Last week my seven year old brother asked me to play Club Penguin with him, which is an interactive computer game where one must pick a cartoon penguin choose its color, clothes, igloo, etc. Reluctantly I accepted because he had been asking me for days. I chose a blue penguin and started following his penguin around in "Penguin Land". After almost an hour of waddling around from the coffee shop to the Cardjitsu Dojo, I told my brother that this was the most boring game I had ever played in my life. He told me that that was because I was not an official member. An official member is required to pay a monthly fee of $6. My claim was obviously subjective because parents all over the world pay every month so that there sons and daughters can buy virtual clothes, pets, and furniture for their penguins. I had never seen my little brother more focused on anything than when he was playing Club Penguin. To him this was his greatest discovery yet and probably to all the children who were playing this as well. My claim was subjective because of my age and interests. Being able to go to virtual coffee shops and nights clubs is an obvious 'dreamland' to seven year old boys and girls. They can only have this freedom in a virtual world.
A few days ago I read an article on Yahoo! about the most populated cities in the world. An objective claim that stayed with me from that article is the statistic that said that about 18,000 people in Los Angeles die prematurely every year due to pollution-caused illnesses. This claim, I assume, is supported by concrete evidence that scientists have researched and come up with from the data. This particular claim does not personally target specific people. The ozone in Los Angeles is the most populated one in the world and can affect anyone and everyone.
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