The sad thing is that kids don't need "go-go juice". They have energy to run and jump and play. But the fact that she needed it shows how poor and nutrition deprived her diet was, and that she was so sluggish and fatigued is terrible for anyone but ESPECIALLY a child. Really sad, as I think we all know now.
What’s better than caffeine is music. If you had kids who always jumps, runs and plays when it’s daytime. Play some clean pop music or children’s music to help them get up and move around. Which is good exercise. Never feed them caffeine! Feed them with music.
Actually Caffeine is great for many kids with ADHD I remember the caffeine buzz would mellow me out. The reason being many kids with ADHD are not hyper because they are they have to much energy but because they lack chemical stimulation in their brain and thus are running around like a crack head looking for anything entertaining/stimulating that can act as a fix. This is why hyper fixation is a thing you basically gave what is a person going through withdrawal a fix. I was on Ritalin then Adderall until I had the self control required to go without it by the time I started middle school.
@@happyjohn354 in children, caffeine can raise blood pressure and interfere with sleep. It can make children less aware of being tired. It can affect their moods and make anxiety worse. They can even suffer headaches from caffeine withdrawal. Remember we are talking about kids who have barely developed immune systems
@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 then they still shoudn't have to go through it, they're kids, kids want to do stupid things, even if they knew it'd harm them
"There's a lot of closed minded people bashing this show because they don't agree with the lifestyle" The close minded people: _concerned for the well being of the small child_
How Alana still has teeth shocks me, there’s actually a condition called Mountain Dew Mouth that a lot of poor kids have sadly here in Appalachia where they’re missing half their teeth from drinking Mountain Dew
@@Silver_wind_1987_ My younger daughter actually performed a science experiment for her class showing how much damage soda can do to your teeth when she was in elementary school! She used eggshells that were soaked in Coke, Diet Coke, ginger ale, and water to mimic the effects of soda on teeth (I know, eggshells aren’t teeth, but they were a reasonable substitute and easily obtained!), and the results were quite clear! We didn’t think to soak any in Mountain Dew or energy drinks, but it’s easy to see how she could revamp and expand on this for her classmates now-she’s in high school now, and so many of her classmates practically mainline this crap on top of vaping like there’s no tomorrow. Frankly, they need a serious wake-up call!
@@dragondancer1814 I like gingerale but that's basically it. I like ice tea...as a treat once in a while. Coke can clean rust off metal....its insane. And that sounds awesome.
I think it's because she still had access to running water. In Appalachia Mountain Dew is cheaper and safer than water and they're forced to rely on it.
@@Silver_wind_1987_ Coke is also used to clean crud off of car battery leads too. And yeah, I encouraged that project-in fact, hearing about the car-battery trick and how bad soda is for our health got her wondering what it does to our teeth too. I have to tell her about “Mountain Dew Mouth” for that very reason.
It gets worse. Mama June lost custody of Alana due to her substance abuse and "taste in men", so now her sister Anna(?) has custody of her. She's also dating a 20 year old, at 16. Poor girl didn't have any good role models in her life. She has her sisters, but they're not much older than her and frankly Alana needs someone she can consider a parent.
On the topic of how reality tv can ruin a persons life, let's talk about Alana. She's talked about how she's struggled to make friends because everyone who wanted to be her friend just wanted bragging rights. They also come for her because they think she's rich, when that's further from the truth. And because of the drama in the show, and in her real life, she's retired the Honey Boo Boo name. She's said that her and Mama June's relationship has been kind of broken. She really wants it to get better, but she doesn't know how time and effort it will take. Idk what going to happen to Alana in the future, all i hope is that she's ok because she's clearly going through a lot.
@@annieapple8974 So its pretty clear the parents are the true monsters in this story, and they shouldnt have the luxury of having a kid There's people that are desperate for kids - and yet these a-holes got more lucky
I know it’s hard to believe, but TLC USED to have educational programing. This was a long long time ago though. Back before sensational programming took priority. It makes me sad since educational shows can actually be really interesting; you just have to use a good premise.
I think it should be illegal to put children on any kind of reality show. They can't properly consent to that invasion of privacy, and growing up is already hard enough as it is.
Does anyone know if children on reality shows have financial protection like child actors are supposed to? Child actors are supposed to have their earnings put into a trust that they can access when they turn eighteen; this is to prevent their parents/guardians from taking all their earnings and leaving them with nothing. Sadly it doesn’t always stop their money from being stolen, but it’s meant to provide protection. I wonder if reality show children have that too or if the producers think different rules apply to them.
The fat shaming and general hatred for Alana was shocking. People were flat out calling her ugly. How can you look at a sweet little kid and call her ugly? I also think June failed Alana when they appeared on an episode of Doctors, just to discuss Alana's weight. Imagine having your weight broadcast to the whole world like that. She never stood a chance.
@Jamal Ramadan Well you were probably closer in age when you treated your brother that way. June is an adult. She should know better. We’ve all treated our siblings shitty at a young age, don’t worry.
@Jamal Ramadan Kids do that to their siblings, it sucks but it's understandable for a child/teenager. You don't yet get how your actions affect others, and how small remarks can build up to insecurities. But grown ups putting their kids in pageants and national TV shows about obesity are doing lasting and public harm. I also blame the doctors on the show for not understanding what this could do to Alana's self esteem.
the part where you said that "while the adults were worrying about bills and coupons, honey boo boo was worried about what does or doesnt count as a doorknob for her fart game" is pretty telling of exactly why this show was wrong on so many levels, she was just a kid and didnt understand what was actually going on, her interests back then were probably toys, farts, and cheeseballs. like it's def not fair to have aired her entire existence onto national television...
A long time ago, back when reality shows hit it's peak, someone told me that the reason they were so popular is because Americans love watching disaster families or people who are worst-off than they are so they can feel good and not feel guilty over their own faults. At the time, I didn't understand what that meant but after watching this video and seeing the drama around the movie Turning Red, something in my mind clicked. People, or rather adults, are so stressed out and repressed that they don't want to hear criticism on their lives so the media grabs the worst kind of people and put them on the TV so audiences can say to themselves: "At least I'm not like these losers." If they are faced with criticism, they lash out.
That's how reality shows have always been. Hells kitchen for example doesn't focus on the culinary aspect, it focuses on Gordon freaking out on people for their mistakes, shows like biggest loser mainly focus on the fat people throwing a tantrum or breaking down into a crying fit when trying to lose weight, nobody is really concerned about the actual progress of them going from fat to thin. People have always liked to laugh at others misery
Interviews with cast members on shows like Jersey Shore show that producers purposefully push people to extremes for camera fodder. The Jersey Shore cast members were stuck in a house where no outside communication was allowed, and there was, quite literally, *nothing* to do in the house but drink the copious liquor that was supplied and encouraged. They wouldn't get any contact with the outside world until they were unleashed to public venues, where fans would do cooky shit and further stress them out. Having a team of people film and edit your entire life to make it watchable by millions of people *fucks* with you. It's like you're constantly in fight or flight mode, because you never know when it's all going to spin out of control and ruin your life.
Continuing this, with game shows that require puzzle solving skills or strength to get to the end, you can be turned away for being too good because it wouldn't be entertaining. People love watching people fail
That’s how reality tv has always been. And tbh it’s not just Americans who watch reality tv for this reason. Humans, regardless of culture love drama. Psychologists did studies on various social media sites and found that humans are naturally drawn to negative content because psychologically it makes us feel a certain way, so we go out of our way to see more negative content even though by doing so me just make ourselves more sad or even enraged. It’s pretty interesting.
It should also be mentioned that during the height of June’s addiction, Alana’s sister Pumpkin/Lauren had to get emergency custody of her. She’s only five years older than Alana but now has to take on the role of her mother while she already has a young daughter. And even though June is “sober” Pumpkin still has to be the head of the family and have everyone relay on her and she’s admitted it’s a lot for her to handle.
@@sarahamira5732 No, even at 16, a child is old enough to handle certain responsibility like helping around the house and getting a job. This is all normal, especially for poor families since having a child who is old enough to work helos relieve some financial burden. Besides, it’s not like Alana will have to work a full-time job or pay rent or anything too extreme like that.
@@tiahnarodriguez3809 SHE SHOULDN’T. Just because terrible situations exist when a child is forced to work to survive, doesn’t mean it’s okay or should be done or recommend by you. Disgusting
Your videos are so comfortable to watch. They feel like hanging out with that friend who's very passionate when it comes to criticizing things they don't agree on, and always in good humor.
Fun fact: in the Hispanic dub of the series, they are given voices with pretty thick accents which is uncommon since accents are pretty much non-existent in Hispanic dubs
@@derpythetroll16video8 if there's a show in English, there's an 80% chance it's dubbed to Spanish. All TLC shows are dubbed and sound awful, but this one sounds worse
One of the worst shows I've ever seen was Manswers. It was like Mythbusters overdosed on alcohol and suffered from brain damage afterwards. I remember one episode was about getting free beer and the solution was landfills.
That was literally all Spike TV was, manswers was probably peak Spike TV, I honestly remember actually laughing my ass off at how bad it was, it becomes unfunny when you realise some people actually think like this
The opposite of this is Steve Irwin minimizing the time his daughter spent around cameras because he knew the effect it had on small children. Her wellbeing mattered more than ratings.
I looked alana up and she's 16 this year - she's only 3 years younger than me :/ all the articles speak about how she doesn't want to be called her stage name any more but they all do, and she speaks about how she doesnt have friends and is constantly body shamed. its fucked, no kid should had to go through that :(
@@kingoffire105 That wasn't the point of the comment? OP was even hinting at how influential Savantics is, nothing there was painting them in a bad light.
I watched a couple of episodes and the wedding episode. I hate how the mom treated her kids and her ex husband. She chose a child abuser over her family, the same abuser who hurt her oldest daughter.
Idk if I would call dating not one but TWO predators a mistake. There’s something seriously wrong there. But I guess I can’t really know what’s going on there.
predetors often have a sense for who is easy for them to target, I imagine a woman with issues like substance abuse and who has kids that she might not be taking the best care of and allowing them to be exploited on tv, could attract predetors
not trying to defend her btw I just doubt shes intentionally seeking out these sorts of men. its still fucked up of her to continue seeing one of these guys after knowing what he did, basically choosing the child predator over her kids
In italy, on that hellhole Discovery+ is, we have this abominable show which I can translate as "I'll drag you to the nuns" where outgoing and extroverted women are forced to become submissive and reserved by spending months with some nuns.... basically, every incel/neckbeard fantasy coming true. Truly revolting.
Se non mi sbaglio qui in Italia si chiama " ti spedisco in convento"??? Non c'è nulla di male essere una suora ma purtroppo ho visto questo reality ed ho solo una parola su come descriverlo, abominio.
Aside from Survivor Man. The network tried to get him to script stuff and he said "so a guy living alone in the jungle scavenging for food isn't exciting enough for you people" Bear Grylls is a complete fake though
Jesus I remember the first trailer I’ve seen from this show. It was filled with “southern pride” and armpit farts. It’s so shocking to see how things absolutely spiraled.
As a southerner from georgia I can confirm this show is absolutely abhorrent. These people are the worst of the south. But hey, it’s all people from other places see therefore this is what everyone in the south is like.
God, as someone who lived in Georgia for the first 12 years of my life, I HATED this show, I felt that because of how popular it was it painted ALL Georgians in a terrible light. Looking back, that was kinda silly, because of a better understanding of the world, but this show was the bane of my existence for like... 2 years?
Same thing with Duck Dynasty. Anytime my family goes on vacation and we tell someone we're from Louisiana, they mention the show and we cringe. What's even worse when we go to say "No we're from south Louisiana" they think of Swamp People. Reality TV has damaged the perception and culture of southern America so much
The part about Honey Boo Boo making friends later in life reminded me of a lesson from King of the Hill, a show of great substance and quality by contrast. Bobby got into husky modeling and was going to enter a runway show at the mall. Hank knew better, that kids will especially focus in what is seemingly unusual or embarrassing, and saved Bobby from participating. Actually, this was a recurring theme in the show
If you have a home theatre/home cinema like a true gentleman or a true lady, you would be easily understand Netflix. My mother watches Netflix on her mono smartphone and she can legibly hear the dialogue, but she still needs subtitles because she mostly watches Korean dramas.
Stay strong my dude. It may look dark, but this is an improvement upon the past, if anything. The more we recognize the relevant issues at hand, the more we can work to solve them.
I hate to break it to you but this has always been a thing. Hell my neighbors growing up were like this (there even was a place called Oniontown not far from where I lived)
@@corinastroe623 The way I personally see it, the world is a pessimistic place only because we provide the conditions for pessimism. That's not something that I'll participate in, you know?
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 Yeah, personally I choose to be ignorant sometimes because thinking about things I can't singlehandedly change stresses me out. Sometimes it's better to focus on the positive and what we can do instead of what we can't.
People really see other humans on television or online and don't see them as real full human beings, they look at them and see fictional characters. And then they act and treat those personalities accordingly.
I really feel bad for Alana. I can't imagine how bad it feels to see stuff like an entire South Park episode and even movies referencing her making fun of her. She's funny and charming and talented and deserves to get attention and fame but I just wish she hadn't gotten it through the avenues she had to and at such a young age. She went through some horrendous stuff on display for the world to see with almost no privacy a huge chunk of her life. I think she turned out remarkably well despite all those hardships though and if she wants to I think the sky is the limit for her potential in acting or comedy and hopefully going forward it will solely be up to HER to pursue it.
I’m fine being called a “redneck” because it’s a term of endearment in my culture. It can describe “trashy” but also hard-working, fun loving, good at impromptu engineering, caring to a fault, and character. These awful people aren’t the second one.
@@AntiWokeIsJustWoke Sorry, I added He. I can’t remember much of the sketches, only that they were funny. I believe they were based on Great Moments in Black History, which were serious in nature.
i remember staying the night at a friends house and they kept gushing about how funny the show was, while everyone else was chilling on the couch laughing at the honey boo boo family's shenanigans, i was cringing at everything they were doing. it was a Christmas special and one of the activities they did was wallowing in mud because they lived in a warmer climate and they didn't get snow... i thought it was nasty and humiliating for poor honey boo boo...
Here's a sad update: "Chickadee", who was the oldest daughter, died at the age of 29 after battling adrenal cancer and if that wasn't sad enough, she died on her daughter's birthday. Her mother failed her and her sisters too. 😭😭😭 In memory of: Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell (August 28, 1994 - December 9, 2023)
As much as I hated that show, I had a thought. Maybe this show was a blessing in disguise. If the show didn't happen, that man that was seen hanging out with Mama June could have gone unseen and some truly horrible things could have happened to the kids.
I just love how nowadays the mom decided to turn her diet around and is shocked her poor daughter was disinterested in the change of diet that she has always known. I lived a similar lifestyle and I still struggle changing my habits as an adult. I feel for her so much.
I wish that was the case in Canada. My middle and high school classmates would often buy packs of energy drinks at lunch, multiple times a week… surprised they’re all still alive.
I feel that Savantics has a cryogenic chamber on her house, and once she uploads a video she goes and sleeps in there until the next video is done, and that's why the uploading schedule is so funky
@@persephone9307 yep, just a grown ass man. She’s not mature at the best of times it seems so she definitely shouldn’t be with someone of that age even if it IS legal.
He's not in his 20's He's 20. That's not that uncommon at all. Its under a 4 year age difference. TLC and her mother was the true predators. Go get a life. It's getting to the point an 18 year old dude dares to wink at a 17 year old from class people are ready to string em' up in the middle of town square.
@@johntaranto29 4 years may not be a big difference from 24-28; but at 16 she's only just getting her driver's, at 20 he's graduating college. 4 years can be a LARGE gap during formative years.
@@Kiefsti yeah but I'm specifically talking about 16 to 20. That's pretty much the cutoff, and girls should hold off on dating till 18 anyway. But I'd be willing to say an 18 year old and a 20 year old BF wouldn't be much different in maturity, and it would probably be a 50/50 shot whether it's the 18 y/o or the 20 y/o who's more responsible.
I will say the South Park episode that parodied this show is pure genius. And also as someone who consistently drinks energy drinks well not as much I used to but.. still does once in a while. I can definitely agree with what you said. about energy drinks they definitely are death inducing. And people should definitely not drink them.
TLC was in its earliest days known at "The Learning Channel" and was truly educational. Even endorsed by NASA. But due to network decay and rapid media consolidation (ie Disney buying Fox, etc) TLC died a painful death. Way back in 1995 TLC (with Discovery and History) was used by Republicans as a potential excuse to defund PBS. But in 2022 PBS looks like a masterpiece compared to TLC, Discovery and History channels now.
Yep! PBS was very mature and sophisticated compare to TLC. Which PBS focuses more on creative, educational and clever shows. They’re some sophisticated and mature shows.
I remember seeing commercials for this show when I was 11, and it infuriated me to no end every time. The personality of everyone and how loud they are, but now as an adult it is sad seeing how the kids had to grow up in this situation.
Years ago I actually saw someone try to excuse the show by claiming, “You can tell that they love each other.” That was not love. Exploiting your children and making them a laughingstock is not love. Buying fancy clothes for strangers to ogle instead of proper food and nutrition is not love. I wonder what that person feels now.
God every time I hear the name of this show all I can think of is that one line from south park "My name's Honey Boo Boo and I'm a beaty queen, bitches". God, I'm just now realizing how much that show did her dirty. Like, I know they basically make fun of anything and don't give a shit about the morality of it, but they painted her as a spoiled brat that tormented everyone around her while really her mother was the problem.
I remember having this show having a strange grip on me when I watched it when I was younger. I didn't know how to feel about it yet I kept watching it on youtube for some reason. Same with a lot of tlc content, unfortunately.
My only real experience with the show is from that one South Park episode, “Raising the Bar;” and while the skits were hilarious, this video really does make me realize that it’s easy to forget how much negative influence stems from the parent, and how much stems from the executives behind the camera.
I mean, there aren't really any laws as to what children are allowed to wear. While I agree that this is beyond weird if laws agains underage people wearing certain things were established there would be outrage.
Not to mention how I feel like the show contributed to her mom’s dealings with drugs and becoming less involved with her family, and even so far as Honey BooBoo dating an adult as a minor. Their show played up their lives for the drama, and I feel like there’s a possibility that that mentality got stuck with them somehow.
i clicked off of the tab for less than twenty seconds, and a young child was speedruning a mountain dew bottle. 10/10, would watch again, good job sav!
Not to Hot was a guilty pleasure for my mom and I. It was kind of like a morbid curiosity for us and we couldn't believe how much June's show and life twisted and how horribly she treated her family, especially Alana.
Remember when The Learning Channel was actually about learning stuff and the Magic School Bus? Yeah.................. Now it's stuff like this as well as teen pregnancy shows, kiddy pageants, and unstable relationships as well as broken marriages The fact that an educational channel had subjected itself to showcasing absolute filth just says quite a lot these days, also, no child should've gone through what this one did, and this whole thing in its entirety is both a tragedy and a monument of how far networks will go to get RaTiNgS, even if it means literal exploitation Also, on a side note, the reality television genre was a mistake
Yep, used to get off the bus and watch both. History Channel even had a documentary I referenced in a school paper. Now?...I think we're suffering from 'old'
1. If Georgians were smart they'd group up, get their guns and protest the making of that show, because nobody should ever see that. 2. Any one who firmly believes a tv show can accurately represent a community is quite naive. It can represent some people, But not all. Due to society being made by individuals.
My parents and I were sitting down to dinner when a promo of this show appeared on the television we looked to each other realizing it just proved Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
When this show first aired, I put it in the same category as Jersey Shore; a pestilence of our time and a sign of humanity's decline I've long since softened that position; I still think of Jersey Shore as a stupid show, but a harmless one overall. And honestly I've come to understand at least some of its appeal. So I thought "maybe I was too hard on Honey Boo Boo as well" But watching this video? OH. MY. GOD. I might have been right the first time.
UGH...the first time I changed channels randomly and saw "Toddlers in Tiaras" on the screen I was like "What is this, the Pedophile Channel?". TLC USED to be "The Learning Channel". Not its just junk. Actually, it is worse than junk. I would throw a party if TLC just stopped existing.
We actually have a similar game in my family of Doorknob but instead of farting, we only do it if you frequently quote over a movie and we all get annoyed. You get tackled and held down until you can touch a doorknob or call uncle. And calling uncle means you’re the Fetch Monkey for anything everyone wants until the movie is over or we go to bed.
I'll be honest that it's shows like this that basically caused me to have a major preference towards animation for the longest time. It took until _2021_ (about a decade) for me to get into some sort of live-action shows again, and even then I mainly just watch tokusatsu shows (Super Sentai specifically) as far as that goes.
I'm the same way, as I mostly watch cartoons and anime. For the most part, the only fiction based live action show I keep up with is Power Rangers. Aside from that, I'll sometimes watch some documentaries.
I relate to this so hard, like I'll be in my 50s and would still rather watch spongebob or some other cartoon instead of reality TV shows cause they're cancer.
My mom used to watch _Toddlers & Tiaras_ until I pointed out how objectifying, exploitative, controversial, and just plain stupid it was. She stopped watching it. To this day she still can't believe that she actually watched and enjoyed it.
There was a girl in my 4th and 5th grade class who called literally everyone including me Honey Boo Boo as some kind of name like "honey" or "sweetie." It always confused me why she chose THAT name of all names. She could've called me cracker and I would've been like "yeah alright" lmao edit: just thought of something. Savantics has been saying TLC really needs to change their name, I have a name idea: Trash Life Channel instead of The Learning Channel.
not sure if this actually happened but, wasn’t sugar bear arrested for things involving minors? i can’t remember how long ago that was, but i feel like that was definitely something that happened
@@lucidstarx3456 Sugar Bear was mama Junes boyfriend during the runtime of the honey booboo tv series, he appears in multiple episodes . Hope this can help!:)
I forgotten that Sugar Bear got into legal trouble. I did remember the scandal that canceled the show that involved Mama June getting with that other man after Sugar Bear who turned out to be a sex offender.
Having been born and raised in Georgia, a family and lifestyle like this is common. Me and my family religiously watched the show and my aunt and step uncle visited their house once (after they had already moved out of it). It’s interesting to hear other people’s point of views of this.
There's media, then there's corporate media. Remember, profit, not quality is the creed corporate media follows now. They will sacrifice principles, and people if they can get away with. Children are sacrificed on the alter of the god Entertainment, like some modern day Moloch...and yes, TLC seems to have all the worst shows I've seen. This show is arguably The Worst, but my runner-up of for the title of Worst Show Ever and a distant second mind you, is 90 Days to Wed. That was the show that made me give up on so called Reality television. At this point I just want to see how low you can go legally 😮💨. It seems to be seemingly terrible people preying on each other cash, infamy or a green card.
The only reason the world didn't just straight up explode in 2012 is because the evil of honey boo boo was balanced out the holiness of port of morrow.
South park defenitely had this portraited in the best way with how the "bar" had to be raised. Its really saying something when south park had to go there...
The battle standard was actually the flag of military draftees rather than the political flag of the confederacy. It's more racist to show the stars and bars than it is to show the saint andrews cross because that was the true confederate flag. The majority of southern military draftees were not very happy to be fighting for the upper class' right to own slaves.
