Here comes Honey Boo Boo

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...

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.

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!

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)

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!!!

GAh!


:::lights her hair on fire, runs in circles and pokes her eyes out::

Haven't seen the show, but it sure does make for some great GIFs from what I've seen already.

Yuck. :indifferent:

they all watch the show, watch themselves and aren't ashamed or embarrassed. i don't really get why people are so flabbergasted by this show. there are way way worse shows where people behave atrociously. all those "dating" shows where people slut it up with strangers, jersey shore, girlfriend confidential....

at least this show is about a family no matter how cringe worthy you feel it is i cringe more when i see shows about *kitten* partying and women acting like and getting treated like a brainless pieces of meat

I wouldn't know about other shows as I don't watch reality TV at all. I may watch one or two suspense shows like CSI back when that was good, but trash TV is not for me. And to think TLC once stood for the learning channel. More like totally ludicrous channel nowadays

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)

um no...im smart. haha what a weird thing to say. my opinion of my intelligence is not skewed, yikes, that is kind of a rude thing to say to someone.

maybe you are. i didn't mean it to be rude.