Under the bus, out of my mind
Reality television, I’m very disappointed in you. Well, I’m discouraged by the contestants and participants more than the actual shows, but the hosts are starting on the downward spiral as well.
Anyway, I’m fed up, done, can’t stand it, and need to say something before this epidemic spreads into mainstream society. I’m referring to the make my brain want to explode phrase, “under the bus.”
Yes, these three little words, which under normal sentence construction would cause great alarm, such as: Don’t drive forward there’s a kitty under the bus, now only create rage when I hear them. Now, instead of putting the words in that sense I’m constantly hearing ‘you/he/she through me/him/her/you under the bus.” And, as two of the more popular reality shows, Survivor and Big Brother, are coming to a conclusion I’ve probably heard this phrase a million times. Here’s a quick YouTube search to get you up to speed if you’re not sure what I’m talking about. Completely annoyed now? Good.
With the surge in popularity, I wondered if this was a fairly recent entry into American culture, but the first reported use was back in 1987-1988. Now, I’m not totally against the phrase itself, but the lack of creativity, or possibly the complacency, of the people I’m watching to use anything in its place. Is it that hard to think of something different to say? If so here are a few replacements: made me look bad, disparaged me, put me in a bad spot, told lies about me, and so on.
Hopefully we won’t have to watch our beloved reality “stars” discussing strategy while they stumble, stutter, and search for that perfect phrase, and then in defeat regurgitate “under the bus.”
I guess I’m not the only one who feels this way.
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