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Anson · 07-02-2003, 06:21 PM

I agree with your rant Xeluan. But that doesn't stop me watching it.

Anachronix · 07-03-2003, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by Xeluan
[rant] What pisses me off about the whole reality TV phenomenon is how poeple with no discernable talent or redeeming qualities are offered up on the altar of celebrity and suddenly those who regard TV Week as an intellectual journal hail them as possessing some sort of insight into all things based only on the fact they have been locked in a house for a couple of months doing nothing more than scratching their collective behinds and engaging in utterly banal conversations and it illustrates how pathetic things are when the decietful, manipulative Jo suddenly gets jobs offers from law firms (not exactly the bastions of integrity themselves so her qualities mauy work well in this case) that she would have no hope if she had to solely compete on merits and not on flashing her tits and I am ashamed that I actually know her name but she damn well keeps popping up on the publicity merry go round that she is so hard to miss and now in the pursuit of ratings some trollop from Britian who seems utterly despicable as a human being is being brought over to encourage more of the medicore of society to rise well above their stations and bypass achieving anything on merit which sends a great message in that it doesn't matter if you are stupid with no real talent, no admirable character traits or anything worthwhile to offer TV will find you a niche and bring you fame until next year when you are forgotten and the horror dawns that your 15 minutes are up and fame will now consists of making appearances at shopping malls or charity events in the vain hope that someone may remember who you were and what you did but the reality is that you are as obscure as before and being in a unique situation did not make you unique yourself nor a contribute anything of worth in the end./[rant]

I think that's the longest single sentence I've ever seen.

But you're right

Xeluan · 07-03-2003, 05:21 AM

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Originally posted by Anachronix
I think that's the longest single sentence I've ever seen.

Well, if you going to rant then those run on sentences are the way to go. Imagine a Sam Kekovich sorta of style and you'll get the whole picture.

Xeluan · 07-03-2003, 05:22 AM

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Originally posted by Anson
I agree with your rant Xeluan. But that doesn't stop me watching it.

And if I find myself in a mellow mood on Sunday and my girlfriend wants to watch it I, solely in the interests of monitoring this debasement of television, may also tune in.

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Anson Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 109	I agree with your rant Xeluan. But that doesn't stop me watching it.

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