The Younger Generation Is Whacko

[AUTailgatingRules]

Sorry to sound like and old fuddy duddy but this just takes the cake.  There is actually a portion of the younger generation that thinks reality TV is a promising career path.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483108,00.html

[Tarheel]

This was probably one of the best commentaries on the pie-in-the-sky ideas of these narcissistic, coddled, little twerps:

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“Two years ago I’d say, 'Don’t go near it. It’s a mistake, don’t do it,' but now there are so few jobs available,” said Michael King of Michael King Associates, a financial recruiting firm based in New York. “As long as you look like an intelligent idiot, not a total idiot, you don’t have a lot to lose. Maybe you’ll get somebody’s attention, though I wouldn’t count on it.”
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And this remark made me laugh:

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Contestants rarely get noticed in a way that is life-changing unless they're competing in an actual talent show like American Idol, says Leyna Raskoff, a reality casting director with a decade of experience currently working FOX Reality’s “Solitary.”

“I think a lot of people are delusional that way, thinking ‘That’s all I need, to get on TV and I’ll be set,’” Raskoff said. “People want their 15 minutes, and 15 minutes is definitely not enough to make a lifetime.”
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I guess actual hard work is the LAST resort, but becoming a reporter?:

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And what if reality TV doesn’t work out?

Khoshabeh said, “I’d try to become a reporter — I’d probably have to start at a station in a small town and work my way up. I guess I’d just have to gain exposure the old fashioned way.”

[Ogre]

You old farts don't know what you're talking about.  I quit my job yesterday so I could devote all my time to trying out for The Bachelor.  Never mind the fact that I'm married - I don't think my wife will notice when I'm gone for 9 months and bring back a hot chick to live with us in our bed. 

[Ranger12]

Didn't Taylor try to get on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"?

I also heard that Steve was going to be on an episode of "Wife Swap".

[wesfau2]

Sorry to sound like and old fuddy duddy but this just takes the cake.  There is actually a portion of the younger generation that thinks reality TV is a promising career path.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483108,00.html

Your point would be better emphasized if you stood on your lawn in black socks and sandals and shook your fist.

[Snaggletiger]

A friend of mine just had an "Audition" for some reality show.  She did about a 1 hour taped interview where they asked her a ton of questions and just checked out her appearance and demeanor.  Don't know what show it's for but anything would be a step up from working in a Tropical Smoothie.

[Iwannaplay]

One of my fraternity brothers was on "Survivor" twice and now produces and hosts his own show "On the Job" on Alabama Public Television

[lifesapplepie]

One of my fraternity brothers was on "Survivor" twice and now produces and hosts his own show "On the Job" on Alabama Public Television

You talking about Bobby Jon?

[Saniflush]

A friend of mine just had an "Audition" for some reality show.  She did about a 1 hour taped interview where they asked her a ton of questions and just checked out her appearance and demeanor.  Don't know what show it's for but anything would be a step up from working in a Tropical Smoothie.

I thought I liked'em young.  Good God man at least mine has a real job.

[Tiger Wench]

I am not defending Generation All About Me.  I work with several who drive me absolutelynuts with their sense of entitlement.  But I know lots of older people that think buying a lottery ticket or fifty every week is a good retirement plan.

[Iwannaplay]

You talking about Bobby Jon?

Yes I am.

[War Eagle!!!]

Yes I am.

You were an SAE when he was there?

[War Eagle!!!]

HAHAHA....oh Bobby Jon...

[Catphish Tilly]

Graduated highschool with the goofy dick who won "I survived a Japanese Gameshow" on ABC.  Kid went from being your average, somewhat geeky everyman, who began lifting weights after graduation...  To winning Cosmo Magazines "Sexiest Alabama Bachelor" (a title everyone's STILL in wtf mode about lol)...  To winning 250,000 for being the best at riding a tricycle in a diaper, winning a race pulling one of those cart/taxi contraptions, and having japanese people draw a mustasche on his face.

While I think it's absurd these people think these is a legitimate outlet, everytime I see him driving by in his brand new Silvarado or accept one of the many beers often offered at the local bars, I'm reminded it can work 

[Snaggletiger]

I thought I liked'em young.  Good God man at least mine has a real job.

Okay, in all honesty, this little beyotch is smokin'.  And...yes I would!!!  Funny thing is, her boyfriend is the one that told me and he's older than I am. 

So....I've got a shot.

[Ranger12]

My wife knows the chick from Huntsville that is on the Bachelor. She is a marketing rep for TOC and used to come into the doctor's office that my wife worked at all the time. Thus, she has been watching the show religiously. Monica says the chick is a very nice person (she has a kid and lost her husband in a plane crash a couple of years ago) but I still have to question anybody's intelligence that would go on that show. Why put yourself through all of that for somebody that you did not even know to start off with, and then all of them claim they are in love with the guy within the first couple of weeks. Too goofy.

[Iwannaplay]

You were an SAE when he was there?

Not when he was there but afterwards

[lifesapplepie]

Not when he was there but afterwards

really...I was a Sigma Chi from '98 - '02.  Lived with a few SAE's my jr. year! 

[AUTailgatingRules]

Your point would be better emphasized if you stood on your lawn in black socks and sandals and shook your fist.

How did you know what I was wearing?

Stalker