Empress said:

Stymie said:

RodeoSchro said: i just lost all respect for you.

No kidding. I mean really, who wastes their time on this shit??

Everyone will have their own individual reasons for why they make the choices that they do in their TV viewing habits. While I can't speak for R.S. your question seems to be generally directed, I'll a take a stab at it:

Being that I live overseas and have no access to English language television outside of CNN International, I'm simply open to seeing whatever American shows I can find online, since quite frankly my life is lived in a mix of German & Italian, w /a dash of Spanish & Japanese with little chance to hear English. As much as I love my life in Europe and how exciting it can be, I still long to be entertained in my mother tongue, American English (no offense to my UK friends here ).

My day to day life can run amok with things to do, between writing, shooting, getting in that quality time with hubby, balancing home life with church activities, theology studies, social outings, tithing time on Sundays to care for special needs children; life is chock full alright! But I like to go slummin' when I watch English TV from home to take the edge off. German television, is my experience, is generally pretty highbrow compared to the US (minus the post-midnight nude commercials ) : television here essentially means endless documentaries on science, nature, history, every other channel discussing Goethe or devoted to opera and classical music etc, etc...and the news... it's always from a worldwide lens in terms of scope...but unfortunately completely uncensored, so when they chronicle daily war scenes and uprisings around the globe, you get the full monty with dead bloodied babies, people with limbs blown off and brains on the ground.

....so when I'm ready to settle in and settle down, I want THE most ridiculous entertainment I can find (sans violence or messed up behaviors from one individual towards another). It's my chance to shut off work, turn off the Wagner, dismiss yet another travelog on the exotic animals of Madagascar, and dig into pure foolishness for shits and giggles...and when it's over I just go back to the normal (often hectic) routine of life hopefully having laughed like crazy for 20-40 minutes beforehand. .

Stymie said:

RodeoSchro said:

Yes, and really not even a very good one. But even still, you should come to The Dark Side with me and watch an episode. The mom really loves her kids, and that's nice to see on a reality show!

I'm sorry. Just no.

I find those child pageants disgusting and find it more disgusting that the networks are exploiting the children even more.

Agreed! I can't stand the "Toddlers and Tiara" show, or "Dance Moms".

But the good thing about the Honey Boo Boo show is that most of it has nothing to do with paegants. It's all about their Maximum Redneck Life away from the paegant circuit.

Empress said:

Stymie said:

i just lost all respect for you.

No kidding. I mean really, who wastes their time on this shit??

You are clearing having trouble redneckonizing!

Poor T-Boz, she's so damn boring that a thread about HER becomes all about Honey boo boo chile.....

Love T-Boz, but dont know if I'm gonna watch this.

GoldDolphin said:

Love T-Boz, but dont know if I'm gonna watch this.

I love her too but I'm finding the more I know about celebrities' lives, the less I like them.

lauralevesque said:

Poor T-Boz, she's so damn boring that a thread about HER becomes all about Honey boo boo chile.....

Yeah, probably not a good sign - especially on a website whose occupants are more likely than most to have heard of T-Boz and are fans of her music.

But best of luck to her. If she needs a ratings bump, then the answer is obvious - get Honey Boo Boo to come on her show!

Stymie said:

GoldDolphin said:

Love T-Boz, but dont know if I'm gonna watch this.

I love her too but I'm finding the more I know about celebrities' lives, the less I like them.

Agreed 100%.

This is probably why we still like Prince so much. We know nothing of his personal life, so we don't get to see all the warts and imperfections that he - like everyone else in the world - has plenty of.

RodeoSchro said:

I hate to admit this.

I mean, I really really REALLY hate to admit this.

This goes against everything I've ever posted on this website, and I've posted a lot.

After I post this, you will probably never look at me the same, but I understand and accept that.

I just hope that after I post this, you all will still give me the time of day, and not laugh every time you see me here.

So want I want to say is:

Man, this is hard.

That's not what I wanted to say.

OK, here goes.

Deep breath.

What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

You all love me and won't abandon me for this.

Alright, no more beating around the bush:

I like the Honey Boo Boo show.

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OK, who are you and what have you done to Rodeo? This is not you. Did your account get hacked?

lauralevesque said:

Poor T-Boz, she's so damn boring that a thread about HER becomes all about Honey boo boo chile.....

Much love to T, but she is boring, straight up. I tried to watch her role in "Belly" but I was always waiting for DMX and Taral's scenes because Nas and T had me