It might be a hard idea to grapple with but it’s an unavoidable truth that there’s no intentionality to the universe. The evolution of life on this planet, single-celled organisms evolving to the point of sentience, humanity’s ability to communicate and form societies and friendships and relationships all happened by sheer random chance. There’s no cosmic guarantee that when you fall in love with someone, things will stay that way. You might feel like you know for certain that you’ll be together, but as both experience and the divorce rate show us, it’s impossible to predict how each of you might change, what might happen in your lives.
That’s why marriage is such a significant commitment. It’s an unbelievable leap of faith to pledge yourself to another human being, an incredibly brave step into the dark, a deeply powerful gesture of love. Sure, weddings are cheesy and expensive, but the commitment they symbolise isn’t a frivolous one. So what better way to honour that commitment than to have your wedding on the worst, shittiest breakfast TV show possible?
Yes, that’s right: you and the person you want to spend the rest of your life with could share that beauty with Sunrise, the very same TV show and audience that playfully considered repeating the Stolen Generations. As we all know, a wedding day doesn’t get any more special than when it’s broadcast on the same show that routinely paid for the appearances of habitual racist and bottom-feeder Pauline Hanson.
Admittedly, part of the prize is quite good: you getting a wedding in Fiji for you, your partner, and 18 guests all paid for to the tune of $100,000. The bad part is that it’s a live TV event that will be watched almost entirely by shut-ins, racists, and racist shut-ins.
https://twitter.com/sunriseon7/status/983101643414650880
Nothing says romance like having a dozen anonymous cameramen and gaffers jamming recording equipment up your nose as you try and nervously recite your vows in front of however many people watch Sunrise.
I reckon Briggs probably said it best:
https://twitter.com/Briggs/status/986546628696752128
Obviously, I’m not linking to the competition because, folks… do not get married on Sunrise.
