Forthnights

Since its the weekend, I want to talk about something light.....



Here's an article on the teletubbies





The thing that really caught my eye was



"Although the show is aimed at children between the ages of one and four, it has been a substantial cult hit with older generations, particularly university students"





Now that sounds deadly. Just imagine, a group of teletubbies cultist... gathering in a room, with TV sets taped onto their bellies, chanting in unison "Eh-oh... Eh-oh.... Eh-oh...."



And we all thought the case with Jim Jones was bad. This is just the end of civilization! The teletubbies are slowly brainwashing varsity students to be like 4 year old babies!



Just so you know, I just so happened to watch it this morning. Just 15 minutes was enough to make my mind numb with baby like blankness. I didn't get it. The red tubby was watering the handbag (?) of another tubby and it became bigger, like a plant. Then he(?) watered the items of rest of the tubbies and the same thing happened. And every time, the sun with that baby face kept laughing. What so funny?



Anyway, the sheer non-sense of the show made it harder for me to switch the channel. My mind was screaming "Help, I'm being de-educated, brainwashed into a childlike state" as i started to feel my mind loose all sharpness and ability to think critically. All was left was a state of surreal happiness and bliss...



Why do they have TV's on their bellies? Is it some kind of twisted joke
on human society, which often makes the TV the center of our living
room? Isn't it strange to watch TV, only to see big fat aliens(?) with
TV's on their bellies? How come the fact that their seem completely naked doesnt bother anyone? What gender are they anyway?  What will our kids grow up to become? I tell you
what; They'll become tubby cultist, taping TV's to their bellies going "Eh-oh... Eh-oh.... Eh-oh...."





The teletubbies are evil!



Ok maybe not..



 You know how there are ratings for movies? +18 only. R-Rated, PG-Rated etc.... Well... there should be warning and rating for the show "-4 Rated" Only for children below four. Because as in my case, an adult watching the show would effectively reduce them to 4 year old toddlers again. The show treats you like one (since that is the target audience), and watch it often,you become one. No wonder our university student have been doing so badly. They've been watching Teletubbies!



So, have a good weekend and take care ya! Till next time.





P/S:



I suddenly have a notion:



In my earlier post about the Virginia Tech shooting, I proposed that the American Constitution should be amended and the schooling system revised. But now, I think they should just have a compulsory 30 minute TV session of Teletubbies. Yes, they'll leave the room being Tubby cultist and tape TVs to their bellies, but at least they'd be happy, and the world would be a better (albeit bizzare) place to live in.