Onion

like Google and other sites that a search engine can reach, but not Darknet. The locations remain hidden. Tor was originally designed by the Naval Research Lab to act as a secure network for government agencies. Tor has empowered activists to spread news, help domestic violence victims stay hidden from online stalkers, and Tor has allowed ordinary citizens to surf the Internet without advertising tracking them. The negative impact of Tor is that it’s the primary cover for criminals and hackers. Tor also presents an increasingly difficult problem for law enforcement to solve. Navigating Darknet is surprisingly easy and Tor also looks like any other browser. Instead of ending in a .com or .org Web address, Darknet sites end in .onion and are called onion sites. Black-market Darknet sites look a lot like any other retailer website, except there are categories for psychedelics. Pictures and descriptions of best sellers are visible to view. According to a study, by researchers completed in August, it is estimated that criminals earn $100 million a year by selling drugs and other contraband on hidden websites. The dealers use digital cash that doesn’t require a credit card or bank to process transactions (Kushner 52). Law enforcement has a difficult time busting the bad guys for one simple reason: The same tools that keep government agents and dissidents anonymous, keep criminals virtually invisible too (Kushner 53). The battle over the Darknet’s future could decide the fate of…

their products aggressively, as advertisements and marketing campaigns have become commonplace. While humorous and entertaining, the Onion satirizes common marketing ploys and how products are advertised to consumers in order to make light of such a prevalent industry. In order to satirize the marketing industry, the Onion produced a parody of a stereotypical advertisement. While the work may appear to be a standard advertisement issued by a company, the language chosen and implied meaning…

Growing up, one learns from experience, and boy, did I! From under-cooked chicken to overcooked cakes and cookies, I learned from my experiences. One memorable experience was the day I tried to make chicken. I was 10 years old and I had bought some chicken wings and BBQ sauce from the grocery store. I seasoned the chicken well with paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, curry powder, and sage. I tossed the pieces around in the BBQ sauce mix and put them in the oven. On the internet, it said to…

Maya's Gluten Free Beef Stroganoff Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter, divided 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided 2 pounds beef sirloin steak, sliced into strips 2 tablespoons onion salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon garlic salt 3 tablespoons fresh onion juice 3 tablespoons dry white wine 1/2 pound sliced fresh cremini or white button mushrooms For Sauce: 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons Maya's GF Flour Mix No.1 2 cups…

Cilantro and parsley are members of the same family, which is the same one to which carrots belong. You will usually be able to find them next to each other in the produce section of grocery stores and often used in similar ways. It is easy to believe that these two herbs are interchangeable, but are they? Do they have similar flavors? Do they look alike? These questions and others will be answered in this installment of SPICEography Showdown. Do cilantro and parsley differ in flavor? For…

The mock press release from The Onion satirizes how products are marketed to customers by hyperbolizing the advertisement along with the featured customers’ reaction to the product. “‘What makes MagnaSoles different from other insoles is the way it harnesses the power of magnetism to properly align the biomagnetic field around your foot.’” This statement seems like the advertisers are trying to ‘hype’ up the product, hyperbolizing it so that these MagnaSoles appear more than they actually are.…

In the satirized article The Onion, the author used very humorously and big meaningless vocabulary to describe how companies market their products and do almost anything in order to attract consumers. It used hyperbole, sarcasm and metaphors to satirize the advertisements of products. The article criticized the cliche technique companies use to market their products to consumers. Advertisers always seem to make unbelievable claims, use mendacious reviews from mendacious consumers and believe…

If advertisements were compared to side by side, a pattern of techniques to promote the products would start to emerge. Strategies such as having professionals or celebrities endorse the product and getting customers to give reviews for credibility, or using language as a tool to make claims that may or may not be true, sound convincing. “The Onion” parodies these ploys in an article in order to show how pretentious and unreliable adverts can be. To begin with, the article addresses the overused…

In the mock press release from The Onion, the author(s) illustrate how products are marketed to consumers by using very bold claims and outlandish customer reviews to portray the message in a satirical fashion. This use of satire sparks pulls on the pathos of the reader and allows for a more engaging experience for the reader. The author(s) of this passage use satire to its fullest effect through outlandish claims. A prime example of these foolish would be, "If the frequency of one’s foot…

he traditional and mainstream theory of national cultures is known as the onion metaphor introduced by Hofstede in 1991. According to it, cultures are defined by strict political national boundaries, emphasizing nationality and the importance of nation-states. The onion model describes different layers of a culture, meaning that in the surface of the onion there are the practices of culture, that is, symbols, heroes, and rituals. The core of the onion depicts the core of a culture including…