Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: July 27, 1929 - March 6, 2007
Birthday: July 27
Death: March 6
If everything on television is, without exception, part of a low-calorie (or even no-calorie) diet, then what good is it complaining about the adverts? By their worthlessness, they at least help to make the programmes around them seem of a higher level.
source: Jean Baudrillard (1989). “America”, p.102, Verso
topic: Complaining, Television, Levels, Worthlessness