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DeSwiss

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22. That these inanities are a worldwide phenomenon....
Fri May 25, 2012, 01:29 AM
May 2012

...only speaks to the power of the Plutocracy's ability to dumb-down on a global scale.

We sit, still-faced with glassy eyes watching while "our troops" murder babies and their mothers from remote control bunkers -- in our name. And in the next moment we're arguing online with someone we never met about who will win the Super Bowl.

The so-called ''popularity'' of this tripe simply exposes the fact that the cancer has metastasized. A diagnosis of the severity in the spread of disease. People the world over are bombarded with teevee bullshit one-third of the day, each day, every day. They couldn't tear their eyes away from the glow if they wanted to. Even if their lives depended upon it. Which they're too entranced to realize, that it does.

If after 300,000+ years the best homo sapiens sapiens can do -- and with all that we've learned and accomplished, if we can't create a fairer, more just society -- and instead portray ourselves (for our amusement) eating worms, bugs and snakes on deserted islands, or showcasing the addicted behaviors of people who loves to risk melanoma in order to achieve the perfect tan, then I would suggest that we will deserve whatever misfortune comes our way.

- I'm sorry, but life is simply too precious a gift to waste in such a way........

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Calling all proofreaders.... Systematic Chaos May 2012 #1
lol! a perfect irony, isn't it? pnwest May 2012 #8
Ow! My balls! is now a reality. MrSlayer May 2012 #2
It is getting harder to connect in society as a whole exboyfil May 2012 #3
Same exact thing here. Populist_Prole May 2012 #5
"reality" Go Vols May 2012 #4
I've never been able to sit through one aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #7
I hope to god you aren't making that up RZM May 2012 #17
Talent shows are massively popular all over the world. So singling out America makes no sense here RZM May 2012 #6
They're cheap... Ron Obvious May 2012 #12
Part of it is of course their production value. But I think the shows are genuinely popular RZM May 2012 #14
Well, I confess to speculating... Ron Obvious May 2012 #30
He probably isn't typical in that regard RZM May 2012 #31
They have some pretty stu-u-u-u-u-u-pid shows here in Japan Art_from_Ark May 2012 #28
K&R DeSwiss May 2012 #9
Wow. Baegeant. cilla4progress May 2012 #10
De nada. DeSwiss May 2012 #11
Gads, I miss Joe. His was the clearest, most insightful hifiguy May 2012 #13
The good ones always go first. n/t DeSwiss May 2012 #20
Did you see my post above? These shows are very popular worldwide. RZM May 2012 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author DeSwiss May 2012 #19
That these inanities are a worldwide phenomenon.... DeSwiss May 2012 #22
Sorry. But that's a complete load of you-know-what RZM May 2012 #24
To each his own. n/t DeSwiss May 2012 #27
That was a fast delete RZM May 2012 #21
Nothing I wouldn't repeat.... DeSwiss May 2012 #23
Ah. Ok. Makes sense n/t RZM May 2012 #25
seems people like cotton candy spanone May 2012 #16
Talent shows are fine. But. madamesilverspurs May 2012 #18
"Reality TV' is an Oxymoron Amster Dan May 2012 #26
These shows are nothing but a half to hour long commercial flobee1 May 2012 #29
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