Reality Love Shows: Why?

This is just the most bizarre of all television programming......Reality Love Shows. What's worse is, they're now taking the REJECTS of one love show and giving them THEIR OWN reality show. For example, who thought it was a good idea to give "New York", a reject from the Flavor of Love show, her own disaster of a program?? Just the simple fact that she had the name "New York" depressed me: 1) When people think of New York, nothing outside of the 4 or 5 boroughs (depending on what you think of Staten Island) comes to mind. She was from Syracuse or Albany or one of the other hick "Halloween"-like towns that have a population of 3 or less. Enough said. 2) Her lack of class, sophistication, talent, A BRAIN, etc. gives a terrible name to all of the women who are from the REAL New York (apologies to all the Upstate readers, but come on, you already know that where you live doesn't count). The "I Love New York" show was just an excuse for her to flash the world her cleavage and display her LACK of sex appeal.

NOW, to add insult to injury, VH1 decided to take two rejects from "New York"-The Reject's show, "Real" and "Chance", and give them THEIR own trainwreck. Now if you thought you lost brain cells after subjecting yourself to either or both seasons of her show, you'll feel like a vegetable after watching "Real Chance at Love". First things first, they've got more bizarre names for their contestants/groupies/airheads than any of their other nut a** predecessors, including "MILF", "Bay Bay Bay", and "Rabbit". Not to mention the wonderful bonding sessions, such as "Chance" taking his pack of cheerleaders to get tattoos to prove their devotion. I don't know about any of you other ladies, but I can't really see myself getting a permanent mark on my body for someone that I may not even end up with. Once you get kicked off the show, how will you explain that tattoo afterwards?? "Oh, that was for my CAT Chance (or whatever the urchin's real name is) that passed away......." Yeah, good luck with that.

However, it's not just the ignorant negroes getting their 15 minutes of fame on these shows. You've got faux celebrities like Tila Tequila and washed-up rock stars like Bret Michaels who have been given their opportunity to waste valuable television time as well. It seems like every person searching to get laid now has the chance to bore the rest of us with their unfortunate love story. What's saddest about this is there are so many people that watch these "programs" (dare I call them that) religiously each week. Honestly though, is this what our culture has become? Are we really THAT desperate for entertainment??