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 You’re swaying timidly towards a mysterious spotlight on a stage, sweat breaks, drenching your upper lip. As you strut your face turns into a fiery blaze and then out of breath, you step onto a piece of metal and instantly, enormous white letters appear next to you that read: 476 pounds. You think to yourself: Where am I? I never asked for this. But then a horrible memory of deprivation from a Big Mac hits you and BOOM, you’re on Biggest Loser!  Every standard homosapien has cast their delicate eyes upon a reality TV show,  the bane of human existence yet also a genre of television programming that presents supposedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, since apparently the Amish run their own mafia and repo men are consistently held at gun point. Now I’m not saying that reality shows give off a great source of entertainment, but last time I checked when you go hiking you don’t just run into a random fruit tree or a pre-made camp that somebody just “left behind.” If you really think deep enough about those shows it turns out they’re fake.  Now I am confident that most souls are familiar with the show Jersey Shore. I understand that watching people go through personal anguish is amusing, but when children under the age of 13 watch this show they go through three terrible stages of change. Stage one: he/she begins speaking like the cast member. Stage two: he/she’s fashion sense becomes like the show. And finally Stage three: the child develops SWAG. Jersey shore has a negative impact on America’s youth due to its subliminal messaging of partying and getting wasted. Never in a million years would the TV industries make a show about getting a job a working hard, instead they create one that promotes alcohol and how to get a bad tan. I've noticed over the past 3 years that Americans are tremendously bored since all they truly care about is who’s fighting with who, and who’s going out with who. Unfortunately individuals are taking them seriously, which is why reality television must be terminated.