Theory on Television

Why do we sit for hours in front of a screen watching people go about fake lives that could never possibly exist? I'll tell you why, it's because we are so sick of our own lives and to try and forget, even if it's just for half an hour, the crappy reality we live in. It makes perfect sense; the shows we watch are so beyond anyone's reach, yet we watch them anyways. We inform our brains to turn off a switch that tells us how absurd we are for buying what goes on inside a electronic box. That's a huge reason reality shows are such a hit...they're always either too good or too weird to be true. If they put lives of the average person, do you think anyone would watch? No, that's what we are all trying to escape and get away from...