Not So Ordinary Joe

   There is a television show set to debut in September that explores the possible lives a man may have lived had he made specific live-altering choices based on either love, loyalty, or passion.

   The choices presented are all made after the main character has finished up college, and while my opinion of what the show may be like is limited to the published premise, I can already state unequivocally that I'm probably going to hate it.

   Why?

   Well, for starters, the main character gets a chance to attend college, which, while much more common than it was 40 years ago, is still not ordinary - as of 2019 (the most recent data I could find in my leave-no-stone-unturned 10 second Google search) the percentage of the U.S. adult population that has a bachelor's degree is about 32% - meaning 68% do not. Investing another 10 seconds in vigorous research reveals that worldwide, only 6.7% of adults have some college education.

   Which is far away from the ordinary Joe's obtained educational level.

   Second, the choices he makes lead to careers that are also not ordinary - the medical field (I'm guessing Doctor from the scrubs he's shown in), law enforcement (looks like he's following a family tradition of becoming a police officer if the trailer is to be believed), and the entertainment industry (he's shown on a stage holding a guitar surrounded by thousands of cheering/adoring fans, I'm going to assume he's an entertainer of some sort).

   Which are all careers that are far from ordinary (only 0.29% of Americans are Doctors - which is greater than the percentage of Americans that are law enforcement officers - approx. 0.22% - and far greater than the percentage of Americans that are successful entertainers - 0.0265% according to Yahoo answers).

   Too far from ordinary for my feeble mind to grasp.

   So why would those improbabilities motivate me to hate a show I have yet to see anything but a short preview for?

   Because you can only stretch the whole suspension of disbelief dealio so far. 

   Now, if the show as to bring in elements that are far, far more...ordinary...such has having to make a choice between struggling to make it through community college while living with your single parent, or working three jobs while dealing with a girlfriends unexpected pregnancy (and the subsequent choices that have to be made about that) or living in your beat-up piece o' junk 20-year old car while hoping to get some form of housing assistance that would allow you to live in an actual apartment and thus have an address you can put on a job application, well, now that would be a show I wouldn't have to suspend one single second of disbelief for.