The demise of MTV, VH1 and our generation

I have finally reached the breaking point and can no longer contain myself.... MTV and VH1 utterly disgust me. They have disgusted me for years now but I finally snapped tonight. I rarely watch TV at all anymore but I flipped through the channels tonight and mistakenly came upon the duo-force of mind rotting filth known as VH1 and MTV. All I saw was 15 seconds of New York's face and I had to change the channel. I pressed the "up" button on my remote only to find that The Hills was being (over)played again on MTV. It seems like every time I find myself on these two channels I am faced with horrible programming either staged or "real" that does nothing more than corrupt the minds of its viewers. We are brainwashed to assume that what we see on these programs is what happens in real life. Now to be fair, I won't deny that some of the issues and behaviors depicted on these channels do actually happen in real life but not on the large scale in which these stations portray them. Being a "tool" on Tool Academy is not something to be proud of, nor should you have the chance to be a TV star.  You are immature and embarrassing and that should not be considered entertaining.

The endless amount of seasons devoted to "I love this/I love that/I Love Money, etc." along with Rock of Love and other distasteful contests for "love" or other rewards are ridiculous.  Nobody is going to find love on these shows and subjecting yourself to humiliation for money is just sad.  Why viewers see this as entertaining is unknown to me.  We gain very little, if anything at all, from these shows and at most they are dumbing us down and filling our heads with unrealistic expectations on how life should be lived and how people should act or be treated.  Also, drama amongst spoiled ignorant California 20-somethings is not entertainment either. You are not going to learn anything of value from Heidi, Spencer, Audrina, Lauren or any other character on The Hills and they are not good depictions of how you should live your life.  What is so interesting about seeing these people go out to eat and get mad at each other over the most idiotic of reasons?  Enjoying this kind of drama isn't a good quality to have.

It is extremely upsetting to me that so many of my peers and others devote time to such disgusting television.  I don't even know why MTV is still called Music Television when so much of their block is taken up by programming that is completely unrelated to music.  VH1 should change their name to "False Reality" since they devote so much energy to these "reality" shows.  Many of you may not understand or agree with my point here but if nothing else, think about what you're actually watching when you flip to these channels.  Take a moment to utilize your brain and analyze how beneficial these programs really are rather than just letting them suck you in.  If nothing else, don't conform.  Just because it is on TV doesn't mean what you see is a depiction of how you should live your life.