There is something very wrong with us as young human beings. As I was flipping through my channels one day, I stumbled upon a show on MTV hosted by Carmen Electra. It was the best of "Dismissed," you know, the show where two guys compete for the affection of a girl and then two girls do the same for a guy. All the show does is trivialize and cheapen relationships for entertainment value.

The fact that this show is even on the air is what baffles me. But the fact that I watch it every time it's on baffles me all the more.

The show is nothing more than brain candy, and stimulates no thought processes outside of the basic human animal instincts of, "Me see mate. Mate look good. Me want to do bad things with mate."

You know every one of these hook-ups is nothing more than simply physical. Do you honestly think a person who goes on the show is looking for something long-term? No way. It's more like a wham, bam, thank you contestant.

Think I'm just speculating on that? Well on the show hosted by the well-accomplished and critically acclaimed thespian Electra, she said something along the lines of the most important thing to do is look good, and no amount of inner beauty can overcome your opponent being gorgeous.

Are we so shallow that we actually accept that as truth now?

Should we all try merely to look good and let meaningful human companionship and interaction fall by the wayside?

To me, it looks like this show actually does promote that notion. No matter how good of a connection two people can make on their "date" almost all of the time, the person goes for the more attractive person.

If our attraction to a person is merely physical, then a one-night stand is really all there can be.

You don't want to know about that person, you just want to indulge in the hedonistic pleasure of the world of casual sex.

That's fine, but I think shows such as "Dismissed" make us lose sight that there can be more to a relationship than just sex.

Anyway, let me get back to me saying how I watch the show every time it's on.

To me, it's one of those shows where you feel almost embarrassed to watch. And it's not that you fell embarrassed to watch it, you feel embarrassed for the people actually on it.

Granted, some of them have game. Some of them, guys and girls alike, are bonafide players.

But then you get people like "the strawberry guy," as I know him. This tool told a girl that she was sweet like a strawberry.

That tells me that he has about as much creativity and imagination and originality as a sock. We have a language with only God knows how many words.

Think of something new and say it. Don't recycle the same old lines that were used back in Victorian England.

I think that this show let's us see that no matter how advanced and educated we think we are, we still will put anything on television, no matter how bad and no matter what the message. And we'll still watch it.

All I'm saying is don't lose sight of everything else that can come along with a relationship. Don't let shows like this skew you attitude about the opposite sex. If a relationship to you is just about being physical, then you could miss out on something called life.