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Typically, we think of reality TV as a distraction.
We wind down at night with a glass (or seven) of wine, watch grown women argue over whether a cheese board is tacky, laugh at how silly it all is, and cringe because we know that we’ve probably had an argument before about something as inconsequential as a cheese board. We gawk at grown adults who seem to think it’s a good idea to get engaged to a stranger after just a few weeks of blindly dating them in a pod—fiercely judging them on the first pour, wishing we were them by the time the bottle empties. (We love love!)