Why does the world lie to me?

Nov 17, 2016 2:29 AM

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Sorry for the political portion of the post.

Food Network never let me down!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

A man named David Zaslav with a punchable face took over Discovery in 2009 and it's been downhill ever since. Direct all anger toward him.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Because people want to be entertained rather than informed. And advertisers want to draw customers, not viewers.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Forgot the "The Learning Channel"

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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there used to be mythbusters

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Used to be".

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Accurate.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Needs TLC on the list.

9 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

How did "The Learning Channel" suddenly be back-to-back reality shows?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That's who I was thinking of. I remember them being "The Learning Channel". Not anymore!

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Nat Geo's always been good, so go watch that instead.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Don't be sorry

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So edgy.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

left of "Comedy" Central

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What does that show now?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The worst one is animal planet. ffs I dont give two shits about trees or catching alligators. I want back wild russia god damnit!

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Also Wild China

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I want Most Extreme.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I want meerkate manor :c

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well at least catching alligators has to do with animals. What about trees, man?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The media follows the herd, and the herd has always been majority stupid

9 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 2

Notice how the people who are most outspoken about "mainstream media" follows breitbrat and other facebook news sites

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

I noticed

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Breitbart is poisoning people's minds and the worst is they think its only "mainstream media" that's doing it

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ooooo yea I member!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

All sold out for the same reasons. The bitches

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

cause of capitalism

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

By "the world" you mean TV?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

history=the car channel and mtv=the reality show channel

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What a coincidence. TLC is also The Reality Show Channel. And so is A&E!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Daily Upvote is only true news source

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

We really need to insist that our news organizations fucking fact-check the crap politicians say!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Funny"

9 years ago | Likes 170 Dislikes 6

To be fair, it looks like it was posted as "No Topic".

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

not funny, reality

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"my murder charges"

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Too lazy to search for this +1

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

"Comments"

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"OC"

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

"Funny"

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Member?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Agreed but I have to forgive The History Channel...cause Vikings brah come on.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is funny.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

TLC was founded in 1972 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA. It was distributed free from a NASA satellite...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How the mighty have fallen

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Can we agree history/discovery channel really blew it?

9 years ago | Likes 67 Dislikes 3

Remember when comedians called history the Hitler channel because of the wall to wall WW2 docs? You don't know what you got till its gone.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Nobody blew it worse than the Clinton Nonsense Network and the rest of the lamestream media.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Vikings is fantastic though

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The world needs more Modern Marvels, less overweight bald guy low balling people for family heirlooms.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Liked the documentaries like Blue Planet and the show How It's Made. But yeah NEVER found anything on History Channel. Always wish it had a

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

lineup of shows based on different things like natural history, regions, cultural aspects like foods, clothing, shelters.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They had documentaries back in the day!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Can we agree all of these channels blew it?

9 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 2

I'm only 23 so I've never been exposed to an unbiased news source or non shit tv MTV

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm 18 and I gave up on news channels as soon as I was introduced to them.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

In defense of MTV: https://youtu.be/9ysyZF-DZFY

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

This!! This right here is the answer!

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

History Channel = Conspiracy and Pseudo-Science

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's kinda better than 24 x 7 Hitler. Which is what it used to be years ago.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I remember when MTV played music. I remember when Discovery had science shows. I even remember when History had actual History content....

9 years ago | Likes 355 Dislikes 3

MTV still plays music though! For like... half an hour between 3:30 and 4:00 AM.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Remember when Bravo! only showed operas??!

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I remember when they played that guitar on the MTV...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

MTV still plays music! ... for likel half an hour between 3:30 and 4:00 AM.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Watch H2. It's the history version of History Channel. Less Reality Shows, more documentaries dealing with historical events/characters

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I remember when news wasn't 24/7 and contained some actual news...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I remember when history started and it was just 24h documentaries on various subjects... so many hours spent watching that channel...

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Remember complaining about all the shows about WW2.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I was fine with it, I just complained when programming was filled with Duck Dynasty and stuff.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Aliens!

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

yep... or Aries... one of the two...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Arisen... fnck autocorrect

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What ???!!? - sorry - I give up...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*crying* I MISS THOSE DAYS *sobs uncontrollably for....fuck it eternity*

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on M-T-V...

9 years ago | Likes 49 Dislikes 1

Her 2 kids in highschool they tell her that she's uncool cause she still preoccupied pied pied with 19 19 1985

9 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Woo hoo hoo

9 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

My life has no meaning with the History Channel not playing History.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I remember when MTV first started, it cost $5.00 a month extra on your cable bill.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I remember when Animal Planet had Steve Irwin

9 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 0

Yeah. Now I go on Animal Planet and....they have a show about treehouses??

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You seen the one with the dude that deals with house cats? Like, I'm tryna see some wild animals not indoor cats

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well they're animals at least. The show you mean...is it "My Cat From Hell"? The dude is bald, has glasses and a styled goatee?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yea that show

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"Remember" v

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I remember when all those networks hit the airwaves..

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Pepperidge Farms remembers...

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

Those were the good old days

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Remember when cable didn't have commercials?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So does Pepperidge Farm.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

History 2 still does if I'm not mistaken

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Don't worry. Its day will come.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I remember when MSNBC was just NBC.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Shit I remember all of that and I'm only 17

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Ok grandpa get off imgur, the home is worried about you.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

I used to love history channel but Netflix/Hulu has killed my need for cable... what is history channel now?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You know that "Aliens" guy meme with the crazy hair? That's Ancient Aliens and that's an actual show on the History channel.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

me too dude, me too

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is why we have Discovery Science

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Remember when TLC was the learning channel

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Yeah I remember being really stoked about the amazing shows on there. It was like the future had finally arrived. Such a cock tease.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I really miss junkyard wars, as fake as I'm sure it was that shit was entertaining

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I remember with discovery played how it's made

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And when myth-busters were more frequent.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Was this back when the History Channel was really the Hitler Channel?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yup, It's now the America Channel.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Member the Millennium Falcon?

9 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

i member

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

... I'm an old fuck. =/

9 years ago | Likes 146 Dislikes 2

Yay old people!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

That'd mean your old enough to have had a kid who became a teen who wouldn't have remembered any of that

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nah, fuck having kids.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Shit bruh I'm only 18 and I remember that stuff too. You're not old. But you're definitely still a fuck...ya fuck.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

I notice you're not old enough to remember when news had real news.

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

It's hard to remember a fictional event.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Psychology speaking, not true. It is possible to convince someone they remember something that never happened. Look it up it's fascinating.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm aware of the studies you are talking about, and I agree. I was merely making a somewhat funny point. It IS fascinating though....

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I remember when TLC had learning content too... and A&E was about art and entertainment.

9 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

I'm only 19 and I still remember that shit... I was a boring child

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I'm only 16 and I remember that too

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I love the mountains. I love the clear blue skies. I love big bridges. I love when great whites fly. I love the whole world.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And all it's sights and sounds! Boom-de-yada Boom-de-yada Boom-de-yada Boom-de-yada!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0