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How To Have A Safe Cinco de Mayo

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How To Have A Safe Cinco de Mayo

Being safe and having fun don’t often go together, or at least that’s what a lot of people think. This is especially true when considering drinking and fun at parties. With Cinco de Mayo around the corner you are probably planning a big festivity that will more than likely include a lot of drinking.

There is nothing wrong with having a good time. If a good time is drinking with friends, then so have it. Just be sure that you are aware of your limits and are kind to your body. People often forget that while alcohol is legal to drink, it is still toxic to our body in high doses. Our body can get alcohol poisoning, which is not a fun experience. When our bodies experience this they begin to purge itself of toxins. While the body is trying to get rid of the toxins, the person is usually so drunk they can barely think or take care of themselves.

 

 

Being drunk isn’t fun, so here are some ways to help keep you from getting drunk:

  • Drink a lot of water intermittently between alcoholic beverages. Alcohol dehydrates the body when we drink. This is why after a night out with friends you crave water the next day. Staying hydrated will help prevent future headaches and help keep your body stable.

  • Don’t drink on an empty stomach. Having food in your system can give your body the proper nutrition it needs to handle the amount of alcohol you plan on ingesting. Carbohydrates help absorb the alcohol in your system and there is an old wives tale that says if you eat toast right before going to bed while drunk, you’ll wake up without a hangover.

  • This isn’t a drinking competition, so pace yourself. Cinco de Mayo is celebrating a victory of the Mexican army over France, it’s not about who can drink the most tequila the fastest. Drinking too much, too fast can land you curled up next to a toilet. When we drink too much too fast, our bodies don’t have time to process the alcohol. This often leads to not feeling drunk until it suddenly hits you like a freight train. Knowing you limit and pacing yourself will be beneficial to you and your body will thank you later.

 

 

There is nothing wrong with celebrating Cinco de Mayo. There’s nothing wrong with drinking, however be smart about how much you drink. Be smart and have fun. Most importantly if you do plan on going out drinking, have a designated driver (DD). Have a blast, but don’t make choices you’ll regret later.

 

Dealing With The Distance

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Dealing With The Distance

Traveling and exploring the world is great. You are able to experience new areas of the world. Life often takes us on adventures where we may need to travel and deal with distance. Distance can be a blessing and a curse. Even in long distance relationships, there are perks to the miles in between you and your loved ones.

Moving away from your family or a loved one for the first time can be hard. Whether you’re a college student moving away from home for the first time, you’re part of the military, or you’re just moving to the town over for a job, leaving what is familiar is difficult. Being separated from what you know is complicated. This is due to the fact that you have to say goodbye to what you know and then get used to new habits and unfamiliar faces. Entering a new place or environment is intimidating. It’s also very stressful to understand what’s going.

Life changing events are often the cause for many to move away. Events like these can turn your world upside down. Just trying to find your feet can be stressful. The key is to be patient with yourself, and the new world around you.

Give yourself time to adjust and build your new routine.

When you move away, at first it can be exciting, but eventually you’ll wind up feeling homesick. At first this new adventure will give you rose colored glasses, and everything will be lovely. Over time, you may find yourself not as enchanted with this experience. You may start to lose your patience with mundane tasks. Hang in there, you’re just going through a phase of homesickness.

Homesickness is your worst nightmare when you’re away from family. It’s okay to be homesick; you just need to be aware of your symptoms and triggers. Knowing that looking at old pictures of friends and family will dredge up unwanted emotions can help you prepare for, or avoid, your sadness. Symptoms of homesickness can vary, and change with each episode.

Being away from home can be rough for even the biggest wander. Everyone has, or will experience life changing events that can create distance between loved ones. Being aware that you’re not alone is always a good thing to remember. Even though there is great distance between you and your loved ones, you still have each other.

Enjoy your new adventure and travel the world.

The First Amendment

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The First Amendment

The United States is an interesting place when it comes to politics. There are marches and rallies about various different political issues nearly every day. From college protests to riots in the street, Americans are exercising their First Amendment right.

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution covers:

  • Freedom of religion
  • Freedom of speech
  • Freedom of press
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Freedom to petition

The First Amendment covers a lot of freedoms that people use daily. Without the First Amendment, the American culture and climate would be completely different. We wouldn’t be seen kneeling or flag burning because we wouldn’t have a right to protest. Imagine the internet without freedom of speech? Say goodbye to anything that holds an opinion opposing the government. Think of all the memes we would miss out on. Sure, we would see less hate online if we didn’t have freedom of speech, but we also wouldn’t be able to express our beliefs.

It is important to know that we may have a lot of freedoms, but they’re not a get out of jail free card either. A standard of reasonably good or being a decent person, has drawn a line on where your rights to certain freedoms end.

Areas that are not protected:

  • Obscenity
  • Fighting words
  • Defamation
  • Child pornography
  • Perjury
  • Blackmail
  • Incitements to lawless action
  • True threats
  • Solicitations to commit crimes
  • Plagiarism

Living in America, we’re fortunate to have such freedoms. Being able to practice whatever religion you want, say whatever you want, petition the government, and to express oneself is something we might take for granted from time to time. It’s important to our culture that we do exercise our freedoms. After all, what’s more American than having an opinion?

Hate Speech And The Internet

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Hate Speech And The Internet

In today’s world, the internet consumes us. Most of us wake up in the morning and the first thing we do is roll over and grab our phone. This is an undeniable truth that we face as people of this nation. The problem is that with this new territory of the internet we’re not quite sure where the line is between freedom of speech and being hateful.

The First Amendment protects our freedom of speech from the government. This is something we Americans view as very important. As a nation, we believe that we have the right to say whatever we think and do whatever we can to achieve what we feel is right. The internet has given us a platform to discuss and voice our opinions on every issue that upsets us.

Hate speech, according to the American Bar Association, is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits.

The problem is where is that line of offensive and how do you limit hate speech without infringing on someone’s First Amendment rights. The fast paced online world can take cyberbullying to terrorism within a matter of seconds. However, that’s not always the case. There are a lot of gray areas that make creating a definite law or rule around hate speech difficult.

The first amendment protects a lot of offensive sites from being considered hate speech. Website that declare the Holocaust never happened, may be offensive to most people; however, they are allowed to exist. The reason being is due to the fact that they are not inciting violence.

A true threat is classified as: statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of intent to commit an act of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals.

The speaker needs not actually intend to carry out the threat. As long as the website does not cross this line, they are protected under the First Amendment.

Courts have argued on hate speech, and in one case in particular, Elonis vs. United States, a husband posted rap lyrics that threatened to kill his wife. The judge sided that any reasonable person would understand that these were just lyrics, not an actual threat. When the judge decided this for this case, it has now opened a “reasonable person” standard. This is problematic because who is able to define reasonable what constitutes a reasonable person?

Like most things in life, there are good things and bad things about being able to say whatever you want. For example, it’s a good thing to know that not everyone agrees. However, it’s bad when words cross the line from friendly dialogue and discussion into hate speech.

Catfishing And Dating Apps

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Catfishing And Dating Apps

As time goes on, dating apps and online dating are becoming increasingly more popular. While this has helped many people find the love of their life, it has also led to quite a bit of pain for some people. Unfortunately, not everyone online is who they say they are. This fact can lead to a lot of heartbreak when a person pretends to be someone else on a dating website.

Most people know of this kind of thing as catfishing. This is when a person pretends to be someone else on social media sites. Typically, the intent of doing such a thing is to either better meet implied social criteria, such as being a certain weight or to scam people into giving money away.

When a person pretends to be someone they are not, and enters into an online relationship with a person, they can cause some serious emotional damage. To them, the relationship is not real, but to the person they are catfishing, the relationship is very real. When the victim inevitably discovers the truth of the matter, they can be devastated.

A person who falls victim to something like this can suffer:

  • Emotional damage
  • Potential loss of money
  • Psychological damage
  • Public embarrassment

None of this is fun, which is why people who use online dating sites or apps should be aware of the signs of being catfished. A person should always check the other person’s profile page, and see how much information is actually there. Is there a lot of information about the person? Are there linked social media accounts? Check the linked accounts. Fake accounts typically don’t have a lot of friends, nor do they have a lot of activity on them.

Lastly, the person should consider the interactions they have had with the other person. If the suspected catfisher has been inconsistent or avoids meeting with the person, then there is a pretty good chance of them not being honest.

Online dating can be a great way for a person to meet “the one,” however people should be cautious. Not everyone is who they say they are online.

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