Secondhand Television Exposure Linked to Eating Disorders

Saw no need to embellish, the story is truly terrifying in it's implications...to me anyway!

Secondhand Television Exposure Linked to Eating Disorders

Sounds like another "The Onion" headline, but even those wags haven't gone here yet...

1. an example of unintended consequences.

    a) don't blame us 

             i) we're only writing stories we think people will watch 

                      1) so we can sell them things that aren't so good for them or the environment.

                                 ! T.V.'s true function: have us all obese, so we're a market for all the crap TV offers...

      b) another example of a science experiment on all of us, gone wrong.

               i) The Implication:  No one knows how my life (or yours) is changed when someone wins (or doesn't win) on some game show...since that's what's influencing some aspect of co-workers, prospects and clients...(in my case)...we're being programmed by this insidious media deluge we're experiencing...totally subconsciously and impossible to "control"...

2. an example of how chemicals drive our entire beings.

    a) and our chemistry itself can be easily influenced by social pressure

             i) a lesson here about socialization, getting by, putting up, and fitting in  (or...not!)

                     1) Fill the minds of children so they'll be happy enough with their lot!

                               ! - Religion's true purpose, calming brain chemistry, as a pliant populace is a lawful one, the wealthy need not worry...as long as "morality" is seen as stemming from religion.   It doesn't.  The meek inherit NOTHING.

    b) so, what's the "new morality", as seen through the lens of "Star Wars" or "Dallas" or "Grand Theft Auto"?

3. an example of how sad globalization is, especially at it's pointy end...

    a) "western" "civilization" or "culture" is toxic.

             i) Full Stop.

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FRISH