2011/02/04

WHY!?

I HATE America's Funniest Videos!!!!!! the show consists of nothing but practical jokes, manipulation, crotch shots, and cruelty. Why do people think it is so funny to watch someone be afraid or hurt? josh and isa love it. they even call me over to see ones they say are "so funny". the one that sent me over the edge today though was one josh even rewound for me to see. it was a baby. very cute wide eyed little boy. his "mother" was winding a jack-in-the box. as the song progressed you could see the baby was getting upset. his breathing became faster, his eyes wider and his lip started to quiver. the "mother" kept going. until the jack-in-the box popped out and scared the baby, making him burst into tears of fear! all to be on AFV. WHY IS THIS FUNNY?!?!?!?! ( i put mother in "" because i sincerely hope it wasn't his real mother who did this). i find it really disturbing that people enjoy watching other people upset. I realize this makes me sound totally old and like i have no sense of humor. but anyone who knows me knows that isn't true. plus if i have to like this to have a sense of humor i think i'll pass.

7 comments:

Whitney said...

I completely agree with you. Its a dumb show. People getting a laugh at other peoples expense. Why would you deliberately scare your child like that?

Brittany H. said...

Oh man, Dash and Kevin love it too! And then Dash acts it out--which consists of him falling off of things...

Josh said...

the show is AWWWEEESOMMMMME

Matthew said...

Deliberately tormenting your child for the amusement of others is not acceptable. I also wonder about the people who would find such a thing amusing....

Maybe people enjoy the show for the same sorts of reasons people watch COPS and other such 'rednecks on parade' type programming.

Megan said...

i have to say i kind of like watching COPS. there usually isn't child torment on there. just the people who would torment them finally being arrested.

Josh said...

there usually isn't child torment on AFV either... if that's even what was happening in the clip in question.

Terra said...

I like the pet ones...but I'm with Megan- whenever Jason tells me something is funny I always ask "your funny or my funny".