So I was having a conversation with my friend Amanda yesterday, and we got on the topic of Reality TV.  She was telling me how she is “addicted” to watching reality shows like American Idol, Dancing With The Stars and a few others.  We started to add up the time spent watching these shows and the results were astounding.

She watches two hours of Idol each week as well as two hours of Dancing With The Stars.  She’s also a fan of Celebrity Apprentice and Hells Kitchen.  There are a few others that she watches here and there, but we’ll just safely say that she watches 6 hours of reality TV per week.

Here’s where it gets fun… If she watches 6 hours per week, that equates to 24 hours per month.  I the typical season of these reality TV shows last just 3 months, that adds up to 72 hours.  Now let’s assume the typical human is awake and functioning for 16 hours per day… That means that in the span of just 3 months, she has wasted 4 and a half days of her life watching others live theirs.

Astounding!  Now if you consider that perhaps she watches similar shows when Idol and Dancing are not on, she could possibly spend 18 days per year watching reality TV.  That’s 2 1/2 weeks of her life wasted each year watching “Reality” TV.

This is sick and wrong…. people need to evaluate whether or not they want to live life, or spend it watching others.  I know what I prefer - do you?

Peace & Love - and Thanx 4 Listening!

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