Number 2: Hooray for Mental Scarring!

This conversation has been carried onward through multiple forms of conversation, and I figured it'd only be right to bring it up here.

During the writer's strike, the television executives of Hollywood had to rely upon the lowest form of entertainment in order to achieve their ratings: reality television. Several horrible shows were spawned through the strike, including, but not limited to: My Big Redneck Wedding, My Dad is Better than Your Dad, Farmer Needs a Wife (I kid you not), and finally, The Moment of Truth.

It seems to me that our country has degraded enough so that the purpose of reality television is to watch other people suffer, and Moment of Truth is an excellent example of this. In the show, people are hooked up to lie detectors and must answer questions truthfully for money. Unfortunately, all of the questions are about the vict-err, contestant's personal life, and with their loved ones sitting in the audience, there's a lot more than money on the line.

But here's the thing; the people on this show really want the money. I mean, so much that they are willing to put their marriage on the line in order to win the $500,000. Oh, and did I mention that if you ever happen to answer a question falsely, you lose the game and all the money you've collected?

When the questions are things like, "Do you know anything about your mother that your father doesn't," "Have you ever stolen money from the bank you work at," and "If your ex-boyfriend wanted to get back together with you, would you leave your husband for him," you're pretty much risking your entire life.

And then you lose...basically. You do win a wonderful consolation prize: divorce papers!

It just saddens me that humanity has sunken to this level of low, and that the show has enough ratings to keep it on the air. Uggh...thank goodness the writer's are back.

So that's pretty much it for today's post. If you're reading this, feel free to comment! Later!