thank you Strange Maps!
In other news…
I HATE MTV.
They are NOT a music channel, but rather…a
gossiping, exploiting, sell-out, money-grabbing, wanna-be soft core porn movie, butt-kissing, fake, trashy channel.
I will give you the option to choose to read my rant, or not 
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Yes, you might sense my anger towards them.
Today sent me over the edge…i watched bits of a couple of their programs..
and had the urge to puke.
Yeah, maybe the public demands trashy, conflict ridden, horrible tv.
but does that mean
YOU give them what they want???? for what?
money. Please the people..I’m upset with this.
One: “Date my Mom”
A show where “the guy” dates the moms of the girls he will be “dating” and makes a choice from those dates, and what their moms say about their daughters.
I don’t know if this is some ..sick joke by MTV, but it saddens me.
I watched Mom’s practically sell their daughters to shallow, fake men..and why?
so they could be on TV
And what was their selling point? ..sex, figure…lips..face..what SHE could do for HIM.
“My daughter likes bananas”
“My daughter would like to slide down your fire pole”
I found myself praying that..this wasn’t real, that they were JUST actors. JUST putting on a show…
This isn’t some…fundamentalist Christian “I’m better than you sinners” rant.
This is respect..honor, WORTH, love…and what I saw..was not loving parents..
Moms..what do you think your daughter is worth? What does she deserve? what makes her beautiful..and precious.
I cry writing this, because I am so grateful for my parents…that they told me every day of my life that they loved me…that I was smart, talented, beautiful, and WONDERFUL.
and you know what? I began to believe them…and I can walk with confidence now. I can be whole and be loved.
Two: Parental Control
Parents step in when they are unhappy with their child’s boyfriend or girlfriend. they line up dates for them and try to get the boyfriend/girlfriend dumped.
My frustration on this one is simple.
Apparently, we don’t know how to resolve conflict.
Apparently, we cant parent or guide our children, so we decide to throw ourselves on TV, and think that just replacing the problem, but NEVER really addressing it..is going to make it all better.
We humiliate boyfriends and girlfriends..we call them names over national television.
Instead….
of encouraging our children to BE who they ARE!!! don’t we all make better decisions when we are confident in who we are, when we feel whole, and content?
Maybe I need to lower my standards, cause I have a feeling…
the disappointment wont stop here. Maybe I’m wrong…maybe I’m not seeing something, maybe my perspective leaves no room for understanding. Maybe its all a big joke, and I’m the only one that doesn’t know.
But time has taught me..that its rarely that simple,
and that there’s often a deeper issue.
I just don’t agree…so much, that lets just get rid of MTV all together.
I think we’d be better off without it.
Is THIS what they call freedom?
ian in hamburg said,
June 3, 2008 @ 1:05 PM
What an appropriate map – that is, if Americans still call us cheeseheads as they used to when I was a kid.
Southside Bri said,
July 15, 2008 @ 8:01 AM
Not to take a jab against MTV, but there comes a time when the board of directors that make up MTV just need a kick in the nuts. First off, in order to make it into the awful MTV Movie Awards you need any one of the following requirements: movie about a superhero, massive unecessary special effects, a Disney movie, a movie that somehow references the 80’s (though the audience is surprisingly people hardly even born in the 80s), incredible dance moves, and/or Lindsday Lohan. Stellar acting? Not necessary. Plausible plot? No thanks. Really? Somewhere, Kurt Loder is vomitting in a toilet.
I also have to comment on the Real World. I flipped to the Real World Hollywood’s Reunion (yes, they actually need a reunion show), and it was just foul. They ranted about being drunk the entire show, sleeping with one another, discussing the amount of lays they had throughout the duration of the show, bringing in the ex-girlfriend to stir up more drama, and then end with the obligatory “what are you up to now” for each one to talk about their new record coming out on July 16th, their work with children and how they’ve been sober for twelve weeks. And the worst part is that there are teeny-boppers around the nation soaking this up. Even worse, they consider it something to aspire to.
This crap isn’t going to end, as these reality tv stars make careers out of it. Does Coral actually have a real job? If you call jumping from each Road Rules/Real World Challenge a job.
If you want to make it a “reality show” add an obese person, a 16 year old mom with her screaming baby, a 13 year old that plays video games all day, a retiree who can’t afford medicare, an asian college student obsessed with his Acura Integra, a mid-forties caucasian construction worker with a handlebar mustache and a hispanic migrant worker and you’ll have a minor sample of a “real world.” For fun, put them in a three bedroom one-story in western Pennsylvania.
smallhaus said,
November 30, 2008 @ 1:17 PM
i feel your suffering, i also hate MTV. The best thing to come out f that channel for years is Jackass, and that’s saying a lot. If i had a child who wanted to watch MTV i would slap him over the head and rather give him some crack, i honestly think its the preferable option of the two.
Stelios said,
December 28, 2008 @ 7:37 PM
Couldn’t agree with you more! One of our staff writers wrote something on the issue, sticking it to MTV (and the man in general). I think you’ll enjoy!
http://www.popsense.com/2008/12/not-that-i-care-but.html