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Originally posted by extraterrestrialentity
Everywhere I turn, I see reality shows. Honey Boo Boo, Forever Young, Jersey Shore (is that still on?), and countless others.
I hate all these stupid reality shows using stupid people (or people acting stupid) to get the public to watch them. News isn't actually news, and TV is no longer fiction. Sad.
Is this a conspiracy? Might be. People watching people doing dumb things might just make them dumb. Monkey see monkey do. Dumbing down the population.
Growing trend, growing stupidity.edit on 14-5-2013 by extraterrestrialentity because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
reply to post by extraterrestrialentity
IMHO - a major driving force behind these "reality "shows is thier minimal production costs
Originally posted by WonderBoi
It's more like scripted reality. How "real" can it be, when people know they're on tv? You tellin' me, ain't no acting goin' on??? Now, if they put hidden cameras in someone's house and filmed their everyday life, without them knowin' , then you could call that "reality". Other than that...it's all just a bunch of wannabe actors. Try living life without television. You'd be amazed at how clearer your brain can function.
Originally posted by Yngvarr
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
reply to post by extraterrestrialentity
IMHO - a major driving force behind these "reality "shows is thier minimal production costs
Ding! Ding! Ding! Cheapskates ain't they?
Not to mention no original ideas IMHO. The networks should be forced into showing old re-runs
of Star Trek, All in the Family and Dragnet until they can come up with something almost as good.
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
reply to post by extraterrestrialentity
IMHO - a major driving force behind these "reality "shows is thier minimal production costs