TLC'S Biggest Lies | Billiam

[@billiam]

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[@rpsyco]

Will this get me on Extreme Couponing though?

[@MrHeroicDemon]

YES GET THEM BILLIAM get em, I need to show my EU girlfriend what these shows are about lmao, KEEP at it man, i liked i will comment i will like other stuff, please man, do us a service, you're amazing and I miss you. Gabi belle, Chris, Mougalmail ooomp, just need you man, and Allen Pan, the failed mythbuster that owns mythbusters.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

I think you missed the part of the Factor instructions where it tells you to wait an additional two minutes after microwaving to allow it to continue cooking before eating. It's not two minutes and eat, it's four.

[@PilloTheStar]

Hey billiam, what happened to part 2 of your 10 wtf sonic moments video? Can't find it on your channel anymore.

[@littleliven8789]

Yess!!! So excited to see you cover more TLC content ❤!

[@ilikethenintendo]

as someone who had to sign a NDA for TLC (my mom and sister were on my 600 lb life) i know all the lies they put out there, so i signed the NDA so my mom and sister could get the surgery, but since i wasnt a good actor or good to film they straight wrote me off like i was dead. they made my mom say "oh yeah ______ is no longer with us" and then flashed a fuckin baby picture of mine on screen, shit was sooooo fuckin funny when i saw it Edit: for those wondering, the statute of limitations on it is over hence why I can talk about it, if you really want to find it you can given my context clues. That’s all.

[@LaddRusso91]

That's fked up but also kind of funny

[@suzyb.4231]

What episode? 😂

[@kaiclyre9227]

THIS IS SO FUNNY

[@djm5687]

My deepest condolences on your death. (sarcastic)

[@mindyschocolate]

What episode? 😂😂😂

[@erubin100]

This man is like a neo-modern archaeologist: digging up the not-so-distant past that many have forgotten about...

[@blissfuldj7627]

No, I remember all of these, my mom loved TLC, and I hated it, so these are pretty vivid

[@YaMamasAss]

Honestly your comment just sounds like the Nostalgia Critic intro reworded lol

[@anthonybonetti9979]

I like to call these kind of people and KZbinrs “Media Historians”

[@sdgc8667]

If only people in the US didn't have horrible memories and a propensity to think old things are actually new or novel because they forgot or didn't care when it was actually new. Like 95% of all people I come across when it comes to computers or technology or "social media", it's not new you just didn't give a damn about what existed and probably whined constantly about your children being interested in such things.

[@YaMamasAss]

@@sdgc8667 Shut up lol

[@zunk_funk]

TBH the fact that the people on Breaking Amish were ever Amish at all is beyond my expectations for TLC. I expected them all to be actors through and through

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

Then you have Amish Mafia, which was hilarious because at one point someone showed up who my older siblings actually knew and who wasn't ever Amish, but rather a former Mennonite. They didn't even use her real name.

[@scaper8]

​@@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown Hell, being a more standard Mennonite is _still_ way more "legitimate" of them than I ever would have given them credit for.

[@rollerskatertexasgirl]

Same

[@tears-of-stone4678]

When TLC actually had legit documentaries, I enjoyed it. One of my favorites that they did was around Halloween about vampires. They went into the mythology, vampires in different cultures, and the impact on literature, tv, and movies. It was really interesting.

[@AiLoveAidoru]

Oh my god I remember that one! I think it was presented similarly to the fake documentaries before they were made to be actively deceptive, too. Right? Are we thinking of the same special? The writers were basically trying to iron out a definitive culture for vampires and different subtypes, etc. Even though it was CLEARLY trying to cash in on the Twilight craze, it was DEFINITELY fascinating to see how the writers of the special tried to tie everything they knew about together into fictional facts for lack of a better term.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Good old days. The early home and people makeovers were fun too

[@gen2763]

Can I get a name on this documentary, sounds interesting

[@lordhellstrande2763]

That would've been nice when I did a report about the different vampires across various cultures

[@omega-rattrap]

Extreme Couponing is my personal trigger. I used to work in retail and there was always at least one customer who had to get at least $500 worth of groceries with a coupon for each item, and would get mad when their total didn’t go all the way down to zero.

[@mossyfriends1911]

so glad other people also feel like My Crazy Obsession often portrays harmless communities/hobbies/people as freaky or something to be embarrassed about

[@jasperjazzie]

yeah, there was this one episode where this lady was "obsessed" with rats it was so weird, not her but the episode itself because like...she just has pets? she didn't have an insane amount of rats, the rats were well taken care of...she just loved rats, and for some reason it was "weird", like if the rats were replaced with cats or dogs there would be nothing "weird" about it like sure, rats do get a bad rep, so it'd be interesting to have someone who loves rats talk about how sweet they can be, but it wasn't framed as "rats can be just as loveable as any other pet!" it was framed as "look at this CRAZY LADY who loves rats, isn't that strange?" and it rubbed me the wrong way

[@rafaelmoreno6331]

@@jasperjazzie if someone has 10 dogs instead of rats would tlc bat an eye?

[@genericname2747]

@@rafaelmoreno6331 Ironic, considering 10 dogs would probably be more weird than 10 rats.

[@genericname2747]

Yeah like...Is it strange to dedicate your life to like, only using the colour green? Yes. Is it bad? No. You do you man. Go live your green life.

[@realsadegg7246]

I remember the one where a lady just liked to dress in 50’s stuff and collecting antiques. It genuinely didn’t make sense to me why it was “weird”

[@0cedced]

Quickly before TLC get angry

[@erc3338]

tf does this even mean

[@izwe794]

@@erc3338TLC much anger man. No happy person. Much afeared

[@shellymary-frank7863]

TLC likes to get big mad

[@josephtafur]

You mean before David Zaslav gets angry

[@calebmarmon1310]

That sounds like such an oxymoron because I always think “Tender Loving Care.”

[@nsullivan9096]

The Extreme Couponer type shows ruined couponing for people as well. It used to be much easier to use them and actually get good deals. But worse than That, the people on this show are hoarding that shit they dont need. The least they could do is donate all the stuff they really dont use.

[@blakekaveny]

Exactly like what does a teenage boy need with baby formula. Also the people taht clear everything off the shelf and don’t care about people that are gonna be their later that might actually that stuff. Also I feel sorry for those employees.

[@tamsel814]

While watching it I always imagined standing behind them in line or. Also how do they manage to store all the items and use them before they expire?

[@tarotsushima3332]

Considering just how hard price spikes can get for people, making a sport out of hoarding stuff you don't need and doing nothing with it feels kinda dystopian. Like they couldn't give it to charity or anything

[@TeruteruBozusama]

The only grocery store chain I know that has coupons in the country I live in has them count for one single one and is based on what you have bought before. So if you like one yoghurt a lot, you get one for free.

[@Matt_History]

​@@tarotsushima3332what the hell does a single individual do that makes you suddenly associate it with a genera about governmental meddling and corruption?

[@SG-bs6dm]

Since I’m in my early 50s, I remember when TLC actually had legitimate educational shows. It’s such a shame about what has happened to the Discovery family of networks. I don’t watch any of those garbage networks anymore.

[@Artist11_NC]

Me too. And back then MTv actually had music videos.. go figure lol

[@lilz]

I went to a live show and Theresa started yelling at this girl and even kicked her out (this was a huge theater so in front of thousands of people) because she didn’t want to forgive her loved one who hurt her. The girl didn’t even say Theresa was faking. Theresa was like ‘no matter what he did he is asking you for forgiveness.’ I can’t remember what happened exactly because it was YEARS ago but the girl was clearly having a breakdown and it was obvious this dead person did something beyond evil to her. After that show I stopped watching her.

[@AndImsomelady]

Blerg I this kind of charlatan, preying on some of the most vulnerable. Sylvia brown comes to mind.

[@shcdemolisher]

Yeah! There comes a point where forgiveness is left at the door when it comes to harm. And when you are harmed by someone, you don’t forgive or forget it! I fucking hate those people who are just ALL in on forgiveness like it’s divine intervention, when… no! It’s not! It never is, it’s preying on people, and that is wrong.

[@lilz]

@@shcdemolisher I’ve never understood the forgiveness = closure. The idea of it makes me furious.

[@h.r.9563]

I don't forgive my rapist but I don't have to?? He's not in my life

[@nnn4341]

Why is that such a common thing with psychics and motivational speakers? Is it a projection for them? Tony Robbins pulls that shit too... it's deeply uncomfortable to watch someone berate a STRANGER about a situation they have no insight into in front of hundreds or thousands of people. Like Theresa could have just relayed the message and offered some empathy and understanding to the girl but she CHOSE to be a dick about it. It doesn't make the speaker/psychic any more credible.

[@guaposneeze]

The saddest thing is that they could have just said "here's a fictionalized drama, made by people who actually came from the Amish community," and it could have been super successful and respected as an "authentic voice" with almost no major changes. They just feel a need to lie about what it is. Also, I think a friend of mine wrote that SCMTTER episode.

[@edie4321]

That would defeat the purpose of their show. It's all about controlling our thoughts and perceptions. Seeing should never be believing. They have been using these screens to control us since "the tablets". Only believe your own innerstandings. That is where Christ resides.

[@DinoRicky]

Really what friend?

[@mommy2libras]

With the exception of Jeremiah (and likely because he was so much older than the others, I think like 30 in that first season) they'd all been pretty strictly Amish or Mennonite until just a couple of years before. Of course, they'd "cheated" in some ways, like many other Amish teens but to me, it didn't change much. I don't know, maybe it was because I wasn't gullible enough to believe they'd never used cell phones or cars or anything and for me, it was more about watching them try to mature outside of their community. It was weird because they were (and several still are) very emotionally immature, which is a side effect of growing up in a community that places so much importance on gender differences, very specific expectations and rules of interaction. Even though they'd all spent some time away and were all late teens/early 20s, it wasn't enough time away to gain that maturity and to know what to do with their emotions. It was like watching a bunch of middle schoolers. And while plenty of the drama was scripted, I'm not just talking about that, but their day to day interactions with each other, reactions to things that happened that most of us just blow off as normal occurrences, etc.

[@joedav67]

@@mommy2librastwo of them were married with a kid but on the show acted like they were just falling in love. There's no way to spin that, that's just lying

[@stjimmerz]

Fun thing about the coupon stuff: I used to work at a grocery store. Close to closing time we would have several men come to my register, the one all the way in the back with carts full of women's feminine products and diapers. Completely clearing the shelves and coming in with freshly clipped coupons right from the magazines in bulk. They managed to clear out some of the most important stock just to stock and resell it at their own stores, whilst buying it for cheap or completely free. It was legal and they were smart to know the limits of each coupon, but we would have to deal with customers at night who couldn't get diapers or panty liners cuz of these dudes.

[@Hessed3712]

😖 that is so gross on so many levels!

[@death299]

legally stores are allowed to limit the number of any given product 1 person can buy and should've exercised that right. for essentials atleast there really should just always be rules (and laws) in place regarding the number one can buy at a time

[@lizabethhampton4537]

Just cuz it's legal doesn't mean it's right

[@Kris-wo4pj]

@@death299 yeah idk why that wasnt limited when they werent going to make any money from it right away. Edit: then again it could just be they dont care cuz those late night customers arent going to clear out the shelves and they will make their profit eventually. Hate to be the stockers tho.

[@NottherealLucifer]

That's a problem with whatever store you worked at. For decades every major store in existence has either limited the amount of coupons that can be used on a single order or have limited each coupon to only allow one per order. Of course people would use fifty coupons at once if they could to get everything for free but businesses aren't stupid so this hasn't been a thing except at Mom and Pop shops where the owners aren't smart enough to just read a coupon from their competition before they implement their own.

[@maeganmonster]

There was a lolita fashion episode of my strange addiction. I remember reading that the people featured on it weren't actually told they were being filmed for my strange addiction- they thought it was just a documentary and only after it aired did they realize how dirty tlc did them. Venus though, had a very controlling mother who probably worked with the crew to ham it up.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

That's probably where my aunt's scepticism of them comes from..! We saw a girl dressed like that while driving somewhere and she said lots of weird things about this stranger for no reason..!

[@lainiwakura1776]

Margo is a complete narcissist. To this day, she continues to demonize her daughter and blame her for her lack of money. Venus... Venus ain't doing too well. There's threads on both of them on the New Zealand bird site (if you're not scared of using Tor).

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

What was so insulting was they paired the two lolita stories with a guy obsessed with becoming a Ken Doll. Cuz they're all "living dolls." Like... here we have an extreme narcissist who wants to look like the fakest person imaginable... and two girls who like dressing in vintage inspired clothes and occasionally go to tea parties. Yeah that's comparable, I see nothing wrong with this.

[@maeganmonster]

@@Account_Not_Applicable yesss I completely forgot they framed the Lolitas as living dolls, which are an entirely different thing. The whole situation was so messed up

[@AiLoveAidoru]

What not to Wear ALSO trashed lolita fashion and any fashion style that wasn’t from the show’s corporate sponsors

[@Rookie643]

The amount of enemies I've made with extreme couponers so I wouldn't lose my job when they attempted to buy out the entire store is way more than I was expecting.

[@ZeranZeran]

Learning that the MythBusters actually don't like each other at all made me crack up. I could tell even as a kid that Adam and Jamie wanted to fight each other, more than a few times.

[@simonantonehie6392]

The girl from the Furry My Strange Addiction episode got so much harassment from the Furry fandom because she was seen as an 'over the top attention seeker' and because the episode painted furies in such a negative light. If I'm not mistaken she left social media altogether

[@mattwolf7698]

I think she deleted her art accounts too which was disappointing because I wanted to look at them.

[@SarksStuffDA]

Wasn't her "art" featured on the show traced too?

[@RichterTheRat]

On one hand, I get it. When you're a part of a niche group, it's annoying when people are painting you in a bad light because someone walked into their obvious trap, but on the other, there are worse people in the community who could have taken that spot. Could you imagine if Shado Wolffess, aka Carpet Sample, was on the show? They wouldn't even need to make shit up if that were the case.

[@tarotsushima3332]

​@@RichterTheRatCarpet Samples is pretty much a cryptid atp but I believe every fandom just has that one person or that one group that reflects poorly on them as a whole.

[@rafaelmoreno6331]

@@RichterTheRat On the bright side atleast TLC didnt pick Hypnotist Sappho

[@meowmeowmeowmeowcatoncomputer]

I wish the Long Island Medium was real because I think it would be hilarious if the only real psychic was just an extremely Italian American woman from Long Island.

[@HealingMedicyn]

Lol amazing to watch random dudes on the internet recite the same bs “cold & hot readings” to explain mediumship but if y’all did ANY research at all. This is in no way a new phenomenon. It’s been studied. The highest ppl in power consult psychics, mediums, astrologers. & have since ancient times. Why would this be the case if it was all nonsense?! The proof is in the pudding. It WORKS. Sad to watch unenlightened folks think they have allll the answers when ur just being foolish. He didn’t even have any proof. After 15 YEARS of being on tv. He says she’s fake bc of a 2014 daily mail article & 1 salty person? Shame on yall. Do u understand the kind of peace this brings ppl? Watch the show. This woman picks up on dreams some1 just had. She predicts things. & what, ur saying this is 15 yrs of televised COINCIDENCES?! That is so absurd. Like seriously. Wouldn’t u rather have faith than believe in such stupidity? I know I would. ✌🏼

[@h.r.9563]

😂😂with the biggest hair

[@roseblossom166]

It’s ignorant to assume life can’t exist after death. Even if she is fake, doesn’t mean they all are.

[@thegreatandterrible4508]

​@@roseblossom166sure, and once we find one that isn't, that will be a great argument.

[@Justanotherandy63]

@@roseblossom166 No, they all are.

[@loganswalk8621]

Growing up I never knew TLC as the learning channel and just thought it was a channel for crappy reality shows the fact they try to pass these shows off as educational is so disappointing.

[@kevinbayu7621]

When I was a kid i thought TLC was a Cooking channel instead. Back then it felt as if the only show on TLC was cake boss with the occasional thinly veiled freakshow. I'm grateful that I'm not old enough to witness it turning from a learning channel into it's current state.

[@acutelilmint8035]

Tlc - the learning how to exploit people for others amusement channel

[@morbidsearch]

TLC wasn't launched in UK and Ireland until 2013 so everyone assumed it stood for tender loving care.

[@scrungycat407]

They would have called it The Lowest Common Denominator, but TLCD doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@nicciwhatever6364]

We call it The Loony Channel…

[@Fiona2254]

30 years ago TLC was watchable. As soon as they started with the reality shows we quit watching it. The same happened with Discovery channel, our kids learned a lot watching them and then one day there was a “documentary” on mermaids. I was curious and watched with them as I kept explaining to the kids that it was actually a movie and not real. That was the last time I allowed them to watch because that’s when the “night time cryptid hunt” shows moved to prime time. It was sad to see how channels I could trust our children to watch became toxic.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

I was a cashier around the time Extreme Couponer was on the air. The show inspired a LOT of people tondo the same thing, and it took a lot of restraint on my part to not take a swing at most of them. Especially when they showed up when I was about to go on a break or go home, because they took a long time to deal with.

[@Jonasansu]

My wife's uncle actually had his story featured on Sex Sent Me to the ER. I actually never asked which episode, because, quite frankly, I don't want to know about the sex life of my wife's uncle. The one thing I do know is he said they deeply, deeply exaggerated the event for TV. I mean, of course they do, but it is good to have actual proof.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

The 2 "deeply"s in your comment make it feel even more ominous.

[@asackboyplush6508]

Aw, I wanted to know about your wife's uncle's sex life

[@DanilordLP]

and while youre at it, send some pictures as proof aswell, for academic purposes ofc

[@chopitup9950]

Yeah, I need to know about said uncle's sex life. I will also need photos, reenactments, and voice actors.

[@anasevi9456]

TLC was a decent documentary channel till around 1995. I remember someone explaining wtf went wrong when people started discussing how sh!t the History Channel became online back in the 2000s. Apparently the latter saw the former do that and the ratings jump, so followed suit a decade later.

[@weirdotzero7065]

So TLC can be blamed for Network Decay of its competition too?!?!

[@thekernel69]

Yeah I think I know that video your talking about its part of quinton review’s series on the history channel and its downward spiral

[@vylbird8014]

It's just commercial pressure. The aim of a company is to make money, and the business care for 'real' documentaries is hard to justify. They are very expensive to produce - long production times, armies of experts, expensive interviews, on-location filming. All that expense for unimpressive viewing figures. The return on investment on reality TV crap is just far better: More views, cheap production by far. That's why the best-known documentary producers are organisations that exist on public funding rather than rely as commercial operations: PBS, BBC, DW.

[@nate567987]

same owner

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

​@@vylbird8014What you are looking for is capitalism...

[@Too_Tall_64]

I like that you touched on the fact that most of the items in the Extreme Couponers Stash was all non-essentials. I ex was one of these people, so we had an overstock of non essentials, non-perishables, and cereals in our house. We couldn't afford rent, but we could afford $!00 in Laundry Detergent for 20 bucks... "We didn't spend $20, we SAVED $80" she would say... There's a difference between Using coupons to save money, and obsessing over a high you get for seeing numbers go down.

[@sophiewilliamswilliams5304]

Yes you “saved” 80 dollars, but you still spent 20 when you could’ve paid like 10 or less for one thing of laundry detergent

[@julietteoscaralphanovember2223]

Better to buy on sale and stock up because in the long run, you will spend more, a lot more.

[@killerkitten7534]

I distinctly remember one episode where you see a woman dumping like dozens and dozens of bottles of mustard into the cart because she had a super good deal (and they also take a decently long time to expire) and the camera cuts to the husband watching her do this and he just says “we don’t even like mustard…” It was weirdly comedic yet also sad

[@Too_Tall_64]

@@killerkitten7534 That's the essence of Extreme Couponing right there.

[@aSoldiersGirlieGirl]

Yes!! I don’t coupon and never jumped on that bandwagon because I would find myself buying things I didn’t need cause I had a coupon, but would end up spending more and the thing would go wasted and end up thrown away most of the time.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

I live in PA. I promise you Amish people aren't like this. They KNOW what technology is, they just don't use it.

[@ogami1972]

I gotta say, the people who "de-valued" their homes to make something they think is awesome are living their best lives.

[@illusoryquixot]

Hmm love TLC enabling actual pedophiles, rapists, and child neglect because of the sweet content it provides… ugh

[@illusoryquixot]

The people at TLC who endorsed the Duggar family should face some karma.

[@JoJo-oc8zf]

I swear when people talk about the horrors of reality tv and Hollywood 9 times out of 10 it's probably from a TLC show

[@genericname2747]

Anyone involved in kids beauty pageants should be on a watchlist. And like, I like the concept of these. Imagine if these things were about kids wearing little dinosaur costumes with their parents. Making it about the outfits, and not judging the appearance of babies.

[@AiLoveAidoru]

i hope i'm not the one that finds the amount of sexuality related, topics that could be taken out of context for the sake of certain fetishes, and especially pregnancy related shows they aired to be highly suspicious too. Like there was a time where there was a concerning amount of shows that were related pregnancy and childbirth in some way to the point where it felt like borderline fetish-fuel levels. Either way, I feel like its a safe bet to assume that TLC's producer/executive circle is likely full of creeps who get off on some of the stuff they put out considering the people they gave shows to. Certainly wouldn't be the first time someone like that was found working on the higher levels in network television *coughnickelodeoncough*.

[@lambybunny7173]

@@genericname2747Right? Like if it was just a silly kid outfit pageant it'd be whatever but no they literally try to make these 3 year olds, literal BABIES, look like 40 year old prostitutes. So that the judges can ogle. It's absolutely vile.

[@kerricaine]

reminder that the guy who turned "the learning channel" "history channel" and "discovery channel" from educational material into the reality TV dumping grounds is also now in charge of the entirety of warner brothers and everything they own, from DC comics, rooster teeth, harry potter, and all of WB's history.

[@deejaye2647]

That figures

[@micaelasparrow650]

It makes sense now

[@powepuffstarlightfairy]

Hear hear, dudes and babes!

[@3xfaster]

And he’s fucking Thanos Snapping everything.

[@acejascent]

That explains soooo much

[@kevinwooley9650]

It sucks because the coupon show actually affected extreme couponers in real life including my family who used to do extreme couponing and donating all the extra stuff to charities

[@mattalan6618]

see now thats a smart way of doing that. on the show it made the families seem like they were preparing for end times or something

[@julietteoscaralphanovember2223]

Years ago, I was a coupon queen before it went on tv and got popular. Idk about anyone else but I needed to use coupons to help us out financially and I think most people who do it, do it out of need or donate it. I stocked up on things like deodorant, laundry detergent, cereal, etc etc. I had 3 teenage sons that almost ate us out of our home, lol!! Seriously, they ate all the time and large quantities, it's like they had hollow legs. So I don't know how it messed it up, if anything, it probably showed people how to use coupons to save money and I'm sure the people who needed it, it was helpful

[@ShaCaro]

​​​@@julietteoscaralphanovember2223It messed couponing up because stores tightened the rules and discounts, making it essentially not worth it. Not sure why you're doubting the validity of the original statement when you yourself clearly admit your experience is old and thusly irrelevant.

[@CLJlovesmal]

I didn't know about the coupon fraud in the show until a few months ago when i rewarched the entire show. I was disgusted at how the people did their hauls and all the excess unused items. When i saw it back in college, it was inspiring and a friend gor into it as she understood coupon language well. I remember finding a book by a couponer where she mentions how the show is not good, is not how most couponers are and is harming the coupon community. Sure enough, any practices mentioned in the show were not available in reality or became not available in time. It's interesting listening to the book years later too. TLC sure ia special.

[@ritahester2293]

I was a cashier at a grocery store for a while and I absolutely HATED when the couponers came through my line as did my co workers. Several managers let them get away with everything. Drove us insane. However, they finally banned them from all the locations in that city.

[@firej77]

Man, as someone that works retail, I've learned couponers are some of the worst customers a good percentage of the time. A good few tried to break the coupon law, and they would get furious if we didn't take their coupon. They would hold up a busy line, just to get a manager to come by, tell them they can't use the coupons, and would just keep standing in the line and make noise until we just, inevitably let them do it. It irritated me because they would just come back every month, and we'd be in the same circle, and it only told more people to do it....until we got proper security. What happened after that, I do not know, I left after a couple more months.

[@jacob9538]

They are the worst. I was once the (assistant) manager who got called over in such a situation and I backed up my employee because not only was the coupon expired but the customer had suuuch an attitude about it, so no way was I gonna make my employee give him what he was pitching a fit over. Of course several days later the store manager told me to just give them whatever they want next time it happens, because apparently the guy called in to complain about me.

[@ShaCaro]

So you taught them that if they just whine long enough, they get what they want.

[@Nirual]

@@ShaCaro, the store manager did

[@darkninjafirefox]

Extreme couponing used to be one of my favorites because i liked the idea of people building a food bank for their neighborhood

[@ashleybyrd2015]

I like this idea

[@Hessed3712]

That is a nice idea.

[@WeebishSwed]

The people they show on the show honestly feels more like they have an addiction, considering how a lot of the stuff they buy will almost never be used unless they try to resell them/give them away, Which i feel those people will never do.

[@FranNyan]

Some people do this, but never the "extreme" version. I know whenever mom had a coupon for a free or near free thing at a store, she'd get it and donate it to one of the local church's food pantries (since they also gave out things other than food, basically, whatever they got, went to people in need.) Would be nice if these people would do the same, but it's mostly just a game and hoarding to them, sadly.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Yeah, I liked the people they featured who actually donated their hauls because they at least turned into something positive.

[@bakesaletv2676]

Dude my mom was a ER nurse and the amount of wierd stuff she pulled out of guys is incredible; deodorant caps"plural", cellphone, turned on vibrator, corn 🌽

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

& on YT we have chubbyemu's medical mishaps channel...

[@hannahbrown2728]

Never put anything up there that doesnt have a flanged bottom folks!

[@GatoGuapo]

without a base = without a trace .......

[@bakesaletv2676]

@@GatoGuapo this belongs on a t-shirt

[@JamesLawner]

Not corn! 😭😭😭

[@felicityhart20]

The way we constantly push home ownership as freedom and then shame people who freely alter their homes and make them what they desire, thus decreasing the 'investment'.

[@AndImsomelady]

“Freedom”, it is weird because now your stuck.

[@PinkSander]

Back in the '90s TLC lived up to its name, The Learning Channel. They had educational television. A show that I personally liked, I can't remember the name of it was but you got to watch actual surgeries with the blood and everything. They were birthing stories. A couple of my favorite shows as a kid were Zoobilee Zoo and Zoom, both were TLC shows. It didn't always used to be trash. It used to be a pretty good channel.

[@jb31842]

Remember "The Mechanical Universe", that college physics course from CalTech?

[@indowneastmaine]

Lol Zoobilee Zoo and Zoom are too good to be creations of TLC. Thank PBS and Hallmark for those. TLC only purchased the syndication rights years later but had nothing to do with development or production.

[@PinkSander]

@@indowneastmaine still though, TLC wasn't trash in the 90's. They may have purchased the rights but it was still educational television.

[@DW3010]

I think the show you’re thinking of was called “Trauma: life in the ER”

[@PinkSander]

@@DW3010 no, I think it was called Real surgeries or something. It was only scheduled surgeries no emergencies.

[@Lukemyfather1]

Extreme couponing was actually real towards the beginning, but after it got popular, they changed what typed of coupons you can get / how they work in stores. My mom was on the level of some of those people, so I experienced it firsthand and can say yeah, what they did in later episodes was 100% for show because we couldnt do that stuff anymore lol

[@MateusAuri]

"orders his sisters to go dumpster diving for two more coupons" Bro's living the actual real life Pikmin

[@stephanniemorin]

No, the Pikmin are willing to follow Olimar (or the other captains) around because they can't defend themselves from the predators on the strange planet they live in. That guy just has a big ego and is a massive jerkwad to his family. There is a massive difference. Plus, the treasures he collects are usually food items, but some are also ship parts that Olimar needs to get home!

[@Hannah-bv3pf]

I know a couple people who were on the same TLC show. Drama is truly all they care about. At least for this specific show, it wasn't scripted, but they 100% were pushing a narrative through the questions they asked and how they edited it. The show got cancelled after one season because, honestly, it was BORING. But that was the problem - they wanted to push for something exciting to happen, but they were literally just filming everyday people going about their lives.

[@malex3606]

“Just because your dad is dead, doesn’t mean you can’t make him proud right now.” Is something I’m going to keep in the memory bank and hope to use it for any moment when possible.

[@princesskristan]

I'm a age regressor/little, and it upset me to see people trashing it without knowing what it means for some people. I regress because of childhood trauma among other things, but there's a video on here that interviewed Kate from Extreme Cheapskates, and she talked about her appearance on the show and how it affected her. Its so heartbreaking to watch

[@krisstasko]

The through-line of these recent videos chronicling the downfall of HBO Max is my favorite thing

[@AdmiralBlackstar]

First rule of furry club? You don't talk about furry club. Second rule of furry club? You don't talk about furry club. Seriously though, virtually every single regular TV show dramatizes it and blows it out of proportion for drama because 90% of it is just the same cosplay stuff other nerds do, but with animals instead of comic book characters and that is just not exciting. So that one is not unique to TLC.

[@mattwolf7698]

I am so sick of how these things try to paint every member of it as being into the sexual side and then being sex addicted on top of that.

[@Bonkpunktexe]

to be fair, i have seen similar stuff with the cosplay community also being portrayed as weirdos who also dress up in cosplays every day and all the time, but yeah, definitely not as much as with furries on tv. it sucks because it's just a fun hobby and they get harassed for it because some people have been convinced that furries are inherently sexual and gross and perverse. not surprising tho due to how many in the furry fandom are queer, and how both are treated very similarly.

[@RadikAlice]

@@Bonkpunktexe As someone who's both, you just blew my mind. It makes so much sense

[@Bonkpunktexe]

@@RadikAlice lol same. but yeah, considering how many furries are some flavour of queer, or are generally accepting, they are viewed as deviants just like the queer community is, and since they are very accepting and open, it also sadly gives people who hate us more ammo to harass us. that doesnt mean either community should stop being open and accepting and being the way they are, though, because the people who hate us would hate and harass us even with minimal "ammo" to use.

[@distorteddivine3638]

@@RadikAlice 9 times out of 10, if someone hates furries 'just because' or pulls up a bunch of outdated stereotypes as an excuse, they're actually just homophobes and/or transphobes. Furries are pretty well known to be accepting of queer people and many of the first hate campaigns against furries were done specifically because they accepted LGBT+ folks without question. They used pretty much all the same arguments against furries as they did queer people (pedophilia accusations, claiming they're sex freaks, 'indoctrination', eta.), to the point it's pretty well known now that if you hate furries, you're probably an asshole.

[@KayWhyCommando]

I never knew I needed a Billiam TLC saga, but I am glad it's happening.

[@scrappypirate2268]

My mom was a avid watcher of "Long Island Medium." When I told her it was fake she refused to believe me. When I explained how they do cold/warm readings she rolled her eyes. But I noticed after a week she wasn't watching it anymore. Generational differences are crazy.

[@saschamayer4050]

That's not a generational thing though. Both of my grandmothers were smarter than foxes. They wouldn't have believed any of that nonsense. Then again my very own mother... 😅🙄

[@bellatrixm98schannel99]

I was there in the episode when Honey boo boo goes skating (you can even see me in the background in one scene) and I felt so bad for Alana. The camera crew were just following her saying, “And fall. And fall.” Over and over again! Her sister’s baby was there, but nobody was watching it as the uncle was supposed to, but was talking to my aunt instead until she called him out!

[@emm_uhh]

I went to university near the Amish and have some ex-amish friends. Living along the Amish, I learned a lot of them are hypocrites when it suits them and use technology. I can't believe this show had us hooked 😂

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

My grandpa is beachy and he drives around the old order (because paying for someone else to drive you is alright for some reason) and I've heard plenty of crazy stories. Amish kids will hire a limo and then have them drive around in a circle while they just drink and party in the back. I learned this because one of the Amish he drove had a severely broken foot because he stumbled out of the limo and the driver drove over his foot.

[@amnoirgg8563]

That cat couple is relationship goals honestly.

[@mattwolf7698]

They spent way too much money on that though.

[@KarltheBarl]

@@mattwolf7698cats are happy it’s worth it

[@mirandathepandakitty1630]

That is what I want in life

[@Jadeelmao]

@@mattwolf7698they’re old and rich who fucking cares

[@captaintalon4485]

Why is it when Billiam explains these shows they sound ten times better than actually watching them?

[@HayLeesHomeMade]

Regarding the coupons, i work as a cashier, sometimes the system didn't recognize it's own coupons so an override is needed. When someone wants to use multiple conflicting coupons, I'll do multiple transactions so that it qualifies (which is what I've been told to do by management as well)

[@kylespevak6781]

20:29 "and i NEEDED TO believe in something" And that specific vulnerability is exactly what they prey on to financially exploit your grief

[@PhantomLola12]

As someone who works on the TLC KZbin Channel, I have to edit the craziest/fakest shit. 💀

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

RIP

[@AiLoveAidoru]

I dearly hope they’re at least paying you a decent wage for editing because holy shit the fact that you have to edit TLC show clips exactly how the network’s executives want it feels toxic enough to deal with.

[@techwiz81]

The couponers who proudly show off their stash of like 10 lifetimes worth of shampoo as if it’s impressive

[@TeruteruBozusama]

What if they get allergic to that specific one? I know some charities refuse to accept products like that because some idiots pour in various "funny" stuff...

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

My Strange Addiction did an episode on "living dolls" which did not do any favors for the lolita fashion community. The one girl was shown to wear her outfits constantly and couldn't get a job because of her refusal to wear "normal" clothes. They showed her trying to apply for jobs while in lolita. Like lolita can be a sort of lifestyle for some people (these dresses can be expensive af, I can understand wanting to get your moneys worth out of them) but it's like the furry episode, we don't constantly wear our dresses everyday and everywhere. Many I know only do so for special events and group meet-ups. The show also followed a guy who was obsessed with turning himself into a Ken doll and had gotten a shit ton of surgeries in order to do so. This was cuz the ep was about people addicted to being "living dolls." As if this guy and lolitas are comparable in the slightest. The worst part is that the girls, one girl at least, was told by the producers they were filming a documentary about the fashion subculture and weren't fully informed they were filming for My Strange Addiction. It could've been worse, like at least TLC didn't go the "p*do-enabler" angle with the community most people on the outside take due to the unfortunate name "lolita" (Japanese borrowed the name because it sounded like an old fashioned young girl). But the whole thing reeked of trying to make the community look like a bunch of freaks.

[@offbranddorito9668]

It pisses me off when people try the "p*dophile-enabler" angle. Is it an adult wearing cutesy clothing? Yes? Then it's not p*dophilia. Is it a child wearing cutesy clothing? Yes? Then being attracted to them is a crime and the child is not at fault. An adult can wear whatever they want and do whatever they want with other adults. It's never p*dophilia unless an actual child is involved. It reminds me of when I saw a tiktok of an autistic person making a sex joke. And all the comments were "she shouldn't have sex, she's basically a child! Whoever has sex with her should go to jail for being a predator". It was the most violent ableist rhetoric I'd ever seen.

[@kaworuswife]

it isnt about that, its because of the novel they associate the name with@@offbranddorito9668

[@avery2041]

Didn't the furry girl once state that her ep/ some film scenes she was In, in which she wasn't wearing the suit but the filming crew decided to make it seem like she did wear it 24/7 to make it seem way more sensational?

[@afernandez9579]

In just a related note, I thought Lolita for the Japanese thing was borrowed because of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, about a guy obsessing over a minor.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

@@afernandez9579 that's a common misconception. The name "lolita" was appropriated by Japanese fashion subcultures to describe the feminine, old-fashioned look of the outfits, with no association to the novel. It should be noted "Lolita" was a name that existed prior to Nabokov's novel, it's just now the name is so closely tied to the novel it's the first thing people in the English-speaking world think of

[@thatgirlconnor]

Don’t forget TLC gives platforms to people like the Duggars, Plats and browns. On top of that the xenophobia and racism that’s often put proudly on display in the 90dya fiancé franchise

[@powepuffstarlightfairy]

Hear hear

[@xXDemkaBelikovXx]

TLC definitely altered my brain chemistry as a child, istg... I was very into those Mircle of Childbirth shows of the late 90s/early 00s, and sometimes they got pretty dramatized, especially with the umbilical cord being wrapped around or when the baby doesn't cry right away. Turns out, those things are pretty common and normal! Still, it made me a little panicky when my baby was born -- she was completely fine btw, the cord wasn't tight at all and they just used a nose sucker bulb to suck the liquids out and she started crying, all within like ten seconds of me literally saying "*GASP* Oh no!"

[@frauleinfunf]

I actually remember my first exposure to TLC being their airing of Magic School Bus reruns during some morning block. To think that was when they were such educational program as…Trading Spaces Family…and What Not to Wear.

[@fishpastethe4th340]

The honey booboo and dugar situation is going to be hilarious and horrifying at the same time. Can't wait to be even more depressed at the exploitation!

[@bunnyfrosting1744]

My TLC flex: as a kid I had to/got to travel for my parents work, and one of the flight attendants on our way outta town was featured on What not to Wear. She was SO sweet, admitted to loving when people recognized her, and right away confessed to keeping all of her clothes (the trash can thing is just for the Drama of it all), and she immediately reverted back to her old look upon returning from New York lol. Wonder how she’s doin

[@GweenOfTea]

Breaking Amish not getting a Better Call Amish spin-off was a missed opportunity (even tho they most likely all came out before better call Saul, they should have known smh!!!!)

[@hecknfrick4236]

Adult babies or littles or those who experience age regression just get so much hate. Its not hurting anyone. Everyone involved is a consenting adult. You don't have to like it, it can make you feel uncomfortable, but you don't have to openly hate it, bully those who do it, or try to get people to stop doing it.

[@MrMegaManFan]

What's sad about TLC isn't the content but the fact that it dominates in the ratings demos WITH that content. They make garbage and people absolutely eat it up.

[@pastelskies99]

Stan, the adult baby, was abused and is trying to relive his childhood through age regression. He is the sanest out of all the others on strange addiction

[@skyr5247]

I remember when I heard about it. Knowing that makes the episode feel so exploitative because he’s coping with something horrific, and they probably didn’t even tell him that they were filming just so they could make him seem like a deviant :/

[@genericname2747]

Man's just sad. Not fair to make fun of him for working through his emotions in this unusual way.

[@azazellon]

Agere and regression in general are coping mechanisms. There's also "age play", which...is entirely different, sexual and commonly associated with age regression. They are two separate things.

[@shinji2898]

Jesus christ, I thought it was something else, but if he flat out has age regression as a coping mechanism, then that’s sad. Screw TLC for basically documenting someone’s trauma like that.

[@offbranddorito9668]

I think TLC really harms niche communities that are seen as "deviant". They aired some episodes on furries. And I'm not gonna say that furries are "oppressed" because oppression minorities face is much different, but they're definitely harassed. There have been many instances of furries, even kids, getting harassed to the point where they commit suicide. And, disgustingly, that's probably what TLC wants. They want these people to be harassed. If they kill themselves, that's more content.

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

With My strange addiction, i wonder how fake the woman with the baby wipe addiction was, where she was too scared to use the shower so she only washed with baby wipes. The show made it sound like she was /touched/ by her father after he got out of the shower and thats why she was scared of them.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

That's...haunting. Yikes.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

And if not true could it ruin both of their lives forever...

[@genericname2747]

Oh, so PTSD. The show made fun of a women with PTSD.

[@princesskristan]

I remember her. I also wonder what happened to the lady who ate her husband's ashes

[@ObsessedwithZelda2]

I remember as a kid asking my mom about the couponing thing since usually coupons have limits on how many you can use per purchase, and she said it was different in other parts of the country or something. Feel a bit validated now xP

[@Pretermit_Sound]

I’m old enough to remember when TLC was just starting out. They showed a lot of different surgical procedures, filming in different teaching hospitals around the country. It was actually real at that time, so you kind of had to have a strong stomach to watch it.

[@timothyserabian5103]

I remember a time when TLC actually WAS “The Learning Channel.” There were shows about space, dinosaurs, anatomy, traveling, and I’m about 75% certain THEY started, “Shark Week” (I can’t confirm that, so correct me if I’m wrong). I have NO idea what happened, but when they fell, they fell HARD.

[@LeoMidori]

I found reality TV becoming more and more the norm was part of the problem with channel/TV decaying, coupled with the 2009 writers' strike making a lot of really crappy programming coming on at the time. I was 20 at the time and left home, and have never once paid for television or cable after that point. Once The History Channel became less about WWII in Colour and more Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars and Ancient Aliens I checked out of TV entirely.

[@MABfan11]

@@LeoMidori what a coincidence, there's a writers strike happening now too, i fear we may be in for another dose of crappy "reality" TV (i'm fine with The Traitors and it's regional variants though, that's basically a reality TV version of Among Us and it works so well because of it)

[@lainiwakura1776]

You forgot the home improvement shows on the weekends. My dad watched those.

[@LeoMidori]

@@MABfan11 A lot of shows have just fallen out. The animation industry especially has suffered badly, even very popular shows have been cancelled!

[@jb31842]

Remember "The Mechanical Universe"? A college physics course with ground-breaking computer graphics. I was addicted to that as a nerdy kid. (Now the whole series is posted on KZbin...)

[@SimAlley]

I remember my mom used to be obsessed with watching shows that feature 'a baby story' where it was just about a couple that was pregnant and then had a baby. that's it.

[@TankTheArtist777]

I used to watch that show a lot too as a kid, for some reason, lol

[@stephanniemorin]

​@@TankTheArtist777Me too

[@damanipage5990]

My mom used to watch that show all the time when i was a little kid

[@LancasterResponding]

0:59 I can 100% confirm Amish people know what texting is because I’ve received a text from an Amish guy telling me that I can pick up my mower from his engine repair shop.

[@nicolel8958]

I had a friend that was on breaking Amish. She already had left the Amish community and they make you pretend to be Amish and leave it again.

[@RAE.ofSunshine]

My cousin dated Jeremiah from breaking Amish. It was cringe and he refused to get a job and help pay for their apt

[@imwhatthekidscallcringy3858]

TLC!!! Somehow, the channel that was the first time I'd ever seen different minority groups like Little People, trans people, and people with OCD and DID. It was somehow the most diverse channel for me as a kid/teen.

[@jasperjazzie]

i remember tlc was actually my first exposure to being trans, and i had completely misinterpreted what it meant to be trans and i thought that people just randomly changed gender, and i was wondering when/if i'd wake up and magically have become a boy anyway the fact that i am trans now makes that entire situation even funnier lmao

[@claudiobizama5603]

they are/were diverse yes but the way they paint the people featured on the channel is horrible, not to far from old circuses and their "freak shows"

[@offbranddorito9668]

@@claudiobizama5603 You're entirely right. I know seeing trans people on tv MAYBE helped some trans kids who watched those programs, but I would rather trans people just not be shown on TLC at all.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I remember once seeing a documentary on TLC about a murder of a (poor) child pageant, and they mentioned that shows like Toddlers and Tiaras to be very harmful. I lost all respect for the channel that day.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

That's what it took for you to realize that sexualizing children in competition is bad? Child beauty pageants are illegal in France. They've always been horrible for society.

[@hossdelgado626]

... putting children on a stage isn't helpful either though? Actors as a perfect example, it fucks up their lives later.

[@abbycollins]

Hypocrite :(

[@TeruteruBozusama]

What even happened here? Wasn't notified of replies and now 2 are gone??

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

@@TeruteruBozusama people may have deleted their own comments, or YT deleted them for offensive content? I don't remenber what any of them were, or if they were before or after mine.

[@Hermi0Taurus]

The Extreme Coupon show, only heard about it through other channel/s that mention it. I thought that shit was REAL! And had the thought that coupon restrictions were put in place a little more recently, like AFTER these shows aired and then some. Learning they did full-blown CRIMES, ON CAMERA, is actually even more WILD. I hope they do it again.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I remember once zapping to the channel and they had a show called "mob wives" on, and the husband called home that he was arrested about something he had said he did on the show. I don't know if it's real, but it seems like it was cancelled after that as I never saw it in the listings again.

[@samanthareardon3330]

I used to work as a bagger at a grocery store, we had one of those couponing guys come in regularly (all legit, no overrides necessary). I helped him to his car with his two overflowing carts full of stuff. I asked him what he did with all of it, curious because of the stuff I had seen on TV. He told me he donates most of it to charity. That just made my day!

[@halfbakedmedia]

I once saw the brother on 1,000 lb Sisters reading lines written on his hand. He was trying to be sneaky, but it was painfully obvious.

[@holyheretic3185]

I (I'm guessing like most of us here) was born mid 90s, so I had a front row seat to watching as directv list of watchable channels kept shrinking and shrinking, as discovery, history, tlc, all slowly turned into the joke of stations they are now. It's so depressing.

[@skilledwarman]

As a born and raised long islander I'm very proud of Billiam for knowing to say "on long Island" and not "in long Island" Also i used to work at a shoe store and I've met Theresa Caputo. Massive b**ch.

[@justlikethewizard]

oh man my mom got into couponing because of that Extreme Couponing show and let me tell you, we hardly ever touched the stuff she bought. She STILL sends me cheap soaps and the like that I'm pretty sure are from nearly 10 years ago. I have never met a person with more toothbrushes than my mother

[@mannequinn_made420]

I had an Amish landlord and he knew everything and could do everything. He just didn’t own it personally. So he’d use my iPhone like a pro, drive someone else’s car, kids watched our tv (of course he’d try to stop them but they were young and when I asked did he want me to turn it off, he said no because my daughter was watching it.), etc. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jasperjazzie]

i always felt weird about their "freaky eaters" show, they claimed they were going to help the people on the show but their version of help usually just ended up being "hey let's make fun of this person who's going through something for the entire run time!" and would usually just chalk it up to being picky/spoiled or whatever when a lot of the time the people either had eating disorders or were going through some kind of stress in their life. people don't starve themselves or cry/vomit/whatever at seeing certain foods because they're "picky", it's a legit problem, but no one takes it seriously and this show did not do anyone any favors lmao as someone with autism who has safe foods, i hate the idea that it's just being spoiled or childish, i hate being that way and if i could eat more stuff i would, no one enjoys being picky and only eating a handful of things

[@kyleshouse2727]

100% agree with you on this. Ive seen so many “cringe comp” videos that use TLC the poster child of their content, and they always, and I mean ALWAYS push that narrative of “See? Autistic and disabled people are weird!! Aren’t you glad you arent like them??” Its frankly disgusting 🤮

[@jasperjazzie]

@@kyleshouse2727 honestly even without tlc the whole "cringe" thing often uses autistic people at the butt of their jokes and it's so frustrating. sure there's genuine cringe that causes problems for people, or is just playful teasing, but a lot of it is "haha these people are having fun but it's not what _i'd_ do! let's point and laugh!" i hate it sm and i hate how almost no one talks abt it

[@ShinePaw101]

I have a rare auto immune disorder that causes my brain to swell up in my skull. This has caused others with my condition to have to use feeding tubes due to how vile food in general can taste. I luckily have never needed to use one but ‘picky eating’ is no joke and when shows joke about it we really need to call it out more. I have PTSD from my brain swinging back and forth on what is safe to eat and what is not. I’d LOVE to look any of those producers in the face and talk to them. Anorexia can be caused by ‘picky eating’ too. I wonder how funny they find the death count…

[@bloodycoffee9293]

Being a kid with arfid while Freaky Eaters was airing really kept me from admitting my problems with food. I'm not saying it ruined my life, but that show was there to remind me that the general public would always see me as a joke to make fun of.

[@jasperjazzie]

@loveutilltheendoftimes9132 it doesn't matter whether or not the show was real, the people who saw it acted like it was real and made fun of actual people who have eating disorders

[@cassidym.7687]

this is how almost every reality tv show works. It's truly all constructed with barely anything "real" left. If you look into how a basic tv show is made it becomes clear very quickly, how much more difficult it is to make a "real" show versus the ones you covered. TLC is particularly shameless about it, but it's really every reality tv show with almost no exceptions.

[@vylbird8014]

The best moment for me is still when one team of contestants took legal action against the producers of Storage Wars for rigging the show. Not because the show was rigged - it was, everyone involved knew it. But because the producers rigged it unfairly, planting more valuable finds in the lockers of rivals than they did in his own.

[@tankg9263]

On the Breaking Amish thing, the Amish have a thing called Rumspringa where they’re allowed to go out and experience the modern world, less than 15% stay in the modern world, 85-90% return to their amish ways. Which to be fair, if you’ve seen the modern world, I don’t blame them.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

If I remember correctly they can use modern tools if there helping someone who owns them

[@TheOneCalledSloth]

​@@Scalesthelizardwizard Yeah, the low-tech thing is more about self reliance

[@matthewcron8842]

@@TheOneCalledSlothAnd even then, isn’t it true that quite a few Amish know about, or even use things like tractors and power tools

[@AdmiralBlackstar]

Well, that and the intentionally induced culture shock many of them encounter.

[@gav668]

That's really not what Rumspringa is, try looking up what Torah Botrager says about it.

[@nekograce7914]

When I was a teen (late 90s) and early 20s, they stilled air documentary/informative shows. They had a show called Trauma: life in the ER which was amazing and intense. I learned what the aging disease is, primordial dwarfism, and other rare genetic disorders. But then Discovery bought them and turned them into reality trash.

[@BinglesP]

6:12 “Abe is just a guy with a trampoline” Idk why but that and the accompanying footage of him just casually jumping on the trampoline with a cowboy hat on made me laugh. I’d say my humor is broken but it’s always been like this

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Extreme Couponing is the only one l've watched, and even without learning it was fake, l was still baffled by it. In my country, coupons specifically say things like "50 % off, only 1 coupon per purchase" or "Only 6 items per customer". You'd never be able to cheat like they do on the show. (I also thought the people should be re-selling things to their neighbours to get something good out of these silly purchases. Because you don't need 600 maxipads for $30 when you're born a man.)

[@mahumia]

Yeah same here. You would need to be extremely lucky to get more than 50% off your purchase at a grocery store. I just imagined myself getting a 95% discount and dropping it all off at a local food bank or other charity who could really use the items, instead of building a useless stockpile... The few times where the show actually cooperated with charities (or at least pretended to) were my favorites.

[@honeybelle1203]

I remember watching the episode with the furry gal when it aired with my mom... I was praying they wouldnt bring up furry porn and whatnot but they did >___> Anyway Lauren/Kiira was accused of tracing the picture she was shown drawing of her fursona. I dont know if it was proven or not. But a whole thing ensued about it

[@BigDumbMedia]

The learning channel? More like the lying channel am I right?

[@devonwright6933]

I remember just putting an episode of Extreme Couponing on once and it made me so angry. The person on the episode asked her church to pray for her to receive coupons for that episode. Her prayers were answered and all that stuff she bought went in her basement. Like it couldn't go somewhere else, like a food bank, homeless shelters, veterinary clinic, etc. Definitely tells you the audience they're targeting.

[@rebekah1180]

I’m 40 and I actually remember when TLC was actually the Learning channel. I didn’t have it at home, but I had a teacher that would record some of the programs and play them in class. Those were the good ol days

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

Same with history channel

[@KennyFrierson]

You'll never seen someone with more dead eyes than a cashier on Extreme Couponing

[@abbycollins]

I remember watching extreme couponing as a kid. I was really shocked when I learned it was fake a couple of years later and felt super betrayed. …I was a weird kid.

[@smooth395]

I had to spend a couple nights awake overnight in the hospital two years ago and TLC played Extreme Couponing in the early hours of the morning and I got to watch the episode with the 15 year old bossing his family around. I remember the good old days when it played during times when normal people would be awake and able to watch the show. FYI, TV options aren't so great in the hospital, especially late night/early morning.

[@codychapman7342]

I clean my local library and one day the vacuum there was taken out with a sign on it that said something along the lines of "DO NOT Use! Someone was in the men's room trying to... entertain themselves with the vacuum." Needless to say, we used a different vacuum after that.

[@shoppertattoo]

Hey! Couponer here! I started extreme couponing in 2019 after having seen the tlc show. I was not surprised when I found out the way they show couponing on the show isn’t exactly real life. However, you CAN 100% walk into a store with coupons and walk out with free merchandise. It’s easier to do at cvs and Walgreens. Grocery stores like kroger actually changed their couponing policies after this show brought awareness of them to more people. Couponing has been getting harder and harder since this show began but it is still possible. I couponed and made videos for a year straight and I built up a stockpile closet full of personal care items that I got for free or was paid to take out of the store.

[@TheMuteStreamer]

TLC: Talk, Lie, Craft a shaky story to cover up the lies and rambles and fail horribly

[@justinbuergi9867]

I literally just had to promise my mom we’d keep TLC if we switched to KZbin tv about 5 minutes ago lol Great timing

[@FoxyTattyDrew]

I'm honestly sad that sex sent me to the ER is not on streaming services. My mum and I use to love watching the ER shows (including I didn't know I was pregnant) and sex sent me to the ER was just so ridiculously weird and funny.

[@maximillianlylat1589]

Used to love the shit out of the discovery health channel like medical incredible, mystery diagnosis, and a lot of the ER based shows. Me and my mom would spend hours watching the discovery networks together

[@TankTheArtist777]

@@maximillianlylat1589Me too! I miss those shows. TLC still sometimes airs I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant but it’s not as often as it used to be. It’s also weird knowing the babies featured on that show are teenagers now lol

[@TheAntlionGuard]

Breaking Amish has always been so bizarre as someone who lives right next to the largest Amish community in the world. It was so clearly fake, it sucks that so many people ate it up.

[@BadWebDiver]

What are they like as neighbours?

[@stsworld4669]

I just wonder why they didn’t just make breaking Amish into a “reenactment show” 🤷🏾‍♀️ people would still watch honestly