Would You Rather

Link to Comedy Sketch

   In a comedy sketch produced by Studio C, actors portray a group of young people who are participating in a campout. The sketch begins with two young men sneaking up to what they presume is a tent belonging to a group of girls. The intent of the young men is to scare the girls, but before achieving this goal, the young men are caught listening in on a game of Would You Rather. Throughout the game some negative things are said about the two young men and at the end of the video, they leave with their feelings bruised a bit.

   One thing that I took away from this video was how we can compare the tent in the video to a computer screen. Both are thin fabrications that have the ability to conceal people. It is easy to say hurtful things when hiding behind a screen and not face to face with the person you are talking about. This video portrayed how many people treat social media. The people inside the tent knew that their words could easily be heard, but they continued to say hurtful things. Often times, people write hurtful things on social media sites knowing that the person they are hurting could easily read their words.

  Today, it is common to have experienced cyber-bullying. Having experienced some cyber-bullying myself, I try to be conscious of what I choose to write on social media sites for the world to see. I want to be aware of what I’m saying and how it could affect others. I don’t want to take advantage of the screen that hides me and gives me the freedom to choose whether my words will hurt or help.