What Possesses People To Be So Stupid?

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I was watching funny video clips on YouTube when I came across this little gem. And it raised a few questions in my mind.

1. Why are people so stupid?
   
   I know people are supposed to be really bad at evaluating risk. But why would anybody take part in that show? Is money so tight in America people throw their lives away on TV for a few thousand dollars?
   
   
2. America prides it's self as being the pinnacle of western technologically developed society. How is it possible for such a society to produce such dross? Surely we can do better than this?

 

holy crap.

excuse me while i proceed to crack open my frontal bone in a frantic attempt to use my palm to splatter my brains against the inside of my occiput.

 

What the hell is this? :| A lie detector game show of some sort?

 

I dunno which is worse, the woman for wanting to carry on ("I'm really not concerned about the money," MY FAVOURITE FRENCH **** she's not), or the show for asking questions that.. well, honestly, could that have had any other outcome? :/

I love that she still thought she's a good person after all that, though Or at least, answered that she did. The prize for shows like that is she gets anaesthesia before they conduct electric shock therapy

 

To be fair, our society rejected this dross. That show didn't last long.

 

'Mericuh. The land of cinnamon flavoured dental floss and lemon scented toilet paper. Look how many people watch jerry springer. Look at the education system and you'll know why.

 

That might be true, but it probably got replaced by something less crappy but crappy none the less.

I am convinced that there is a gene responsible for stupidity.

 

Thats is no worse than Big Brother, cringe factor wise

Though a Dutch format origenally, iIthink you will agree it was very popular in the UK

 

Jerry Springer? It really is. It's like the unholy love child of Jerry Springer and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. How does this stuff even get on TV in the first place? I mean is there some kind of agency with a database of feckless greedy morons?

 

I feel incredibly bad for the husband. That game show is horrendous. That last part when they brought her old flame was a disgusting move, but at least he saw her for who she is.

 

Yeah, I just cringed at that point. It was obvious what he was going to ask and what she was going to say.

 

Television works the same way everywhere: people who may or may not know what they're doing put stuff on the air, and what people watch stays on the air. If there is trash on the television, it is the fault of the people who are willing to watch it. Hate the game, not the player.

EDIT: BTW, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is just a quiz show. What's wrong with that?

 

Well I'm trying to understand just what sort of person would volunteer for a show like that.

There's nothing wrong with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I was drawing parallels with the elements presented in the game show in the clip to illustrate that it goes beyond what we see on something like Jerry Springer. Not only do we have people blurbing out all their dirty secretes in life. It's now a "game". At least with Jerry Springer they make an effort to pretend to be there to help people.

For some reason when they're not even making the effort to pretend any longer it seems a lot worse. A whole lot more callus and shallow.

 

Well, on the show you originally posted, the motivator was money. As for something like Springer, you've got me there. I have no idea where these people come from.

 

People do get paid to appear on shows like Jerry Springer.

 

There you go. There are lots of people who will do anything for money.

 

People think Idiocracy is a comedy. It's a documentary.

 

Ooh, good point, Frodo. A lot of people just want their 15 minutes.

 

Hell, a lot of people want their 15 minutes, but there are more dignified ways to do it that crapping on your husband on TV