Reality TV shows has become very popular in recent years. As a child growing up, I always enjoyed watching TV sitcoms and game shows. My overall view of reality television programming is that it's unrealistic, repetitive and exploitive. I think they are too edgy and in some cases downright idiotic. People who will do anything for money or the idea of love astonishes me.
             There is one show in particular that I have been watching called Fear Factor. Each participant is hoping that they will be the one contestant to make it through every round of competition to win fifty thousand dollars. On most of the reality shows, the participants are offered different types of rewards. If you watch shows like Fear Factor and The Bachelor you will see ordinary everyday people doing all types of weird things for the "grand prize" of love or money. In real life, rewards are found in the completion of tasks or goals, and not because you can endure the stunts on Fear Factor or because the Bachelor chose you at the end of the six or seven weeks.
             Fear Factor is a show that has been designed to help ordinary people overcome their fears. I do not believe that any of the participants can overcome their fears by televising the stunts masterminded by the show's producers. A person cannot conquer his or her fear of heights by hanging from a helicopter. What fear are you overcoming by eating a plate of fish eyes, or the lining of a cow's stomach with a side of pig's tongue? In my opinion none, because normal people would not eat cuisine of this sort in their everyday life. If you are eliminated on Fear Factor, as is the case with most contestants, your grand prize is a stomach filled with the disgusting food you ate.
             The Bachelor is another show with unrealistic expectations. The promise of this televised program is to help people find genuine love in a period of six or seven weeks. The Bachelor has a lot
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