There is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Kintarian in showerthoughts
Discovery is full of shows all about people looking for things but not discovering them.
Last time I watched anything like that, probably on netflix, they where looking for pirate gold and actually found it ... buried in a military munitions burial area they couldn't reasonably or legally excavate.
The cowards
Yea what pussies.
no need to finish that then
Manchurian gold?
Pirate Gold of Adak Island probably worth a watch even though I spoiled the ending
It is frustrating. I still haven't found that damn Grail yet.
One does have to know the airspeed velocity of an unlaiden swallow.
European or African?
Homestead Rescue is cool. That’s about it.
If you think of Discovery like how Christopher Columbus "discovered" America, it does seem fitting. A bunch of bullshit that later lead to genocide and scorched earth. This seems fitting for what they've done to HBO and all the other IP they've gobbled up and destroyed.
No truth on truth social
Funny, but true
The USA FREEDOM Act violates US citizens freedoms and civil liberties.
The "democratic" republic of NK has never been democratic.
Fox News had the motto "Fair and Balanced" for like 20 years, despite being a conservative state propaganda machine.
Turns out you can just lie without consequences!
That’s why they had to call it that.
Also antisocial behavior!
Because around 20 years ago these networks figured out that they can make just as much money pumping out cheap and crappy reality shows as they can by creating expensive and difficult to produce quality programming.
Capitalism at its best
And it worked before streaming came around. Now cable subscriptions are in free fall and they don't know what to do.
Their YouTube channels are also top notch. Spacetime, Storied, Eons, Terra, Origins, Be Smart... all gold.
Man I love Spacetime and Eons. I have watched almost all of spacetime. I wish there were a spacetime hardcore where they threw as much math at me as possible. Awesome channels
That's why they want to get rid of it
Shout-out the PBS passport. $5 a month and I get all the antiques roadshow I can handle.
So true. PBS has always been a reliable place to find something decent to watch when all else fails I feel. Not to mention no commercials! or very little if any.
It's the tv version of NPR
There's no foxes on Fox News either.
Nor news
Today on Fox News
This one is taking a nap in the snow. Was it a good nap? Did they have nice dreams? We'll investigate!
Reminds of an observation my dad made once about how neighborhoods are named after what had to cleared away to build there. Oakwoods. Rolling hills. Pleasent view. Etc etc
History channel has Forged in Fire where, for about 30 seconds per episode, they give a quick lesson about the historic weapon the contestants will make.
But yeah, TV is bullshit. Fuck commercials.
I always appreciated that in shows like Pawn Stars and American Pickers, yeah the main point is entertainment, but they actually made an effort to explain the objects and history around them.
Kinda wish they didn't need to fake the premise of the show so hard to do the history lesson though.
Really we just need more antiques roadshow.
Don't forget Animal Planet, which hosts shows about tree houses and mermaids now.
that one pisses me off the most, not to mention that pitbulls and parolees or whatever the fuck its supposed to be. I swear its on every day.
Cable is dying and they will do whatever it takes to keep it afloat until the last second
I can't remember the last time I had a cable subscription. It's been a while.
The last time I had cable was the year of 9/11. And that was only because I plugged in a stray cable on a whim and found that my upstairs apartment tapped into the the cable from the downstairs apartment.
Honestly, with internet, I never saw the point. And internet only cost $10-25/mo back then. Ofc, by about 2012 or so they became wise to that being the trend and started jacking the internet bill rates. And now internet costs the same as cable used to cost, or more, depending.
But I don’t think anyone ever did a GenX is Killing Cable TV headline.
I think that's around the same time I cut the cord. I moved shortly after 9/11 and didn't see the point in subscribing. I left my (CRT) TV behind too rather than waste space in the truck for it. I haven't owned a TV since.
And internet only cost $10-25/mo back then.
True, but minimum wage was like $5 an hour, and broadband connections were like 1.5 Mbps. My current broadband connection is almost a gigabit.
Oh god, I can. Remember TiVo?
I used to have a TiVo
I really miss the TiVo sound effects. And hacking them to add bigger drives.
I remember when they had to get rid of 30-second skip
They really need to pare down the number of channels at this point since they've all been bought up by a few companies and all show the exact same shit just at different time slots.
There used to be. Turns out you can make more money with reality TV.
Which reminds me. Reality TV isn't real.
Only temporarily which is why nobody has cable anymore.
Cable was only good when broadcast TV was the alternative. Today it’s entirely obsolete
This reminds me of people who still cling onto the radio for music when there are objectively better alternatives.
Because of capitalism. Because all content must drive quarterly profit ever-higher.
Meanwhile, public broadcasting (PBS) is still putting out great content for families regardless of profitability.
Enshittification time
Sometimes I can get the weather forecast on The Weather Channel.
But there are letters on ABC.
Checkmate, atheists.
I was 100% watching MTV the other day and they legitimately played some music
Thought I was hallucinating
Are you sure you weren't smoking something
Are you sure it wasn't just the bumpers to rediculousness?
advertising is the most corrosive poison
Yes, they have people I don't know trying to sell me things I don't want and can't afford just so some bigwig could buy a second yacht.
All those examples (except MTV) is David Zaslav hard at work. So glad he's in charge of WB now!
So... No brothers I guess?
Murdoch bought Fox News and History Channel around the same time.
All of those channels were idealistic and naive. The reality of capitalism destroyed them.
Capitalism just takes advantage of human nature. That's why it has clearly been the most successful system, at least as a starting point, for the overall well being of a nation.
The issue with these channels is that most people just don't give a fuck about the information. They want to be entertained. Capitalism is just good system that enabled that to be figured out.
Your issue is not with capitalism, but human nature.
That's a bingo!
So it’s a most or nothing situation? They need to be maximally broadly appealing? That sounds like capitalism to me.
I don’t care if only a certain percentage of people are into these channels. That should be just fine. It is just fine. And I’m not here to guilt anyone because they don’t like watching history shows or whatever else.
The economic model failed the audience of the original versions of these channels. It’s not society as a whole that failed the producers of the channels.
They need to be maximally broadly appealing? That sounds like capitalism to me.
"broadly appealing" means "human nature." This is my point. Capitalism is just a good system to figure this out. You want stuff that appeals to you, as do I. But that stuff is boring to most other people. Most people like this drivel, unfortunately. You just want a system that caters to you, and your niche interests (ones we likely share, BTW). You just want the stuff you want on what is available to the broad public. . . .But why is that fair to the majority?
And you know what? With things like youtube, podcasts, and streaming (all thanks to capitalism, BTW), all of that is available to you. Just not on inappropriately named cable stations. Why do you care? Do you even get cable? Who does anymore? Even my pre-boomer dad has cut the cord.
Don't get me wrong. Capitalism certainly has it's faults. There are certain things, like policing, fire protection, and health care, that simply don't fit into the mold of capitalism well. Even as a well off American, I'm all for strong socialism for many things, like what we see in Europe.
I just find the concept that "these aren't the original intent of the channels. . .what a failure of capitalism!" to be kind of funny. Who really cares?
Learning on The Learning Channel (TLC)
That still breaks my heart. There used to be really good shows on that channel.
my 600lb life
Don’t remind me. My wife loves that show. The enablers on that show… sheesh. STOP FUCKING BRINGING HIM PLATES OF FRIED FOOD YOU MORONS!!! /rant.
Don't even get me started about the Body Shop.
No bodies I suppose. The old bait and switch.
Olive oil is made of olives… at least in Italy it is. Anyway, what about baby oil? Better not think about it.
In Africa because of the large number of languages they put pictures of what's in the package on the label. Gerber baby food had some issues when it first sold in Africa.
Ouch! That was pretty brutal. Goes to show that you have to understand the market you’re trying to operate in.
I just wanted a couple of them for my own reasons and now I have a lifetime ban from the place.
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Nickelodeon wasn't actually a movie theater that cost a nickel per show.
Fox isn't owned or operated by foxes.
ABC is not gum that has already been chewed.
Thank God for Cartoon Network.
There was a time they tried to rebrand as CN and push live action content.
They use to say television rots the brain, but now it's clear that television just rots.
There used to be
True, greed killed it.
Pure ignorance helped a lot.
Someone should make a channel called boredom.
I think that's Hallmark.
Jesus I just snorted coke out my nose.🤣
My wife loves that damn channel. But I swear to god if I have to watch another Father Christmas movie I’ll hurl. Fuck Father Christmas. Wait… I might watch “Fucking Father Christmas”
- Rudolph, the Red-rocket Reindeer
- Santa Clause versus the Martians' Buttholes
- Blueball Christmas
- The Polar Express Gets Run on Mrs. Clause
- It's a Wonderful Schlong
- Miracle on 69th Street
- my favorite - uncut and uncensored incest Folgers commercials
There is no war in Ba Sing Se
There is no socialism on social media
Ah, but is there Sy in Syfy?
No. No there isn’t.
I will never understand that stupid name change...
For branding. Sci-fi is generic and can’t be trademarked. While SyFy can be trademarked
Yeah. I think they were trying to be edgy. Or maybe some guy named Sy Fy did the name change while everyone else was on break.
I’m sorry but I just call that the syphilis channel because that’s what pops into my head when I read syfy.
I remember when The Learning Channel had learning on it. Now watching it actively depletes your intellect.
Remember flipping through the channels and stopping on TLC, what's that? Oh just some open testicle surgery. Ugh
There is no Mötorhead on Lemmy
Its all simple minded commercial fodder. Geared to hold the attention of the slow witted emotion driven masses long enough to throw ads down their psychological throats
And Beyond 2000 stopped airing in 1999
There's little to no British content on BBC America.
Your not missing much. Last time I looked at it there wasn't much more than reality and chat blocks aka cheap lower common denominator stuff
That's odd, I didn't know that.
And there are no Indians in Indiana.
To the tune of Home Again In Indiana:
There are no Indians, in In-diana Most were removed, through treaties And the Del-a-ware, had no care went to Miss-ou-ri, with ease The Shaw-nee screwed, the Mi-am-i With the treaty, of, Fort Wayne William Hen-ry Harr-i-son versus Te-cumseh The In-dian's loss, became, whitey's gain Now there are no Indians in In-diana
Travel channel and Food network switch content sometimes
Under capitalism, when you have the perfect product the only way to continue to increase profits is to make cheaper and shittier
It's the same here in the UK, multiple BBC channels all disappointing
Well that sucks
There's no entertainment on BET
The Learning Channel changed their name to TLC when they stopped carrying educational content.
Which stands for Totally Lacking Content
No Turner on the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
r/I'm14andThisIsTRUE
Not being 14 doesn't make it not true
There's no Nick's on Nickelodeon.
Nick Cannon used to have a show on Nickelodeon
If you watch enough shows, they'll eventually be nickelodeons on average.
There is no democracy in a democratic country.
The Democratic party is running a candidate without a primary.
I've heard it said, lawyers and police create criminals, doctors create sick people, politicians create corruption.
Don't know how true a sentiment that is, but I can see some true aspects to it.
It's only anecdotal, but it seems to me whenever the cops show up it gets worse.
What are these, tv channels ? youtube ? they seem badly named
USA cable crap
Deep.
This is now classic stoner chat.
This dude took it for a spin over a decade ago...
So I'm supposed to know about an article that was written a decade ago. It's a joke, relax.
Oh I'm sorry, I thought you were into history.
Minitrue, Minipax, Miniplenty, Miniluv
And there is no queen of England
There is a King and Queen of England though.
- walks with butt *