BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
A few years ago you’d hear douche bag hipster types interrupt your day with shit like “I don’t watch TV” or “I don’t own a TV” or “I don’t have time for TV” or “That stuff rots your brain” or even “I only read books”. Fast forward to today and those same shmucks are filling up your twitter and facebook feeds with obnoxious posts about “The Walking Dead”, “Game of Thrones”, “Breaking Bad”, etc. etc. etc.
You’re not being “cutting edge” by accepting the fact that we’re in a “Golden Age of Television” and that “TV is better than film now!” TV has always been good. Granted AMC didn’t rise with “Mad Men”, “Breaking Bad”, “The Walking Dead”, and the like until more recent years… TV has ALWAYS been good. People with the snobbish mindset merely didn’t want to give in until critics and their friends told them it was okay.
Shows like “The Shield”, “Dexter”, “Six Feet Under”, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, “The West Wing”, “Califonication”, and others were always around. They were just ignored because cool people decided to focus on the trash of television like reality shows and bad sitcoms.
Guess what folks? For every “Game of Thrones” there are like ten “Two and Half Mens”. Still. To this day. You’re just ignoring it or, because you’re so damn cool, using the internet to pick and choose what you want to watch. You know… the same functions of a REMOTE CONTROL. Don’t like Seinfeld? Turn on Roseanne. Don’t like Sopranos? Turn on 20/20. Don’t like Entourage? Turn on Weeds. It’s all the same. There have ALWAYS been a CHOICE. TiVo and DVR has been around for a long time. You can control your viewing habits and have been able to for like ten years now.
But this doesn’t matter. We’re supposed to ignore these assholes ever said anything bad about TV because they want to share spoilers on Facebook and talk to their friends about who killed who on “Game of Thrones” or who ate who on “The Walking Dead”.
It just sucks to think about shows like “Veronica Mars”, “Studio 60”, and other quality shows did not survive past a season or few because the people who would genuinely appreciate them were riding their high horse during their time of airing.
It’s not just television though. It’s the same with everything. Right now there is SO MUCH content out there that if you want to find quality you can. You just have to look for it. Why would you keep listening to a metal radio station if you love pop? You have a choice. Turn the channel, seek out what you like, and support what you like. Don’t wait around for the trendy websites and your friends to tell you it’s okay.
Don’t listen to me though. If you want to stay up on your high horse that’s perfectly fine. Just ride that bitch into the sunset and get away from me. I have TV, movies, and music that I genuinely appreciate to enjoy.
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