OMG!!! A GIRL!!! AND SHE PLAYS VIDEO GAMES!!! OMG!!!
G4TechTv. Great channel. One devoted entirely to the world of technology. Aside from the mind-bendingly bad shows recently brought over from the now defunct G4 channel (why they couldn't STAY dead is beyond me; small children with down syndrome can write better comedy), it's quality programming all around. Especially XPlay, my second favorite half hour on the network (Unscrewed being first).
If this blog were being written by the average viewer under 16, this is the point where they'd start drooling and hyperventilating about how amazingly hot the co-host of the show, Morgan Webb, is.
Thank your lucky stars its not.
Don't watch XPlay? Here's what she looks like. Now I'm all for everybody having an opinion on what's attractive and what isn't, and Morgan Webb is by no means ugly, but is that really something that should inspire mindless obsession? No, no it isn't.
Don't believe that people would obsess over that? Hey, neither did I until almost exactly a year ago...
I decided I'd take this class in school last year, Cisco, which is all about computer networking and the various complexities thereof. It's also a damn hard class and I dropped it despite passing 2 (of the 4) semesters with flying colors. But had I not taken it, I would not have had the pleasure of meeting a certain person with an astounding (and truly sad) obsession over Morgan Webb. Almost everyday, he'd log onto the same website, which can be found here (sort of half working by the looks of it, but you get the idea).
That's right, a website devoted to an average looking, female TV show co-host's hair. Her HAIR. How pathetic do you have to be to actually block out the thought that "I'm obsessing over the hair of a girl that I do not, nor will ever know, and if she ever looked at me she'd pity my poor existence"? And then there's the fact that I recently saw this kid with a t-shirt that says "I love Morgan Webb"...
It's not that there's an above average looking girl hosting a TV show. No, that's pretty much a standard for any network. It's the fact that she's on a show about video games: Something seen as a male dominated hobby. And anytime a girl shows up in such a place they're worshipped for no other conceivable reason than they don't have a dick. Forget other basic human traits, like a good personality, intelligence, etc; They could be spouting off "OMG!! I PWND J00 HARD!!" and they're still treated like a goddess.
Ever been to a forum? Hell, I moderate at one and its the exact same thing. Female member signs up, and 95% of the male members hit on them. And for what? The slim chance that somewhere down the road you'll have a fake online relationship? Or oooooh, better yet, e-sex! w00t!
Speaking of forums, I just checked out XPlay's. Obviously, there's a huge thread dedicated to Morgan Webb. And reading through it, I'm beginning to wonder if some people realize how television shows work with all the comments about "ooh, she's got a nice personality", "I love her wit", "Her sarcasm is my favorite", etc.
There's these amazing devices called teleprompters. Now you see, what these things do (and here comes the crazy part), is they scroll the lines that the personality on screen is supposed to say aloud. Oh, and get this, they were written by someone else who gets paid to write! Incredible, I know. So basically, the only thing you can give Morgan credit for without actually knowing her is that she's quite skilled as a television personality. Other than that, well...
You know that stereotype back in the 80's that anyone involved with computers is a social low life that has a heart attack anytime a girl talks to them? It may be dead, but the type of people who caused it certainly didn't go with it.
If this blog were being written by the average viewer under 16, this is the point where they'd start drooling and hyperventilating about how amazingly hot the co-host of the show, Morgan Webb, is.
Thank your lucky stars its not.
Don't watch XPlay? Here's what she looks like. Now I'm all for everybody having an opinion on what's attractive and what isn't, and Morgan Webb is by no means ugly, but is that really something that should inspire mindless obsession? No, no it isn't.
Don't believe that people would obsess over that? Hey, neither did I until almost exactly a year ago...
I decided I'd take this class in school last year, Cisco, which is all about computer networking and the various complexities thereof. It's also a damn hard class and I dropped it despite passing 2 (of the 4) semesters with flying colors. But had I not taken it, I would not have had the pleasure of meeting a certain person with an astounding (and truly sad) obsession over Morgan Webb. Almost everyday, he'd log onto the same website, which can be found here (sort of half working by the looks of it, but you get the idea).
That's right, a website devoted to an average looking, female TV show co-host's hair. Her HAIR. How pathetic do you have to be to actually block out the thought that "I'm obsessing over the hair of a girl that I do not, nor will ever know, and if she ever looked at me she'd pity my poor existence"? And then there's the fact that I recently saw this kid with a t-shirt that says "I love Morgan Webb"...
It's not that there's an above average looking girl hosting a TV show. No, that's pretty much a standard for any network. It's the fact that she's on a show about video games: Something seen as a male dominated hobby. And anytime a girl shows up in such a place they're worshipped for no other conceivable reason than they don't have a dick. Forget other basic human traits, like a good personality, intelligence, etc; They could be spouting off "OMG!! I PWND J00 HARD!!" and they're still treated like a goddess.
Ever been to a forum? Hell, I moderate at one and its the exact same thing. Female member signs up, and 95% of the male members hit on them. And for what? The slim chance that somewhere down the road you'll have a fake online relationship? Or oooooh, better yet, e-sex! w00t!
Speaking of forums, I just checked out XPlay's. Obviously, there's a huge thread dedicated to Morgan Webb. And reading through it, I'm beginning to wonder if some people realize how television shows work with all the comments about "ooh, she's got a nice personality", "I love her wit", "Her sarcasm is my favorite", etc.
There's these amazing devices called teleprompters. Now you see, what these things do (and here comes the crazy part), is they scroll the lines that the personality on screen is supposed to say aloud. Oh, and get this, they were written by someone else who gets paid to write! Incredible, I know. So basically, the only thing you can give Morgan credit for without actually knowing her is that she's quite skilled as a television personality. Other than that, well...
You know that stereotype back in the 80's that anyone involved with computers is a social low life that has a heart attack anytime a girl talks to them? It may be dead, but the type of people who caused it certainly didn't go with it.
posted by Soilworker at 9/05/2004 10:24:00 PM
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