30 Days) is a show created by Morgan Spurlock, the guy who made the Super Size Me documentary/self torture movie. The idea is that this guy, or somebody else, is adopting a different lifestyle for 30 days (for example living on minimum wage or trying anti aging ‘techniques’ or some other crazy thing).
The problem is that the person who tries to do this usually hasn’t done his homework (or is incredibly dumb).
For example: in the pilot the guy lives on minimum wage, but still goes to the emergency room. I mean… c’mon, do you really think that someone who barely has money to eat can even dare to dream of health care?
Another example: the guy takes his woman out for a low budget dinner for her birthday (yeah she is also into this ‘experiment’ and it’s her birthday… lame). They pay more than 20$ for the dinner and end up taking the cab because the bus they need stops running at 6:00 PM. Now suppose you had shit. Would you do your homework and know when the last bus is? What about paying 20$+ for a dinner. Hell, even I know a great Chinese restaurant where 2 people can eat a great meal for well under 20$.
Yet another example: In the episode about anti aging, the dumb guy who experiments with all sorts of steroids and drugs is send in the begging of the show to have some of his sperm collected and preserved. Now what does that say about the supplements and drugs you’re taking? To us, the people with the IQ greater than 80, it’s a clear sign that it is possible to become infertile if you’re doing that to your body. Now, this dumb brick of a person, goes ahead and after 20+ days have passed is outraged that his sperm is now useless and he’s no longer able to procreate. We on the other hand are relieved that this specimen won’t be able to have more kids (he and his wife already have 3!). Our joy is short lived, as the effects of the drugs/steroids will go away if he stops taking them.
So, in conclusion, it’s an interesting show, but before doing stuff like this do your goddamn homework.