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“By bxgrl on January 25, 2011 4:20 PM
I have to agree, benson.”
You make it sound so painful.
🙂
By lechacal on January 25, 2011 4:23 PM
Reality TV is just as dumb as its audience.
Exactly. As is Jerry Springer or Oprah. Now Merv Griffin was truly a class act (and a homo).
I loved the first season of Survivor. First (and only) reality show I watched. Nobody was watching it until the 2nd or 3rd to last episode, so there was no hype. Everything was still new, so it wasn’t formulaic. Then it caught on, and the reality craze followed, and that was it for me.
I meant to post earlier, dona, that I won’t post in the bike threads. It’s enough already! Every once in a while, fine. But every day there seems to be another bike thread.
lol dibs,
benson,
There’s a great deal of coarseness in pop culture today.
Television is only the tip of the iceberg.
works of true quality seem to be rare these days,
it may be the reason for a return in some circles to
“old fashioned” things.
For instance, suddenly a “quality” Butcher shop is the in thing, or a “quality” bar tender that can mix a few spirits together.
The bike thread got 100+ posts. Let me summarize:
–bikes don’t follow the rules. Self indulgent whiny entitled moonfaces
–Cars don’t follow the rules. They are bigger than us and can KILL people.
–Bikes can kill people. And knock down pedestrians
–you are a dope.
–Marty M. doesn’t like the bike lanes because he is old and fat.
–You are a moron.
–You are stupid.
–NO YOU are stupid.
–I am not going to post on bike lanes. (posts 5 paragraphs)
–What am I doing here?
Montrose’s story on Henry ward Beecher is really great- and Amzi posted about is own fascinating family history on there.
Reality TV is just as dumb as its audience.
WTF with that show Undercover Boss???????
How the hell do they expect someone to believe thaey don’t know something’s up when they follow this guy through his day with a film crew.
Are most Americans really that stupid?????