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Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:41 pm
Originally posted by SavageParrot
Blah blah blah blah blah/ I don't watch her show because it's dull and patronising, pretty much like all the other shows in the same format. That video was retarded though. Oprahs not under any obligation to show the potential bad effects of something, thats for people to do themselves when they buy the fucking product by reading the lable on the back. I don't buy into this compensation culture crap that nothing is your fault unless someone explicitly told you not to do it. It a shitty way to go about living your life blaming your mistakes on other people when deep down you have to know that if you had just taken the time you could easily have worked out it was a bad idea. This is the same deal. Not telling people potential problems doesn't make it your fault when they happen, in the same way that not showing car crash victims in car adverts doesn't make them responsible. Adults should be smart enough to find out the pros and cons on their own before they get something done.
I just find the assumption that people are too dumb to do this depressing, its the reason behind the gradual dumbing down of tv: People like that are so convinced that the average viewer isn't able to tie shoelaces let alone follow a plot and they dumb shit down to make allowances for it. The result is dull tv and the rise of the 'reality' tv which is the lowest common denominator as far as I am concerned. No plot to follow, no brain required...
Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:57 pm
Originally posted by SavageParrot
Blah blah blah blah blah/ I don't watch her show because it's dull and patronising, pretty much like all the other shows in the same format. That video was retarded though. Oprahs not under any obligation to show the potential bad effects of something, thats for people to do themselves when they buy the fucking product by reading the lable on the back. I don't buy into this compensation culture crap that nothing is your fault unless someone explicitly told you not to do it. It a shitty way to go about living your life blaming your mistakes on other people when deep down you have to know that if you had just taken the time you could easily have worked out it was a bad idea. This is the same deal. Not telling people potential problems doesn't make it your fault when they happen, in the same way that not showing car crash victims in car adverts doesn't make them responsible. Adults should be smart enough to find out the pros and cons on their own before they get something done.
I just find the assumption that people are too dumb to do this depressing, its the reason behind the gradual dumbing down of tv: People like that are so convinced that the average viewer isn't able to tie shoelaces let alone follow a plot and they dumb shit down to make allowances for it. The result is dull tv and the rise of the 'reality' tv which is the lowest common denominator as far as I am concerned. No plot to follow, no brain required...
Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:00 pm
Originally posted by SavageParrot
Blah blah blah blah blah/ I don't watch her show because it's dull and patronising, pretty much like all the other shows in the same format. That video was retarded though. Oprahs not under any obligation to show the potential bad effects of something, thats for people to do themselves when they buy the fucking product by reading the lable on the back. I don't buy into this compensation culture crap that nothing is your fault unless someone explicitly told you not to do it. It a shitty way to go about living your life blaming your mistakes on other people when deep down you have to know that if you had just taken the time you could easily have worked out it was a bad idea. This is the same deal. Not telling people potential problems doesn't make it your fault when they happen, in the same way that not showing car crash victims in car adverts doesn't make them responsible. Adults should be smart enough to find out the pros and cons on their own before they get something done.
I just find the assumption that people are too dumb to do this depressing, its the reason behind the gradual dumbing down of tv: People like that are so convinced that the average viewer isn't able to tie shoelaces let alone follow a plot and they dumb shit down to make allowances for it. The result is dull tv and the rise of the 'reality' tv which is the lowest common denominator as far as I am concerned. No plot to follow, no brain required...
Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:43 pm
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