Mozart bring up a good point in yesterday’s post, “Seize the Day, and Film It.” Mindless activities can turn your brain into mush. He was talking about YouTube, but obviously the same concept applies to the rest of the computer realm, video games and television. While I don’t buy into the BS that any of these things can turn you into a violent monster (that’s a whole different discussion), I do believe that a few TV shows can lower your IQ. A couple shows stick out above the rest. Following the success of the early seasons of The OC, MTV in its infinite wisdom gave to the world Laguna Beach and its ridiculous spawn, The Hills. These shows allowed influential youth to learn the habits of the hot, rich, obnoxious and utterly dumb. Most recently, MTV (which I have boycotted in its entirety) has come up with Bromance. It features guys competing to join the ranks of Brody Jenner’s posse. Seriously? This crap gets airtime? What have we come to? I thought Celebrity Deathmatch was bad when we were kids, but this is a whole new level of television trash.
MTV is a business, so they do what ultimately brings them profit. If people are watching this, they’re going to keep giving it to us. One must ask, “Who watches?” Well, it’s not only people on the shallow end of the gene pool that watch this stuff, the audience runs the entire gamut. While it’s true that the less-intelligent are the proud and unapologetic viewers, the people that should know better call it a “guilty pleasure.” No, I don’t think so. A guilty pleasure is ice cream after midnight. A guilty pleasure is a couple extra glasses of wine with a Wednesday night dinner. Hell, it’s a stretch, but Gossip Girl can be a guilty pleasure. Being a fan of The Hills or Bromance is a mind-wasting, time-taking bad habit.
To all of you that watch this stuff, stop it. Really, for the well-being of our country and our planet, stop it. Don’t tell me that there’s nothing else on either. Watch the Discovery Channel or the Food Network instead, they’re healthy replacements ... Or here’s a novel idea: get off your ass and do something that will get you a house in Beverly Hills. This way you don’t have to watch someone’s bratty kids live the life for you.
MTV is a business, so they do what ultimately brings them profit. If people are watching this, they’re going to keep giving it to us. One must ask, “Who watches?” Well, it’s not only people on the shallow end of the gene pool that watch this stuff, the audience runs the entire gamut. While it’s true that the less-intelligent are the proud and unapologetic viewers, the people that should know better call it a “guilty pleasure.” No, I don’t think so. A guilty pleasure is ice cream after midnight. A guilty pleasure is a couple extra glasses of wine with a Wednesday night dinner. Hell, it’s a stretch, but Gossip Girl can be a guilty pleasure. Being a fan of The Hills or Bromance is a mind-wasting, time-taking bad habit.
To all of you that watch this stuff, stop it. Really, for the well-being of our country and our planet, stop it. Don’t tell me that there’s nothing else on either. Watch the Discovery Channel or the Food Network instead, they’re healthy replacements ... Or here’s a novel idea: get off your ass and do something that will get you a house in Beverly Hills. This way you don’t have to watch someone’s bratty kids live the life for you.
-Butch Cassidy
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