Yes. Highlight reels versus blooper reels. A while back I found myself toying with the idea of how hilarious it might conceivably be to construct a social media profile of one’s blooper reels, a kind of wicked-sharp satire of the ol’ socials and its algorithmic tyranny … before realising that this was the whole idea of reality shows. Geez. My Brazilian girlfriend darkly adores Big Brother Brazil ‘26, for why yes Brazil has embraced Big Brother for year after year after friggin’ year … and by all accounts, Brazil’s version remains the exact same format. Its showrunners pick the nastiest and most volatile people they can source, lock them in a house, poke them with sticks, film 24/7, and broadcast the juiciest bits. The bloopers. And millions lap that crap up.

Er … 😛 I seem to have drifted from your own point a tad. Uh. So yeah! Shun reality-shows and bitchy bloopers; embrace serene self-reliance.