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I hope the Discovery Channel keeps their word.
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Yeah, I think they were trying to capture the reality TV audience, but they were shit at producing those shows. So they lost their smart audience and gained a fickle reality TV audience that left when they realized the shows were shit.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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January 3, 2016 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2016 at 3:23 pm by abaris.)
(January 3, 2016 at 3:18 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Yeah, I think they were trying to capture the reality TV audience, but they were shit at producing those shows. So they lost their smart audience and gained a fickle reality TV audience that left when they realized the shows were shit. Reality tv is just a different word for shit. So that can't be the reason. Might be that the pile wasn't aromatic enough for the flies to stay. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
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January 3, 2016 at 4:01 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2016 at 4:02 pm by Alex K.)
The megalodon fake documentaries were boring. That's an unforgivable sin even for trash tv.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
(January 3, 2016 at 3:23 pm)abaris Wrote: Reality tv is just a different word for shit. So that can't be the reason. Might be that the pile wasn't aromatic enough for the flies to stay. But I think they were trying to get on the "unscripted" reality shows like Pawn Stars, American Chopper, or American Restoration. Some of those shows were entertaining, if not informational at times. But in the end, the ones Discovery poduced were not as good as the ones History chose.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
PM me your email address to join the Slack chat! I'll give you a taco(or five) if you join! --->There's an app and everything!<---  (January 3, 2016 at 12:46 pm)abaris Wrote: Now if the History Channel were to air history instead of hystery, I'm tempted to call that a miracle. Yeah, I got really tired of Ancient Anglicans! I mean, come on!
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
American Chopper unscripted? Well color me suspicious.
That's why the double quotes. Called unscripted, in reality anything but.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
PM me your email address to join the Slack chat! I'll give you a taco(or five) if you join! --->There's an app and everything!<---  (January 3, 2016 at 12:46 pm)abaris Wrote: Now if the History Channel were to air history instead of hystery, I'm tempted to call that a miracle. The History Channel is a damn disgrace. Even before its current programming nadir, it was little more than a military recruitment tool for several years. I have to believe that there is an audience hungry for substantive programming that features well made, thoughtful documentaries about history. It amazes me that they can't figure out how to tap that market. (January 3, 2016 at 6:04 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: The History Channel is a damn disgrace. Even before its current programming nadir, it was little more than a military recruitment tool for several years. It is. Sometimes it's just plain stupid. Like the series with Olly Steed, who's an absolute numbnut. Discovering the secrets of history by interviewing the mralstoners of the world. My ass. You know, the Discovery as well as the History channel viewed with European eyes is a curious mixture of Goebbels programming and Soviet style Working Class Hero presentation. Sensationalist, militarist and know your place like.
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