Writers Strike

Well I guess it is time for me to choose a side to be on regarding the writers strike.

It seems that the writers, those who actually PRODUCE content, want to be paid more. Something about "online content" or something. I don't really know.

The media executives, who produce DIDDLY SHIT, want to keep all the money for themselves. Really. When was the last time an executive wrote a joke? What the hell does a network CEO do anyway?

As best I can figure out, they just watch shows and then judge them. Well shit I can do that. But I get paid nothing to watch TV. And yes, I judge shows. If they are crappy I do not watch them anymore. If they are good I might watch them again.

TV shows have a way of spying on people. Somehow, they know what you are watching. Tivo tells on you. Other DVR devices might also snitch on you. Or they may install a snitch box on your TV that reports what you are watching to the ratings people.

And the executives then look at the ratings, compare them to ratings of other shows on at the same time, then decides if they should keep the show, cancel the show, or move the show to another slot.

Now seeing as how without writers actually producing content there are no shows - unless you just want more "crazy police chase" shows or "reality" shows where they take a bunch of morons and throw them into some totally artificial setting that they would NEVER EVER be involved with in real life and then film them trying to eat gross stuff - one would think that writers would be very well paid.

It seems they are not however. And so they are on strike. Hey executives - good luck getting people to watch re-runs next season! But the executives, being very highly paid, should be able to write a few jokes! Yes I am sure the Fox executives can write a season of "House" scripts. They can do that in their sleep! For they are all powerful executives, worth every penny of the millions they get paid. Right?

So get to it executives of America. You do not need anyone else. Fire your whole staff. Outsource everything. You can do it all. American Airlines CEO can not only sell you a ticket, he can also load your luggage onto the plane, fuel the plane, board all the people on the plane, fly the plane, and push the drink cart once the plane is in the air. He can do it all. Pilots? Flight attendants? Luggage chuckers? Who needs any of them.

Really. What the hell do you CEOs do? Why are you all worth millions, when the people who actually do the work that makes the company run are worth a whole lot less?

So there you go. Pay the writers more - or invent your own content. If you can. It is easy to create content after all. The hard job is what you do. And what is that again??