I never watch these crappy programmes, but the latest series of Love Island has recently started in the UK, and earlier today I read a review of it in on a newspaper's website. This line made me laugh:
"This year’s unmotley crew of buff, bronzed beauties, each burnished outwardly to a high shine by sun tan oil, and inwardly by moderate-to-severe narcissism, have all been ordered straight from the Instagram shop."
I've never been clear on why people watch these shows. Is it sorta like soap operas, where people watch because they have boring, tedious lives and they enjoy vicariously living the dramatic lives of the show's characters? Do people watch because they enjoy laughing at air-heads who are utterly lacking in self-awareness and are willing to make utter fools of themselves in search of a few minutes of fame? In the case of Love Island and similar, I'm sure some people watch simply because they like looking at pretty twenty-somethings whose toned, tanned bodies are barely covered.
Is it normal I am triggered by reality shows?
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I never watch these crappy programmes, but the latest series of Love Island has recently started in the UK, and earlier today I read a review of it in on a newspaper's website. This line made me laugh:
"This year’s unmotley crew of buff, bronzed beauties, each burnished outwardly to a high shine by sun tan oil, and inwardly by moderate-to-severe narcissism, have all been ordered straight from the Instagram shop."
I've never been clear on why people watch these shows. Is it sorta like soap operas, where people watch because they have boring, tedious lives and they enjoy vicariously living the dramatic lives of the show's characters? Do people watch because they enjoy laughing at air-heads who are utterly lacking in self-awareness and are willing to make utter fools of themselves in search of a few minutes of fame? In the case of Love Island and similar, I'm sure some people watch simply because they like looking at pretty twenty-somethings whose toned, tanned bodies are barely covered.