måndag 1 december 2008

Get Seduced

Hello!

Today I was listening to the Faints song "Get Seduced", and that made me think about a few things. The song is about Tabloid magazines, how they are made in hell and that we get seduced easily. They are so right.

To me it is incredible that people even care about what not to wear and who's tit escaped on camera. I mean, it is almost impossible not to know these things, because everywhere you go you see and hear about it. When you are standing at the line in a grocery store you see, against your will, who spent millons on a party, who actually has cellulites and who Lindsay Lohan kissed at the kick ass expensive party. It is unavoidable. People even talk about it like they know these people.

Why is it that people are so drawn to this kind of garbage? I think it is for a number of reasons. One theory I have (I might be wrong) is that people are stupid. The majority of people just don't care about anthing else. My hope is that I am wrong and that people focus on those kind of news because the real world is way too unfair and reality scares the shit out of them, therefor they "choose" to watch and care about crap. If this is the case, we are dealing with some sort of a defence mechanism. I really do hope this is the case, 'cause then hope is not lost...

And don't get me started on reality TV. OMG. The two last shows on Swedish TV was about a farmer looking for a wife. The deal is that an amount of women move in to his farm (don't know the exact number) and in a couple of weeks he is supposed to get to know these women and in the end, he of course find the love of his life. I am not sure what they exactly do when they are living at the farm, but I think they are showing off their farming skills.
The other show was about three singel moms trying to find a husband. This show is so stupid that I am not even gonna go into it. The most provocative reality show I ever seen must be "My Super Sweet 16", shown on MTV. If you don't know this show, be happy. It is about spoild rich girls having a huge party when they turn 16. In one way this show is sad, because these girls have no real understanding on how life can be outside their high protective walls. I got to the point where I gave my TV away.

1 kommentar:

Elias sa...

Jag kan inte förstå min omvärld genom den information som vanlig massmedia tillhandahåller. Det går inte riktigt att skapa en syntes av de intryck jag får därifrån. Jag vet inte om jag vill beskylla nån annan för att jag inte kan tillgodogöra mig informationen, jag säger inte att det inte är OK med underhållning, men det är inget för mig. I det nya livet ska jag därför ha nolltolerans mot alla typer av underhållning(nyheter inräknade).