(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Who comes up with this garbage?!?!?! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-01-19 Sometimes this is the only television worth watching! I just have to take a break from news and politics for a minute to rant about something that’s been bothering me for a while... I continue to be amazed at the utter garbage that is on television these days. The latest show to catch my attention is one called “MILF Manor” on TLC. I’ve been seeing ads for it on TV lately and I cringe every time seeing and hearing the title of the show. I discovered today that the premise is even worse than I thought. From what I could tell, it’s just a match making show consisting of so many older women and just as many men who are younger than the women expect. Come to find out, the men competing in the show are each a son of one of the women! WHO COMES UP WITH THIS GARBAGE?!?! Don't get me wrong, I know that there is nothing real about reality television, everything is scripted and they’re probably all actors, but just the idea of something like that being real is repulsive. TLC, like other cable networks, has strayed far from its roots. I have memories of when I was kid back in the early 90’s watching a show on TLC called “The Operation.” Each episode showed doctors performing an operation on someone while explaining what was going on. You would see everything in detail. I always found it so fascinating. Fast forward 30 years and it’s all just fake reality shows. “The Golden Girls” has always been one of my favorite shows. I remember back when it was originally on and my little sister and I not being able to watch it with my mom because Blanche talked about sex. The idea of that is laughable now when you think about how much more is allowed on TV these days. You can’t watch sitcoms or game shows nowadays without the words penis and vagina being used just for the sake of a cheap laugh. One of the things that used to make sitcoms funny was the insinuation of things like that. I remember when my parents would laugh at something said in a sitcom that was over my head because I wasn’t old enough to understand. I like to catch those lines when I watch old sitcoms today. I’m 38 years old and I chuckle to myself just thinking about how much of an old geezer I sound like. It was all I could do not to start this story with “I remember back in my day.” It’s just that I find it amazing at what is considered entertainment these days. So much of it is just garbage. It’s mainly a combination of little imagination and bad writing. A friend of mine that watches some of the shows I complain about says that she just likes the escape they offer and I guess I can understand that. It just seems that we can do better than fake reality shows that hint at incestuous relationships between mothers and sons. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/19/2148208/-Who-comes-up-with-this-garbage Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/