What is going on?

In a day and age when all it takes to become famous is to be a) incredibly stupid, b) incredibly annoying or c) a general asshole.
Shows like Jersey Shore, or the Real Housewives (both of which I have never watched except for small snippets) just endorse this kind of behaviour for the general populous. Who are these people in real life? Absolute nobodies that got on this show, and are now famous, strictly for being famous.
Before, when someone wanted to become famous, they wanted to be a rock star or an actor. To do either of  these usually required a long time of working shitty jobs and trying to get your 'chance in the spotlight'.
Now, all it takes is a certain look, reality TV has no care for acting ability, and actually prefer it when you don't.
Out of all the people who watch American Idol, how many solely watch for the first couple of weeks to see trainwrecks, or if you don't just watch that, you do watch it.
Back when I was your age, (yeah, that's right) back when I was your age, we would turn performances like that off because they were bad. Nay! Horrendous.
Now, thanks to Youtube, and reality TV shows, everyone is a big deal. I love Youtube and believe it to be one of the greatest ideas in my lifetime, but people just go out and make ridiculous videos just for the attention. That's not right.
Who am I to judge? Good point. I think it was put best when asked "Who should be the judges and juries of our society" and the response was "the judges and juries".
I'm an 18 year old, pissed off at the world, with a MacBook and a blog.
And who are you? That crazy Britney fan who cried and screamed on camera, or that 2 year old that smokes 2 packs a day, or are you Antoine Dodson, the Bed Intruder.