I am not too sure if this thread belongs here, but oh well.
I am assuming that a few of you people on the board here watch tv, no? Well, if you do, you've probably noticed the overabundance of shows that pretty much state that men cause all the problems in the world, and quite frankly it bothers me.
Anyone here ever watch Divorce Court? Well, I had it on for a minute and all the show does is bring a couple on that wants to get divorced, and has the judge and the wife completely destroy the man. The bitch judge constantly puts words in the man's mouth, and whenever he tries to defend himself, she doesn't let him finish, tells him he's wrong, and gives the case to a woman.
I've seen women on that show confess to cheating on their husbands, but it's his fault for not providing enough money to support her lifestyle or gaining some weight after the marraige. In the case that's on tv today, a man says he lost his attraction to his wife because over the course of seven years, she gained a lot of weight, yet that's not good enough of a reason for him to get rid of her, yet women use that excuse on men on this show and it's alright. Go figure, a double standard.
Then there's shows like the Maury Povich (sp?) show where all the men that are brought onto that show are, yet again, the devil. All those "I slept with 9 guys, and I think you're the father" shows bother me. In some cases, the guy gets to go out there, get belittled by the woman, the woman's mother, Maury, and the crowd, only to find out, that he's not the father. When the guy has any sort of a reaction to finding out that his life isn't burdened with a child, the crowd boos him again, and Maury yells at the guy and consoles the woman. Here's an idea for the ladies that go on the show, if you don't sleep with 8 guys in a matter of a week or two, you'll be able to tell who the father or your child is.
How about those episodes where the woman thinks her husband is cheating on her? They take the guys, put them in a limo with a hooker, have her get naked in front of them, and if the guy speaks to the lady, let alone looks or touches her, he's the biggest asshole in the world. Now if they put women in the limo and had a male stripper whip his junk out for the same purpose, you can't tell me the woman wouldn't be the least bit interested into glancing at the naked guy she's in the limo with.
Yes, I know men sleep around, it's a fact. There's some assholes out there, and you can't really do anything about it. But why should anyone feel bad (in some certain cases) for a woman that brings the pain upon herself. If you balloon in weight during the marraige and withhold sex from a man, he's going to look elsewhere. You can't hold sex out from him for six months and give him the present of an extra 20lbs and expect him to not turn to desperate situations.
Yes, some men out there are assholes because they just are that way, and quite frankly, they deserve all the bad luck they can get. But when the women bring the pain upon themselves like they do in many of the cases, why should the man be treated like shit? She has as big of a part in the problem as the guy does, so why don't people bitch her out too?
No, I am not bashing women, just the television shows. And yes, I could go on all day naming off television shows that make a living off of the whole "Men = dirt" angle, but these two shows just perfectly illustrate the problem with most shows. Nearly every talk show on TV get their ratings from saying that men cheat, men suck, men deserve to die, and I am just saying what I think about it.
And here's an interesting footnote, to my surprise, there hasn't been a man on "Divorce Court" that has won his case, that I have seen. I guess it just proves that the man is the problem in every divorce, and the woman is always innocent in this country, eh?
My Television Rant
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as is life my friend...as is life Alan.
+++++Public Notice To Local Chicks+++++
I'm not an asshole. when you want to talk to me and i tell you that i don't want to get attached because i don't want to get attached and then leave as i am planning to do, i really mean it. No you are not going to change my mind or make me want to stay...what part of i'm leaving as soon as i'm debt free do you not understand? Unless you plan to leave with me i want nothing to do with you, and having sex with me is not going to change my mind. i'm just gonna do what every other guy would do, hit it. that doesn't make me an ass-hole because well, you know damn well i cannot get attached. i've had long distance relationships and they suck as and never fucking work. that's the last thing i want, and i'm sure that is to you, so please either leave me alone or if you just want what you just want fine whatever, your not goging to make me settle down in this area of texas, i've got bigger ambitions and your not going to deny me.
Whew...that was cool.
+++++Public Notice To Local Chicks+++++
I'm not an asshole. when you want to talk to me and i tell you that i don't want to get attached because i don't want to get attached and then leave as i am planning to do, i really mean it. No you are not going to change my mind or make me want to stay...what part of i'm leaving as soon as i'm debt free do you not understand? Unless you plan to leave with me i want nothing to do with you, and having sex with me is not going to change my mind. i'm just gonna do what every other guy would do, hit it. that doesn't make me an ass-hole because well, you know damn well i cannot get attached. i've had long distance relationships and they suck as and never fucking work. that's the last thing i want, and i'm sure that is to you, so please either leave me alone or if you just want what you just want fine whatever, your not goging to make me settle down in this area of texas, i've got bigger ambitions and your not going to deny me.
Whew...that was cool.
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let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
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Here's some more fun for you people to ponder about how people, in general, are trash and really just deserve to die.
My dad was home and he turned the Maury show on Friday. Me, being the lazy piece of shit that I am, was reluctant to move from the comfy rocking chair of mine, sat and watched the show when the greatest line of the white trash vernacular was uttered. Here's the little "story" for all my peeps on the board.
This 12 year old girl started having sex with her 15 year old boyfriend, and sure enough, she got pregnant. Well, the 12 year old was sleeping with other guys at the time, and well, the guy that was brought to the show was reluctant to admit the kid was his because the girl was sleeping around. After the paternity test was given to him, it turned out the child was his, and Maury asked him "What do you plan on doing for your child now?" The guy, who is now 17, said he would take care of his kid and would love to see him, then the girl's mother chimed in with something sickening. She said, "I don't want you in that kid's life, you can't see him, I just want your money!" Ummm, yeah, way to try and deny the father rights to see the kid, but still make your demand for child support extremely prevalent on the show. Apparently those pieces of trash care more about money than the kid.
Yeah, and who'd a thunk it, a $3 box of condoms could prevent these assholes from getting on TV. Oh well, I guess it's better to get girls knocked up and pay child support until the kid's 18 than it is to spend a couple of bucks on a condom.
My dad was home and he turned the Maury show on Friday. Me, being the lazy piece of shit that I am, was reluctant to move from the comfy rocking chair of mine, sat and watched the show when the greatest line of the white trash vernacular was uttered. Here's the little "story" for all my peeps on the board.
This 12 year old girl started having sex with her 15 year old boyfriend, and sure enough, she got pregnant. Well, the 12 year old was sleeping with other guys at the time, and well, the guy that was brought to the show was reluctant to admit the kid was his because the girl was sleeping around. After the paternity test was given to him, it turned out the child was his, and Maury asked him "What do you plan on doing for your child now?" The guy, who is now 17, said he would take care of his kid and would love to see him, then the girl's mother chimed in with something sickening. She said, "I don't want you in that kid's life, you can't see him, I just want your money!" Ummm, yeah, way to try and deny the father rights to see the kid, but still make your demand for child support extremely prevalent on the show. Apparently those pieces of trash care more about money than the kid.
Yeah, and who'd a thunk it, a $3 box of condoms could prevent these assholes from getting on TV. Oh well, I guess it's better to get girls knocked up and pay child support until the kid's 18 than it is to spend a couple of bucks on a condom.
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.
A 12 year old girl doesn't really have the mental capacity to be having sex, nevermind thinking about buying condoms and being safe about it 
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dude it's tv, tv sucks in general. i mean we all know what tv does to the self-images of women. it's basically the same deal. women who watch those shows and judge men as a whole from them should be considered too dumb to trifle with anyway. as should men who judge women as a whole from those very same shows.
Lick a finger: feel the now.
Pssh. You don't know me! F*** you! You don't know me! You don't know me! Whatever! Whatever! Shut the f*** up!
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Joey wrote:A 12 year old girl doesn't really have the mental capacity to be having sex, nevermind thinking about buying condoms and being safe about it
Well, I am saying that the man she was with should have bought the condoms. I believe he was 16 at the time, he went through sex ed, he knows what happens, he should have bought the condoms.
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.
Yo......I watched Maury one day while I was getting ready to leave to go golfin and there was this ten year old kid......who freakin drinks and smokes weed! 
He said he drinks Busch Beer and one nite his mother caught him stumbling into the house and 3 in the morning, piss drunk, he supposedly drank 13 cans of the stuff. And this kid is PUNY!
He said he gets the weed from friends of his who are 16 and they get it from a guy who's in his thirties
He said he drinks Busch Beer and one nite his mother caught him stumbling into the house and 3 in the morning, piss drunk, he supposedly drank 13 cans of the stuff. And this kid is PUNY!
He said he gets the weed from friends of his who are 16 and they get it from a guy who's in his thirties
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For Your Lungs Only wrote:Joey wrote:A 12 year old girl doesn't really have the mental capacity to be having sex, nevermind thinking about buying condoms and being safe about it
Well, I am saying that the man she was with should have bought the condoms. I believe he was 16 at the time, he went through sex ed, he knows what happens, he should have bought the condoms.
True, very true .. though what a 16 year old guy sees in a 12 year old girl is beyond me .. slightly disgusting
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If by slightly you mean very, then yes, you're right. Well, then again, if you saw the guy that did this, I think you'd understand why he just got with the 12 year old. It looked like he was hit in the face with a shovel when his skull was still soft. I guess he thought he should take what he could get, which is rather sickening.
Excluding tennis, I need to stop watching television. All it is now is men degrading women and women degrading men. I swear, it's a battle to see which sex gets embarassed more on TV.
Women have been half-naked in commercials for the longest time, which isn't right, but the men are making a comeback here. You can't show a woman in a thong on basic cable commercials or the basic channels on tv, but you can show a bare-assed man in commercials. I guess that's cool, right?
Excluding tennis, I need to stop watching television. All it is now is men degrading women and women degrading men. I swear, it's a battle to see which sex gets embarassed more on TV.
Women have been half-naked in commercials for the longest time, which isn't right, but the men are making a comeback here. You can't show a woman in a thong on basic cable commercials or the basic channels on tv, but you can show a bare-assed man in commercials. I guess that's cool, right?
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.
My friend at work (who is male) thinks thongs are gross .. he told me "what's so hot about a piece of string being shoved up a girl's ass?"
♥ Joey
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