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A waste.

MTV (Music TeleVision? Bullshit) revolutionized TV with the Jesus Christ of their network...The Real World. When The Real World hit the fan, it really took off, obviously. Now, turn on the TV and what do you see? No more Boy Meets World (don't knock the shit, Feeny taught us all a lot as kids on Friday nights), no more Growing Pains. Reality TV has control of American viewers as of right now.

While The Real World seemed harmless, and any of them by themselves are harmless, it started a snowball at the top of a huge mountain. Presently, American TV is capitalizing off of dramatic occurrences in people's lives. What's wrong guys? Can't get enough drama in our own lives so we need more from elsewhere? It's sad if you think about it. We are being milked by networks like MTV.

They found a way to have a highly viewed show and spend virtually nothing. They don't have to pay actors and you better believe their cameramen, who have to follow idiots around places like Jersey, do not get paid more than $30 an hour. And, with such idiotic television, Loreal, Proactive, and other corporations that are banking on pimple faced, insecure, overweight American people to be watching, are paying a shit load of cash for commercial time. I'd like to see the numbers of whats being paid for commercial time during Jersey Shore on it's night... I bet it would floor all of us. And yes, you better believe that every commercial you see is calculated according to time, expected gender/race of the audience etc. (Do not ask me how Roni Duetch still gets on MTV because IDK!)

The economics behind reality TV aside, get back to the quality. While it could be argued that with this reality TV we are learning the ways of other parts of the nation and yada yada yada. But the opportunity costs (our time) easily shows it's not worth that, or twice that. In fact, I would argue that a show like Jersey Shore would actually dumb us down (Somebody please argue with me about this!!!!). You've got a bunch of douche bags that wear helmets shaped like hair that go around and try to get laid and fight. Is that show a joke? Is all of America being Punk'd by MTV, or is this a real show? These dudes act like fucking cave men and we (CA) don't have to go anywhere to see that live, so turn off the damn TV and go to a bar instead.

Teen Mom? ohhhh Teen Mom. What kind of parent would let their 16 year old daughter have a reality TV show and be nationally recognized for being a pregnant teen? I'm not looking down on people who have kids young but why make a public mockery of this? I would argue that this is worse than grown adults making fools of themselves on shows like Maury or, God forbid, Jerry Springer. In fact, how ironic would it be if MTV camera crew followed around some 16 year old mother to be and the babies supposed father for an entire pregnancy, and then the couple went on Maury only to hear "You are NOT the father". Oh that shit would be hilarious.

And, don't even get me started on Parental Control, Date My Mom etc...

We, including myself at times, are wasting our time in front of the TV. I'm not saying we should feel guilty every time we watch our favorite shows, I'm only saying that were robbing ourselves of quality time watching other people live. GO LIVE YOURSELF! Don't worry about these fucks in Jersey Shore or the young girls on Teen Mom who are creating embarrassment for themselves and their future child. If you feel like you need the TV, at least respect what it's based on and watch things with real actors and a real story behind it. Pick up a book, write a love letter, I don't care what.....just do SOMETHING ELSE.

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-AMAP (Thats Mat Threet)