I think the major point Klosterman is trying to make by saying that real people are starting to act like the archetypes they see on television is that people are becoming one dimensional by watching television shows like The Real World and expecting those characters to be one dimensional as well; that is: not having anything unique about them to set them apart from others and conforming to a norm. I think this is a very strong idea because it is true. Anyone who would actually believe that the people on this show didn’t have anything deeper to their personalities other than being the “struggling-to-be-accepted black guy” or the “gay guy who likes to talk about being gay,” etc, would be just as one dimensional as these characters are forced to be…and yet we still watch them. It almost demeans our intelligence to be entertained by such ridiculously simple means, especially when these patterns of character personalities are repeated season to season. Like drones, we watch and watch and don’t even question why there is always a drunk guy, a preppy girl, a nerd, a muscle man, and a misfit in many of the shows we watch, who never seem to embody any other character traits besides  what’s stereotypical of these archetypes. Are we not complex enough ourselves to be entertained with complexity? As we follow shows like The Real World and become obsessive fans of something just to be in the know of something popular, are we not conforming to an archetype as well?