My Dream Car

My dream car is a 1989 Porsche 911 with a Mazda 20B 4-rotor Wankel rotary engine. Rotary engines have tons of torque and horsepower, sound cool, and are very lightweight. The rotary is a unique engine because it is louder at its 2,000 RPM idle than at its up to 8,00 RPM full throttle. It would have a RAUGH-welt widebody kit, the fender flares would have exposed rivets, and it would have some gloss black 57Gein wheels in the back. I would set it up with -2 degrees camber in the front and -25 degrees in the back, so it has a wide, low stance. The engine would have a straight-pipe cat-back exhaust, and each rotor would have its own K&N air filter sticking out of the engine compartment. I would strip out the interior and replace panels with stainless steel. 

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Something That Bugs Me

Something that bugs me is when people try to act like they're an expert on a subject that they know nothing about. This bugs me because sometimes they will say the stupidest things trying to sound cool. For example, I was talking to someone about Battlefield and they kept saying that in Battlefield 4, there is a hidden Dinosaurs survival mode. When I asked for proof, they just stopped talking about it and refused to try and prove that they were right. Someone on a JDM forum that I post on said that you could fit a Bugatti W-16 in the back of a Porsche 911. When I said that the engine was almost three times as long and twice as wide as a standard Porsche Boxter engine, he tried to tell me he's done 10 swaps for W-16s on Porsches, but refused to give any proof.

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Call of Duty Zombies

Call of Duty has completely changed the gaming world with their zombies mode. Started by Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War, this game mode was an instant hit. It was originally meant just as an extra surprise after completing the campaign mode. THe mode instantly exploded with fans, resulting in 3 DLCs, each with their own terrifying map to fight endless hordes of the undead on. When playing the game, one player heard a zombie shouting the name,"Sam" while charging after them. They asked Treyarch, who was not aware of the voice clip, what the name meant. Though it wasn't originally meant to stand for amything, the name sparked a storyline of its own. The mode has stretched across three games, all made by Treyarch, and is rumored to be in the new game, Advanced Warfare, which is made by MW3 co-developer Sledgehammer Games. It has even sparked inspiration for entire games, as many fan made indie games have shown up since 2008.

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Kid Nation 6

   An example of coercion in the story is when Taylor and Leila are forced to pick up the trash. They were forced to because the council members thought they weren't working hard enough. As a punishment, they made Taylor fill the tank because Leila helped and she still didn't. After she got told her punishment, she dumped the buckets of water out.
   Formal organizations are shown in the form of the groups and the town council. Each group is created to achieve teamwork. They try to achieve this in the challenges. The town council was created to help make big choices.
    Rationalization is used a lot throughout the entire series. The town council uses it when they are choosing prizes and choosing who gets the gold star. When the town council were choosing the prizes, they chose the fruits and vegetables because they would keep them healthy and the go karts would give the kids a way to procrastinate. When they choose the gold star, they think of everything the nominees have done for the town.

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   The entire town is in a state of anomie. They are not together. They fight and are not agreeing on anything. 
   Stigma is used a lot. Taylor is stigmatized as lazy. Greg is stigmatized as mean. Everyone stigmatizes the yellow district as not responsible. 
   Deviance is shown with a lot of things in the show. When the kids open up their own shops, they are showing deviance. It is also shown when Nathan keeps washing clothes after everyone is asleep.

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   The story is a good example of an in-group. One way this is shown is the girls on the yellow team. The girls are not doing anything and then expecting to be treated nicely.
  Social aggregate is shown because Olivia is always where Anje is. She does not want to be friends with him, and is always trying to make him look stupid. Sometimes, she will do things to blame on him or annoy him until he gets mad.
   Conflict is the final term I found in the video. During the showdowns, there is competition . The election is another example, because everyone is trying to win. With the gold star, everyone is competing for the gold star.

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   I think the story is a good example of social structure. I believe this because all the different religions are divided. Each religion is like its own social group. The leaders are acting as ties between the separate groups because they are trying to start a religious service.
   There is also an example of social interaction. People are friends. They are also forming groups. Even though they aren't friends, everyone is in a social interaction because they are working together.
   Finally, there is an example of obligation. This is because of the different duties each team is supposed to do. For example, red has to haul water and clean toilets. Green team has to cook and clean dishes. Blue are merchants, meaning they work in stores. Yellow team doesn't have to do anything, but some of them do help. Taylor doesn't do anything, even when she does have obligations.