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You mean like the cast and writers of the show?
I think you have what I mean twisted. What life is like for people stuck in the poverty or trailer park cycle is not a universal experience and for all the people that do get it or do empathise and have an understanding that "this is a window into a world I'm not from presented in a humorous way" theres someone sitting there laughing thinking that the whole thing is a wild exaggeration, laughing at the idea that people are really like that or using it to confirm their own biases "the parts that confirm my biases are facts and the parts that dont are just entertainment"
Me hating the show isnt a commentary on its quality, the creators and cast should be very proud of it. I just cant stand to sit and watch it because some of it is too real to be funny as someone who also came up really fucking poor.
I think I understand now. It's like you're personally bearing the gaze of outsiders who don't have the context to understand the situation they've found you in and mock it.