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I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
It's not a serious topic. I was just having a hard time picturing a bunch of scientist or engineers or mathematicians hanging out and discussing Keeping up with the Kardashians, but I didn't want to generalize so I figured i'd ask.I was a math major and I don't watch reality TV. I therefor conclude that physics majors watch reality TV.
Just as i wrote that a car going by honked its horn (that's exceedingly rare out here). I looked up in time to see a deer jumping over the fence into my yard - it came pretty close to being road kill.I don't own a TV, and I don't miss it.
Amazing Race is one of the few shows I watch, at least it includes a lot of information about local cultures worldwide.My wife (who has a PhD in German) and I (physics) don't have the opportunity to watch many reality shows because we don't have cable or satellite TV, just a terrestrial antenna on our roof. From what we've read about them, it's just as well. We do watch one faithfully, "The Amazing Race." We enjoy traveling, so we like the glimpses of scenery and local life that we get between the scenes in airports and the back seats of cabs.
Some of the tasks that the contestants have to do are pretty offbeat. Until last Sunday's episode in Shanghai, we never knew that frog Fallopian tubes are a delicacy!
Having higher education does not mean that people share likes or dislikes. I know many well educated people who love reality TV, I know people who hate it and I know people who like some but not others. People are diverse, very diverse!I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
I suppose the answer depends on what one means by 'reality' TV. If it means shows about dysfunctional celebrities, or folks performing ridiculous stunts, then probably and hopefully no.I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?
I don't know it seems like my friends that are really into education look down on reality tv shows and stars, and most of my friends that like to party A LOT are the ones that watch it.I don't see the relation between education and watching reality TV. For me, I find watching them unbearable. Having said that I like Dave Lambs sarcastic commentary on Come Dine With Me (U.K.).
Everyone's different. Some of the hardest workers I knew at uni were the ones that liked to party hardest and most frequently. They'd also watch endless rubbish on TV for hours at night. Usually this was because they were working so hard and really needed to blow of some steam and do something totally different.I don't know it seems like my friends that are really into education look down on reality tv shows and stars, and most of my friends that like to party A LOT are the ones that watch it.
Where does such curiosity come from? Why do you care about what one's interests are in his/her past time?I know why I don't watch them cause they're crap, and I don't get the point of being famous for having no talent, but just curious if people with scientific backgrounds and higher education enjoy them?