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are some of the best mails from April 2004, with my
frequently-extensive comments following each mail. Many of the
dozens of the good reader mails I receive each month are posted in the
blog and commented on there. Lots of other good mails are very topical,
and while I read them all and reply to lots of them, I don't want to
include too many mails on these mailbag pages that are going to be met
with "I vaguely remember that news item." reactions when
people read them on the mailbag pages, weeks or months later. Lastly, I
don't want to bury the mailbag page in dozens of mails that I have
nothing to add to in comments.
As a result, the
average mailbag page should have 6 or 8 or 10 mails, all with comments
from me, all about things that weren't beaten to death on the main page,
and all on interesting subjects. Enjoy April's offerings.
Mails are arranged in
chronological order, with the earliest on top.
Date: May 5, 2004
From: Elsha-of-IEL
Subject: stupid TV shows
stupid tv shows!
crappy TV shows are always funny to watch even though it's so stupid :D not so much for the show itself than for the people and just the ridiculousness of it all. normally i'd never be caught dead watching reality TV or most game shows and the battle dome rubbish or anything else stupid, but if i come across it while surfing channels i'll occasionally watch it for a while until i get sick of it and tell myself
"wtpudge new channel plz." 99% of it is so obviously a publicity stunt and is sounds so scripted that it's extremely difficult to believe the network when they claim the shows aren't scripted.
Springer in particular annoys and amuses me greatly on several levels. firstly, the annoying bits. all the knobbers who appear on the show are all just looking to be on TV and to let off steam about something that really doesn't mean anything to them. not to mention all the "oh so angsty relationship problems we have" and the ridiculous people who go on to scream "look at me look at me" to the US of A are all laughably insensitive and ungenuine in a lot of their sayings. sure they get pissed when they get into fights (or try to as the security people run around preventing people's heads from being removed from shoulders), but if they -really- cared about said relationships, they'd do it in private, not in front of millions of viewers (who also don't give a rat's ass about the
couple(s)/people on the show either). not to mention Jerry tries to be all sympathetic but all he does is make snarky and (sometimes) funny comments.
ah well. despite all the stupidity it's funny to see how people try to defend themselves with dumb arguments or just have (far too) obvious publicity stunters running around.
i'm also rather fond of watching shows like the Bachelor or Paradise Hotel (Paradise Island? don't remember the name) for the sole reason o see how many
cliched/overused/classic/etc lines the people can sprout. things like
"i really feel like this woman is the one i'm looking for" or
"i really connect with him" and "he's so perfect for me!" and so on.
for the Bachelor, the way i see things, it's just a show for some horny guy to be with several women and finally pick someone to marry while ending up getting a divorce in a few years or so. well, maybe not that bluntly, but heh. it's a lame show :/ i'm of the school where women are to be treated with respect and chivalry and all, and courting several women at once is a huge nono in my book ;o
sss
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