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Normal or not?

Friend19
Friend19
Has anyone seen advertisements for that new TV show coming out "Normal or not normal"? ...Am I the only one who thinks that's so full of shat? Who is to judge? I HATE the media. Every time I turn on the tv I feel like I'm being 'conditioned' to become someones sick idea of a perfect person.

Maybe this is just my depression talking... I'm just in a pissy mood right now. Sorry

HUGS
*Climbs back under my rock.
deleted_user
deleted_user
No problem rant on. Maybe cc the network broadcasting that show, and of course, for maximum effect, email it's sponsors.
Friend19
Friend19
That doesn't work...Trust me, I've written many emails to Oprah :P
deleted_user
deleted_user
oh, you didn't know, the devil's daughter gets paid for every email sent.
JourneymanProject1
JourneymanProject1
I haven't seen the ads, but personally just the title alone to me screams of being just full of (cuckoo); the really sad thing is that knowing what passes for TV these days it will be probably run for a few seasons. :(

"Normal", in quotes for a reason, is too subjective a topic to even be considered a concept for a program, and on top of that, what's perfect to one person isn't going to be to the next.

(climbs back under his rock, feeling that perhaps he's said as much as he can without going on some nasty rant)
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
Have not seen the show yet, who are they using as a control group for normal? I don't think there are any normal people out there.
Community LeaderThePepperMan
ThePepperMan
How can a media that is not now, nor has it ever been, normal tell us what is normal?????
Empathy66
Empathy66
The media has been filling us with fear for years.
Friend19
Friend19
http://www.oprah.com/own/Are-You-Normal-America-About-the-Show
ZAZAS
ZAZAS
I saw one of those cartoon post on FB that said "Normal is an urban legend, everybody talks about them but no one has ever seen one". So true, so true.

Now, I am not comparing this to the psyco's out there, the people who do horrible acts of murder and other things. They are not even on the normal scope. They do exist.
lizaradley
lizaradley
nah that sounds shit. Everyone has their differences and I think is people would accept that we'd all be a lot happier. Hugs friend!
SmileyBear
SmileyBear
Boy!! No, never saw the ads. Does reek though.
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