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Hamlette

(15,555 posts) Wed Aug 23, 2023, 01:10 AM Aug 2023

I'm addicted to reality TV. Should I worry? [View all]

I've always read nonfiction so maybe it isn't so odd but after Colbert and Stewart at the Emmys I wonder if I would admit say it out loud. My favorite 5 minutes of comedy ever:

Currently I'm hooked on Gold Rush. I know. Trash but I can't stop myself.

What should I try next?

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I'm addicted to reality TV. Should I worry? [View all] Hamlette Aug 2023 OP

Not really! keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #1

At least it's not Unreality TV. Kablooie Aug 2023 #2

To use the immortalized words of Harris Faulkner: MutantAndProud Aug 2023 #3

Nope. Now we can make fun of you like all the people that watched "The Apprentice"! LOL brewens Aug 2023 #4

I was one of those suckers. RandySF Aug 2023 #5

oh please, I didn't ever watch the Apprentice! Hamlette Aug 2023 #6

Yes you should be worried. It is unhealthy Emile Aug 2023 #7

Not to worry debm55 Aug 2023 #8

Probably, especially gold rush...oi. Chakaconcarne Aug 2023 #9

they all reclaim the land Hamlette Aug 2023 #10

Well, Reality TV was created during the 2005 SAG Writers Strike in order to not pay writers Hestia Aug 2023 #11