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Observations: Tripwire of Entertainment

Tripwire of Entertainment

Spawned by my mortification upon discovering that—with the crash of my computer—I was reduced completely to a purposeless zombie who spent an entire afternoon in front of a TV screen.

            There is something about humanity that craves entertainment, or so I have come to believe, for it is really the only plausible reason for the way society seems to have centered itself around said department. People talk about celebrities, debate the personal lives of celebrities—something one would think was rather lacking in the worthiness of interest, and even dream about celebrities! Just imagine—or perhaps look, since it’s not really imagination anymore, the majority of the human population are far more likely to know who the newest pop star is than who their own president is! Now tell me, is this not a sorry fact indeed? To think that to most who walk this earth the life and faring of some random human being who has managed to gain greatness through the providing of time-consumption for those who cannot entertain themselves is more important and ‘impacting’ than the leaders of their countries…

            Absolutely amazing.

            Thus, though there are indeed many in the entertainment department whose dedication and talent are worthy of acknowledgment and admiration, I must still stand for the belief that humanity on a whole needs to get a life. Entertainment is a thing to help pass the time and enrich one’s life when one is tired of work—not a thing to cultivate one’s daily schedule and life around. It is, after all, only in active pursuit that one can truly enrich one’s own life and gain personal fulfillment [the stars had to pursue their dreams too], and sitting clued to a couch or a radio is not in any way the first step to action.