For this final assignment I was super excited to do a web quest for the first time in a long time and even more so, i was excited create my own. I decided to take the approach of being silly and random so during my brainstorming process I just kept going with my first idea and went with it. My quest turned out to be super random and not extremely connected, but that was kind of the idea, so I was happy with the outcome. My thought process went something like this; starting with pick your poison. I went with poison thinking about drugs and that type of human and life toxicity. My first idea running off of drugs and poison was the acid test. I have always been fascinated by the history of acid and how it was originally a government made synthetic drug that they intended to use for cracking prisoners to get them to talk and confess blah blah but it wanted up just making they laugh and the whole acid trip so it didn't work- and then it became a part of the war on drugs and hippie movements as the acid test. Super fun super interesting so I ran with that government and acid ideology for on of the poisons. The next idea I had was the choice to drink or inject. Drinking poison is common sense not to do, so, death. Injecting it however, if you have ever the amazing spider man, the scientist injects himself with this green poison to conduct his science experiment to become a superior human being/ weapon. He ends up turning himself into a lizard and living in the sewer as spider-mans villan. No one beats spider-man.
Lastly, I decided to take the track of my own personal experiences and views on drugs. So touching upon the raging issue of overdoses in this country as well as the growing fentenyol distribution, death is a valid option, I'd put it at one in three, generously. Then I decided to put my easter egg on this page as a love post-it note. Love is a poison on its own, in a different context. Clicking on love leads to a page addressing family and addiction to drugs. Addiction is a disease and drugs are a poison. It is on of the biggest problems in this country's society. It is also one of the least talked about. Most thrown under the rug. So my eater egg is a hard truth, a sad reality, a forced addressing of this issue. I don't care if its uncomfortable and out of pocket and too serious for the filly fun games the other poisons lead to. Drugs and addiction are a huge party pooper. Let's address it.
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