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Why is discovery channel company making what if fake shows?

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jsnow
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First mermaids now megalodon, why cant they make shows about reals things. Why must they make up shows? The general public is dumb enough to believe it.
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Peachbutt
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Even if it's bullshit since people think it's cool and wish it's true so they buy into it. It's the same reason religion was popular
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.Hugo.
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Ya that show sucks. I tried to give it a chance but it's exactly like all those finding bigfoot or other make believe creature shows. Fucking horrible
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jsnow
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I know, and you think they would have changed it up a little from the mermaid one, but they kept the same interviewing look/back drop, and once again they are in South Africa. As well the "scientist" look like a cast from a movie, because it is one.
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TOAST.
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and history channel is the biggest fucking joke in the world. "God guns and automobiles" dumbest shit ever.
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fujarome
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because they've been doing shark week since 1987 and ran out of new programming/info to run in about 1991.

despite the hype and everyone acting obsessed with it, shark week has been awful for longer than many NS'ers have been alive.
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HamFaceGirl
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I think its pretty cool to think about these things, got a problem with being imaginative? Also, honestly this thing very possibly could be real
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El_Barto.
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Was popular?
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.Hugo.
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Ya it's possible, but they won't find dick for evidence in the show

And to Fujarome^^ Ya I know shark week is horrible. I've never liked it for the fact that every show is the same and there are about 10 "new" shows the whole week
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leonus
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you said it. because the general public are fucking stupid. this is america, people don't want to take the time and learn about things.
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.Hugo.
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Oh the irony.
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leonus
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oh i made a cute grammar mistake! crucify him!



fuck off.
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.Hugo.
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If you're going to call people stupid, don't make a stupid mistake while doing it.
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Peachbutt
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Is popular. Teenagers here are atheist and believe religion is the root of all evil. Not sure where you are but it definitely seems to me that at least here in the U.S. religion is losing popularity fast.
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louie.mirags
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Hahaha you're not making your case any better
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leonus
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thanks, mrs. johnson!
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.Hugo.
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I gave your Mrs. my Johnson
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leonus
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so you fucked my hand?
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rockersteez
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Because people are idiots and it sells better. Shitty reality tv means more to people than solid educational shows.


People are fucking retarded.
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.Hugo.
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No your hand fucked me
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rockersteez
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Is that a show?

History channel used to be badass. Again shitty reality shows sell better than educational stuff. I'd rather watch some history than some dumb reality show they made but whatever.

I haven't watched tv in a few years, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm not missing anything.
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.Hugo.
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Also I just turned it back on to see the end.... this is the most fake "documentary" i've ever seen. HAHAHAHAHA fuck that shark they showed at the end is fake as fuck
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Logey.
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Inb4 people start boycotting sharkweek cause the people that watch it are stupid
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Algebra
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IM FUCKIN PISSED. I started watching megalodon about half way through and was like wow fuck this shots crazy. THEN THEY SAID IT WAS FAKE STE THE END.
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mike_e
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that was my first time watching sharkweek and i was very disappointed. is it usually so blatantly staged?
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Dr.Dickless
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This isn't as bad as what they did FuelTV
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rockersteez
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Fucking sellouts. The biggest disappointment in television.

Fuck them
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leonus
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they should rename it to "The UFC Network". What a waste, and it even had decent shows.
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49566738265
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Such an isolated and ignorant thing to say, no matter what your beliefs. Just because you and your friends are atheist doesn't mean that MOST religions worldwide are still believed to be growing. That island you live on filled with white atheist teenagers should invest in some books.
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lineskier10
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im pretty sure discovery channel is the same thing that makes amish mafia so thats why
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49566738265
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Does anyone have exactly what the disclaimers said at the end? I couldn't get it all so quickly.
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edai
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Are you stupid or something? You really belie there's a fucking gigantic shark, but no ones EVER seen it in all the years humans have been on the Earth?
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Peachbutt
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Easy haha I know there are billions of religious people in the world. I never even said I myself was atheist. You and El Barto are completely right in that I should have said religion *is* popular instead of was. If I've offended you personally, my apologies. I doubt though that many other religious people give two shits about one sentence that some American teenager posted on an online forum.

Also, whether or not you believe it is up to you, but here's these:
http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2012/08/17/27951/atheist-rising-prominence-america-religion-god/
http://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2012-04-the-state-of-religion-declining-belief-in-god-worldw
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mike_e
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Though the dude you quoted did sound kinda dumb, do you realize how huge the ocean is?
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RayRocket.
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Disco is playing stupid shit for the retarded masses. Its all about science channel
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leonus
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it is possible, i mean there are depths of the sea that are pretty much impossible to explore. who knows whats down there.
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Logey.
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Scientist discover tons of new species of animals every year. Do you actually believe we have found all living species or just stupid?
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Talacious[Tally]
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I have been very disappointed in discovery channel. I watched megalodon hoping there might be something factually or worth watching. I miss the days when it was awesome dinosaur shows and shows about the cosmos and I actually learned something.
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SamMcChesney
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this 100%



literally fuck this megaladon shit, such a waste of 2 hours.
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Laurent.
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I wonder if in an alternate universe, where sharks rule the land and humans the sea will there be a "human week."



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Granby_killdozer
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SO MUCH IRONY!
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SkierX
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You have your answer.

I do agree though. It is a load of shit. Discovery needs tok eep the megladon shit on Scy-Fi and focus on actually enlightening programming.
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Hodor
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I didn't watch the show so I don't know what they said but I know that the Megalodon did exist but is now extinct.

Anyways, this year I am applying to the Montana State Master of Fine Arts Program for Science and Natural History Fillmmaking to hopefully make it in the field of educational video. I am sick and tired of all the bullshit on tv and want to make videos that truly open the pubic's eye to valuable scientific information rather than making videos that make us dumber. Fucking bigfoot, mermaids.....I mean there are animals that actually EXIST that are 100x more interesting to learn about than fucking bigfoot.
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Caspaaa
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One of my favorite posts of yours hahaha
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CrotchKiller
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maybe they should do a special on professional ski filmers, right op?
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987321654hgfd
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History channel was it's best when it was really the Hitler channel. WWII programming all day long. H2 is still pretty good though.
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CrotchKiller
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loved it when it was all WWII
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HamFaceGirl
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This. Good shit, does everyone have to become hipsters and hate sharkweek now? I've always loved it, and will continue to love it. It's sad you just can't be happy with the sick show that's on and have to criticize everything
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GeorgiaJibber
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What ever the fuck happened to man vs. wild? That is what i always watched.
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werd.
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I heard that was also fake, but I heard survivorman was real
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Hammyslapwagon
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Man vs Wild....wasn't entirely fake.  In fact, most of it was real.  However, there were some points throughout the shows' episodes that were misleading.  Also survivor man is the best ,l,,l
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