending to be vampires is worse than the deadly diseases such as mad cow, swine flu, and monkey pox. He makes a joke out of the whole matter which is not to be taken literally.
ReplyDeleteJohn Houder was clearly being facetious. Throughout the article, Houder continues to make jokes. He stated that acting like a vampire is worse than getting mad cow disease, swine flu and monkey pox combined. He calls vampires “creepy jerks” and says Twilight would not have been popular if one of the main characters was a “red-faced Meat Loaf“. Then he goes on to say, “get your kids hooked on something safe like street racing or “sexting” instead.” It was obvious that Houder did not take the topic very seriously.
ReplyDeleteThe author of the article clearly had to be facetious, otherwise he comes off as insane. The comments he makes against today's cultural acceptance of vampires from the youth of today were anything but serious. He even begins the article with "Sexy vampires are destroying our nation's children" and then continues to relate the fictional disease of vampirism to real and potentially fatal ones such as swine flu and monkey pox. If this wasn't enough in his article, he goes on by calling it a "vampidemic" and says incantations and the summoning of dark spirits are "pretty typical kids' stuff." John Houder couldn't have been taking the article very seriously, especially as he calls street racing and 'sexting' safe activities in comparison to staying out of the sun and using a higher, if not more proper, state of the English language.
ReplyDeleteReading the article, one can obviously tell the author is being facetious and lacking seriousness. Even though the article tells of some accurate facts, there are unrealistic opinions included, such as the imaginative descriptions of vampires and their physical appearance. Comparing vampirism to real diseases is just some serious humor. Even though the media of today affects young adluts brains and appearances, vampirism isn't truly some sort of disease or infection.
ReplyDeleteJohn, the author of this facetious article, has clearly had some fun making fun of vampirism, twilight serious, and other television shows about vampires. One of his ways of doing this is in his article he stated that vampirisim is even more virulent and insidious than the mad cow disease, swine flu, and monkey pox combined. When really vampirisim isn't a bad disease at all. It's something most teens and some young adults would have if they were a serious twilight fan. John obviously had some fun making this article and was not very serious about it.
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