Do the right thing, writers: stay on strike. PLEASE!

Everybody seems to be all in a twitter about the writers’ strike in Hollywood.  Apparently the issue is over the writers wanting more ka-ching off DVD sales.  I’m not here to argue the validity of their reason, or absence thereof.  I’m not even here to talk abut what a fucking joke unions are (hey, I’m in a union and they are a fucking joke).  My problem with this whole thing is this:

Who cares?!

Probably 98% of TV is total crap.  And that’s being extremely generous.  I mean, look at it- there are reality shows galore anymore (don’t think for a second that they’re not scripted by writers) and just about all of them are positively awful.  Most of the sitcoms are vulgar, which I personally have absolutely no problem with, but they are still pretty insulting to the average TV watcher’s intelligence.

(Wasn’t that about the biggest oxymoron you’ve ever heard!?!!  “TV watcher’s intelligence”?  I don’t care who ya are, that’s funny right thar!) 

Anyway, let’s face it, most TV programming sucks.  The “music video” channels don’t show music videos anymore- they’re all reality shows about a bunch of thug rappers’ houses and pimped out rydz (I’m guessing that means “automobile”), and about a bunch of losers trying to get it on with a crack whore who tried (unsuccessfully) to get it on with crackmaster rapper Flav R Flav who tried (at least somewhat successfully) to get it on with Brigitte Nielsen.  Eeeeeeewwwwwwww!  I have seen everything, now that they have managed to create spin-offs of reality shows.  TLC, once one of the absolute best networks on all of TV, has largely become crap, dominated by shows about medical… anomalies, for lack of a better term that won’t offend the Politically Corrupt Correct, and about slum-lords “flipping” houses (”flipping houses” sounds an awful lot like “fencing cars”… jeeez, am I dating myself now?!).  Spike TV has turned into The UFC Channel– that literally is ALL they show.  Riveting.  News channels aren’t even worth watching because they don’t deliver the news anymore- it’s all that insanely annoying Nancy Grace broad and her fellow “journalists”, and I use THAT term very loosely as well.  Just tell me what is happening in the world- don’t spend 7 hours dissecting one friggin’ story.  And heaven forbid if something new happens with one of the tabloid tramps- then CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC all become the All Paris/Lindsay/Britney/Anna Nicole/OJ/Michael Jackson All The Time channels.

So my thought is this: to the writers, take as much time as you need.  As far as I’m concerned, you can’t stay gone long enough.  However, the more important message is to the hardcore television viewer.

Don’t get pissed at the writers.  Don’t get pissed at… whomever the writers are pissed.  At.  Matter of fact, don’t get pissed period.  Look at this as a new start to your life- shut the TV off.  Read a book.  Go for a walk.  Clean the garage.  Reintroduce yourself to your family (those people in your house that occasionally obstruct your view of the TV).  Hell, if you can’t find the off button on your remote just yet, go out and rent a decent movie.  TV programming is largely shit; are we going to miss it THAT much?

Besides, eventually one side or the other will cave and suddenly all will be “right” with the television world again.  Sadly, I’ll likely be right there when it does.  >sigh<