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Originally Posted by bamadavefan15
This.
Also, kinda like this. Someone asks me to tutor them/study with them and then when I try to help they mess with their phone or computer. That's usually when I go, "oh shit I gotta go." I hope you fail and I ace it. This usually happens too and it really helps with the coping.
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Same. Back in 2001 I was working in the writing center. Phones obviously weren't as advanced back then, but I got the person in charge of it to make a strict rule. No cell phones allowed.
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Originally Posted by aicdmb
All of these shows on polygamy. Why are they on tv, and why arent they in jail??
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First of all, most reality TV is fake. It's either totally fake and scripted or often the subjects are asked to "put on." They're on TV because it gets ratings, which for advertisers means that people are watching their ads and they'll make money, which encourages TV networks to perpetuate this shit.
Second, polygamy is very rarely prosecuted unless it's some shit involving girls under the age of consent, or some really extreme shit. Several sects of Islam and even Judaism practice polygamy...imagine the outcry if you prosecuted one of these people? It would be G-HOD or Oy Vey.
I remember when people used to watch TV to escape, not for a dose of reality. You watched shit that was scripted and purely fictional, and that was fine. Now easily over 2/3 of shit on TV is reality-based or reality shows. I think most people have sad, pathetic lives so maybe this allows them to live vicariously.