Kim Kardashian is divorcing Kris Humphries. This comes 72 days after she allegedly netted a cool $8 million or so from their wedding. If you’ve watched one episode of her family’s reality show, news of this split was about as predictable as a morning sunrise.

I’ve seen my share of the show since the whirlwind courtship reached its apex with Kardashian and Humphries’ May engagement. I wanted to understand, on some level, what she was about, why she keeps chasing down professional athletes and what attracts people to her aside from her, um, assets.

I hadn’t given her much attention since her sex tape dropped in 2007. But this idea of her finding “the one (who would help her make money off a wedding)” drew me into the show. So I tuned in, watching most of the episodes of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” through the fruitless nuptials.

I have found the following to be true: Reality television still is not real, Kardashian is about as engaging as a waterless cactus, the couple was as doomed as any that left the set of “The Bachelor” in supposed bliss and the most compelling person on the show is Mason Disick, Kardashian’s toddler nephew.

I wasted hours trying to understand what her “it” factor is only to realize that it’s us, and by “us,” I mean anyone who gives her more attention than a waterless cactus deserves.

When the divorce filing was announced, I asked some friends if they would commence with a wedding that it would profit them millions while knowing the marriage wouldn’t last three months. I got up to eight friends before anyone said yes. It made me question myself. Would I pass over $8 million for 72 days of unwedded bliss and a hiccup on my marital record? That’s a lot of money for less than three months of my life. I don’t know ….

That I was actually considering it lends some credence to how this Kardashian empire was built, though the morality of it all is quite questionable (Kardashian’s rise began with a sex tape). But that’s on us. This is what we’ve seemingly permitted. It is what we want, to watch people make fools of themselves on television to feed our voyeuristic desires.

For years now, we’ve welcomed scores of people into our homes with their supposed attempts to find love while lining their pockets from our viewing. How can we genuinely question Kardashian’s motives when we enable her to believe this is OK, especially when we might just pocket the cash ourselves if given the opportunity? What does that say about us and our values?

This is what I’m left with from the news of Kardashian’s looming divorce: More questions. I’m left questioning the sanctity of the institution of marriage in this country, questioning our society’s moral compass and questioning why in the world we give this character and her relationships so much of our precious attention.

Kim Kardashian is to our time what Netflix’s price hike was to our wallets. We need to treat her as such, and maybe somewhere along the way, she’ll be forced to learn that the value of a relationship or marriage isn’t monetary. Well, maybe she won’t. Who knows.