I was watching “Blind Date” earlier, and one of the daters was the stereotypical “dumb blonde.” It’s odd that blondes get stuck with that label, since most blondes aren’t really blondes anyway. Maybe peroxide just has a degenerative effect on cognitive functions.
Whether her sub-normal intelligence was natural (clearly her hair color wasn’t) or not, though, this woman was definitely dumb.
I was, quite frankly, a little astonished by just how dumb she was, and it seemed pretty clear that it wasn’t an act.
What I found especially funny was that in her little bio she stated that she doesn’t like “ignorant guys.” There was a certain inescapable irony to that statement…
On a later episode a born-again Christian woman was one of the daters, though I had to wonder why.
She had no interest whatsoever in her date, though that really didn’t seem to have much to do with him, as apparently the only man she’d have any interest in dating would be J.C. Himself (and no, I’m not talking about Jack Chick).
That wouldn’t work out very well for her either, though, since the very thought would be blasphemous.
The point is that this woman had zero interest in dating, and she explicitly stated that even before she began her date.
So the obvious question is, “Why would you appear on a show that has the word ‘date’ in the title if you’re not interested in dating?”
Quite frequently daters on the show say much the same thing, though their reasoning is usually much different from the born-again Christian's.
Mostly they’re people who aren’t interested in relationships and are just looking to “hook up” with someone.
It seems to me that a bar is an easier place to do that. After all, there are fewer people watching.
I guess for some the motivation is to be on TV, maybe in the hopes of being discovered or something, but honestly, when was the last time that a movie star got his or her big break on a dating show? Of course, maybe it's less mercenary than that, appealing to an exhibitionist tendency.
Still, for the born-again, neither explanation would seem likely to be her motivation. Maybe she was hoping for a public forum to express her religious views.
But whatever the case, this sort of thing is a trend on other shows besides “Blind Date.” For example, there are the homeowners who appear on shows like “Trading Spaces,” but who have all of these restrictions on what they do and don’t want done.
It seems silly to me to appear on a show in which the central premise is that you have no control over what’s done to your room if you’re not willing to just go along with whatever happens. If you want your room done over in a particular way, either pony up the cash to have someone do it for you, or do it yourself. DO NOT appear on a television show where there’s a chance that some crazy designer will put cardboard, hay, plastic flowers, moss, or some other bizarre accoutrement on your walls if that sort of thing is going to be traumatic to you.
I guess what it all really boils down to, though, is that people, blonde or otherwise, are stupid.
That seems to be at the heart of pretty much everything, and most of the world’s problems stem from our (Yes, I do include myself in this; how could I look on my life and not?) inherent stupidity.
Anyway, I just wanted to throw out a quick entry. Nothing more profound to say than “people are stupid.”
Good night, stupid.
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