Watching Jersey Shore might make you dumber

Pete Zicato · 12-07-2011, 09:16 AM

This explains what's happening to the US.

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Take note, fans of mindless reality shows like "Jersey Shore": New research suggests watching something dumb might make you dumber. In other words, you are what you watch.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...study-suggests

infinite monkey · 12-07-2011, 09:24 AM

Trilby · 12-07-2011, 10:38 AM

BUT! that doesn't explain the loads of really smart kids I know who DO watch that crap.

is culture dead in America? Or do we, the oldsters, not understand it anymore? Or does DuChamps really suck as I believe he does???

There is no accounting for taste.

Trilby · 12-07-2011, 10:40 AM

PLUS - Edward Albee's quip in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is sooooooo much funnier and superior to Duchamps stuff.

"Where is the .....euphamism?"

hahahhhahahhahahhaahahhaaaa!

Good times.

Sundae · 12-07-2011, 10:44 AM

I liked Jersey Shore.
I also like Big Brother and especially I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here... although like many people I watch primarily for Ant and Dec.

I also slavishly watch the Eurovision Song Contest.

However I watch no soap operas nor the X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing. I've even eshewed Britain's Got Talent since the change of judges.

In fact unless one of the above-mentioned reality series is on, I will watch less than 5 hours of TV a week. And that includes breakfast news as I sit and eat in the morning (once upstairs I switch to BBC Five Live on the radio).

All I am watching now is Misfits and Harry Hill's TV Burp.
Although there is a programme called My Child Is Not Perfect that I want to catch up on because one of the sections is about autism.

I can't see that using TV as relaxation is too damaging.
I've read some pretty dire books too.

Trilby · 12-07-2011, 10:58 AM

yes....but what do you think of DuChamps?

footfootfoot · 12-07-2011, 11:30 AM

I imagine even bright and clever people would perhaps gain something by watching well written, thought stimulating shows. When they watch stupid shows and lose 5% of their brains it isn't much of a loss, but to someone whose IQ is barely hitting 3 digits, a 5% loss could be devastating.

Think of it like money, a billionaire won't miss the price of a cup of Strabucks, but a minimum wage earner supporting 5 cats would.

infinite monkey · 12-07-2011, 11:32 AM

Apparently reading threads about JS makes you dumber too, because I have no idea what you people are talking about.

Except foot. That makes sense! Foot, are you un-high?

footfootfoot · 12-07-2011, 01:47 PM

I'm even off coffee now for a week or two.

Spexxvet · 12-07-2011, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

yes....but what do you think of DuChamps?

"Nude descending a starcase" is brilliant. Have you ever been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see "The Door (Étant donnés)"?

infinite monkey · 12-07-2011, 02:18 PM

I like Transition from Virgin to a Bride, but that's just me.

But I dismissed it right away thinking a bunch of snotty eye-scratching banshee makeupy hoooooowers prolly don't know much about high art.

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	BUT! that doesn't explain the loads of really smart kids I know who DO watch that crap. is culture dead in America? Or do we, the oldsters, not understand it anymore? Or does DuChamps really suck as I believe he does??? There is no accounting for taste. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	PLUS - Edward Albee's quip in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is sooooooo much funnier and superior to Duchamps stuff. "Where is the .....euphamism?" hahahhhahahhahahhaahahhaaaa! Good times. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I liked Jersey Shore. I also like Big Brother and especially I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here... although like many people I watch primarily for Ant and Dec. I also slavishly watch the Eurovision Song Contest. However I watch no soap operas nor the X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing. I've even eshewed Britain's Got Talent since the change of judges. In fact unless one of the above-mentioned reality series is on, I will watch less than 5 hours of TV a week. And that includes breakfast news as I sit and eat in the morning (once upstairs I switch to BBC Five Live on the radio). All I am watching now is Misfits and Harry Hill's TV Burp. Although there is a programme called My Child Is Not Perfect that I want to catch up on because one of the sections is about autism. I can't see that using TV as relaxation is too damaging. I've read some pretty dire books too. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	yes....but what do you think of DuChamps? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I imagine even bright and clever people would perhaps gain something by watching well written, thought stimulating shows. When they watch stupid shows and lose 5% of their brains it isn't much of a loss, but to someone whose IQ is barely hitting 3 digits, a 5% loss could be devastating. Think of it like money, a billionaire won't miss the price of a cup of Strabucks, but a minimum wage earner supporting 5 cats would. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Apparently reading threads about JS makes you dumber too, because I have no idea what you people are talking about. Except foot. That makes sense! Foot, are you un-high?

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footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm even off coffee now for a week or two. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I like Transition from Virgin to a Bride, but that's just me. But I dismissed it right away thinking a bunch of snotty eye-scratching banshee makeupy hoooooowers prolly don't know much about high art.

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