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[I_Still_Know!]

Originally posted by Haphazard

I also rely on everyone else to give me the time too...cause I have never worn watches. :D

Everybody serves a purpose in life...lol.

LOL!! Yes sir, they do. :D

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by Gren the cake
yep. its very interesting when j. lo get married again but leonardo dicaprio going to Sri lanka about the tsunamis?

well not the greatest example but hey dirt on people is much more interesting than the ogod stuff

same about the news. i mean big things like 9/11 yeh yeh but sometimes they just go too far. the way things r u'd thnk violence is on the rise when really its just the opposite.

just boiils down to... whats more intresting? someone doin good or someone fuckin up royally?

Which proves my point that humans -- by nature -- love controversy and mishaps. So, that's why it always bothers me when people get their asses up in the air regarding violence or sex in entertainment.

That's what we the people want!!!!

Nobody would watch the news if the programs consisted of good news.

[Gren the cake]

could it be because... controvery and mishaps arent all that normal?

think about it, as a whole look at it yes, lots of bad shit goes on.

but if we were all to look at our lives singularly, how many of us could hon estly say, wow, my life is complete and utter shit (and not just becuz they have no friends and dotn go anywhere. i mean like losing ur loved ones tragically, diseases, ravaged by wild monkey mistresses etc etc.)

how many school shootings have their been? how many days were spent bein shot up at school... compared to everyday at school where NOTHING happened? most people will go through those 4 years (.... 5 or 6 for some i guess ;)) and see NOTHING like that.

again, its something different, making it interesting. problem is, people will choose only to see that. you show them 1 day where someone has an accident at disneyland and dies, and the other 364 days of that year where no one died and everyone had fun, will mean nothing to them.

[Arioch]

Which proves my point that humans -- by nature -- love controversy and mishaps. So, that's why it always bothers me when people get their asses up in the air regarding violence or sex in entertainment.

That's what we the people want!!!!

Nobody would watch the news if the programs consisted of good news.

Agreed....its human nature...

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by Gren the cake
could it be because... controvery and mishaps arent all that normal?

think about it, as a whole look at it yes, lots of bad shit goes on.

but if we were all to look at our lives singularly, how many of us could hon estly say, wow, my life is complete and utter shit (and not just becuz they have no friends and dotn go anywhere. i mean like losing ur loved ones tragically, diseases, ravaged by wild monkey mistresses etc etc.)

how many school shootings have their been? how many days were spent bein shot up at school... compared to everyday at school where NOTHING happened? most people will go through those 4 years (.... 5 or 6 for some i guess ;)) and see NOTHING like that.

again, its something different, making it interesting. problem is, people will choose only to see that. you show them 1 day where someone has an accident at disneyland and dies, and the other 364 days of that year where no one died and everyone had fun, will mean nothing to them.

Yes. I think all that you said plays a big part in it. But it doesn't have to be just bad or controversial news regarding this either. There are more than enough people in the world who live a boring existence, and tend to live vicariously through T.V. stars, movie chracters, etc. Also, from first-hand experience, they also live through the lives of real-life friends, co-workers, etc.

[Gren the cake]

lol. yep. i had some friends back in HS and seriously everything that happened with everyone else they knew about and could go on and on for hours. the same with that 'charmed' show, 'dawsons creek' omg they could go on and on

i guess i can see, the most fun is to be able to get along with people and u can certainly relate to characters. a lot of them are written off of the writers friends (matt groening based a lot of the simpsons off of friends)

people just tend to miss out on all the little things at life. i mean all the things that happen throughou the day, the week, yet its britney spears 55 hour marriage thats what gets everyone talkin!

[Arioch]

people just tend to miss out on all the little things at life. i mean all the things that happen throughou the day, the week, yet its britney spears 55 hour marriage thats what gets everyone talkin

Agreed....like her shallow pool of existance is any more substancial or valid than anyone elses or anyone who really works for their living:rolleyes:

There are so many better untold stories in the lives of our fellow humans around us than the ones portrayed on tv to entertain us....

I LOATHE this industry....

[Gren the cake]

:) i guess in a way it brings us together as in, if i were to talk about the party last week, or tonight, only a handful would be able to relate

whereas pretty much everyone can talk about spears idiocy, brings us together at laughing at her :)

nice too though becuz people will IDOLIZE superstars.. peopel they hardly know and have never met!! people who are susceptible to the same BS that we do. hell they will do much worse sometimes!

[evil_blonde]

Originally posted by Gren the cake
:) i guess in a way it brings us together as in, if i were to talk about the party last week, or tonight, only a handful would be able to relate

whereas pretty much everyone can talk about spears idiocy, brings us together at laughing at her :)

nice too though becuz people will IDOLIZE superstars.. peopel they hardly know and have never met!! people who are susceptible to the same BS that we do. hell they will do much worse sometimes!

I hate it when people have infactuations with celebrities. It's just so fucking stupid!

[Gren the cake]

o ya. i mean i guess yeh sure its interesting sometimes but seriously people like make it their life to nkow whats going on with every celebrity.. subscribing to all the magazines and such