In the Black Mirror Episode “White Christmas”, we follow the characters Mathew and Joe who are stuck in a cabin with nothing to do but talk to each other about how they messed up in the real world. We start off with the story of   mathew who has a side job of helping men get the women that they cant get on their own. In this particular situation Mathew witness a murder of the guy he was helping but failed to report it. The women who killed the guy was hearing voices in her head and thought the guy was also hearing voices in his head when in reality he was really talking to Mathew. Mathews real job was talking to people about the technology cookie. Which is the same technology that Mathew uses to get into Joe’s head to make him confess to the murder of his ex girlfriend Beth’s father and child.  We learn that Jo killed Beth’s father after learning that Beth died and was able to see is child which we learn was not his child. He didnt know weather the child was his because Beth blocked Joe so he could not see her or hear her which blocks offsprings too. When Joe killed Beth’s father he left the scene leaving Beths daughter to die in a blizzard looking for help. We learn at the end that Mathew help get a confession out of Joe to get a lessened sentence for failing to report a murder. MAthews punishmwnt is that is he blocked for the world leaving him with no one to talk to or see which is a harsh punishment.  This eposide showed a socity where yourt thought are not your own because it could extracted from your body without you knowing and used against you and that you can black people from your life. 

In the article “Breaking Up Isn’t as Hard as It Used to Be (on Facebook)” you learn how easy it is to berak up with someone on facebook. I learned about how  facebook has procedure to help you get over a relationship. It asks you “Would you like to untag all photos of you and your ex? Would you like to receive fewer prompts about tagging them in a photo or a post? And, finally, would you like to never see your former partner—both their name and photos of them—in your News Feed?”. That is very interesting because people use social media differently and I was never the type to put my personal business like who I am in a relationship with on the internet. Facebook actually will help you get rid of your ex, that is funny. Susan Blackmore is someone that studies memes. She talks about Darwinian evolutionary theory which is survival of the fittest. She says Meme are something passed down form person to person. Useful information is copied and can be altered and still meaningful. Memes are an effective way to communicate on the internet and are fun to use like emojis. 

Weekly post: History in the making!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54875344