Am I the only one who doesn't find awkwardness entertaining?
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It’s not just you. Second hand embarrassment is just as bad as first hand embarrassment for me.
It’s a wildly unpopular take, but it’s the reason I can’t watch most of Steve Carell’s stuff, including the office.
Agreed. I like a few Office episodes, but I never really got into it. I'm also not a fan of self-deprecating humor, despite making a lot of self-deprecating jokes myself.
We exist, but I think we're in the minority.
I think I just found my tribe.
I watched all of The Office, but I had to keep actively reminding myself that those situations aren't real and that they're paid actors who are expecting everything that's happening, in order not to wince my face inside out.
Seconded, second-hand embarrasment makes me want to jump at the TV
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I don't like it, either. And I'm not a fan of the "obsessed with sex while shaming other people for being obsessed with sex" vibe of shit like this.
Shaming scumbags for harassing people is always OK.
Wanting to watch stuff like that is weird.
Including their moms?
I assume the moms would go on the show willingly and accept the shame that comes with it
Mom's not going to wind up on a gameshow stage without being on board with the dunking
Nah, i feel ya. I actually get empathetic physical reactions to seeing on-screen awkwardness
Not the only one, this is why I find sitcoms especially more or less completely unwatchable
Yup, haven't watched a sitcom in many years.
I used to love sitcoms (Seinfeld, King of Queens, IT Crowd, etc), but I guess it's just not what I'm looking for anymore. If I want comedy, I usually go with stand-up these days.
It's called Empathy and seems to be in short supply among TV execs.
I find it more entertaining if it's fake, like with the office. I dislike real-world awkwardness if it was at the level those shows take it.
Random awkwardness can be fine, but like the example OP gave would be so cringey I couldn't watch lol.
Reality TV gets to that point, so I never watch lol
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Call me overly optimistic, but I would hope that such a program would stop men from doing such creepy behaviour.
Call me overly pessimistic, but I would think that such a program would encourage men to make dms even creepier.
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I am the same way. My husband loves I Think You Should Leave. I cannot stand how horrible and awkward it is. Like its not just not funny it's actively uncomfortable to watch. Which makes it even funnier to him >.>
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MTV should play music videos (gasp)
No one who currently watches MTV has ever known it to play music videos. It's been this kind of garbage their entire lives
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Old but gold. I wouldn't watch it, but I would watch the highlight reels on YouTube
"No that's not my son... David always writes the whole thing when he is texting me, never shortens it to 'WAP'."
YOU NEED TO PRESS THE RESET BUTTON ON THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT MOM. ITS THE GLOWING BUTTON NEXT TO THE....
nevermind, I'll come over after work.
Honestly, just tell her to unplug it, go make coffee or something (say it needs to "cool off" or whatever), and plug it back in. Letting the capacitors discharge is usually enough to fix 90% of problems, which is why phone techs tell you to turn it off, check some BS cables for about 30 seconds or so, and then turn it back on. It's not about the cables, it's about the capacitors.
My router takes forever to discharge. I was trying to unplug the Christmas lights earlier this month and I unplugged the router by mistake it must have been a good 30 seconds before I plugged it back in again and it was still on.
I don't know if that's supposed to be a feature, or if it's just got some really out of specs electronics inside.
It's just some cheap router that you get from your ISP I don't know why it's like that.
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Wireless Access Point?
Honestly, I don't even think it'd get through to them. So many people have zero capability to feel shame and would just be excited to be "famous".
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Last episode in the series is just DMs from executives, congressmen, and anyone in a position of power
I nominate Pete Hegseth's mom.
Japanese gameshow?
What about the dick pics?
Nah, could make it too easy.
Only if he's broken his arms recently.
Well I was thinking more skin color, birthmarks, or just similarity to the dad. But sure we can bring that dead horse in why not.
The mothers are told if the message included a dick pic but they are not allowed to see it.
Feels like we're edging into TLC territory. Can the contestants be very obviously disabled or made up to look particularly grotesque in any particular way? The show needs an extra "ick" factor to properly sell it.
"Trail Trash Texts" or "DMs from My "
Then it can be a hot topic of daytime news media. Maybe see if you can even get it sued or censored or find someone who was fired for watching it on the job. The show will do huge numbers.
Sounds like channel 4 in the UK although they would probably call it something like Horny Benefits Scrounges.
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wait, this is actually sick as fuck, someone needs to turn this into a reality show, because i would probably unironically watch this.
I wouldn't subject the young women to it. Why make the target of the messages have to be involved. Pay someone who knows what they are getting into and can quit whenever they feel like it.
Pay someone who knows what they are getting into and can quit whenever they feel like it.
How do you think these young women would appear on the show? This may come as a surprise, but despite the 3 letter name, MTV lacks widespread intelligence gathering capacity and definitely can’t read your text messages without your consent.
I’m fairly confident that anybody appearing on this show would have sent in an application to the company, and signed a non-indentured contract.
The better approach would be to have an actor read the messages and the reality show contestants are the mothers (and sons).
That being said, I'm still not watching it.
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Genuinely such a good idea - though it'd likely have to be censored to fuck if it goes up pre-watershed, which would take some of the joy out of it
Closest things I've seen are Creepy Text Theatre and I can't remember what they called it but Radio 1 in the UK used to have a phone number women could give out to guys who were creeping them out and they'd play the voicemail messages on the air.
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