I saw less than a minute of Big Brother last night and am now very angry...

[Tel_Tech]

It's more fun watching women when they don't know you're watching.................

Seriously tho, hasn't Big Brother run it's course? Why must you subject me to months of my girlfriend NEVER SHUTTING THE F*** UP ABOUT THE DAMN PROGRAM?

[Lee H]

People watching is one of my favourite

Random Eavesdropping is even funnier.

I nearly chocked on my pint the other weekend causing loss and sprayage of the amber nectar all over Jo but I just about held it in.

Try it, next time your walking to the pub or club as some people come out with the strangest things ever.

[chicken]

Random Eavesdropping is even funnier.

I nearly chocked on my pint the other weekend causing loss and sprayage of the amber nectar all over Jo but I just about held it in.

Try it, next time your walking to the pub or club as some people come out with the strangest things ever.

Or even at work... I occasionally catch bits of conversation at the next desk, the latest was a long period of work in silence interrupted by "Imagine if your mum named you 'Seaweed'"

[Zak33]

least it's paid for by adverts, not TV license money.

Dr Who...now THATS good

[Knoxville]

least it's paid for by adverts, not TV license money.

Dr Who...now THATS good

The bbc aren't entirely innocent of plumbing the depths of intellectually stunted programming either though

Just look at how many "look at the people dance/sing/sing and dance/act and vote for them via text message" style shows there've been knocking around on there.

[Zak33]

The bbc aren't entirely innocent of plumbing the depths of intellectually stunted programming either though

Just look at how many "look at the people dance/sing/sing and dance/act and vote for them via text message" style shows there've been knocking around on there.

yup..good point..

[Steven W]

It's more fun watching women when they don't know you're watching.................

Neenah, neenah, PERV Alert!

[Bluecube]

I am proud to say that I've see a maximum of 60 seconds of BB out of 7(?) series. They were the worst 60 secs of my life. Have you seen how much press coverage BB gets? Effing ridiculous. It's a sad state of affairs when this programme is the considered prime time TV.

[TooNice]

To each their own. I've watched the first season in it's near entirety. I might even have voted for final (not sure anymore - but I remember rooting for Anna). I've watched part of season 3 mainly because a friend I visited was completely addicted to it.. and Kate was easy on the eye (kind of surprised that Jade seems to have made more news than Kate since - then again, I only follow tabloid when I am waiting for an appointment and there is a copy of a magazing on the table).

Not really touched the series since, I am not sure how things have changed (vaguely remember them introducing some master/slave thingy at some point). For most part I am not interested, but I reckon there are subjectively worse forms of TV/entertainment. A lot of people watch TV as an escape, same reason as people play BF2, WoW, watch a movie, and whatnot. I don't see any of those things increase or decrease your intelligence any more than another.

[autopilot]

As i said in the other thread, Big Brother is not meant for adults. If every adult that watches it stopped it would still be a runaway success. It's funded by the under 18's who spend their hard earned pocket money on credit for their pink Motorola Razr's to vote, the same lot that put Crazy Frog at #1. Putting it on late just makes them want to watch it more. The producers cottoned on to this after series 2 and it's no coincidence that it's become Blue Peter Live with tit's.

People watching is great, but this is not people watching. What's interesting about watching people in real life is that they are real people.

It makes me angry too, in the same way that children's TV presenters make me angry after about 3 seconds. I know they are trying to communicate to children, but they still make me want to hit them.

But that's more of an extreme irritation. What makes me really mad is what happened last week; It was all over the press that BB's producers had to say sorry three times on air by the TV standards people, it was all over the BBC News and every channel. How did this happen? Who did they have to bribe at the TV standards people to generate that kind of publicity 1 week before the next series? Either they think we are stupid (obviously a lot of people at the BBC are) or they can't believe their luck. If i owned the company that makes BB i would be on the phone... "actually we are not happy with your judgement. We would actually like to have to say sorry 6 times please. Maybe a little fine too?".

[Knoxville]

For most part I am not interested, but I reckon there are subjectively worse forms of TV/entertainment. A lot of people watch TV as an escape, same reason as people play BF2, WoW, watch a movie, and whatnot. I don't see any of those things increase or decrease your intelligence any more than another.

Not at all, human beings the same as any other living thing are influenced by their environment, if their environment is filled with nothing but ridiculously stupid people bumped up to semi celebrity status by a clever editing team and a rather over zealous marketing department then the effect is going to be nothing but bad.

You only have to look at the lapse in peoples knowledge of the english language over the past five or so years to see the effect that the environment we've created is having on people that are growing up within it, as a singular example of the way that mass media outlets have changed the way the general public go about their day it's nigh on unbeatable.

[BEANFro Elite]

Instead of bitching about how crap Big Brother is, why not just be indifferent like me and just not watch it, talk about it or read about it.

The Times which I can almost guarantee, won't waste a whole front page on this load of pap.

Naturally I posted this as it seems people need to take a leaf from my book

I'll have lots of fun NOT watching, listening, reading and talking about Big Brother from this point onwards.

[Knoxville]

Instead of bitching about how crap Big Brother is, why not just be indifferent like me and just not watch it, talk about it or read about it.

The Times which I can almost guarantee, won't waste a whole front page on this load of pap.

Naturally I posted this as it seems people need to take a leaf from my book

I'll have lots of fun NOT watching, listening, reading and talking about Big Brother from this point onwards.

Its all well and good being indifferent and concentrating on media outlets that havn't yet lowered themselves to covering this kind of rubbish, but they will all fold and come to rely on the lowest base form of entertainment just like everybody else eventually if things continue the way they are, just look at the bbc.

[alsenior]

i say we should try to get someone from the forums (bazz or knox) to sign up next year just to raise the iq in the house to above room temp

[Kurayamino]

Just wait for the alpha males to go in as well. [Insert Alpha Males Name Here] Me angry, me smash. me need food, me eat.
Can't wait! Why do they bother putting it on late night as well. So I can watch them sleeping? Maybe some kind of punishment or something for them whilst they sleep. Like big brother with a stick behind the mirror poking them in the head. Would amuse me! I can't actually understand what any of them are saying it sounds like chicken's clucking or something!

BANG! Oh I was dreaming!

[finlay666]

Now if it suddenly was converted into battle royale i'd watch

Either that or instead of nomination they had to physically fight the person they were voting for, the winner means the other person gets a nomination, they lose they get voted, tie and they BOTH get nominated

Big panda house lol