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Dnavarre - June 28 2010 20:18:34
An interesting concept brought up in the last section of Venting was about famous people breaking the law and not paying for it. I mean, why the hell do they get off driving drunk, taking drugs, and beating their wives to death? Because they give us
entertainment? This reminds me of a Good Charlotte song "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," which they actually had a good idea with. "All they do is piss and moan," is a line I like from that song because it's true...okay, I'll come back to this. Why, pray tell, does money get you out of your problems? Is that why people are not learning the discipline they desperately need? Because people promise them punishment and never dish it out? In the book I oft-praise, A Game of Thrones, one prince, later king, is 13 and, due to the "no hitting royalty" law, only learns "punishment" by being forced to watch a servant whipped for the things the prince does. How does this solve anything?
I'm all for the "eye for an eye" trick, or the brutal tricks of other countries (Islam, perhaps?) where something such as stealing has you lose a hand. Sure it's barbaric, but if punishment or incentive is what we need, I'm sure that will get it done in most cases. In any case, it's better than being sent to prison.
What's with prisons anyway? Prisoners get free food, don't have to obey the laws in their either, and get to train for when they get out...seriously? You sent this guy to prison for beating his wife to death and now you're letting him lift weights for two hours every day for the next decade? Somebody's asking for it, and they aren't the ones that will be punished! In one movie (featuring Dax Sheppard), "Let's go to Prison," Dax's character explains just how much the staggering amount of cash it takes to keep a prisoner for any length of time. He then laughs and says it would be much cheaper to let them keep their "stolen car stereos." Leads me back to my earlier point: take off their hand, or a few fingers at the least.
Backtracking to celebrities. What fun these people are, huh? Even when they aren't starring in another bland movie watched by thousands, their lives are so unpredictable and special; how many celebrities have been married once before, but not any more? How many have been arrested for drugs (and released for that matter)? How many have three-hundred different pictures of their two-week pregnant belly? How many have married other celebrities? A God-damn lot. Tell me, why should I care about these people's lives when I have one of my own? Why should I care that Brittany shaved her head? Why is this person's death shown on every news channel in the country, when there were twenty dead in a thirty-car pile up this morning (note; that did not actually happen, just an example)? These people are attention whores, much like those teenagers (mostly girls) that have a thousand pictures of themselves, self-taken, online?
Oh, and I checked the family computer today to clear out some memory. I discovered what was taking up 8 Gigabytes; my sister's pictures. Since 2007 she has stored an avalanche of pictures on her computer. Today I discovered she has 4800-something pictures on her profile. Pretty much all of them are of her doing weird faces in a mirror, or her friends doing such. See: Attention Whore.
Back to celebrities...almost. Bad TV is this part. I might have actually complained about this one in one of the earlier segments...oh, well, I know I've talked bad about it before. These are about those game shows that too many people watch. Examples: The Biggest Loser, American Idol, America's Got Talent, Ect.
First up, The Biggest Loser. A show where fat people get together, cry, and lose unhealthy amounts of weight at a time. If you don't lose enough weight, or don't lose as much as others, you get kicked off the show. These people are very sensitive about their weight and are trying to change (losing 30 pounds a week). For even more incentive other than their looks (which, might I add, TV popularized in the first place), the one who loses the most weight gets money. Also, every now and again, the show's designers tease the people with their favorite foods. The show should be called "The Biggest Assholes."
Next is American Idol and America's Got Talent. Oh, my, this person can sing a famous song well. She must be given a record deal...wait, what will she sing? Will she write her own songs about her life? I mean...well, I don't know how to express my disbelief here. REAL bands and singers didn't go up on live television and win a record deal; it took a group of people working together, playing instruments, and trying hard to get where they are (not counting the people published/signed because of current fame) Okay. This person can juggle and dance at the same time. Amazing. Sarcasm. What does this have to do with my life? Is this person going to have their own TV show? Hey, look, this group of five people can follow steps in pre-made dances. Absolutely marvelous. I'm awestruck at their stage-weaving. I never understood dancing anyway; what's it for? I suppose this goes with my "I don't approve of free-verse poems" thing.
I just saw a commercial for "Toilet Sniper," a target you place in the toilet bowl for men...well, you get the picture. The mentally disturbing picture. And, as much as a bad idea (not to mention crude and strange) it is, I like to think what a friend would say if you got one just to see what they would say.
I think that's it for now. Place suggestions below.
TV Shows - Biggest Loser: Never seen it, and while it does seem cruel it is often the only way people will actually lose weight. They have the support, the incentive, the equipment, and the person to push them to their limit. While it seems unhealthy no television show is aloud to air if he contents are unsafe (reality shows like survivor etc)
American Idol: I only watch the beginning to see the funny people that suck balls and don't know it.
***** Got Talent: While I agree that "O wow so what, he can do something he's done thousands of times before." or "O, he can play mozart just like mozart!" there has to be a limit; some line you can draw to say ok, this person is really good at this. If you didn't, then someone could only be talented at something once - and there are 7 billion of us here, so only a select few could be considered talented. That makes no sense. They may have been born with the talent, they may have worked for it, but they all did something the others didn't. They practiced and worked hard to get as close to perfection. People go on that show playing piano; Now I COULD do that, but I haven't taken the years of practice to get there first.
Toilet Sniper - Funny thing about that, I seen a picture of urinals in japan that had a fly painted on the inside. It's to help people aim and keep the mess to a minimum
O and back to the talent thing; I saw one a few days ago with some guy playing flight of the bumblebees on 5 harmonicas... 5! (i think, there were two harmonica things so i could be mashing them up). Either way, somebody was playing 5 harmonica's... O no, he was playing some really hard fancy song from like the baroque period.
Still, if somebody playing 5 harmonica's at once isn't talent then I'm not sure what is.