It's the 'you don't love science, you just like staring at it's butt while it walks by.' argument. However, I would rather people get excited about science, space exploration and related topics than getting excited about the next season of Honey-Boo-Boo's-American-Gold Picking-Diners Drive-In's-and-eventual suicide. Yeah, the IFLS trend isn't going to get us to Mars, but neither is a lot of stuff. Look at it like this, who would you rather people idolize and gush over, the modern day freak show that is TLC (Fat everybody, pretty damn close to a bearded lady, dwarves, etc), or Chris Hadfield?
I have no idea what Honey-Boo-Boo is. I've heard the president reference it as something to ridicule. I'm either old, or I chose my media wisely, but literally, I have no idea what it is. Is it a show? A character? An ice cream flavor?
Do no research. Seriously. The greatest joy would be to not know anything about it. Short version, TLC made a show about a family of white trash. Morbidly obese mother, puts her very young daughter in pageants and gives her caffeine to improve her performance/ make her act psychotic. The daughters nickname is honey boo boo. It is child abuse on camera.I have no idea what Honey-Boo-Boo is.
shrugs Takes time. And a high level of reading comprehension. And a willingness to do further research if they encounter an unfamiliar term or concept. The list goes on. Think about how dumb the average person is, and remember that half of them are dumber than that.