I
am a bonafide TV addict. I watch anything and everything as long as it
is interesting, funny or educative and sometimes just to catch up on the
entertainment industry. I am the sort that identifies video vixens from
one music video to the next.
As a TV addict, I watch some
reality shows because they are imposed on us by all these channels.
Every channel probably has one reality show or two these days! I usually
watch to see how those people interact with their friends, families and
if they are who they portray to be in the media.
Much as I love
some like Jerseylicious-endless drama, Life In The Fab Lane-Kimora's
work ethic and Real Housewives Of Atlanta-more drama! There are so many
that I have grown to stop watching because the characters keep on
reminding me why I HATE them and their shows!
Poor choice in role models.
I don't know if you have noticed the people they choose to have reality
shows. They are not the sort you'd like your children or anyone who
knows better to look up to. As a viewer, we tend to look up to people we
identify with probably because we share the same values, morals and
work ethic? If someone told me they identify with Snooki, Holly Madison
etc., I would think there is something wrong with them.
Pretentious Celebrities.
I abhor reality show celebrities who pretend the routes to stardom they
used are lies and on top of that: act like born royalty who deserves to
be treated as such! I believe people can change, try to become good but
please; don't act like you're royalty and innocent when the world has
seen you do the nasty and more! And why do they go to donate some of
their stuff then make sure to get photographed doing charitable acts?
Fame Mongers.
A reality star's fifteen minutes of fame last as long as she/he is in
the public eye. If the show gets cancelled and there is no press even
bad press, then his or her reign ends. It is for that matter that they
do anything and everything like set up scams for TV and sponsors which
they continually deny-to stay famous. And they turn anything bad into a
business opportunity!
Product Peddlers. I have come to
realise that it is the norm for all reality stars excluding Kimora Lee
Simmons Hounsou to develop products with their names attached as brands
once they hit stardom. Is having products out there the ultimate show of
how famous they are? Isn't the fact that people watch their shows
enough without having to sell their so called "fans" stuff too?
Skewed Messages.
Have you ever watched a reality show and wondered why it is even on TV?
I ask myself that question every time I find out that 16 and Pregnant
and Teen Mom are on and it is a new season. When they came out,they had a
good message, "teenage pregnancy is not all it is cracked up to be
neither is being a teen mother" but as they progress with newer faces
and fresher babies, you wonder why they are not discontinued seeing that
they have led to a huge increment in teenage pregnancies instead of a
reduction. The message now is, "It is cool to be a teen parent because
you can become a reality star."
Recently, word got out
that someone has set up a petition for the canceling of some reality
shows which I fully support because these shows are mostly staged and
place an emphasis on vanity, greed,
promiscuity, vulgarity and over-the-top conspicuous consumption.
"Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway."- Yasmin Mogahed
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Odd Friend Requests!
I have probably been on Facebook a year
or two after its inception when it was a baby. Considering that the Social
Network is around 7 years old, I should be amongst those who have 1000+
friends as I am an addict and avid user. But this is not the case.
For a social network where you are
supposed to make virtual friends and interact freely, share opinions; I am
pretty picky when it comes to accepting friend requests. I always wonder how
the person who has sent a friend request knows me and what it is they want.
Which kind of defeats the purpose of the social network…I know. I end up
ignoring most because; some send to become your page stalkers while others to
piss you off if it happens to be a guy
who doesn't know better!
We all have a lot of people on our
friend's list who hardly comment on our status updates, posts etc. when only 20
out 500 people comment and make an effort to interact with you; does it not
make you wonder what the rest really want from your page?
I made a decision to only accept friend
requests from people I went to school with: the ones I actually talk with and
also those that I personally give my Facebook username. The random requests, I
accept and after a month, I remove them as my friends.
Recently the boy who works for us sent me
a friend request which begged the questions; what does he want from me? Is it
not an invasion of my privacy? I never want people I hardly talk to knowing my
business and they are so many where I work. And what this boy probably wants is
to show off to these people my pictures and my page basically.
I have never been the sort that limits
privacy on pictures and status updates, well... only my friends can view them.
Why exclusively limit one person when you can block the person or de-friend?
When I saw the friend request from that boy; I customized my privacy settings
immediately and limited everything after accepting his friend request!
My main concern was my pictures and there
was no way I could restrict those without restricting the status updates too,
of which everyone can comment as they like as long as it is not to be stupid
and get on my nerves. But, what is he doing by sending me a friend request?
Some people just don't know their
boundaries! But then again; my sister was right when she said every Tom Dick
Harry and wheelbarrow pusher is on Facebook nowadays.
My Facebook page is personal and private.
I don't care if you are spying whilst I am on it but don't go as far as sending
me a friend request to really stick it and show me that you have been spying!
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