Your thoughts on Jersey Shore

livnlite

I watched it once .. I repeat ... once .. nuff said. ( Now THAT was a 1/2 hr of my life I will never get back!)

adrian_indy

You've got the wrong end of the stick. It's not whether life will imitate "art" (and I use that as loosely as possible) but that "art" (loose, again) is imitating life. We live in a society where this is entertainment. I recommend watching the movie Idiocracy.

I also recommend cancelling your cable subscriptions and reading books, that's really the only way to combat it.

Perfect. While I know everyone has their guilty pleasure (mines the Jack *kitten* movies or show) Jersey Shore seems to be a new level of retardedness.

dumb_blondes_rock

Yes people should be cultured in whats goin on in the world around them, but then when you do, you get so depressed that shows like jersey shore are just a mind numbing outlet. Just like watching sitcoms or dramas.....its just a way to escape the crazy real world and watch people live in a fake one

MelC2564

NO NO NO. no jersey shore, ever.

pinkgigi

I'm from Australia and I love it! and Jerseylicious!
I am constantly surprised by the stupidity, i.e.
* how Pauly had never been on a date before and didn't know how to go about it
* Vinnie fell in love at first sight with the pole dancer, she didn't really want to go out with him, but obviously did so she would get herself on camera
* Mike is like 27 and still a total baby
* Mike hitting his head on the wall so Ronnie wouldn't hit him
* Ronnie being all hurt because Sammy didn't trust him, when he admitted talking to other girls and inviting them over
* Ronnie being all self-righteous about Mike when he was doing the things Mike said he did
* how all of them have such terrible social skills!
BUT I love how Snooki has developed.

I could go on, I love it. BTW I do know about the world, I read the newspapers, but I love the mindlessness of it so much.
Just so you know, Mike being asked by Abercrombie and Fitch to stop wearing their clothes made it to the online newspapers here! Mind you, any company that makes white or flouro green track pants, deserves it, who do they think their market is anyway, it is the 'Situations' of the world.

GG

kapeluza

I lose brain cells every time I flip through the channels and I get a glimpse of jersey snore.

ZainAlam0789

Geordie Shore > Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore just got boring after a while....Geordie shore is where its at. The girls are way more attractive and the guys actually go out and pull chicks.

brianward81

Anyone who watches it should be ashamed of themselves.

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And I can't wait to download the next episode!

LexieSweetheart

I LOVE Pauly D!!

pucenavel

I watched 4 minutes of it one time.

My IQ dropped 12 points.

chelleymarie88

I lose brain cells every time I flip through the channels and I get a glimpse of jersey snore.

this

kapeluza

I hate that show. With the* passion to burn a hole in the sun.

AllanMisner

None.

christine24t

It's fake (in one of the episodes, you can clearly see someone directing a "fight") but its funny...really funny. Especially Pauly D. You can't read into it too much.

bizco

Never watched it, never will. Exploiting uneducated, ignorant, embarrasing, arrogant young people. Great role models. 90% of all reality shows are crap and harm society (USA) in countless ways.

IMO: Top Chef is part of the 10%.

Cateyxx

Love Jersey Shore!

Jain

I have just discovered Geordie Shore this morning. Ia m on episode two. It is worse then Jersey Shore. I cant stop watching this crap.

As a Geordie can I just say I'm totally embarased by that program.

As a rule I don't watch 'reality' tv. It really is carcrash tv. It's cheap programing for the tv companys, and they can always find attention seakers to take part.
And kid's watching them are taking away the fact that bad behaviour gets you on TV & 'famous'. Is that really what we want to teach them?

ActorGirl1476

Snooki makes me want to blow up the whole northeast. Unfortunately I live here, too. Sigh.

Can I just add, Snooki is not even from Jersey, SHE'S FROM FREAKING POUGHKEEPSIE. :grumble:

(most of them are not from Jersey, and about half of them aren't even italian.)

I think that people are taking this way too seriously. If you don't like Jersey Shore, dont watch it. If you think they are bad role models, don't act like them. and if you are a parent you should probably trust that your children won't act like that either. It's not like their lives go particularly well in the TV show. Over all, it's mindless dumb entertainment, but it is just that, entertainment. It's not like the JS gang are running for political office or something. They don't really have control over our country and most people are smart enough to know they also in no way represent our country.

macpatti

Never watched it but from what I've heard and what little I've seen in magazines is that it's trash.

KimmieBrie

Have not and will not watch. No reality TV. I refuse to live my life in front of a TV watching someone else live theirs... especially people I don't admire or aspire to be like in any way. I make this assumption from what I've heard others say about the show. Some people I work with talk about these people like they know them intimately... so they enjoy it, but I just can't watch. I don't see the point.

FearAnLoathing

If I want to watch a bunch of little orange people I'll watch charlie and the chocolate factory

Nopedotjpeg

Guilty pleasure TV. I haven't watched it since I got rid of cable.

kb455

Guilty pleasure. 100%

I spend enough time worrying myself with the ills of the world. I can indulge in absolutely mindless entertainment because that's all it is. It's not meant to change the world or whatever. It's meant to be a soul sucking 1hr (commercials included) tv show. And I thoroughly enjoy it.

This. I don't watch because I aspire to be like them. I watch because its entertaining. Plus, how else would I extend my vocab to include words like 'smushing' and 'kookah'?

MariaAlbinaxoxo

Huge guilty pleasure. Even though I'm full blooded Italian I still think it's the best 'reality' show. Even though The Situation admitted a lot of it is scripted...

ralison

Snooki makes me want to blow up the whole northeast. Unfortunately I live here, too. Sigh.

Can I just add, Snooki is not even from Jersey, SHE'S FROM FREAKING POUGHKEEPSIE. :grumble:

The only one from Jersey is Sammi..............

almost350

Love it!

auntdeedee87

I think the general consensus is that there is very little thought, at all, among the cast of Jersey Shore.

amyofftherecord

Perhaps the dumbest thing on television (which is saying something). Putting shows like this on the air is just contributing to the superficiality of the Western world. I think this garbage is actively hurting culture to the point that I can't say that we as a society ought to be able to lay claim to having any.

megz4987

Ithink people look way to far into things like this. It's a TV show, it's for entertainment. If kids can understand that pigs and elephants don't really talk, like they show on TV, they can understand Jersey Shore and every other TV show isn't how people actually live. If that ends up being their goal, however, to live life like a 24/7 party then that's their porogative and they have other issues than a TV show.

twanthe1

Guilty pleasure. 100%

I spend enough time worrying myself with the ills of the world. I can indulge in absolutely mindless entertainment because that's all it is. It's not meant to change the world or whatever. It's meant to be a soul sucking 1hr (commercials included) tv show. And I thoroughly enjoy it.

This. I don't watch because I aspire to be like them. I watch because its entertaining. Plus, how else would I extend my vocab to include words like 'smushing' and 'kookah'?