Message in a Bottle
Whether it’s a hot or cold drink, the drink that you bring to class is a type of hot media that represents you. One can usually learn a little bit about a person by looking at their drink. A coffee drinker usually needs their coffee in order to function early in the morning. You can see they woke up a little earlier to
start their day off the right way. Some people don’t need this extra boost of energy so they just have water. At the same time there isn’t a message they are trying to get across except that they want to hydrate. A portion of these people don’t care about being eco-friendly and just bring their plastic bottle however, just by the type of water they bought you can see if they were able to find a sale at the store and elected to buy a cheaper store brand. Some people choose to use nalgene bottles and represent a “go green” path. The type of bottle has a certain message that you want to give off. If you’re using a nalgene it may have a literal message saying how you obtained it. An example of this would be from a 5k race or maybe a free give away advertising another product. If you aren’t happy with the bottle you have, you can even use stickers to customize and personalize the bottle even more. There are even designer thermals that allow you to show off some style.
Whether it’s a hot or cold drink, the drink that you bring to class is a type of hot media that represents you. One can usually learn a little bit about a person by looking at their drink. A coffee drinker usually needs their coffee in order to function early in the morning. You can see they woke up a little earlier to
start their day off the right way. Some people don’t need this extra boost of energy so they just have water. At the same time there isn’t a message they are trying to get across except that they want to hydrate. A portion of these people don’t care about being eco-friendly and just bring their plastic bottle however, just by the type of water they bought you can see if they were able to find a sale at the store and elected to buy a cheaper store brand. Some people choose to use nalgene bottles and represent a “go green” path. The type of bottle has a certain message that you want to give off. If you’re using a nalgene it may have a literal message saying how you obtained it. An example of this would be from a 5k race or maybe a free give away advertising another product. If you aren’t happy with the bottle you have, you can even use stickers to customize and personalize the bottle even more. There are even designer thermals that allow you to show off some style. 
I find this post very interesting because I fall into both categories, the coffee and the water consumer. I agree that what we drink represent who we are like if I came to class with a bottle of OJ you could assume that I probably want to keep my immune system strong...but on the other hand don't you think we bring these to class unknowingly. Like it was the last thing we could grab before leaving the door so it may just be something we wanted to drink because we were thirsty or cold?
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