Jersey Shore

Chris Rock came out with a famous bit in 1996 titled "niggas vs. black people" in which he comically detailed how the acts of a select few group of black people were giving the race itself a bad name throughout the country. The act has been most recently referenced by a Father's Day Speech that President Obama made, and I'm sure most of you who watch the Office remember the references to it on "Diversity Day" with Steve Carell.

The parallel to Jersey Shore is blatantly obvious to Italian-Americans. Too often, I hear people justify watching this show because this isn't REALLY Italian-Americans, it's "guidos from Jersey Shore." In other words, as long as you, the individual, can make a distinction that you are not treating this as indicative of Italian-Americans, then you find it acceptable and enjoyable to watch.

First of all, only other Italian-Americans can have a legitimate opinion on how I react to the show so if you arent, I would suggest you plug your holes since you'll never know what it's like to be an Italian-American or what it means. Second of all, that attitude itself is very lousy. Simply because you find it acceptable to watch, all of the sudden that makes it ok for everyone else? What about the 12 year old who starts making slurs towards Italian Americans because he watches that show?

I'm not calling for censorship. I hate censorship. I'm not calling for anything. I am expressing a large disappointment in those who watch Jersey Shore. MTV itself is insufferable, but those of you who watch allow these things to exist. All you did was perpetuate the crap that continues to dominate this world and reduce human beings to complacent robots. Don't believe me? Look at how everyone jumped through the hoop in the election last week? Since when does a special election require the specially educated to announce their support for a political figure when in reality they have no idea the implications and ramifications of the political process. Yet, all last week people played their roles, which served nothing more than to self aggrandize and polarize. I see right through all of you. If you have nothing better to do with your life than watch Jersey Shore at any given moment, what does that say about you?

Here's what it says: You're all so dramatic about your insecurities that watching other peoples pathetic drama is exactly what you need to stomach yourself. but then again, maybe that's why these shows are so successful. So go ahead. watch the next garbage show that MTV puts out so you can feel better about your life. Then the next, then the next. Then get married and reproduce so we can have 3 more retards who watch it. Then they'll reproduce and we can continue to de-evolve as a society as the morons exponentially increase while intelligent people will blow their brains out in frustration.

In summary, I think less of anyone who chooses to watch Jersey Shore. Considering all of the ways to entertain yourself in a world filled with opportunities to numb your mind, choosing Jersey Shore pretty much tells me exactly what I need to know about you.

-- Boosh