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I'm trying to be rational and adult about it, and blame the parents etc, but I hate the kid and that's a fact.
I certainly don't blame the girl for her eating habits, it's plain the parents are to blame, but who told/taught the girl to be grabbing her belly on camera and rolling it about to get laughs from the camera crew? It's so wrong. I've never liked this child beauty pageant thing anyway and the sad part is that I can see this kid really going off the rails in a few years. Once she loses her childish looks and becomes another overweight teenager dealing with puberty and the fact she was this TV 'star', I can forsee a Drew Barrymore thing happening.
 
I can't fault you for that logic or sentiment Angelo as the family is just paying a role. The show's success says more about the observers than the participants. There is many who watch and realize it's in all good fun...as Monty python would say nudge nudge wink wink...but I'm sure many watch it for the train wreck aspect of it. That's sad. I'd like to think the show is @ minute 14:30 of its 15 minute allotment but it wouldn't matter because another reality train wreck show will just take its place. I wonder how long it will be before it will feature child labor or substandard living or working conditions.
 
The shame of America, and speaks a lot about how low Americans are willing to go for "entertainment".
I have no explanation for the apparent semi-success of that show.
There are other shows I intensely abhor, i.e. Survivor, Big Brother, the Bachelor and Bachelorette, jut about any "reality" show. I think they drag humans down to the lowest common denominator by treachery and back-stabbing as a way of life. Blech.
 
I watch almost no television at all. We have a TV we use for our PS3 and Xbox 360 on rare occasions but we don't have cable, so we pretty much just watch stuff online and on Netflix. And to be honest I don't feel like I'm missing much. When we do watch stuff, it's usually not American-made. Like the Sherlock series - I love it but the Elementary series just doesn't excite me. But then again it doesn't get any better than Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

I don't know why but when American entertainment gets its hands on something it just becomes too "SEX BIG EXPLOSIONS IDIOITIC HUMOR COMMERCIALISM BLAHH."

I don't mind some of those things but if they are present I need a little more substance to go with it. :D There are some U.S. programs I like, but they are few and far between.
 
America saves it's reputation in TV though, with shows like Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad, Homeland, Justified, CSI etc.

Exactly what demographic sits down to Honey boo boo?
 
Grifynne said:
I don't know why but when American entertainment gets its hands on something it just becomes too "SEX BIG EXPLOSIONS IDIOITIC HUMOR COMMERCIALISM BLAHH."
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It drives me nuts when people become pretentious when it comes to TV. The "I don't have a TV so I'm better than you attitude" reaches hipster levels of annoyance in my book. People can enjoy TV, even shitty TV, and still be quite cultured. I love reality TV, does that mean I'm uncultured? I also speak three languages (I live in Montreal, most people I know speak at least 2 or 3 languages, it's normal) and have a degree in art history, as well as a background in science. I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything (even though I'l like totally brilliant ;)) but the attitude that only morons watch TV just gets me going. It's almost as bad as the "you're an armchair researcher so you know nothing" attitude that's prevalent when anyone questions a paranormal researcher.
 
Angel of Ioren said:
It drives me nuts when people become pretentious when it comes to TV. The "I don't have a TV so I'm better than you attitude" reaches hipster levels of annoyance in my book. People can enjoy TV, even shitty TV, and still be quite cultured. I love reality TV, does that mean I'm uncultured? I also speak three languages (I live in Montreal, most people I know speak at least 2 or 3 languages, it's normal) and have a degree in art history, as well as a background in science. I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything (even though I'l like totally brilliant ;)) but the attitude that only morons watch TV just gets me going. It's almost as bad as the "you're an armchair researcher so you know nothing" attitude that's prevalent when anyone questions a paranormal researcher.
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There you go again Angelo. I'm taking this post personally, as I'm sure you intended it. As I've stated on the show several times, I haven't had BROADCAST television in my house for almost 7 years. IMO those who sit for hours and rot their brains on mindless entertainment and subject themselves to commercial broadcast advertising should go read a book or get outside and get busy. Why do you think this makes me pretentious and superior? Why do you take offense when I point out that going out into the field and doing the heavy lifting gives one a much more well-rounded perspective into the affect of unusual experiences on people? Why do these statements threaten you so much? And why do you keep harping on me for stating my opinions in this regard? Give it a rest already, please?
 
Christopher O'Brien said:
There you go again Angelo. I'm taking this post personally, as I'm sure you intended it. As I've stated on the show several times, I haven't had BROADCAST television in my house for almost 7 years. IMO those who sit for hours and rot their brains on mindless entertainment and subject themselves to commercial broadcast advertising should go read a book or get outside and get busy. Why do you think this makes me pretentious and superior? Why do you take offense when I point out that going out into the field and doing the heavy lifting gives one a much more well-rounded perspective into the affect of unusual experiences on people? Why do these statements threaten you so much? And why do you keep harping on me for stating my opinions in this regard? Give it a rest already, please?
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Dude, I was not talking about you, but seeing what you posted, that's the kind of attitude I'm talking about. Do you think my brain is rotted then?
 
Angel of Ioren said:
Dude, I was not talking about you, but seeing what you posted, that's the kind of attitude I'm talking about. Do you think my brain is rotted then?
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I know how you operate. As to your TV viewing habits... that's your business. If you are a "Honey Boo-Boo" fan, (I've never seen a single second of this sad reflection on the great American Pubic, thank GOD!) I pity you and anyone else who is... As for your brain-on-TV, if it's anything like your attitude towards me, yeah it's probably fairly fetid (in case you were wondering, that was a joke:)) .
 
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