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RKP5637

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19. Yep, TV is pretty much crap today, often I just sit here clicking through the
Tue Dec 24, 2013, 12:45 AM
Dec 2013

channels, I can see where some might enjoy it by not taking it too seriously.

Oh come on now! You don't like watching grown men Rex Dec 2013 #1
A & E has pulled the best scam customerserviceguy Dec 2013 #2
A&E started as a cable version of PBS, now it's junk. Dawson Leery Dec 2013 #6
TLC started out as "The Learning Channel" customerserviceguy Dec 2013 #9
TLC use to be one of my favorites, now it's fallen by the wayside too, just another crap channel. nt RKP5637 Dec 2013 #12
Yep, I recall when A&E was a 'go to' first rate channel, now it's fallen victim to RKP5637 Dec 2013 #11
the amount of people who watch this crap is chilling. lunasun Dec 2013 #3
America is well on its way to total Idiocracy. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #13
No doubt whatsoever. nt valerief Dec 2013 #27
No doubt about it. nt Zorra Dec 2013 #48
it's the modern version of the confederate flag Skittles Dec 2013 #4
Excellent summation! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #14
Have never watched the thing, and I'm grateful. PDJane Dec 2013 #5
First 10 minutes will lower your IQ 20 points, beyond that, your IQ is not RKP5637 Dec 2013 #16
Relative to 99% of what's on tv... Lost_Count Dec 2013 #7
Yep, TV is pretty much crap today, often I just sit here clicking through the RKP5637 Dec 2013 #19
Aprox. 2 million people believe the moon landing was a hoax. Lint Head Dec 2013 #8
Yeah, like you said, a curiosity, peeking into an unfamiliar life, perhaps. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #20
Wonder how many of those two millian morans were even alive when it happened? madinmaryland Dec 2013 #45
My question is this: Marie Marie Dec 2013 #10
Yeah, he was on there, I think. I try to ignore him, but I'm sure it was him, business RKP5637 Dec 2013 #17
Never saw it and can't stand any of the so called "reality" doc03 Dec 2013 #15
Yep, low cost cheap budget shows with minimal overhead and good profits for the vultures. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #18
I've never seen it Spirochete Dec 2013 #21
Yep, there seem to be a number of similar ones, not as popular as DD. Most are RKP5637 Dec 2013 #24
Sounds like stuff on TV is just getting worse Spirochete Dec 2013 #33
No, you definitely have not, I usually turn to the Roku box. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #35
I do watch it from time to time auntsue Dec 2013 #22
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #26
Half the U.S. population is horribly moronic. It's a hit show because it caters to stupid people. nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #23
Sadly, that is so factual. Probably what gets to me is DD illustrates the stupidity of RKP5637 Dec 2013 #25
America is cultivated by the 1% to be stupid and to revel in stupidity. nt valerief Dec 2013 #28
And this, as the rest of earth continues to walk, perhaps run, right past America RKP5637 Dec 2013 #29
Prolefeed Strelnikov_ Dec 2013 #38
Yep, the 1% is strategizing right from 1984. nt valerief Dec 2013 #42
The few minutes I saw they were killing beavers with assault weapons... tridim Dec 2013 #30
Yeah, Sarah and apparently Bobby Jindal too. The cruelty and hatred is RKP5637 Dec 2013 #31
Someone gave me this quote yesterday. valerief Dec 2013 #43
So you think Duck Dynasty is a stupid program? Enthusiast Dec 2013 #32
Part of my family was from rural areas and I don't ever recall morons like this running around. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #34
Where I live guys that hand catch snapping turtles Enthusiast Dec 2013 #47
Now you reminded me ... actually some of my friends in my youth use to RKP5637 Dec 2013 #50
I love that show. He's a yokel for sure, but he's crafty when it comes to dealing with animals. Erose999 Dec 2013 #36
Oh, yeah. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #46
A&E, All The Discovery Channels, TLC otohara Dec 2013 #37
And all of the ghost reality shows, what bullshit they are. I've always been RKP5637 Dec 2013 #39
Fake as hell and the ignorant masses eat it up damnedifIknow Dec 2013 #40
make money while the sun shines dembotoz Dec 2013 #41
Creating the Idiocracy pays damn well for all of the actors of Duck Dynasty and the owners of A&E: freshwest Dec 2013 #44
Excellent analysis! They just don't get it, how they are pawns in a giant game, and RKP5637 Dec 2013 #51
Unfortunately, we are also doomed to live with this cultural 'dead zone' and will feel its effects. freshwest Dec 2013 #52
Yes, quite true, I get very concerned about that sometimes because they are RKP5637 Dec 2013 #53
Thankfully I've never watched it and I don't intend to. nt Raine Dec 2013 #49
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