I think it's all about popular empowerment.
Back in the day, you used to watch TV and say "Wow! Look at that person's skills/talent/dedication to their art", etc. It made you feel small and not a little lazy, but it was an uplifting display of what you could do if you put your mind to it. Then some bloobloos had a fit of inferiority because they didn't like being made to look bad, which gave rise to a generation of people who watch reality TV and say "I might have spent all weekend playing GTA V in my underpants and getting wasted, but at least I'm not that fucking chav wanker."
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 21 Jul 2015, 12:55, Reply)