Joining the bizarre circus that constitutes the entire genre of
reality TV is TLC's My Strange Addiction. Last night's episode
featured a 30-year-old woman who has eaten seven couches and two
chairs—and she can't stop.  The thing about My Strange Addiction
is that it feels like it's a parody of Intervention, with
montages of damaging behavior, and explanation of its gateway,
and pinpointing a traumatic event in the subject's life to which
it can be linked, all played over ominous music meant to
illustrate this person's peril. Except this is about couch
cushions. This problem is serious (the following clip explains
the potential health hazards), but watching Adele, the addict,
make a snack pack of cushion so that she can eat it in her car
seems almost too absurd to be real—you're so preoccupied with
the condition itself that almost distracts from the seriousness
of the problem. If you're wondering how Adele's addiction has
negatively affected her family, don't worry, it was explained:
She ate all of the should