NationStates Jolt Archive


Was reality TV created by Satan?

New Genoa
10-04-2005, 05:03
American Idol
Trading Spouses
The Apprentice
Survivor
Fear Factor

These are the long-running reality shows that continously plague us with their shittiness each and every year, supported by a host of other retarded television "ideas." What could possibly explain this catastrophic phenomena? Declining attention spans? Degradation of morals and standards? The dumbing down of programming as a result of possible cause 2?

Can such a monstrous destruction of intellect even be created by human beings without a supernatural intervention? I don't believe so. Therefore, I have come to the final conclusion, without using the scientific method, that reality TV is the spawn of Satan.

Please, if you are Christian or any other religion that believes in the Prince of Darkness bond together with agnostics and atheists alike to put down this demon that has a stranglehold on the American populace. Please, the fate of the world rests in your hands. This dumbening (is that even a WORD?) down of society will only leader to an overall dumbanation of people in general - including our already mentally incapacitated president and other governmental officials. Do you really want a DUMBER George Bush-character in office due to the massive evaporation of brain cells caused by this plague on society? I fear the consequences. I fear them dearly.

Reality TV is the opiate of the people. It is the sigh of the hard-pressed, the heart of a heartless world. It has come to destroy us and enslave us.

Join together in human companionship and fight this evil. Viewers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. They may take our lives, but they'll never take primetime television! Completely that is. And now I leave you with this final message: ask not what your television can do for you, ask what YOU can do for your television (ie, STOP reality TV dead in its tracks). Ich bin ein Berliner and yippy-ki-ya, motherfuckers.
GoodThoughts
10-04-2005, 05:06
I don't believe in th devil or Satan, but if there such a thing certainly he/she created reality tv.
Cannot think of a name
10-04-2005, 05:13
It had a lot to do with changes in the regulations that limited how much programing could be 'owned' or produced by the networks. Regular shows only make 90% of production costs when run on networks and the producers hope to have those shows on long enough to syndicate them, where they make back the rest of that investment. (there are exceptions in long running shows where the network ends up needing the show more than the producers, such as E.R.) If the network owns the show they have more control over its fate (they can make sure it makes it to enough episodes for syndication) or they can produce a show cheap enough that syndication isn't required-enter reality shows. Ratings for 'phenoms' such as Survivor or The Apprentice don't neccisarily merit the number of 'bandwagon' shows-but that factor pushes them over. As they have to get more elaborate and the tv audience starts to get bored with the same formula, that will balance back.

So yeah, kinda satanic...
New Genoa
10-04-2005, 05:18
Don't taint my propaganda, chicks dig scars, and vote "yes."
JRV
10-04-2005, 05:22
God is Satan. And he is using this as a device of torture!
New Genoa
10-04-2005, 05:27
God is Satan. And he is using this as a device of torture!

Seems logical. Since we are in god's image, and we "technically" created reality TV... it would be like mini-satan lookalikes creating it. Excellent point, I give you a Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball cap!
Nova Roma
10-04-2005, 05:27
Lucifer himself is clearly at work when such blasphemous shows are aired! They do nothing but sodomize our youth and pollute our nation!
Secluded Islands
10-04-2005, 05:29
God is Satan.

heh, thats a good one... ;)
LeLane
10-04-2005, 05:38
i like some reality TV like real world and such but then someone goes and give reality tv a bad name with a show like the newlyweds blah :p
Secluded Islands
10-04-2005, 05:40
i like some reality TV like real world and such but then someone goes and give reality tv a bad name with a show like the newlyweds blah :p

DAH! Thou shalt not talk trash about the newlyweds...
Potaria
10-04-2005, 05:42
DAH! Thou shalt not talk trash about the newlyweds...

Thou SHALT talk trash about the Newlyweds!
New Genoa
10-04-2005, 05:44
i like some reality TV like real world and such but then someone goes and give reality tv a bad name with a show like the newlyweds blah :p

Bah! How could I forget such atrocities like Real World and Road Rules. But it's MTV, I guess they're stupid no matter what.
Kiwipeso
10-04-2005, 05:45
As a satanist, I can say for a fact that reality TV is the work of the devil.
Boonytopia
10-04-2005, 05:45
I don't believe in th devil or Satan, but if there such a thing certainly he/she created reality tv.

Me neither. Perhaps it's aliens prepping us for invasion?
New Genoa
10-04-2005, 05:47
Me neither. Perhaps it's aliens prepping us for invasion?

Maybe Satan is an alien. You know, maybe the Raelians were partially right about whatever they said.
Epsilon Reticuli
10-04-2005, 05:52
George Bush created reality television. It is one of many parts of his plan to overthrow the governments of the world. One by one, he hopes that everyone will become dumber than he is so that he can make his move. Estimates suggest that it will only take 8,244,157,183,591 more reality TV series before he achieves his goal.

Alternatively, people around the world have just reached a new low in what they need to keep them entertained. Whether or not this will cause an overall drop in IQ ratings, who knows. I'm too busy watching reality TV to find out. Well actually, I'm too busy not watching it because I hate it and wish it would die oh god would I love to be the one to kill it. I don't feel too strongly on the subject, though.
Russkya
10-04-2005, 05:56
The only way I'd watch anything more than the three shows I watch now, is if there were to be a "Survivor: Chechnya" or "Survivor: Iraq."

Survivor: Iraq
"Challenge #1: Survive the USMC fireteam while being forced to chant "Allah-u-Akbar"

Survivor: Chechnya
"Challenge #1: While the Russians sweep the village, burst out the door unexpectedly while holding a broom. Survive."

"Challenge #2: Walk through this field. Note how no Chechens go near it."
Godforbidit
10-04-2005, 06:01
no... I believe it was created by the Dutchs.... But you know how the dutches are....
Constitutionals
10-04-2005, 06:03
No, just humanity's stupidity.
Tanara
10-04-2005, 06:10
I don't believe in Satan, but I know for certain that Satan's minion created reality tv! :p
BLARGistania
10-04-2005, 06:12
If I believed in Satan I would say yes. But I don't. So, I'll have to blame in on the mooninites [/shameless AdultSwim plug]