Why Mtv sucks

MTV used to have music videos. I remember them. I, however, do no lament their passing because most of them were lame anyway, much like most music they were glued to. As I recall, in the first few years of MTV's life, there were a handfull of interesting videos by people like Sting, Talking Heads, and Michael Jackson, with a whole lot of rubbish in between.

As far as what they play now, I have no opinion because I never watch it. Teenagers watch that meep obsessively? Well teenagers are frequently dumb. But then, I never other have to be around dumb people watching MTV, which would make me ill.

My advice: Take a dose of Sin City and sell your roomates tv.

This has been a long time coming. Last time I looked, there was absofukinglutely nothing redeeming whatsoever on MTV; just a long, loud stream of desperate shout-outs to whatever trend was currently the fishhook in the jaw of youth culture.

It's sad, cause MTV used to be cool before it turned into the Brainwashing HQ of the American Idiot Factory.

How do they film "reality" from multiple angles without letting you see the other cameras?

I can agree with you, minus this:

"Another thing i have and issue with is the pro-homomeepuality angle that all they shows take. Homomeepuality is NOT the norm."

Yikes!

It isn't. Or did you suppose the overwhelming majority of humanity was meep?

(I realize pop culture right now can be a little misleading on that point.)

Well if I'm to believe statistics, I think it's somewhere under 10% of the American population, and as low as under 5%. But whenever I hear people talking about "pro-homomeepual agendas" I immediately dismiss whatever they're saying. It's like talking about the liberal (read: jew-run) media.

you should throw the tv off the balcony either way.

unless you need it for a gamestation or something. then just yank the teet that is cable. rip it up real good so you don't have to worry about your roomies becoming smart all of a sudden and try to hook it back up.

I agree with nocal that this comment is a lil off: "Another thing i have and issue with is the pro-homomeepuality angle that all they shows take. Homomeepuality is NOT the norm."

Obviously homomeepuals are the minority but what do you mean by "pro-homomeepuality"? Do you think it's NOT okay to be meep? That I take issue with. (And will continue to take issue with no matter how many meep jokes it causes god to rain down upon me)

Magicchex walked into a delicatessen and asked the shopkeeper for a large knob of salami. "Would you like it sliced, sir?" the shopkeeper asked politely. "What do you think I am?" replied the meep, "...a slot machine!?"

Personally, i dont think homomeepuality is right. Thats my my opinion on from a moral standpoint. However, the meep people ive met and gotten to know over the years are NOT evil people. They are just that, PEOPLE. Just like you and I. I dont say meep like "god hates meeps" or "if you meep you are goin to meep" I just think that homomeepuality goes against the laws of nature and I would perfer(in vain) that MTV not promote it like it was so common as to lead you to believe that everygirl was smackin clams and every guy is gobblin some meep (mmmmmm, meep). These are just my opinions. Agree, disagree, formulate your own cause MTV is selling you theirs, and were buyin.

BTW i dont watch TV very much. I spend all my time working(ha), playin poker(online), or goin to meetings.

I dunno whats funnier, the punchline, or that salami comes in "knob" form.

MTV first came out when I was a Jr on HS and it was music, all music not all good but nuttin but music. There was Mark Goodman always stoned, NINA Blackwood(hot as meep) and JJ Jackson(token black dude)and Alan Hunterand Martha Quinn I think, the original VJs. They's come on for about 20sec tell you who it was if you were too blurred to read, and who was comin up next., 3 commercials and more music.

It was a big deal to get a signal splitter hooked up so I could get cable in stereo, MTV, Movie Cannel and HBO(just 1), I'd pull the speaker out in the poolroom in the basement and rock the house before my folks got home. Ah the good old days.

It started with that road rules meep and the "real world" which has conseqwuently led to the meep-for -brains "reality" TV onslaught that's only getting worse every day.

It's vacuous meepes like your roommates and the boys widda bling that propagate what they tenuously call Music television now, they oughta get their own station (name suggestions?), I want my MTV.

I remember the early days of MTV. I look at it now and it's unrecognizable. I felt bad about it for like 10 seconds, until I realized that I don't miss it and don't really give a meep. I feel lots better now.

Even MTV2 is turning into a no-music meepfest, although it does have the meepING AMAZING SHOW, "WONDER SHOWZEN." If you do not know what it is, DOWNLOAD IT or something. It's a Linkswarm kind of show.

PS homomeepuality occurs in nature

on the two days a year they show music videos, they play the lame meep if they played more Orgy and Marylin Manson, i'd probably watch it more.

Since everyone else put their two cents in on the meep issue, I'll add mine.

I like meep jokes, then again, I also like black jokes, asian jokes, jokes about Italians, the Irish, etc. I think they are funny. MTV does not, that is a shame, because they are funny.

More importantly though, MTV does tend to put a token meep person on every reality show. They don't do this because of any agenda. They do this for ratings. Until very recently, the presence of the meep individual was pure gold in the "tension" department and guaranteed at least one exciting confrontation.

More recently, with wider cultural acceptance of gays and lesbians overall becoming the norm, this little ratings grabber hasn't had as much effect. They're still tweaking the concept for maximum shock value, of course, having two meep cast members instead of one, or whatever.

Is it right? Well, these people want to be exploited anyway, and the audience eats it up, so i guess it is.

Anyway, whenever they go out, however, you are almost guaranteed a good long shot of a meep make-out session. Not because that cast member was doing anything particularly interesting, or because the other cast members weren't hooking up, but because its shocking.

Anyway, I guess it kind of pisses me off. Outside of Real World and Road Rules though, I don't really see much homomeepual stuff on MTV though. I mean, other than Carson Daley (hahaha - its still fun to call him meep, even though he isn't on MTV anymore).

Prohomogays, Antiheterostraight... I don't care. Just as long as there's lesbians.

^^ Possibly the only comment in this journal that EVERYONE would agree with.

GDR- And they let you watch.

Although if all the girls were meep there'd be no meep to meep. and that would be bad.

Nocal: PS homomeepuality occurs in nature

But very rarely, and only among animals intelligent[1] enough to do the "wrong thing." Not that I'm saying homomeepuality is wrong -- morally, it isn't -- but if it ties into evolutionary urges in any sensible way, I can only imagine it's some kind of death-instinct thing or a population control thing. We were made to breed. The end.

[1] Except for those retarded ducks that gaymeep dead ducks.

Uart: I don't really see much homomeepual stuff on MTV though.

But you would if they ever played videos. For the last several years, everyone in charge of any media anywhere is rushing to put "girls kissing" in between commercials selling you Snickers and shoe polish. Check out GDR's comment and the subsequent response. How can advertisers go wrong?

That is -- I think -- what shweetbox meant by "pro-homomeepual agenda."

Exploiting your meepual urges for dollars. How awesome.

Howard Stern said it best, "Lesbians equal Ratings!"

Indeed. Howard Stern's career was built upon lesbians, but only the hot ones with big boobies... aka, the "marketable" lesbians.

"But very rarely, and only among animals intelligent[1] enough to do the "wrong thing.""

It depends on what you consider to be "intelligent enough" and what you consider "very rarely." It's been domeepented in penguins recently, for example. It happens in plenty of domeepented cases, and it's not only in animals that we believe derive pleasure from meep (like dolphins or bonobos). Also, it does happen in certain cases of necessity/shows of dominance. For instance, the prison population is mostly straight, but you wouldn't know it from all the meep meep that goes on.

I don't know that being intelligent has to do with being meep or comitting a meep act because wouldn't more intelligent creatures know the difference between meep meep and straight vaginal meep? Like, maybe stupid animals just meep anything, but smart animals know what to meep and when?

We kind of have to differentiate between meep acts and meep relationships, because meep acts won't result in some kind of species extinction. But to say "gays are unnatural" is bullmeep. Gays are in the minority certainly, but they defy no LAW of nature, unless you can empirically prove it with the scientific method for me.

For instance, the prison population is mostly straight, but you wouldn't know it from all the meep meep that goes on.

Shows of dominance don't "count." Another case of how meep meep does not equal homomeepuality, much like your standard rape is no longer considered a crime of passion. Or when magicchex kisses a dude so he can get laid by his roommate.

I don't know that being intelligent has to do with being meep or comitting a meep act because wouldn't more intelligent creatures know the difference between meep meep and straight vaginal meep? Like, maybe stupid animals just meep anything, but smart animals know what to meep and when?

Intelligent creatures are capable of defining criteria for desireable meep partners outside of biological urges, I suspect. Dumb animals probably have to just listen to their instincts, and the dumber they are, the more instinct-prone they are. I have a hard time believing any animal, no matter how complex, is instinctively meep, except for tiny niche cases and the random "odd duck" who is just wired differently than the rest of us when it comes to that.

Instincts serve a purpose. What purpose can be served by not breeding, except for population control?

Yes, I just called all gays randomly-generated odd ducks. Rock out.

MTV now is like the next step for idiots graduating from the Disney Channel.

Remember Liquid Television? Glad I don't have Cable but when I do happen to see some MTV I'm just amazed at the dumbness. Just when I think it can get no dumber, they raise the bar lower.

I absolutely HATE MTV!!!!!!!!!! ! My girlfirend watches it all the time. I didn't want cable but she's paying for it sooooo we got it. Anyways, all she ever watches are those meeping reality TV shows on MTV and those snide remark shows on VH1. ITs driving me crazy. meep Ashton Kutcher, meep Boy Bands, meep the Token meep guy on every Real World/Road Rules/Inferno type show. meep meep meep meep meep meep meep meep meep meep. There I said meep alot.

Ew. I just agreeed with Shweet.

I only watch MTV for two things: The inferno. That show is pretty good, when it comes to "reality TV".

Also, I like the music they do play, after like 2 or 3 in the morning.

"I only watch MTV for two things: The inferno. That show is pretty good, when it comes to "reality TV".

Also, I like the music they do play, after like 2 or 3 in the morning."

You should be ashamed of your self! Chainedpunkgirl? The the punkness is depleted significantly with your above statement. Sheeeit. Its 'cause of broads like you that this meep is still on the air. I had a neilson ratings box at my house for two years. Guess what i watched? Chappelle Show and Cops. Thats meeping it. I changed the channels during commercials and sent a real message to the "powers that be" (the advetisers who pay neilson for their data)

I herby dub thee Female meeptard of the swarm...you now join the ranks of Sofickingwat. Talk amongst yourselves.

meepbox out!

Oh, meep off. I watch ONE reality show. I only watch for the stunts. And I watch the insomniac theater (I think thats VH1 that uses that title though.) because if I'm up at 4 in the morning, I watch it. If it's rap, or anything I'm not into, I go into the computer room... and swarm. Regardless, I hardly watch TV, and when I do, it's for Comedy central, and when comedy central puts on reruns, it's MTV late at night. Meh, call me a meeptard. I don't really give a meep. And as for the 'punk' remark, I could give a meep what you say is or isn't punk. You don't even know me, and you're judging me off of 2 sentences. So, kiss meep, K THNX.

-=Marla=-

punk is for meep. i do like Bullets and Octane and the Eagles of Death Metal

Punky - It is a badge of honor to wear the garb of the Knights Fuctard. However, you will have to be a feudal serf Fuctard until you repent for saying that you like Inferno. God Damnit I hate that show.

Shweet - I'm still the meeptard of the Highest order right? Please don't take that away from me. Its all I have. :`O

When MTV started, way back when, there were NO commercials, and nothing but videos. Martha Quinn, a couple of "I want my MTV" cut ins, and videos.

Now its a non-stop series of self promoting bullmeep with no social or artistic value. WTF?

By the way, I'll be working for MTV networks this summer. I'll pass everyone's comments along.

No, I refuse the meeptardness. I don't wanna. shakes head like a 5 year old

And I stand by what I said. It's not a great show, but they have some pretty funny stunts.

And is it really that bad that I watch videos in the early morning/ late night?

-=Marla=-

R.I.P. HEADBANGER'S BALL

BeachGoat 05-05-2005, 04:51 am

<code>        When MTV started, way back when, there were NO commercials, and nothing but videos. Martha Quinn, a couple of "I want my MTV" cut ins, and videos.

        Now its a non-stop series of self promoting bullmeep with no social or artistic value. WTF?

    mundhra       05-05-2005, 04:56 pm

        R.I.P. HEADBANGER'S BALL
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The good old days. I haven't watched MTV since they stopped showing music videos and started showing meep reality stuff. I've been trying to escape reality for years.

Hey... MTV still shows videos... TRL is still on the air, right?

^^-- sarcasm (because TRL is worse than no videos at all)