Reality Shows Are Real - Real Fake

[Dana Jean]

FINALLY! After 13 years of animal rights I FINALLY have a convert. You made my day.

I do have leather shoes that are old from when I wasn't trying to be as vegan as possible. I still wear them because, really, what good would it do to throw them away? I tend to try to repair those shoes as well so I can get as much use of them as possible.

My favorite pair of shoes was canvas tennis shoes with recycled tire soles. So comfortable.

 

[miri92]

ahaha Of course they're fake. I've never doubted that. It all looks pre made ... I've never watched a reality show but even when I only see an Ad for them, my IQ drops 50 point lol

 

[Out of Order]

My favorite pair of shoes was canvas tennis shoes with recycled tire soles. So comfortable.

Are those available with a snow tire tread for winter?

 

[Dana Jean]

Are those available with a snow tire tread for winter?

I think they're bald.

 

[Out of Order]

I think they're bald.

Won't pass inspection then, huh?

 

[Dana Jean]

Won't pass inspection then, huh?

Nope, I'd need chains.

 

[VampireLily]

it continues to disgust me just how many of these travesties are claiming to be filmed in or about New Jersey.

'Jerseylicious' is supposed to be about the Gatsby hair salon which is 2 miles away from my home. A friend of mine who used to get her hair cut there was sent a postcard prior to filming that stated that none of the 'stylists' on the show actually worked there and do not attempt to make appointments with them. The show revolves around the mother and daughter who own the shop and the vapid cast of big-haired, acrylic- manicured, over-mascaraed, morons who bitch and fight and over-act their way through every segment.

then there's JerseyShore.... The Real House-Bitches of New Jersey....Glam Fairy ( a spin off of the vomit mentioned above).

it's all completely fabricated and it's all crap. Oh, and just for the record.... we do not 'tawk like dat'.

 

[Shasta]

A friend of mine who used to get her hair cut there was sent a postcard prior to filming that stated that none of the 'stylists' on the show actually worked there and do not attempt to make appointments with them.

Gross.

 

[VampireLily]

Gross.

Right???

 

[Out of Order]

Oh, and just for the record.... we do not 'tawk like dat'.

Youz doz........

 

[VampireLily]

 

[ghost19]

Let's see "Survivor: Antarctica".......and just leave the contestants there to fend for themselves....now that's a Survivor show I might actually tune into...lol

 

[Neesy]

I wouldn’t say "convert," but if acceptable alternatives from man made materials exist, why not switch and decrease our reliance on animal products, the vast resources needed to support their growth which could be put to better use, and the methods used to bring them to market? If someone could save the needless loss of life of a few animals over one's lifetime by making a few simple changes to your lifestyle, why wouldn't you want to? One step at a time is good, right?




That got me thinking. I have a question regarding footwear and vegans & animal rights attitudes. Where I come from there are there are multitudes of deer hit by cars lying on the side of the road every morning. On my trip just this morning, I counted four new deer, including a baby fawn, on the side of the road. The carcasses are just left to rot on the side of the road or dragged into a field to decompose.

Do you think it would be acceptable to animal rights activists to wear footwear made solely from deerskin where no animal was raised or hunted for their hides? Would it be okay and supported to not let an unfortunate loss of animal life go to waste? A company could pay unemployed people per hide to go out every morning and gather up fresh carcasses, then turn the leather into fashionable shoes and boots? The byproducts could also be turned into fertilizer. The company name would be prominently put on the man made sole of the footwear to prove the authenticity of a humane product (you could call the company something like "Honor Bound Footwear"). Do you think there would be a market for such an endeavor, and would consensus animal rights people be willing to pay a premium for hand-made fashionable shoes and boots like these, and where supply would be limited and often made to order only when the raw materials are retrieved?

And if you get the right set of interesting "characters" (ala Duck Dynasty) running the company and gathering the carcasses, it might also make for a good reality show.

Road Kill Runners (you could use that character from the Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner show)