Coffee Table Declarations
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Last night my roommate and I happened to be watching Fear Factor. We tuned in just in time to see a girl buried in 500 pounds of worms. I really don't know what happened because we watched the entire segment while screaming loudly. That's not the grossest thing I've ever seen on reality tv however. The grossest thing was on some show where college kids were dared to do crazy things for money. One kid had to eat not one, but two live giant black centipide things. I'll spare you the details, but needless to say, my roommate and I were literally gagging.
I don't know why these shows focus so much on grossing people out. Do people really have a sick curiousity for watching other people eat nasty things or submerge their bodies in vats of worms? Personally, I'd rather see a Fear Factor type show where people triumphantly face their own worst fears like claustraphobics going on elevators and arachnophobes handling spiders. It would be like televised exposure therapy and the viewer would walk away with a sense of empowerment instead of a sense of nausea.
I don't know why these shows focus so much on grossing people out. Do people really have a sick curiousity for watching other people eat nasty things or submerge their bodies in vats of worms? Personally, I'd rather see a Fear Factor type show where people triumphantly face their own worst fears like claustraphobics going on elevators and arachnophobes handling spiders. It would be like televised exposure therapy and the viewer would walk away with a sense of empowerment instead of a sense of nausea.
