Paid competitions called reality TV?

What's the deal with the so-called "Reality" shows on television these days? I mean, what in the world is "real" about them in the natural order of daily living?

I don't know anyone who gets a thrill out of eating live cockroaches, pig whatevers, or live scorpions. Is there anyone out there who lives to be totally covered with creepy, biting, slithering, flying, or crawling critters while enveloped uncomfortably inside a plastic cubicle? Being dumped on an island with no food or shelter (much less respectable attire) to compete against each other for the most time on camera to prove his/her ability to be cruel, hateful, seductive, angry, or stupid should be categorized as criminal. And how important is it to know who does or doesn't receive the rose? Is there anyone out there, with even a minimal amount of common sense, who wants to be anyone other than who they already are in order to become a Hilton, for Pete's sake?

Of course, I do know the answer to my argument - one-sided as it may be. Money, money, money! How dumb is it degrade oneself for money? Seems to me being stupid, which comes quite naturally and easily to most of us, is easier withstood when the audience is VERY limited.

Thank goodness for the remote control! But, have to admit, it's becoming quite difficult to find anything worthwhile to view anywhere, surf though I may! Guess I'm left with watching Public Television -- which is always begging for money. Can't win for losing!