Is it just me or if everything just shit nowadays?

I mean for a start off, I've had the unfortunate experience of watching more than my fair share of that wonderful medium that is called television and....oh my God, if the mass media was a good indicator of the social climate of this country I'd say were all well and truly fucked!

I flicked around and discovered a program on sky 1 called 'Change the day you die'

If you haven't seen it the program explores people's lives and a Dr. Thomas Perls comes on board chastising folk who he thinks are living unhealthy lifestyles. Well, there was this one bloke called Ben who was 24 stone rugby player from Bradford, let's just say he liked a drink and to wash it down with plenty of junk food after a big night out on the town. Anyway, I could NOT believe how this poor bloke was treated by these self serving twats. They showed him up on camera to be a complete waste of space. He drank a lot and eat a lot and was overweight, so fucking what? Apparently according to the programs 'life expectancy calculator' he was only going to live to 54 if he carried on with his current lifestyle. Jog on is what I say! good on the man. If he was happy drinking, smoking and eating and going out on the raz with his mates then what's the problem with that?

My point is this, ultimately this bloke Ben could end up far worse off after being told what to eat, act, etc etc....I'm wondering if the program makers ever think to themselves whilst making this trash is ....are we doing this bloke any good in the long run? Ok, so he may feel good about himself for a few weeks after loosing some weight but is he going to end up happy in the end? He's given up smoking, drinking, late nights, going out, having a decent social life all to try and add a few years onto his life. Let's face it, isn't it better to die young with a smile on yer face than old and miserable having listened to some cretins on some reality TV show?