“Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.” -Gallagher-
About 70 years ago television was something new, unique and extremely limited. A couple of black and white channels coming in and out of constant static were part of having one. There were 1 or 2 popular channels for entertainment and of course the news.
It seems that in today’s world a person who doesn’t own a TV or cable is incredibly uncommon. TV’s come in all shapes and sizes and with different screens, ranging from LCD’s to Plasma’s. They even come with remote controls so that one doesn’t have the need to get up and turn the dial. Thousands of intense colors swim in the bright screens of emanating light. And although this is all incredibly fascinating, in today’s world it is nothing out of the ordinary. People take it for granted and if anything goes wrong they curse at it because it’s not working the way it should be.
That is, in today’s world we have hundreds of channels, instead of only a few, but more in terms of quantity instead of quality. Every channel that used to have its specialty seems to have lost its glory throughout the years. For example if you think of MTV; it started off as an incredible music video broadcasting channel and ended up showing the most pointless reality TV shows one after another. And another would be Cartoon network, the friendly cartoons ranging from Tom and Jerry to the Flintstones, which now only shows strange animated TV series and even the occasional movie.
It seems as though the industry no longer cares about what they are showing, so long as they make a profit from it. Killing all the original thoughts, and filling the minds of children, teens and adults with unpleasant and useless material. All they accomplish is killing millions of brain cells of the people hoping that maybe something good will come on, even though it is practically hopeless.
Instead of focusing on what is important and what each channel should represent as its own. Sadly the world of television and all of its wonders has come down to what show earns the biggest cash and it only seems to be getting worse every day.
About Me
- Michelle K.
- Panama, Panama
- Once upon a time in a far far away kingdom called Panama. Ok. Maybe not so far away. Anyway, on a relatively high floor of a building by the sea, lived a girl named Michelle. That girl is me. Acting silly is what I do.I spend most of my time laughing or joking around. Yes, I do know that there is a time and a place . . . need I say more? When it comes to fashion or clothing I may be a bit eccentric at times, but I don't care, cause that is who I am no matter what others may think. I can't really tell you everything about myself cause I'd be giving away everything you'd learn if you got to know me, and where's the fun in that? (It's like knowing what's inside all your present boxes under the Christmas tree). It just ruins the surprise. Well, that's all I'm going to tell you for now and, by the way, my favorite color is black.
1 comment:
The hidden cause of it all was due to greed. When capitalism hit its major influence of this cold war period, money seemed to be the ultimate focus of everyone's life. To a certain point it is disgustingly frustrating.
System wise, it is reasonable, a medium to ease the trading process and development of a proactive life style where work, pleasure, support and management are all insinuated to grow. Nonetheless, people began to take work for granted, and take this trade for granted and realized that they should have more since they're no longer sweating like a pig to keep your family alive. One just need to go to this location, do a certain task which could be easily completed, and voila~ PLEASURE! Eventually the ultimate conclusion is, "hey, since my dad worked like a pig and got a house, then for me to work like a pig, I could get 3 houses and 2 cards and 5 women with kids!....WHY NOT!"
Then the cycle of greed began its course. From politicians needing to grow a country to a futuristic self sustainable city turning into a slaving hierarchy which feeds themselves overly much. From education facilities supposely teaching people to survive life much easier turning into a stepping stone to train everyday civilians into victims of never ending indirect slavery. From Works being something which people do to improve the community into a better living environment, which turned into a task which they do meaninglessly in order to get that extra bottle of vodka at the end of every 5 days. From entertainment being something we perform and present as a medium to release pass time and inner passion which hits to the point where everyone uses it to sell something....
To stop all this is very simple. Nuke the world, create a war which causes extreme deaths all over. Eventually whoever doens't want to fight will kill all those who want to kill. And a new calm will araise. sad, but true.
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