Here comes Honey Boo Boo

ChelseaYepThatsMe

So because I was raised in a non urban, rural setting I should like trash television, talk like an uneducated baboon and make a general *kitten* of myself?

You should like whatever you want, but why hate on what I like, because you don't like it?

JennyLisT

So because I was raised in a non urban, rural setting I should like trash television, talk like an uneducated baboon and make a general *kitten* of myself?

I guess I have some catching up to do. I'm going to throw my textbooks in the trash and hook up to reality television!

jenilla1

We are all entitled to our opinions. And here's mine - the ads for that show are depressing. It's like the making of a monster. I can just picture that little "princess" 10 years from now. . . Exploiting children for profit and/or entertainment isn't cute or funny to me.

RainHoward

So because I was raised in a non urban, rural setting I should like trash television, talk like an uneducated baboon and make a general *kitten* of myself?

You should like whatever you want, but why hate on what I like, because you don't like it?

Because I loath stupidity it all its many forms. Because when confronted with said stupidity and the increasingly evident lack of intelligence in the average American, I get annoyed. Because if people say nothing, nothing will change. Because maybe if I say something someone else will read it and stop long enough to think. Because to say nothing is to condone the activity. When I am confronted with blatant stupidity, ignorance, hate, lack of any moral or ethical fortitude, racism or bigotry, I say something. Because America has gone so far down hill most people no longer have the courage or willingness to stand up for what they believe. Because network television and the mindless tripe they shove down the throat of viewers is as much a part of the problem as the viewer who watches it.

ChelseaYepThatsMe

So because I was raised in a non urban, rural setting I should like trash television, talk like an uneducated baboon and make a general *kitten* of myself?

You should like whatever you want, but why hate on what I like, because you don't like it?

Because I loath stupidity it all its many forms. Because when confronted with said stupidity and the increasingly evident lack of intelligence in the average American, I get annoyed. Because if people say nothing, nothing will change. Because maybe if I say something someone else will read it and stop long enough to think. Because to say nothing is to condone the activity. When I am confronted with blatant stupidity, ignorance, hate, lack of any moral or ethical fortitude, racism or bigotry, I say something. Because America has gone so far down hill most people no longer have the courage or willingness to stand up for what they believe. Because network television and the mindless tripe they shove down the throat of viewers is as much a part of the problem as the viewer who watches it.

They don't shove it down you're throat. You chose to watch it or you don't. But again, you missed the point in my post entirely. This was not a thread to argue on. I like the show, get over it? It doesn't make me any less of a great person. You don't like it, doesn't make you any less of a great person. No need to put me down over a show. No need to put anyone down.

windycitycupcake

"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' is not the worst thing on TV"

"I don't hate the new reality series “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” but I should. Everything about this show screams, “You are wasting 30 minutes of your life by viewing this!” After struggling through a mini-marathon of five episodes, I've decided it's not the worst show on television. But it's close."

"Other than having one of the more catchy titles for a reality show, there is not much here to recommend primarily because the show invites the viewer to sit in judgment of the family. Having said that, it does offer a version of family life characterized by love and support. I guess that's why I don't hate it."

-Melissa Crawley
GateHouse News Service

Tourney3p0

They don't shove it down you're throat. You chose to watch it or you don't. But again, you missed the point in my post entirely. This was not a thread to argue on. I like the show, get over it? It doesn't make me any less of a great person. You don't like it, doesn't make you any less of a great person. No need to put me down over a show. No need to put anyone down.

Would you be less of a person if you enjoyed shows about mutilating animals or making homeless people fight for food?

Not that the two are directly comparable of course. But the notion that "What I watch doesn't lessen me" is ridiculous. Of course it can.

ChelseaYepThatsMe

They don't shove it down you're throat. You chose to watch it or you don't. But again, you missed the point in my post entirely. This was not a thread to argue on. I like the show, get over it? It doesn't make me any less of a great person. You don't like it, doesn't make you any less of a great person. No need to put me down over a show. No need to put anyone down.

Would you be less of a person if you enjoyed shows about mutilating animals or making homeless people fight for food?

Not that the two are directly comparable of course. But the notion that "What I watch doesn't lessen me" is ridiculous. Of course it can.

Do you watch horror films? If you do, you enjoy watching people die. What you watch, doesn't lessen who you are. It's tv. Not the end of the world.

ChelseaYepThatsMe

does anyone know or has anyone ever known a parent or parents who feed their kids an unhealthy amount of junk food?
how would one politely confront them to achieve a positive result and not have them get defensive?
does any parent on here allow their young child to have soda?

My father once in a while lets my daughter have some of his rootbeer. Which has no caffeine. She doesn't get her own cup of it, just sips of his. I would just politely look at the parent and ask if that's what they eat all the time. Then ask why if it is the only thing they eat. My daughter models my behaviors. She loves healthy food, green beans, corn, all veggies really. She cries for "cold water" instead of juice or pop.

Alohathin

From the commercials, the little girl seems like a pretentious little brat. I would not be able to sit through a full episode of that.

And there is no excuse for jazzing up your 6 year old with Redbull.

catcrazy

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Lets keep it on topic please folks, everyone is entitled to their own opinions and you can debate as much as you like but please keep personal insults out of it.

alleycat88

So because I was raised in a non urban, rural setting I should like trash television, talk like an uneducated baboon and make a general *kitten* of myself?

THIS!!


Louisiana girl here, and I can tell you most people I know are NOT white trash simply because they are from the countryside.

I refuse to watch the show as the commercials alone make me want to gag.

windycitycupcake

it's interesting how angry this show makes people in regards to misrepresentation of southern folk...i never watched it and thought they were trying to imply that is how people from the south behave. i think that is a representation of how that particular family behaves.

i mean you would really have to have never met a single working class person from the south in your life to think this is how everyone acts. there is a cultural stereotype for every region of the world, you have to be small minded/naive to think it encompasses every single person who lives or grew up in that region.

i mean first of all they were involved in child beauty pageants for crying out loud. you already know they are not typical.

my friends from the south don't behave like that family, but like the show because it's ridiculous

remember: PAGEANT MOM. COUPON QUEEN. we are already dealing with some out of the norm, quirky people here.
or are we?

i wonder how many other honey boo boo children are out there that we don't know about...

ashleyh3156

Saw the show for the first time. I think it's sad and a commentary on gross TV. I will never watch it or its likes again. American TV has hit another low.

I agree!!!!

kayemme

truly embarrassing.

corn63

Makes me want to drink bleach.

alleycat88

it's interesting how angry this show makes people in regards to misrepresentation of southern folk...i never watched it and thought they were trying to imply that is how people from the south behave. i think that is a representation of how that particular family behaves.

i mean you would really have to have never met a single working class person from the south in your life to think this is how everyone acts. there is a cultural stereotype for every region of the world, you have to be small minded/naive to think it encompasses every single person who lives or grew up in that region.

i mean first of all they were involved in child beauty pageants for crying out loud. you already know they are not typical.

my friends from the south don't behave like that family, but like the show because it's ridiculous

remember: PAGEANT MOM. COUPON QUEEN. we are already dealing with some out of the norm, quirky people here.
or are we?

i wonder how many other honey boo boo children are out there that we don't know about...

My main issue is not the representation of the south. It's the exploitation of this child. She is portrayed in a cringeworthy manner and if I were her I'd be appalled and embarrassed when I was old enough to understand the consequences of how this show make made me look. I would also be pissed at my parents for allowing it. Maybe it's me being a stick in the mud here but being used by a tv channel and shown in a light such as that wouldn't sit well with me

severins_obsession

Tried to watch this last night (marathon), and it actually succeeded in grossing me out -- very few (if any) shows have ever done that to me!!!

I do enjoy the delicious irony, however, in making "stars" of this subsection of the population. I first met Honey Boo Boo when she appeared on Toddlers & Tiaras: the epitome of laughing at them, not with them television.

GretchenReine

it seems like mothers trying to live vicariously thru their daughters!! i like teen mom better lol totally sarcastic...diners drive-ins and dives rules!!

Totally with the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives!

I cannot take Honey Boo Boo! :noway:

windycitycupcake

and to add to the mystery of it all...the mother continues to *earnestly* enter her crude mannered, hyper active, overweight child in these psycho beauty pageants to try and win "Grand supreme" always telling the child how adorable and pretty she is. Blows my mind!

i wonder how this will effect her as she grows up. Im sure many people would think negatively, but i can somehow see her as a really confident, tough skinned woman capable of anything

anyway at least now she gets to go to college since they are making a buttload of money of the show

BARBY1956

Saw the show for the first time. I think it's sad and a commentary on gross TV. I will never watch it or its likes again. American TV has hit another low.

This.. I am so embarrassed for them....especially the older girls.

mgmlap

it seems like mothers trying to live vicariously thru their daughters!! i like teen mom better lol totally sarcastic...diners drive-ins and dives rules!!

I do agree with the mothers living vicariously through their daughters..i mean these mothers are quite large...dont take care of themselves...

VelociMama

kayemme

i threw out my television well over a decade ago. i just found out about this show a few days ago, when i heard that more people watched *it* than the RNC. this is why i'm often embarrassed about being an american. i was embarrassed when i heard about jersey shore and then this.

thankfully, it is not a true representation of "country" living. i grew up in many places, but one of them was about as redneck as it could get. i picked peaches & almonds off the street trees, berries & pomegranates, sucked the nectar out of what we called honeysuckle (though i'm not sure it really was honeysuckle). we drank soda, but then collected all the beer bottles from the neighborhood to return for a dime each at the market, where we'd score huge bags of penny candy.

i can't imagine anyone would feel comfortable in exploiting a child on so many levels. it makes me sick to my stomach and is abusive on so many subtle levels. the support of watching it (with ratings) makes you participatory, whether you recognize it or not. i'm not judging you over it - i don't even know you. lots of people (clearly) are with you on it. and i may even support it unknowingly by occasionally buying from a commercial sponsor (which i wouldn't know about because i don't watch the show) but that doesn't mean my actions aren't counted.

in any case, i love real country folk. but that ain't it.

oregonzoo

The fact people watch crap like that, is a sad commentary on society.

Just about all reality shows left are a sad commentary on society.

DoomCakes

Just watched the trailer for this show....

...I can't stop cringing.

THIS!!!

The thought that out of all the contestents that she has competed against somehow SHE is famous? The quote was about it. And the way that girl is is rather frightening. They let this little 6 year old drink Mt. Dew, red bulls, and sugar her up (probably why she is overweight for her age group). Her mom sees no harm in this of course, but then again she's really overweight. Now, I am not saying overweight is unattractive, but when you are also overweight from those unhealthy habits at THAT young an age, it will lead to further problems in the future.

I am NOT against children entering pagents IF it is their own choice. I watched one episode of Toddlers and Tiara's and it was appaling when one of the moms repeatedly forced her child to participate and her child would cry and throw a fit and not WANT to do the show basically. Honey Boo Boo annoyance wants to at the least.

What I do NOT agree with is when the parents get overly obsessed and spend THOUSANDS of dollars on their childs looks for these shows. That money SHOULD be going to an education. I think they should be focused on the natural beauty of the kid, not glam them up with over amounts of make up, fake teeth, tanning (why would you ever subject a kid to that?!) and skimpy outfits. That bothers me the most... it's one thing to compete, but to put them in a bikini or have their belly showing, it's like you're PROMOTING pedophilia. And before people start on the "oh they have rights to dress how they want, they're not asking" bull crap... think about it... You may not be ASKING for it, but some creepy old pedophile perv could be sitting at home watching it with THAT intent whether you want it or not. The more skin, the more fuel to the fire for most of them.

I think the show is retarded, and it makes people like that look amazing. But it's trashy, and they are very uneducated. But they try to play it off as "this is good!" It's not... save money for your childs education so maybe someone in that crappy family can have an ounce of a chance in life... and for f**ks sake stop feeding your child crap!

crimznrose

I refuse to watch that show because the more viewers who watch that trash, the more money that redneck family gets to primp and parade around their over-caffinated diva daughter like a pig in lipstick at these children pageants. :grumble:

kayemme

hey, i watch that show and i'm pretty damn smart.:happy:

just 'cuz you think it doesn't make it true

(i'm not saying you're not smart, but i am saying that our opinions of ourselves can often be really skewed)

dawnkykong

Saw the show for the first time. I think it's sad and a commentary on gross TV. I will never watch it or its likes again. American TV has hit another low.

Agreed. Half the show is devoted to making her look like something she isn't. Then they actively encourage the family to act like trash and give them a bunch of money for their effort. The whole thing is just sad.

She was apparently in my town recently buying a wig (as all children do, of course). The store owner said the girl is actually very normal and down to earth, but when the cameras are rolling they prod her into acting outrageous and quoting stripper quotes (after giving her a liter of red bull and Mountain Dew, of course). It's borderline child abuse. People like it, I guess. No accounting for taste.

I completely agree with both of you and watching that show encourages ignorance and just makes them rich for it. I couldn't imagine my family acting that way.

birdieandkenadi05

There are some of the most judgmental, hypocritical, unforgiving, overly opinionated people in these chat rooms. Its so sad that you cant post a topic about what you like without people stereotyping or judging you as a person. Get off your high horses!! geeesshhhh! I dont watch the show but I dont look down on people who do or feel this show is the reason for "society as a whole" being a wreck! Its not that serious....take a xanax and relax!!!