Reality Internet

The ultimate vulgarity in reality media has just taken place. And this time it was not "reality TV", but rather a "reality internet". Either way it is as pointless and time wasting as the garbage TV shows as alleged "reality". Lynsee (she never gave her full name but revealed everything else about herself....odd... but then this whole episode is odd) is a first-time mom who gave birth to a healthy baby girl on November 7th at 12:46am! She and her husband Anders did so with thousands of people cheering them on via a live video stream on MomsLikeMe.com!

Yep! The lady arranged for cameras to follow her during pregnancy and delivery. But what is the point and why would she do this? "We wanted to share this experience," Lynsee said about the decision she made with her husband Anders. "If I were in a classroom, I'd be teaching about development. It was a way for me to teach… A way for me to use myself as a textbook."

Uh, I think perhaps a financial incentive might be more the motivation. Lynsee sees contracts and dollars ahead, maybe a book deal. It's another person who has become famous "for nothing". Perhaps Lynsee is one of those people who would sell her soul for five minutes of fame. Regardless of her motivation, I doubt seriously if her reality internet experience is of much benefit to anyone. And what a time waster it must be to watch the whole birth process that way.

Sigh... what will be the next reality internet show? Perhaps a bathroom experience where we can all "watch and learn from others' bowel movements"? It's not much farther fetched than Lynsee's birthing reality show.The doctor for Lynsee must be starved for publicity or customers too. To trivialize the birth process this way is not in the medical tradition of privacy. I would have expected the doctor to tell an egotist like Lynsee to get someone else to manage her dog and pony show.

Hmmmmmm I am surprised that she hasn't offered to have a company logo tattooed on her belly to earn some extra money and attention from her newborn. Is there nothing private anymore? Apparently not. The rise of technology today has been accompanied by a fall in modesty and taste. What should be private and treasured is now public and marketed for gain. Civility continues to be lost in the mix and, sadly, few of us even notices or cares about what is happening.