Don't Eat the Sewer Rats
So this guy is suing NBC over an episode of Fear Factor that had contestants eat dead rats. Now there are a lot of comments one could make about this story, indeed it would seem a veritable cornucopia for which one could voice opinions. Almost too many.
The most obvious thing, to me at least, was why didn't the guy just turn off the TV? I don't watch these shows personally, but don't they do previews of what's coming up next?
Upon seeing the preview of people eating deceased vermin, I like to imagine my thought process would have been, "Hmmm…eating dead rats, that's really nasty…I don't wanna watch." Then I would have turned off the television or at least changed the channel. That's just me though and I realize I'm not sharpest crayon in the drawer. So then I started pondering all the other absurdities presented in this scenario, at least until I thought of something else.
"Wait a minute," I mused, "I hate reality TV, and I loathe its very existence." My neurons rattled and clanked for awhile, the hamster turned furiously in its wheel, the noise was neigh on excruciating. Then it came to me, "This man is a genius, he didn't change the channel because he wanted to purposefully make himself sick and then injure himself in the process of running away!" That had to be it. He sacrificed himself for the betterment of us all!
So I say, "Good for you mister! Stick it to ‘em." If you're going to be a dumbass, at least be a dumbass that sues reality TV shows…oh and demands pay only interviews…nice touch.
Useless Information: The title comes from a poem I wrote in High School.