For as much as I have bashed mainstream culture in the past, I am truly worried about your actions as of late.
This Jersey Shore phenomenon that has swept the masses is truly disturbing. I really had more faith in people, believe it or not. The most common answer I get from people, that aren't a 16 year old girl, on why they watch this show is: "It's my guilty pleasure!" Well do you realize how much danger there is in your fulfillment of a guilty pleasure?
Stop me if you've heard this one, America.
You have, yet again, given fame to another group of talentless, vomit-inducing, dickbags. Where's the danger in that, though? It's not hurting anyone. I can watch what I want! This is America. Yadda, yadda, I get it. But with the fame you've given by watching them, they now have access to book deals, brands and trademarks, spinoff shows, movie roles, clothing lines.....God forbid, if one of them is an aspiring singer.....it goes on and on.
In no version of reality should Snooki write a book about her life and people rush out to buy the goddamn thing.
What are we celebrating here? The guys are typical Guido date rapists and the girls are your typical, run-of-the-mill, street whores. Go to any club in Jersey (or now Morgantown, WV), and you can sit at a fucking corner table with your friends and see them without sensationalizing their actions, all while fulfilling your guilty pleasure.
For every 10 people that read this, 1 will truly see the problem, while the other 9 will automatically call me a jealous hater, and that's ok. I'd rather have that one person see why this is all fucking crazy and stick with them.
I love the way we have been conditioned to call anyone that questions how easily fame is given to people in this country a "hater". It's an easy role to fall into. The minute you question any of this, someone, like clockwork, calls out that you are jealous. There is no jealousy here. I don't want to be famous. I would just like to see that those that do become famous at least have something to offer for their fame. A talent. A skill. Anything...
1 comments:
Agreed. It seems like we're so saturated with "culture" and convenience, that we have become bored and desperate for easy entertainment. Maybe stupid people provide the easiest laughs. It's unfortunate that this means giving them money and power to continue living like douchebags. The saddest part? The more you mock them, the more famous they become.
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