You know, I am paying a little extra on my TV programming so that I could receive the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, etc. I enjoy learning, and I wanted my children to have some educational programming, as well. However, so much of these channels have these "reality" shows that are based upon the "country bumpkin, trash, redneck,....pick your term of endearment" that do not have the interpersonal skills to have a normal conversation without resorting to verbal or physical violence, or making "yee haw", "whoop, whoop" sounds. No coping skills for the real world. But, hey, if "normal, intelligent" people can watch it, be entertained, make fun of them in their living rooms, etc., then I suppose the show producers have done their job. The sad part is that these people on these shows are actually the butt of jokes, but they seem too stupid to realize it,...or maybe they don't care as long as they are getting a paycheck.
Either way, it needs to stop. It reminds me of the movie Idiocracy that came out in 2006.
Movie narrator: "As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species."
"Don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She's a pilot now."