My wife has always told me I need to watch more TV. Presumably, it’s to encourage me to turn my brain off. However, just the opposite actually happens.

Why is it popular and what does it tell us about ourselves? I have no answers…just more questions.

Could it be that getting a front row seat into other people’s problems helps us feel better about ours? Is there a version of ourselves that we see in the characters on screen whom we can live vicariously through? We talk about them as if we know them; is that a signal that our real-life social circle is small? Is that a good thing?

In certain cases, I’m baffled that people actually behave like this. Or do they?

These are the thoughts that cross my mind when Reality TV is in front of me. So…I’ll need to find another method of turning the brain off.