General Discussion

So many reasons why. Too many to mention, but here's some of my take:

- Social Media. All kinds of it, has given everyone's drunk uncle a platform to spew shit. People, like Joe Rogan, who you would never have confused as an intelligent, thoughtful, or serious human, has an audience of millions.

- Callousness: I saw this shit coming when Survivor came on the scene. A bunch of conniving, manipulative, lying, amoral people are "celebrated" and "rewarded" fir their "cunning". The spoils go to those that can best screw over others. I have never watched an episode, but please, tell me how the values of self-sacrifice, empathy, compassion and honor were "amplified" by this POS programming. Now, I just saw a promo for a new show called "Overboard", a "dating" show where the loser is literally made to walk the plank. One highlight shows a contestant crowing "the people who created this are twisted". What about the people that will watch it?

And, if I have to see one more fucking story about young men struggling with establishing meaningful relations, that is interrupted by a promo for The Bachelor, my head is going to explode.

Maybe entertain doesn't shape us. It reflects us.