My wife made me a bet the other day. She was on the phone the other day with her sister, and though I wasn't trying to overhear anything, I kept hearing the word "Guidos" come out of my wife's mouth, like it was free.
When I was growing up in my Italian family, if you uttered that word aloud, my mother would scream as she made the sign of the cross and my father would hit you in the head with a shovel. It was demeaning. It was a swear. It was like using the "N" word. To hear it come out of my wife's mouth was like hearing baby bunnies being slaughtered. It was like hearing a baby seal's head getting caved in with an aluminum bat.
It was not good to hear.
When she was off the phone, I explained to her how offensive some people think that word is. After she was done laughing, she told me about this show on MTV called "Jersey Shore". She explained the premise, about these italian kids going to live in a house on the Jersey shore for the summer. The big thing about these kids is that they are "Guidos". They are proud of the stereotype of the typical ignorant, wannabe somebody, arrogant idiot that passes for an Italian American.
Now, on to the bet. My wife bet me that would only last 5 minutes watching this piece of garbage that passes for entertainment these days.
My wife lost that bet. I only lasted 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I know because I timed it just to tell my wife I lasted more than 5 minutes.
These idiots think being an Italian American means going to the club, going to the tanning bed, sitting and drinking in a hot tub, and putting more hair gel on their heads than is required. Their whole lives revolve around shaking thier **** on the dance floor, doing the "fistpump". I don't care what it is, it sounds homosexual to me. Let me tell you what it really means to be an Italian American. First of all, you are not Italian, you are American. Second of all, you are not a tough guy because your name ends in a vowel. You are not a hot chick just because you think you are an italian. It seems the girls on this show just want to marry an idiot and stay home and make more idiots in between shopping trips. Third, though most of us have doting Italian mothers, it is not ok to let your family take care of you so that you don't have to work or grow up. Being an Italian American means you get up every morning and drag yourself to work, you spend time with your family, you go to church, you defend your country, and you try to make for your kids a little easier than you had it.
I can't believe this is what TV has evolved into. I remember when MTV actually played music videos. Now they come up with this crap to sell you a lifestyle that includes all the products they are sponsored by.
Don't watch this crap, it only encourages them.
Peace,
Amishking.