I would have loved to have been watching the Super Bowl on Sunday instead of being stuck in an 18 hour weekend LSAT review course. Then, among other positive alternatives to being in that class all weekend, I could understand what we were talking about today in class with the marriage proposal that was suppose to happen during the commercials. Thank goodness the guy who came up with this plan is keeping a blog that I happened to stumble upon when trying to find out what the situation was. Honestly, my view before this assignment on blogs was that they simply existed for liberals to rant on and for other liberals to waste even more time reading them and adding endless complaints to. Despite my presuppositions, this assignment and the blog of the crazed lover who dropped all of his dough on a commercial have proved surprisingly useful.
http://mysuperproposal.com/
My super proposal.com, how catchy and appropriate for this guy; yet in my opinion, how overly cheesy and horrible. If I was that girl I would have said no on the spot. But what possessed this guy to go to all of this trouble so that the great amount of people watching the event would see something that was once considered a private and life-altering event? Why did he feel he had to spend all of that money just to ask a girl to spend the rest of her life with him? I'm not saying I don't hope for a huge glamourous rock, but that much money on what could simply be the traditional, in person, superseded with an endless string of flattering compliments question? Does this girl have some type of gold digging personality flaw that he felt had to be satisfied this way in order to receive an affirmative response? Or has technology really changed the way dating is viewed so much that one must announce so publicly they want to be with someone for it to be true?
I have hit a point where I am stuck between options of where to head next with this idea of technology, dating, its flaws, benefits, and the direction it is pushing society in. Hopefully once my brain has had a little recovery from the hours of LSAT class and now practice for the test I will be able to turn these ideas into a great concept for a paper with many sources of research to support my conclusions. For now, here is a wonderfully interesting wikipedia article about facebook that I found; it really is crazy how much money is being made off of this guilty addictive pleasure. Enjoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
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I like the fact you provided a link to the superbowl proposal ad, as I had not seen it either.
I agree i think that a proposal is private and special. I want a traditional proposal. I want the man down on one knee and everything! I do not want a proposal on the score board during the halftime of a sports event. Technology is ruining intimacy. I do not want to be asked on a date in an email.
i plan on laying a big kiss on the man who proposes to me...one that will be inappropriate on national television. (my church friends would probably be watching...but still proud of me...hallelujah.)
Linking the Superbowl and the proposal was very nicely done. I think that it added a lot more to the shape that this post then took on, and the way you can grow your topic over the next few posts.
I really like the question you proposed about whether these things spring from flaws in humanity or from technology pushing society in a certain direction? I think it would interesting to demonstrate the way in which people claim technology as an autonomous entity, when really all of it is created by us. Maybe you could investigate the mission statements of companies and websites such as Facebook, Myspace, etc. and what the original intent of their creation was.
I personally would never propose to a girl at some huge sporting event or on national TV. However, I can think of no better way to try to insure that the said girl would say yes. For example, I watched the Fiesta Bowl in which Boise St. (the underdog) had a last second victory against Oklahoma. After the game, a Boise St. player who scored the winning TD, got on camera and proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend. I think it would be very difficult for a girl to say no in that situation even if she wanted to. Not sure if this is what motivates guys to propose publicly, but it's something I've thought about while watching football.
I think that something like this "super proposal" plays against the masculine theme that we have come to expect. Guys aren't supposed to be romantic nowadays and this guy was going against the grain and showing he didn't care that he wanted everyone to know he loved his fiance. I would never do this personally but I'm at least trying to find a reason why he did it.
I really love the rant about liberals. I used to think the same thing and it still is mostly true. I think the guy wanted to propose on tv because his girlfriend would love a huge proposal like that. I guess I'm trying to say that it's all up to the girl in question.
The superbowl proposal made me think of the proposal that happened during the Boise State game. It would be really interesting to see how often this happens and what happens to the couples after.
I'm with you on the whole proposal at the Super Bowl thing. I think it's lame and he could have invested his money on something for the wedding.
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