Since when did being a loyal fan of Days of Our Lives equate to being a thought-deprived, articulately-challenged, directionless and purposeless imbecile with the mentality of a nine year old who gets picked on every day during recess? While it's clear the writers of this show have decided to draw a chalk outline around both common sense and their creative ability, one would think to give the viewers the benefit of doubt. After all, no one could possibly be so incompetent that they need the plots to be rehashed every day for months on end in order to be able to keep up with the show's "excruciatingly fast pace," or characters who talk to themselves saying exactly what they plan on doing before they do it so that he or she won't be lost when Bo decides to give Swamp Girl another candy bar. Then again, Jerry Springer never seems to run out of guests, and some of them probably watch Days.

Now the reason for this harangue lies within this web site's Guestbook, where the self-proclaimed "LOYAL Days fan!!!" decided to take upon itself to declare that ALL Days of Our Lives fans love every waking moment of the show--from Jack sweeping Jennifer off her feet and taking her away from her wedding to Emilio via fire engine to Steve's dying words to Kayla . . . to Bo having to prove his loyalty to JL King by agreeing to a SURPRISE wedding between him and Billie? While it's safe to say that intelligence cannot be insulted when it simply isn't there, for "LOYAL Days fan!!!" to claim that Days' long time faithfuls are in the same boat as it is when it comes to IQ scores is quite absurd and downright offensive.

If you haven't been to my Guestbook yet, here was "LOYAL Days fan!!!" had to say: "How dare you say things like that? I know that the whole 5 lives of Eileen Davidson was kind of stupid but it was funny and Days got some rating points. So I don't want to hear this. Why don't you tune in again and see what a good show it is. You need to shut your damn mouth. There are too many loyal fans out there who would really like to kick your ass, like me.You really PISS ME OFF.Fuck off bitch !!!!"

How dare I say what? Point out the obvious? Of course, since you are clearly so attuned to your only source to the outside world, I must not have pointed out the blatantly obvious nearly enough times for you to be able to grasp the gist of "Days used to be good but now it sucks and here are the reasons why." It's as if what you don't want to hear is the truth, which is understandable considering how easily you get pissed off when people simply tell it like it is. You're like a dog who just can't seem to comprehend that the tail you're chasing is your own, no matter how much it hurts when you bite it.

Days was the first soap I started watching and I loved every moment of it, from Jack and Jennifer's budding romance to the genuine threat the likes of Victor and Lawrence posed on the good people of Salem to the complex dilemma of the two Romans. Now the show is pointless, meandering, and overrun with talentless hacks--a hollow shell of its former self--and a loyal fan is supposed to like that? All I'm doing is pointing out the obvious regarding what you can clearly see for yourself each and every day on your television screen. However, this is turning out to be a more impossible feat than getting Johnny Cochrane to defend an innocent man for pro bono. Take for example this comment left by Chantal LaCAviar in the Guestbook: "If Days was such a bad show, why has it been airing for more than you've probably been living?" This is the prime example of how stupid the majority of these Days worshipers are, because she either 1) read the Days of Our Lives Bashing Central intro and absolutely nothing clicked in her head, or 2) she decided to act without thinking first in defense her beloved show without bothering to even read a single thing that is on this site. The latter is more likely considering how many of today's Days watchers are completely braindead when they tune into to what they view as television's finest hour. I suppose the newer viewers wouldn't know enough about the show to care about character assassination or ignored vital history, but are you so stupid you need the characters to spell everything out for you day in and day out over the course of the storyline (or lack of storyline) that's been airing since before the dawn of time?

I don't know how many times I need to repeat this, but since the population of stupid people is apparently multiplying at a record pace, I suppose I must because it's only a matter of time before Beavis and Butt-head are old enough to vote Barney Fife into office. A true fan of any medium is not someone who chants "rah rah rah" to anything and everything without any brain power behind it--fans of the Friday the 13th sequels being the possible exception. Of course you're going to love a show that puts out an excellent product (unless you're "LOYAL Days fan!!!" and have an allergic reaction to quality). But if the show starts to just plain suck (like Days) and then continues to suck for the next several years (like Days), the light bulb in your head is bound to come on sooner or later and you will notice that there's something different about your show, no matter how little wattage there may be upstairs. Tell me why the true fan of Days must hold The Killing Pool in as high regard as the Cruise of Deception, or find the over the top and aimless Stefano of today to be as intriguing and menacing a villain as when he first came to Salem. Wouldn't a true fan of Days be more likely to scream "What the hell are you people doing to the character of Bo?" at the television set than sing praises like "Wayne and Earl are quite the complex characters and I never know what they're gonna do next"? If the caliber of programming drops faster than Atari stock, a real fan is going to get upset and want it to get better again. If you break your hand, why would you, "LOYAL Days fan!!!", choose to leave it broken rather than have it mended?

Your use of rating points is also a bigger joke than you are. Guess what? More people worldwide watch Baywatch than The X-Files, so by your definition, it 1) doesn't get any better than Baywatch, and 2) The X-Files must be doing something terribly wrong, perhaps developing characters and coming up with new plots and dialogue? Iemanja also brings up the notions of ratings equals quality in the Guestbook. She says that Days is "only the second most popular show in America, so that proves that you're WRONG!!!" What exactly are you basing that on, Iemanja? ER is the most watched show in America, and Days is most certainly not second. In fact, if the ER had the exact same number of viewers as Days does, Anthony Edwards and company would 've been canceled a long time ago because the stakes in prime time are greater than in daytime, and even the little-watched prime time shows that get cancelled after a half dozen episodes have higher ratings than the most popular soaps. Days isn't even the second most popular soap! Do you also consider Big Daddy to be one of the greatest films ever to come out? It did, after all, make a killing at the box office. Next time you want to step up to the plate, Iemanja, please take a bat with you, otherwise why even bother to play the game if you're not prepared?

Days of Our Lives is a show that is rich in history and strong with memorable characters. Now all we get is a soap that ignores all greatness that it once was with insipid dialogue, meaningless daydreams, and pointless flashbacks, to go along with one-dimensional characters that resemble their former selves in name only. This showcase of pure articulation that you've displayed says it all about you. How stupid do you have to be not to realize that the show is getting more sour by the minute in front of your very eyes? What kind of a soap gets such viewer responses as: "After Friday, I am not watching !DAYS! anymore. The storyline is totally ignorant, stupid, dumb, too damn dragging (IN OTHER WORDS 'S L O W'!!!!!!) mentally retarded, JUST STUPID!!!! Writers! Get A Grip!!!"? You, "LOYAL Days fan!!!," are the farthest thing from a fan of Days and it's too bad every store was out of birth control before you were conceived.