Why do I watch such crap? - Ghost Whisperer

My girlfriend likes to watch such terrible shows as Gossip Girl, 90210, Real Housewives, the Bachelor(ette), etc. She knows that they are atrocities, but still likes them for some reason. I guess the train wreck mentality. And because my computer is in the same room as the TV, I get subjected to them as well. They are truly, truly awful. You'd think I'd have learned by now to put on the headphones and play a game, but I haven't.

I was about to say that the only reason I'd watch Ghost Whisperer is to see JLH's b00bs but it doesn't sound like it would be worth it

My wife and I used to follow Ghost Whisperer which we nicknamed Booby Whisperer, but it started to lose it's way and we stopped watching after a couple of seasons. Very formula, but also easy watching. My wife will watch anything with a hunky guy in it and she thought Jim was quite tasty.

ubarose wrote: I'm thinking that maybe we watch it becasue it's like fashion porn. The thin story is just an excuse for the main female characters to change their outfits a half dozen times.

Do guys watch crap that they know is crap?

Yes, absolutely, they're just different kinds of shows---and sports. Spartacus Blood and Sand is a great example of this.

Do guys watch crap they know is crap? Of course:

The A-Team
Hogan's Heroes
Every Fast and Furious Movie
Bay Watch

I'm sure there are plenty more.

At least those ones' you mention have a script. The worst thing about t.v. is unscripted television. That is by far the worst t.v. possible. It's just an excuse to not hire writers or actors. It's also the furthest thing from reality possible. NO ONE acts the same on national t.v. as they do in private. That camera changes you big time.

That one show where people whore their daughters out to beauty pagents at embarrassingly young ages is the worst one I can think of. It just gives those slime balls a reason to do what they do; "Hey, dress you pre-teen daughter up as a slut and we'll put her on t.v." Sounds great right?

I don't even know what it's called but that is the worst show I know of.

Personally, all I watch right now is Hockey and Buffy. I'm on season 6 and I love it (although not as much as his other shows).

I have a crap weakness for Kitchen Nightmares. Fuck. Ramsay should open a game store and do reviews.

And yeah, my lady watches fucking Ghost Whisperer too. Aye yi yi.

The worst thing about t.v. is unscripted television.

Don't even get me started on Operation Repo. The show makes me enraged.

I have a crap weakness for Kitchen Nightmares. Fuck. Ramsay should open a game store and do reviews.

The best part is when the owner of a shit hole that's about to go belly up starts telling Gordon (Mr. Millionaire-world class-successful restauranteer) Ramsay that he doesn't know what he's talking about and the chef is going to keep doing what he's been doing.

Remember that digital format switch for network television a couple of years ago? I didn't make the switch. At the time, I lived in an apartment in a very hilly section of town. I already got bad tv reception, and I knew that bad reception with digital doesn't mean static, it means a complete loss of all audio and video at times. My only alternative was to pay the local cable monopoly a stupid amount of money for basic cable, or beg my landlord to let me put up a satellite dish on the roof.

Instead, I just stopped watching television. Completely. I realized that I was only watching:

1. depressing news broadcasts featuring corporate Ken and Barbie
2. too many reality tv shows
3. whatever else was on, just because

So I stopped, and I haven't really missed it. Once in a while, I want to watch something in particular. So I download it and watch in on the computer. Unless it's sports, which can be a real pain to see online for free, because the pro sports crowd is still too stupid to grasp the potential for online advertising.

Otherwise, I just use my television set for watching movies. Unfortunately, watching movies has become a new problem, because the video rental store has almost completely vanished from the Twin Cities. No, I don't want to fucking watch a movie on a small computer screen instead of on my big screen tv. And besides, bandwidth is becoming a problem on weekend nights, because lots of Americans are streaming their movie rentals from Netflix or whatever.

So this is totally ridiculous, but now when a friend or two are at my place and want to watch a movie, we tend to go buy a dvd. First we check my dvd collection to see if there is anything they want to see. If not, we go to a local pawnshop or thrift store and buy a used movie for $3, which is pretty comparable to what I paid a couple of years ago for movie rentals.

Realistically, I need to look at connecting my tv to the internet and then stream my rentals from an online service. But until the bandwidth issue is resolved, I don't feel motivated yet.

Oh yeah, 100% I fucking hate Goat Whisperer...what a load of irrelevant, illogical bullshit...and what the fuck does anyone want to talk to goats for anyway?

JonJacob wrote: I don't even know what it's called but that is the worst show I know of.

Toddlers and Tiaras. I know this because my kids watch this when I'm not watching them. They also watch the one about extreme couponing, which is basically ok, and the one about extreme kid parties (where the parents spend up to around $35k on a party for a 6yo), which is not.

Goddamn, Toddlers and Tiaras is literally the worst thing on TV and that's saying something.

jpat wrote:

JonJacob wrote: I don't even know what it's called but that is the worst show I know of.

Toddlers and Tiaras. I know this because my kids watch this when I'm not watching them. They also watch the one about extreme couponing, which is basically ok, and the one about extreme kid parties (where the parents spend up to around $35k on a party for a 6yo), which is not.

Ignorance was bliss. Thanks. Dick.