Sure, most of us have seen that crazy video about the child
beauty queen that chugs mountain dew like a fiend. I’ll admit that I laughed at
that video and how ridiculous this all was. But now I’m terrified. They are
giving this kid and her family a TV show.
Seriously? I know we are a country of cheap laughs and mind
rotting reality TV, but really all we’re doing by giving people like this a TV
show is to reward and encourage this idiotic behavior. What kind of message are
we sending to these people and everyone in the US? That being stupid,
obnoxious, and annoying as hell is awesome?
Personally, I’m not a fan of reality TV. Everything that
embodies reality TV infuriates me. I like having a good time just as much as
everyone else, but all reality TV is about is encouraging narcissism and
idiotic behavior among my peers.
I think what annoys me the most is that our country rewards
idiocy and perpetuates the horrible reputation that everyone else in the world
has about Americans. Why do we not value education like we do sports? The
average American reads at a 3rd grade level, and that’s being
generous. Don’t get me wrong, I love sports. I played a number of sports
growing up through high school. I played in a work league after I graduated
from college. I love sports, but I don’t believe that people should value
sports above education.
Sorry… I’ll get off my soap box now, but this whole thing
just really irritated me.
1 comment:
I love you! Seriously I do!
Bachelorette, Bridezillas, Toddlers and Tiaras, the hoopla over Octomom - hated all that and still do.
Since when being stupid is rewarding? Is this representative of what being American, is? I know there are some guilty pleasures for people but I think it is pretty sad the those guilty pleasures promote being stupid and narcissist. UGH!!
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