quote:That there's nothing funny about hurting animals and babies?
I think that sometimes things are funny because they're tragic. Sometimes the best way to deal with tragedies that we are powerless to change is to find a way to laugh about them. It's not always right, but it's a lot less depressing.
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Arsenic and Old Lace is currently running at BYU -- if you haven't heard of it, it's about a pair of old ladies who regularly poison men who rent a room in their house and bury them in their cellar. Their nephew is a psychotic serial killer who decides to use their house as a base of operations.
It's freaking hilarious--everything and everyone is silly and crazy and fun. Why do people laugh at such dark content? The director's theory is that laughter is a coping mechanism for scary events. That's why people laugh at them -- if it actually happened in their lives, it would be horrific and tragic.
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They will learn when they stop making money from people watching their shows. If you want them to change, stop rewarding what they do.
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I avoid bad songs like the plague, so I can't understand why I can't avoid stupid shows. What I really need is a job. Being out of work over the last week or so has driven me completely insane.
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Seriously, get rid of the television, Syn. Unplug it, shove it into a closet, and post a flyer at the library or something offering it for $25 or $50 or whatever you think you can get for it.
That's how you avoid stupid shows. It's something simple that you can do RIGHT NOW to make a positive change in your life. Do it!
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Get addicted to an MMORPG. best one out right now is WoW. You won't worry about your TV.. your friends... your family... hygene... eating... going to the bathroom....
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I kind of need it for video games and the shows that really are good. Like Bernie Mac and House.
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You don't *need* a television, though it is nice to have sometimes. Nothing you get from a television is a "need". Not even the news, since you seem to have a perfectly good computer handy.
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there's always dling the good shows. I ought to watch the Sopranos I dled. Now that's one quality show even though I hate violence.
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