It may not be a surprise to hear that I don't give a crap about the Hollywood writers' strike. They're already getting paid too much to create an enormous amount of crap and now they are paying homeless people to stand in the picket lines for them. If they're looking for my sympathy, they need to change their methods.
People are going to watch TV regardless of what's on. If writers strike, that just means more shitty reality shows to numb and dumb the masses will be created by producers who already save money by making the reality shows in the first place.
I understand that Hollywood producers get paid a lot of money, probably more than they deserve. But they're still going to get paid a ridiculous amount of money even after the strike. Shit, they're still getting paid a ridiculous amount of money during the strike!
Hollywood writers - your profession is shallow and pointless. You should be happy to receive pay at all. And I know, insurance is expensive on a Corvette, but we all have to make sacrifices.
It would be nice if the American public went on strike from TV, to show the writers and executives where the real power lies. Everyone is forgetting that the consumer is the most important aspect of the entertainment world. Unfortunately, TV is just entertaining enough to prevent everyone from turning their sets off.
If you have cable, I urge you to not pay your bill any longer. You don't need TV; TV needs you. I've been boob-tube free for about seven years, and it's one of the best things I've ever done for my life. I guarantee that after a year or so you won't need to know - and more importantly you won't care - what happens on Days of Our Lives. You can live the days of your own life instead.
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