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Seinfeld and Co. ruined my life
BGNews ^ | 12/2/04 | George Valko

Posted on 12/03/2004 6:38:40 PM PST by qam1

I look around me everyday and I see beautiful women. It could be very tempting to go out and date them. Going out every weekend to the clubs and picking up an assortment of chicks like so many kinds of chocolates in a Valentine's Day gift. But I will not!

It has taken me years, but I am finally getting over the lasting effects of "Seinfeld."

Yes, "Seinfeld." What is considered the greatest show/sitcom of all time has also been the biggest plague/curse on my life.

Students currently attending the University are part of the "Seinfeld" generation. Society has branded us "Generation X," and that might be so, but within the all encompassing "Generation X" lies a subset of post-pubescent adultlings.

Growing up, we "Seinfeldites" would come to learn of the adult world through the dark shadow that is "Seinfeld."

There are two role models for men in "Seinfeld" -- Jerry and George.

If you could have your pick, Jerry is the obvious choice.

He has lots of money, travels all the time; his crazy friends get into all kinds of amusing trouble, and he meets women faster than a shirtless Colin Farrell at a sorority house holding DVD box sets of Friends and the most recent "embattled woman fights for her rights" Julia Roberts movie.

All I am saying is that he was getting laid, constantly. He was getting the fine booty that all men crave.

This left an indelible impression on a young man. This, I assumed, was the fate of all halfway decent looking men.

Life would be like an RPG in which you find the best women you can at the time, until someone better comes along. Then you level up. The goal of the game is to get the level up as much as possible while using the least amount of continues.

However, Jerry was not the only character that has influenced our nation's youth. George Costanza or "Can't Stanz Ya" depending on your pronunciation, has left the best minds of our time with serious mental diseases and complexes.

No matter how slick you think you are, enough Costanza in your life will cause you to doubt yourself and all you believe in. George was obviously the most despicable and interesting character on the show.

He would lie his way into sex, jobs, marriage, out of marriage, fake disability, race old people in 9-volt scooters, take naps under his desk, have sex with cleaning ladies in his office and was the cheapest bastard on the face of the earth.

As awful a person as he might seem on the surface, there is a little George Costanza in all of us.

And the more you watch him, the larger that little Costanza inside you grows, until there is nothing left but a 35-year-old bald man with no job, no prospects and no reason to get up in the morning -- except to read the daily news.

Just think what kind of a result just these characters have on the psyche of children. And these are only two of many sexual deviants and immoral miscreants "Seinfeld" would propagate!

What does a boy learn by watching Elaine or Kramer?

From Elaine you learn that most women have little sense of humor and are only funny when extremely pissed off.

And from Kramer you learn that you can get by in life, with no job and no money just by mooching off the guy across the hall.

Having spent years getting over the mental strain and irregular development caused me by this show, I have filed a class action lawsuit with Jerry Seinfeld and the creators of "Seinfeld."

The suit is being brought now, in part due to the fact that the DVDs were recently released, and I fear that I will have a re-lapse and years of therapy will have been for naught.

Students can get in on this suit by going to www."Seinfeld"_ruined_my_life.com


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: bullwinkle; genx; getalife; seinfeld
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To: Revolting cat!

Probably had something to do with George's dad being played by Jerry Stiller, another classic Borscht Belt comedian, and real-life father of whats-his-name...


61 posted on 12/03/2004 7:12:08 PM PST by Luddite Patent Counsel ("If you accumulate enough layers of superficiality, that's pretty much the same as having depth")
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To: Revolting cat!

Jewish humor?


63 posted on 12/03/2004 7:12:53 PM PST by BikerNYC
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel
Are you kidding? Twister is a classic! "Left hand - red..."

LOL. That's gold, Jerry! Gold!

64 posted on 12/03/2004 7:13:36 PM PST by Libertarian444
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel
Just to the left of Frostbite Falls.

Is that where Wassamatta U is located?!

65 posted on 12/03/2004 7:14:06 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Ping


66 posted on 12/03/2004 7:14:06 PM PST by LuigiBasco (It's LONG past time to restart The Crusades. (What are we waiting for!)
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To: qam1
memo to the human race: television is not real. You must get your own life.
67 posted on 12/03/2004 7:14:27 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1293972/posts

I had a fun lecture with some Spongebob fans. They couldn't understand the fact that I can't stand that sponge.

68 posted on 12/03/2004 7:14:35 PM PST by Angry Republican (yvan eht nioj!)
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To: sandyeggo

I hate to bring this up, but you made me think of it, so here goes:

I love Ann Coulter, love her work, love to see her on television, think she's a great voice for the good guys, etc. etc. BUT..

..the chick has man hands. There, I've said it. Check it out and tell me if I'm wrong.


69 posted on 12/03/2004 7:15:42 PM PST by Luddite Patent Counsel ("If you accumulate enough layers of superficiality, that's pretty much the same as having depth")
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To: sandyeggo

or taking advantage of their friend so they could play with the toy collection...Easy Bake Oven!


70 posted on 12/03/2004 7:16:00 PM PST by KTpig
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To: Angry Republican
I can't stand that sponge.

Now there's a tag line.

71 posted on 12/03/2004 7:16:04 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: sandyeggo

The Bro. LOL! That was one of the funniest episodes. I also liked the one with the woman with a goiter who shagged Ghandi.


72 posted on 12/03/2004 7:16:25 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Half a league, half a league rode the MSM into the valley of obscurity)
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel

okay, but at least she isn't a low talker.


73 posted on 12/03/2004 7:17:17 PM PST by KTpig
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To: qam1

Is this writer 14? He needs go grow up.


74 posted on 12/03/2004 7:18:11 PM PST by Fledermaus (Are we a nation divided? Yes. Is it Red-Blue? No. It's the Sane vs. the Insane Left!!!!!)
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To: Clemenza
"Jurassic Park"

Ah, too bad you missed the point.

There was a definite message in that movie:

The first to die were the insane, deranged programmer and the lawyer. :-)

75 posted on 12/03/2004 7:18:17 PM PST by El Gran Salseron (My wife just won the "Inmate of the Month" Award! :-))
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To: KTpig
When you control the mail, you control...information

You have the rooster, the chicken and the hen. The rooster has sex with the hen. Who has sex with the chicken? Something's missing.
76 posted on 12/03/2004 7:19:02 PM PST by BikerNYC
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To: Angry Republican

Touchy bunch, aren't they? I guess some of us just aren't spongeworthy.


77 posted on 12/03/2004 7:19:04 PM PST by Luddite Patent Counsel ("If you accumulate enough layers of superficiality, that's pretty much the same as having depth")
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To: KTpig
okay, but at least she isn't a low talker.

And I'd wear a puffy shirt for her 365 days a year!

78 posted on 12/03/2004 7:19:20 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god)
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To: KTpig

True, and her laugh is perfectly normal.


79 posted on 12/03/2004 7:20:34 PM PST by Luddite Patent Counsel ("If you accumulate enough layers of superficiality, that's pretty much the same as having depth")
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To: qam1
I see in the thread that many people didn't like/get Seinfeld. I have to admit, it is one of my favorite shows. I never miss a rerun if one's on when I happen to be watching TV.

Probably a New York thing, I'm a former Noo Yawkah.

80 posted on 12/03/2004 7:21:31 PM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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