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2naSalit

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12. It's pretty scary...

Reply to Vinca (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 11:52 AM

Dec 15

To realize how many gullible people out there watch teevee and actually believe any of the entertainment reality shows are real. I've met a few and found that there is no way to convince them otherwise.

Terrifying.

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In a nation in which Anna Gunn, the TV actress [View all] PCIntern Dec 15 OP

OMG - I hadn't heard that about Anna Gunn. That's totally, freaking insane. Vinca Dec 15 #1

It's pretty scary... 2naSalit Dec 15 #12

Gen Z will be an interesting study newdeal2 Dec 15 #2

Good point PCIntern Dec 15 #3

seems like so many of them reject their parents and families. mopinko Dec 15 #9

Main Street agitators dumped tea in Boston Harbor, we thought that great too bucolic_frolic Dec 15 #4

In a nation where leaders of corporations like UHC can murder people with impunity, I really do not care Voltaire2 Dec 15 #5

Fully and completely understand... PCIntern Dec 15 #6

In a nation where school children can be slaughtered and nothing much changes... Random Boomer Dec 15 #16

"Reality TV" hasn't helped, either. KatyaR Dec 15 #7

Alfred Hitchcock did NO such thing in "Psycho." valleyrogue Dec 15 #8

Agreed...some of these examples are just wrong - there's no anti-hero in Goodfellas either Prairie Gates Dec 15 #20

You're wrong... PCIntern Dec 15 #24

I think the problem is the lionization of real life executives not film anti-heroes delisen Dec 15 #10

The CEO was not a fictional character. Iggo Dec 15 #11

I like the pirate captain tag but I'd add the orange lawless pirate captain ! kimbutgar Dec 15 #13

A major redistribution of wealth The Wizard Dec 15 #14

Dylan - "Steal a little they throw you in jail... rubbersole Dec 15 #17

PC intern,your posts are pure platinum. BattleRow Dec 15 #15

Sheriff Pat Garrett shot Billy the Kid in the back... rubbersole Dec 15 #18

You're mixing that up with Robert Ford's shooting of Jesse James Prairie Gates Dec 15 #21

Damn legal weed! rubbersole Dec 15 #23

The number of TV series and movies that feature protagonists who routinely skirt the law to catch and punish Martin68 Dec 15 #19

The inability to separate fiction from reality is a diagnosis dlk Dec 15 #22

Trump is a cosplay pirate captain. hay rick Dec 15 #25