HGTV shows like HouseHunters and Property Brothers

[Cojuanco]

I’ve noticed lately that these shows about couples trying to find a home are featuring more and more same sex couples. Am I reading too much into it, or are a lot of networks pushing the same sex agenda stronger? Obviously shows like Glee and Modern Family are blatant about it, but it just seems to be more than ever, especially when they mention same sex marriage in these shows and when they refer to them as spouses.

Am I coming across as judgmental? I’m trying not to, because I have friends who are homosexual, yet I still accept them as friends. Though I doubt, based on what some post on facebook and such, if they would view me in the same light since I don’t share their views on same sex marriage…

sorry if this post jumped around, Just thinking about an episode of Property Brothers that came on last night and some posts I saw on Facebook today and they kind of melded together.

I hypothesize that because SS couples have more money to spend typically (as a rule not having children to take care of), that, because of the economic crisis affecting OS couples more detrimentally, middle class SS couples can often afford to speculate on real estate. Hence those that profit from such speculation tailor their marketing strategies to the changing customer base. It’s about profit, not agenda.

Similarly, the reason the mainstream media is doing the gay push is because they and their advertisers see dollar signs on people of that age with money to burn, of which gay people are a prime example. Younger people generally are not set in their market preferences, and young gay people of a certain kind have even more money than typical of DINKs. I doubt if gay couples were disproportionately poor that the media would sell the lifestyle as much.

 

[SMHW]

I admit that I like watching those HGTV programs just because I like to see the houses and get ideas for things I could do with my home.

But it’s pretty obvious a lot of things are scripted. I wish I had a dollar for each time someone said the phrase “open concept”. In those renovation shows the looks on the people’s faces when they see the finished product are obviously coached.

As far as the homosexual couples… I do think that the fact that a lot of those shows are Canadian may play a role. Also, there is a disproportionately large number of homosexual persons in the arts and entertainment industry compared to the number of them in the general population. Even if they have also have a regular daytime job I’d be willing to bet that most of the people featured on those shows are connected to the entertainment business.

 

[JamesCaruso]

Has anyone seen the new Kindle commercial, with the man and the woman sitting on the beach? The woman thinks the man is flirting, and tells him, “My husband will be here soon.” The man says, “So will mine.” And then the camera pans over to the bar, where we see two MEN.

Eugh. It’s like a kick in the gut.

Well, I have a Kindle, purchased on E-bay, and I don’t like it and haven’t used it much at all. And now I really don’t like it!

I personally would like to see a quiet boycott of Kindle by Christians. But it probably wouldn’t work and it would just make Christians look foolish. I agree with JamesCaruso that the television (and other media) is going all-out to convince young people that homosexuality is lovely and normal. None of them grew up in an era where homosexuality was considered a perversion, so to them, that concept is totally foreign and offensive, and therefore the Catholic Church is offensive for stating that homosexuality is a “disorder.”

I see your signature. My wife figure skates, too.

I don’t have a Kindle, but I have a Galaxy Tab, which is probably similar to a new Kindle with Android system. I have iPieta on it, which has every Catholic prayer and devotion imaginable, the Bible, and entire books from the saints, like all the books of St. Louis de Monfort. Someone here told me about iBreviary the other day and I installed it as well, It has the daily Mass, all the readings and antiphons, and also the Liturgy of the Hours. The LOTH comes from other companies, too. There are just so many Catholic applications out there if your Kindle can use them-- I don’t know. But if not, there are so many books you can download, as you already know. I wouldn’t be too put off by their ignorant advertising. Probably wouldn’t hurt to sent them an email telling them how much you like your new Kindle, but how much you disapprove of their advertising.

 

[Cat]

I see your signature. My wife figure skates, too.

I don’t have a Kindle, but I have a Galaxy Tab, which is probably similar to a new Kindle with Android system. I have iPieta on it, which has every Catholic prayer and devotion imaginable, the Bible, and entire books from the saints, like all the books of St. Louis de Monfort. Someone here told me about iBreviary the other day and I installed it as well, It has the daily Mass, all the readings and antiphons, and also the Liturgy of the Hours. The LOTH comes from other companies, too. There are just so many Catholic applications out there if your Kindle can use them-- I don’t know. But if not, there are so many books you can download, as you already know. I wouldn’t be too put off by their ignorant advertising. Probably wouldn’t hurt to sent them an email telling them how much you like your new Kindle, but how much you disapprove of their advertising.

Actually, I don’t like my Kindle. If I drop it, it breaks. Books, especially paperbacks. don’t break.

And I can never remember how to shuffle pages and go backwards, or forwards, in the Kindle, and I can’t find certain phrases in the book that I want to remember–I know there’s some way to bookmark them, but I can never remember how to do it.

I just can’t remember all the different apps and things to do. A book is so much simpler and less stressful.

But the main reason I don’t like my Kindle is because it gave me Kindle Lip. I’m serious about this! .

A few nights after I got the Kindle, I was reading it in bed. That’s supposed to be such a positive experience with a Kindle, right? No more holding up a floppy book, right?

Well, as usual while I read in bed, I fell asleep. Now when I fall asleep with a book (I usually only read paperbacks in bed), and I drop the book on my face, nothing happens. You don’t even feel it. But when I fell asleep with the Kindle, it fell on my face and cut my lip! Ouch! uch: It was cut, and it hurt for several days because it was on a part of my lip that kept getting chapped. It hurt to drink my pop, too.

Hence my creation of the word, “Kindle Lip.”

So I don’t like my Kindle at all , and the only thing that I’ve used it for in the last few months is to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. That book is really thick and heavy, and it is nice to have it in the Kindle. But the last time I picked up the Kindle was before Christmas, and I have a backlog of other books to read now–not on Kindle (Including a new figure skating series that I bought at Synchro Nat’ls last week–has your wife heard of the Skateland Series? It’s really good!)

Anyway, back to topic. Not much left to say. I don’t have cable, and the only time I watch HGTV is when I’m at the gym or staying in a hotel. I think if I had cable and watched HGTV every day, I would get very bored, because the shows do tend to be all alike and they seem to show a lot of them over and over again.

There’s one show on where they lady decorates on a dime–really really cheap makeovers with only a thousand dollars. That show is pretty good. BUT…I have a problem with the idea of “decorating” a home. Maybe it’s because I’m a child of the 1960s, but that seems so “fake.” Why, e.g., would I want to shellac several old LPs, glue them together, and hang them up? Why not just play them on my old turntable? Or better, convert them to CDs and play them? Or not play them at all if I don’t like the music on them?

Our walls are full of pictures and objects that have real meaning for us, and not all of the pictures match the fabric in the sofa, or contribute to a “color pallette.” Yes, we have pictures of the girls–doing the things they love (theater, skating). I have a wall full of synchronized skating posters, framed (cheap at Hobby Lobby). My husband has a collection of dice in a glass case–really interesting. I have several candle sconces, and I love candles and light them almost every night year around.

We don’t decorate–we fill our home with useful and sentimental items. I think a lot of HGTV stars would cringe, but people seem to like it at our house. Our get-togethers and parties always seem to keep people around for hours, often into the wee hours. No one wants to leave.

 

[JamesCaruso]

Actually, I don’t like my Kindle. If I drop it, it breaks. Books, especially paperbacks. don’t break.

And I can never remember how to shuffle pages and go backwards, or forwards, in the Kindle, and I can’t find certain phrases in the book that I want to remember–I know there’s some way to bookmark them, but I can never remember how to do it.

I just can’t remember all the different apps and things to do. A book is so much simpler and less stressful.

But the main reason I don’t like my Kindle is because it gave me Kindle Lip. I’m serious about this! .

A few nights after I got the Kindle, I was reading it in bed. That’s supposed to be such a positive experience with a Kindle, right? No more holding up a floppy book, right?

Well, as usual while I read in bed, I fell asleep. Now when I fall asleep with a book (I usually only read paperbacks in bed), and I drop the book on my face, nothing happens. You don’t even feel it. But when I fell asleep with the Kindle, it fell on my face and cut my lip! Ouch! uch: It was cut, and it hurt for several days because it was on a part of my lip that kept getting chapped. It hurt to drink my pop, too.

Hence my creation of the word, “Kindle Lip.”

So I don’t like my Kindle at all , and the only thing that I’ve used it for in the last few months is to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. That book is really thick and heavy, and it is nice to have it in the Kindle. But the last time I picked up the Kindle was before Christmas, and I have a backlog of other books to read now–not on Kindle (Including a new figure skating series that I bought at Synchro Nat’ls last week–has your wife heard of the Skateland Series? It’s really good!)

Anyway, back to topic. Not much left to say. I don’t have cable, and the only time I watch HGTV is when I’m at the gym or staying in a hotel. I think if I had cable and watched HGTV every day, I would get very bored, because the shows do tend to be all alike and they seem to show a lot of them over and over again.

There’s one show on where they lady decorates on a dime–really really cheap makeovers with only a thousand dollars. That show is pretty good. BUT…I have a problem with the idea of “decorating” a home. Maybe it’s because I’m a child of the 1960s, but that seems so “fake.” Why, e.g., would I want to shellac several old LPs, glue them together, and hang them up? Why not just play them on my old turntable? Or better, convert them to CDs and play them? Or not play them at all if I don’t like the music on them?

Our walls are full of pictures and objects that have real meaning for us, and not all of the pictures match the fabric in the sofa, or contribute to a “color pallette.” Yes, we have pictures of the girls–doing the things they love (theater, skating). I have a wall full of synchronized skating posters, framed (cheap at Hobby Lobby). My husband has a collection of dice in a glass case–really interesting. I have several candle sconces, and I love candles and light them almost every night year around.

We don’t decorate–we fill our home with useful and sentimental items. I think a lot of HGTV stars would cringe, but people seem to like it at our house. Our get-togethers and parties always seem to keep people around for hours, often into the wee hours. No one wants to leave.

Wife says she doesn’t have time to read skating books anymore. Busy with work.

Sorry about you lip. I’ve had a couple of different small tablets, but none that was sharp enough to cut my lip.

Think if the Kindle this way-- you can carry your entire library in one little lightweight small book-sized reader. Also, you don’t need special lighting to read it. They turned the lights off on me while I was reading the Liturgy of the Hours one time. The priest was emptying the poor boxes I think, and he walked by me and made a cheerful comment about how I had figured a way to read in the dimly lit church.

But I do know what you mean. I have to remember to turn off the sound before I enter the church. Also, when I try to follow the Mass I have to jump around from place to place in the software to find the readings, or antiphons, or Eucharistic prayer, etc. If the priest speaks clearly I don’t bother to read at all, just listen. Also, I have tried to use it for taking notes, but it seems like a paper tablet is easier and more reliable, and I don’t have to worry that someday it may break and I lose everything in its memory. Nothing is perfect.

Sorry, I got off topic. I like the house hunting shows because they allow you to see a little of what it’s like to live in another country or city you have never visited. Also, it’s interesting to compare the prices vs. what you get for it in these different places.

 

[curiousman2]

I’ve noticed lately that these shows about couples trying to find a home are featuring more and more same sex couples. Am I reading too much into it, or are a lot of networks pushing the same sex agenda stronger? Obviously shows like Glee and Modern Family are blatant about it, but it just seems to be more than ever, especially when they mention same sex marriage in these shows and when they refer to them as spouses.

Am I coming across as judgmental? I’m trying not to, because I have friends who are homosexual, yet I still accept them as friends. Though I doubt, based on what some post on facebook and such, if they would view me in the same light since I don’t share their views on same sex marriage…

sorry if this post jumped around, Just thinking about an episode of Property Brothers that came on last night and some posts I saw on Facebook today and they kind of melded together.

Yes. HGTV, Bravo, E! and a number of other channels are promoting gays and same sex marriage. The number of gays makes it look like they represent 50 percent of the population.