Gonna throw up.....

tonyb
tonyb Posts: 32,957
edited October 2012 in The Clubhouse
The wife, yes another story, is addicted to stupid reality TV shows. Housewives of Jersey, Orange County, New York, and buffu Iowa. Sister wives is another. She stumbled across the most idiotic show I have ever layed eyes on. You can actually feel the brain cells dieing as you watch this show. I'm totally ashamed that this is a part of america. Even though I've know it all along, having it played out infront of you just turns your stomache.

What show is it ? Honey Boo Boo....are you effin' kidding me ? Just a small rant guys, because I can't believe someone thought these people to be TV worthy.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited September 2012
    Don't you ever refer to Iowa as buffu, ever, again. City boy!
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    edited September 2012
    My wife only watches HGTV (which isn't too bad) and complains when I watch a movie twice. That's why I have multiple TV's. I agree on the reality TV shows. Worthless.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited September 2012
    codyc1ark wrote: »
    Don't you ever refer to Iowa as buffu, ever, again. City boy!

    Birds fly upside down over Iowa because it ain't worth crapping on... Lol
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited September 2012
    After almost 30 years with the wife, I just roll with it!!:biggrin:
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,114
    edited September 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Birds fly upside down over Iowa because it ain't worth crapping on... Lol
    Hey now I resent that! Being raised in Minnesota and getting transfered down here, Its actually ducks not birds. I used to say that To all the Iowans that rented from my parents Resort or stopped buy the bait and tackle shop we used to point them to the cane poles. I now live in Iowa ironic isnt it, they say pay backs a **** I get to hear all those references every time I head back North to the motherland:smile: Skol Vikings Go Gophers over the Hawkeyes. Iowas a pretty cool place you ought to mossey on down here and check it out next time your in the Twin Cities.
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  • jon1redleg
    jon1redleg Posts: 242
    edited September 2012
    Came home from work today and wife told me the toilet is clogged. She said she tried to plung it but can't get it.
    Naturally with kids in the house I had to ask "DID ANYONE TOSS SOMETHING IN IT?"

    She replied with "NO!" and that she was in their when they went ( potty training ) the 3 year olds she watches.

    Well after about 20 minutes with plungger and no luck , I get out the shop vac to drain tank and bowl. IT is then
    that I hear a "clank " and guess what I found?

    It wasn't a toy or anything like that, it was my DEODORANT!!!!!


    If wife was with kids every time they went then HOW DID IT GET THEIR?


    Must of been the NOT ME kid from FAMILY CIRCUS right?:idea:
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  • Hobbyguy
    Hobbyguy Posts: 317
    edited September 2012
    Especially good touch with your spelling of dying and stomach.
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  • jon1redleg
    jon1redleg Posts: 242
    edited September 2012
    oops wrong place!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2012
    Based on the thread title, I thought you had been watching MSNBC again:lol:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    edited September 2012
    Reality TV is another example of the US being dumbed-down. . . so sad

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited September 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    The wife, yes another story, is addicted to stupid reality TV shows. Housewives of Jersey, Orange County, New York, and buffu Iowa. Sister wives is another. She stumbled across the most idiotic show I have ever layed eyes on. You can actually feel the brain cells dieing as you watch this show. I'm totally ashamed that this is a part of america. Even though I've know it all along, having it played out infront of you just turns your stomache.

    What show is it ? Honey Boo Boo....are you effin' kidding me ? Just a small rant guys, because I can't believe someone thought these people to be TV worthy.

    I am doubly offended by the Boo Boo. Because my nickname for my daughter when she was born over 15 years ago was Booboo! So this SHOW is REALLY pissing me off!

    I've actually never seen more than a few seconds of it. But this is a copyright infringement!

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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited September 2012
    codyc1ark wrote: »
    Don't you ever refer to Iowa as buffu, ever, again. City boy!
    oh c'mon... you know how much more advanced those folk are than us plain ol' farmers....
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited September 2012
    I would be surprised if ANYONE who watched that crap had a decent stereo system! I mean, it's polar opposites on the evolutionary scale. :razz:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited September 2012
    GlennDog wrote: »
    Reality TV is another example of the US being dumbed-down. . . so sad

    Yes, there certainly is a "Culture Of Stupidity" in America today, and it has been embraced by the lunatic fringe as a political litmus test. :rolleyes:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,772
    edited September 2012
    Like Hunter S. Thompson, I prefer to watch the (analog) static.
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited September 2012
    Dude when she gave birth to a kid with 3 thumbs I almost threw up.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2012
    Honey boo boo is crazy lol, the family has no shame and I think this is part of the charm. The mother aka big moma has been nicknamed.... The human thumb lmao. Next time the wife watches Tony ask her if big momas head looks like a human thumb
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited September 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Birds fly upside down over Iowa because it ain't worth crapping on... Lol

    *shakes fist*
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited September 2012
    Yeah, caught 5 minutes of this the other day, and lost like 5 trillion brain cells, and here I thought I only had 4 trillion. It's the new height of low.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    edited September 2012
    Entertainment has changed, and so does time and generation gaps. Instead of being bothered, change with it but instill solid values. Personalities change but values do not. Keep that baby boomer attitude alive, and we shall soldier on.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited September 2012
    codyc1ark wrote: »
    *shakes fist*

    You guys do have some smart people in Iowa. I understand that AstroTurf was invented there to keep the cheerleaders from grazing during football games, and the guy that started U-haul came from there too. After some 50 attempts to build a trailer, he finally figured it out and took I35 Southbound, and a new business was born...:wink::cheesygrin::cheesygrin::cheesygrin::lol:
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    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited September 2012
    halenhoang wrote: »
    Personalities change but values do not. Keep that baby boomer attitude alive, and we shall soldier on.

    The baby boomer are the ones that messed things up to begin with... and VALUES, morals and personalities have all gone to hell in a hand-basket. I am all for changing with the times, but what is happening now is beyond stupid. I see more formerly atractive young women(and men, but I don't swing that way) that have given up their god-given looks to become Borneo Tribal wannabes than I care to count.

    Society is coming apart at the seams.. these shows are not the disease, but rather the symptoms of much larger problems.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited September 2012
    I saw like 10 mins of this show and wanted those 10 mins of my life back.

    Just so wrong, so so wrong, and stupid, so so stupid. Then people wonder why I just want to sit in a room and listen to music all day then watch TV.

    BLAH
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  • philr168
    philr168 Posts: 91
    edited September 2012
    A new low in reality TV
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited September 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    .. these shows are not the disease, but rather the symptoms of much larger problems.

    Exactly my good man. The children of the hippies have now grown up. Whats next ? The dumbing down of America continues at warp speed.
    The lack of creativety astounds me at times in the TV world, much like the lack of talent in the music buisness these days. They give anyone with cleavage a microphone, barely dress them and let them hop around on stage and whalla....a new sensation is born. Actual singing talent is secondary and in some cases not even necessary.

    Hollywood used to have some class to it, not anymore. It's a shame that such a powerfull medium as television has turned into a hodge podge of brain dead viewing.
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  • cowtrimmer
    cowtrimmer Posts: 201
    edited September 2012
    I have seen the commercials and 30 seconds is about all i can take. :lol:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited September 2012
    The best thing thats happened to television in recent memory is the cancellation of Jersey Shore. The saddest part of that show, IMO, is that all of those mindless knuckleheads are now millionaires. I blame the segment of the population that watched and allowed this show to go on and on for years and NOT the cast of the show. It's the same with any other piece of trash show on these days. Stop watching
    No excuses!
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited September 2012
    I feel for ya' Tony. There sure is a lot of slop on the tube. Luckily for me the worst my wife likes is Dancing w/ the Stars. Which isn't too bad though. She likes the show, I like the skimpy outfits!!!
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited September 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    What show is it ? Honey Boo Boo....are you effin' kidding me ? Just a small rant guys, because I can't believe someone thought these people to be TV worthy.
    GlennDog wrote: »
    Reality TV is another example of the US being dumbed-down. . . so sad
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Yes, there certainly is a "Culture Of Stupidity" in America today, and it has been embraced by the lunatic fringe as a political litmus test. :rolleyes:
    halenhoang wrote: »
    Entertainment has changed, and so does time and generation gaps.
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Society is coming apart at the seams.. these shows are not the disease, but rather the symptoms of much larger problems.

    Some people in this country have always enjoyed freak shows and other forums of deviant public "entertainment". Prior to television and reality shows, there were traveling carnivals with bearded ladies, people with severe deformities, people with severe mental disorders (watch him bite the head off a live chicken), etc. Public executions, both the legal variety and mob lynchings, would draw crowds from miles around. I don't ever recall a time when most people could resist slowing down to to get a good long look at a horrible traffic accident in the other lane.

    Looking further back a couple thousand years, I hope we never sink to the levels of ancient Rome where an afternoon's "entertainment" for thousands of people consisted of going to the coliseum to watch innocent people be fed to lions or be butchered by gladiators. The ancient Romans weren't content to watch a simple athletic contest. Oh no. They wanted to watch gladiatorial athletes compete to death. If typical Roman citizens from that era could come from the past and see our reality shows, they would be bored to tears. They would wonder how a technologically advanced society such as ours could tolerate such boring, infantile and unstimulating entertainment. They would question our sanity. They would cringe at the thought of thousands of people piling into a sports arena to watch a professional football game where the athletes get paid large sums of money to just run up and down a field, pass a ball, catch a ball, "bump" into each other...and nobody dies. Most of the time nobody gets seriously injured.
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  • badchad
    badchad Posts: 348
    edited September 2012
    ...And here I was thinking TV was getting better. There are lots of fall dramas start: Revolution, the Sherlock Holmes show, the Chicago firefighting show. I could be crazy but it seems reality is on its way out.
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