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It's exactly the same concept as reality TV and that's nothing new. Even before that, soap operas and celebrity gossip. Screaming and yelling random stuff is si
by simias 9y ago
It's exactly the same concept as reality TV and that's nothing new. Even before that, soap operas and celebrity gossip. Screaming and yelling random stuff is simply a way of being "funny", especially when you target a younger audience.
I remember in the mid-to-late 90's when the internet was getting big I thought that would be the end of those low-effort TV shows because soon everybody could access niche content that would interest them more. Love the german baseball league? You can read, watch and discuss about it. Enjoy the Edo period of japanese history? Thousands of web pages are waiting for you. Anywhere. Any time. Who would even bother watching The Bachelor instead of pursuing their interests?
Of course in retrospect I was naive. Sometimes we just want to be entertained. Sometimes we want to watch The Bachelor. And apparently for some people "The Bachelor" is a twenty-something yelling in a microphone overlayed on top of some videogame footage.