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Last year a friend of mine got me to watch MTV's Real World for the first time. One season's worth of watching beautiful 20-somethings party, get plastered and have lots of promiscuous and unsafe sex was enough for me.
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Boy, has this show degenerated. I watched the first one back in 92 or 93 and it was pretty much devoid of sexuality. Just basically brought 6 kids(I think that, maybe more) from different backgrounds together in a luxurious, paid for apartment. Most had boyfriends and girlfriends at home and there wasn't this hopping from bed to bed stuff. It was all about the dynamics of the relationship from these folks from different backgrounds and a chance for them to reach goals they might not have in their hometowns. Now it sounds as if it is degenerative fest and "hooking up" is even encouraged by the producers. MTV wasn't innocent in 92, but it is amazing in just 10-12 years how much more debase they have become.

But haven't you noticed that in EVERY season they've had gay/lesbian/bisexual cast members???

It's a staple in that goddamn show.

I just watch it for the fun of watching a "reality" show where all interaction between people is clearly scripted, and how they choose extraordinarily beautiful people, far away from the "common person" archetype. That's "Real" alright. (/sarc)

It's just missing the transgender guy/girl.