Society

I'm just as cynical as your next guy.

Maybe that's why I find so much distaste with the way society is facing these days. Like many of my great ideas, this one came to me through late night television right before I fell asleep. Unfortunately for me, my mind got flowing and I didn't get to sleep shortly after.

There's a commercial running around nowadays for Latisse. For those of you that don't know what this "miracle" prescription is, it's used to grow eyelashes. Oh sure, it has multiple uses like controlling glaucoma and helps maintain ocular hypertension. But instead, it's being marketed as a medicine in order to help women who "have inadequate eyelashes" grow them, seemingly overnight.

That's not even the tip of the late night/stupid product advertising iceberg. Is this what society has become? When all we care about is erectile dysfunction and growing eyelashes? I hate to make this reference, because I know I'm going to get slammed/beat down for it, but it reminds me of that one scene in Idiocracy where the narrator talks about scientists being too busy working on maintaining erections and eradicating hair loss to care about the population.

Sure there are some great things going on in society; but the majority of us are severely stupid. I'm not saying I exclude myself from that mass, far from it. I just happen to be able to point out my mistakes.

Take "reality" television. Particularly channels like VH1 and MTV, or shows like The Bachelor(ette) etc etc. To watch these scripted shows like Tool Academy, Daisy/Rock/Flavor of love, and all that sort, is detrimental to the I.Q. The fact I find most astounding is that people believe these shows are serious, never scripted, not pre-planned. But really? REALLY?

Look at the facts. When has there ever been a dull moment on one of these reality shows? There hasn't, because when a producer puts together a show, they pick the people from the "applicants" that fit together the least. This in turn will create drama, which will cause people to watch the show. When there is drama, people talk about it. People who haven't seen the show will then tune in to see it for themselves, which in turn generates revenue for the company. It's really depressing when you look at it.

Since my reader base is limited to only two people right now, I'll have to make due. But I'd like to hear your thoughts. Tell me I'm not just baaaaawwwwwwing here.

Edit: I don't want the notion floating around that I don't watch these sorts of shows because I'm above it. Quite the opposite, really. I'm suckered in just like everyone else but, again, I am aware of it. I wanted to add a little more to my rant on the Latisse subject.

It's really upsetting that we've become so satisfied with ourselves as a consumer economy, that we push the idea of looking young on everyone. A drug that is marketed not as a treatment for ocular hypertension and instead as an eyelash enhancer (really, do you need eyelashes THAT bad that you're willing to accept side effects of a drug used to treat a more serious condition?) is just plain pathetic.

I'm not saying "let's go back to the society of the 1950's whatever fuck fuck fuck" but what I'm saying is we need to stop glorifying these so-called "great ideas" like boob jobs, botox, all these awesome plastic surgeries. It allows your outer image to reflect your inner image, which is fake. And everyone hates a fake person. Male or female, just looking good and not having anything to back it up makes you a drain on society. Maybe try buying a book instead of that forehead lift. Try learning something instead of spending 23 hours in the gym. It doesn't hurt to have a brain. In fact, studies show it is one of the leading causes of life.