Salmon Missiles

This is a new class, so I figured I'd make a new blog. However, this introduction is pretty much going to be the same as my intro post for my Engl 373 blog, so here it goes.

My name is Kristopher (or Kris) and I'm a junior in the DTC program. Interests include things digital, technological, and cultural. I sometimes use odd titles or starting points for class blog posts and they're usually worked into the content of the post. This one will follow suit, but it doesn't really have anything to do with the introduction. I know this intro is brief and vague, but I don't know really know what I want to include so I'll address the seemingly insane salmon missile thing.

I was bored about a week ago and I figured that I would attempt to customize my emergency credit card. That journey ended in a fiery wreck today. After asking some people for suggestions on what I should put on the card and weeding out the guaranteed rejections I was left with these two:

Now, both are completely awesome, but I figured that the bear smoking and holding a tommy gun while riding a shark was more likely to be rejected. So, that meant the salmon missile launching mechabear was in. It's pretty good and doesn't seem to be problematic. The only possible objection I predicted was on the grounds of copyright because the image came from the ether of good ol' Internet. However, I was wrong because salmon missiles are apparently illegal firearms:

We will not approve any images that contain the following:

Socially unacceptable or discriminatory behavior, signs or statements (e.g. gangs, hatred, drugs/alcohol abuse, tobacco, graffiti, or illegal firearms use).

Maybe I missed something but I didn't see anything socially unacceptable or discriminatory. Based on their examples, I can only assume that a mechanical bear firing salmon missiles constitutes a depiction of illegal firearms use.