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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumsok so I don't have cable tv...
at least not lately...and when I did I didn't watch it much...
Also I usually assume if something is important, I will find out about it...
so I began to hear about this ancient aliens thing on the History Channel.
Are you f*&^%$# kidding me?
Don't they understand this stuff is BS?
This is really, frightening to me, passing this stuff off as history.
Totally BS. I mean if they wanted to call it....
"stuff that is really really far out there and woo and respectable archeologist debunk"
I might be ok with it.
Wow. This is another reason for me not to get cable. Why?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Okay, so now it's 500 or whatever, but it's still mostly shit.
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts).
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Speculative shows about the Pyramids and Nostradamus and the like.
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If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show,
I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000."
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MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)is going to put history out there
like a bad movie...
then I need to see Joel and the robots at the bottom of the screen...
just sayin'
caraher
(6,279 posts)At least the Hitler stuff was (mostly) reality based, but much of their fare is Nostradamus/ancient alien crap and has been for quite some time.
just wow.
I don't think I should be so surprised....but I am.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)History just wasn't entertaining enough for the masses, so they have had to resort to keeping the name of the channel but filling it with commercially sellable programming......like (and I am not making this up, I just googled it) Swamp People, Pawn Stars, Hatfields and McCoys, Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, and American Pickers.
You are not alone in your disgust for what is passing as programming on the "History" channel.
First, they changed their official name from 'the History Channel' to simply 'History,' apparently hoping to trademark an entire academic subject. Paradoxically, however, their programming has less than ever to do with the study of the human past. Nowadays, operating under the premise that 'everything becomes history as soon as it happens,' they just make shows about whatever the hell they want.
Read more: The History Channel | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/funny-5720-the-history-channel/#ixzz28doezNys
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)before I canceled the cable a few years ago...
I liked it at first...then realized it should be called.
"crazy mo-fo's with little to no social skills"
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I have not seen any of those shows, but have heard about many of them. I don't miss cable.
Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I have everything, from Maxx to Encore to Starz and the rest. The movies are increasingly old chestnuts they keep replaying. The Western channel, for example, is a cycle of about two dozen movies they've kept running for the last five years. They're obviously cutting costs by showing only crap. And there's also the problem that there are fewer and fewer new movies being made that are watchable.
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Just don't come around and ask me what happened to her pig.
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)Rosie ODonnell: I Love Honey Boo Boos Family, Want to Buy Them a House
http://www.gossipcop.com/rosie-odonnell-honey-boo-boo-buy-house-home-mama-june-shirley-temple/
rug
(82,333 posts)My wife is a big fan of hers. She used to follow her on her blog. One day she was all excited and told me Rosie answered her on the blog and they exchanged posts for a few minutes.
Baitball Blogger
(46,756 posts)I once got a fund raising call from someone who sounded just like Obama. Yeah, I believe I donated just because I would never say no if he actually asked in person.
rug
(82,333 posts)She talked a lot about her kids and the planning for a cruise specifically for gay couples and their children. Very funny posts as I recall. She is very much down to earth.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)But your brain would probably .
Educational television isn't what it used to be.
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)now an oxymoron
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)Now it's 'TLC,' and not 'The Learning Channel.' Maybe they didn't want to scare anybody away with that whole "Learning" promise. Or maybe too many people took it as a threat rather than a promise. And they're probably hoping that those of us who remember what the letters TLC once stood for, will soon forget.
Not happenin'.
Moondog
(4,833 posts)MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)to have to sell ad space there.
Chellee
(2,101 posts)recently had a "documentary" about scientists who discovered a mermaid's body. But the military covered up, so nobody knows... even though they made a documentary about it. Shh!! It's a secret, a government cover up secret. So don't tell anyone about the mermaids.
What was really unnerving was that the style was very much like a documentary. I stumbled onto it about a third of the way in and actually thought I was watching a documentary. I'm thinking maybe they had discovered some prehistoric fish that they had thought was extinct, but then it got really woo-woo stupid, so, no.
MrsBrady
(4,187 posts)???
Chellee
(2,101 posts)I need to stop watching The Learning Channel.
lexx21
(321 posts)to make us more stupid.
Think about this for a second... how much intelligence goes into a "reality show"?
Did you ever hear of the saying "you will acclimate to your environment"?
This is very true. I honestly don't think this is capitalism at work, but a long term plan of social reform. Uninformed people are far easier to control. If future generations don't know history then it is easy to repeat the mistakes of the past for singular gain. Lets face it... our youth today don't know crap about history. Find one who actually knows who Jimmy Hoffa is. Better yet... find one who knows who knows who Ed White was and why he died.
I made sure that my kids knew important events in history and prominent historical figures (they also know most lyrics to classic rock songs). If they were feeling "too bad to go to school", I would assign them a book report on such figures as Imhotep, Booth, etc... At least then they learned something.
Sorry, on a rant here.... American television just ticks me off with the stupidity of their programming.