Does Not Suck to Suck

So the Visual Basic posting plan had to take a hit recently due to the fact that I wasn't learning anything in Visual Basic. This much I expected. What I did not count on was the fact that I would be tested on what I was supposed to be learning. Like I told the professor, "I thought this was a CAPP class."

Regardless, there is always women's basketball for a good theorem-writing opportunity. Yes, it is a National Championship game. But let's be serious, this is worse than Butler basketball. I do care very much for Notre Dame, but I'll get too frustrated if I actually watch the game.

Theorem 24: People are too afraid to admit they like something that they know sucks

"Here, check out this HORRIBLE video of this chick trying to sing with autotune." "Haha!! That is hilarious. How did she come up with those lyrics? Fun, fun, fun, fun, what? That's awful." Grand total: about 100 or 200 thousand view worldwide.

What really happens: "...this song again?" "Yeah, it's so bad, right??" Grand total: 85 Million views. Seriously? Since when is something being so unbelievably bad a reason to play it/watch it/like it? Why are we making Rebecca Black rich for being bad?

This bothers me, but honestly, everyone is allowed to suck like her and make money. I'm not even going to call it luck. She made her own luck. That's the beauty of Youtube: other than porno, everything's fair game; there is no embarrassment censor. Stop whining about spawns, make a play.

I'm fairly far off-topic now, but in my defense, there's few things more distracting than a 300 lb. center. And by distracting, I mean unstoppable by a normal-sized woman. And by 300 pounds I mean I have no idea because apparently that's classified information. Alas, I am further from the intended topic.

Really what I am trying to claim in this theorem is that people actually enjoy these things-that-suck and need to just admit it. I don't care if you find the chorus Friday, Friday, Friday a little bit catchy. Just don't lie about it. I'll admit, I like listening to almost all of Avril Lavigne's songs. Some of her lyrics are comparable to Black's. Nevertheless, I find Avril as a person to be attractive (something about that bad girl thing gets me) and her songs to be enjoyable.

And Jersey Shore? Yeah, it's got embarrassingly bad dialogue and is completely ridiculous, but don't claim you watch it for that reason. Maybe you like enjoy the softcore porn between Snookie and The Situation. Maybe you find The Situation to be quite charming. Maybe you just love Snookie's curves. Maybe you wish you lived in Jers and partied every night by watching Jersey Shore, you are living your fantasy. Maybe you are just too smart and watching Jersey Shore is the only way to make you dumber. These are all reasonable justifications for wanting to watch Jersey Shore. At least you aren't lying.

My point is just that there is a disconcerting pattern of popularizing things solely for the fact that they are terrible. I'm not going to complain about this; we live in a free world (America). But really, don't try to hide what you love.

For the record, I am watching the Notre Dame game. Diggity Doo-Dah finally doing something for the team. Where's my sign?!?!!? Not seeing it yet.