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Location: frankston, Australia
Posted:
does anyone know why everyone is staring at the tv screen and watching bb i hate the stupid thing all day my friends watch it it`s crap i dont know why they evan thought of it
it makes me go 
does anyone know why everyone is staring at the tv screen and watching bb i hate the stupid thing all day my friends watch it it`s crap i dont know why they evan thought of it
it makes me go fire is a living thing it can breath and it eats so respect the fire
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Posted:
.:hands Greddy some punctuation:.
.:hands Greddy some punctuation:.
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Fool
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Location: Cornwall, UK
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2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Posted:
i watched some just now. this guy was asleep, with his mouth open, for about ten minutes. Totally dead air! Then, they had an ad break, and after the ads, back to the guy asleep!
Fascinating viewing i must say...
i watched some just now. this guy was asleep, with his mouth open, for about ten minutes. Totally dead air! Then, they had an ad break, and after the ads, back to the guy asleep!
Fascinating viewing i must say...
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Location: melbourne, Australia
water based
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Location: melbourne, Australia
Posted:
nothing is good about big brother.
nothing is good about big brother.
"you know there are no trophys for doing silly things in real life yeah pete?" said ant "you wont get a 'listened to ride of the valkyries all the way to vietnam' trophy"
*proud owner of the very cute fire_spinning_angel, birgit and neon shaolin*
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Location: frankston, Australia
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Location: frankston, Australia
Posted:
i think that bb should be outlawed u heard me its just a matter of time when reality tv will turn into area 7 absolutly outragous
i think that bb should be outlawed u heard me its just a matter of time when reality tv will turn into area 7 absolutly outragous
fire is a living thing it can breath and it eats so respect the fire
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Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom
Posted:
Think your all looking at this from the wrong angle...we don't need to watch it...just sit back knowing channel 4 have locked up 10 or so people we probably wouldn't want on the streets. I see it as community service.
Think your all looking at this from the wrong angle...we don't need to watch it...just sit back knowing channel 4 have locked up 10 or so people we probably wouldn't want on the streets. I see it as community service.
A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
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Location: 8 days at Cloudbreak, 6 in Perth, Australia
Posted:
hahaha...I like that thought...pity they don't keep them locked up in there...
hahaha...I like that thought...pity they don't keep them locked up in there...
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Posted:
*cough* [Old link] *cough*
Just to make it clear, I hate BB
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1118996471)
*cough* [Old link] *cough*
Just to make it clear, I hate BB
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1118996471)
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Location: London, United Kingdom
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Posted:
People seem to be ignoring it this year (in the uk).
At least they are for the time being anyway - I reckon it'll be on all the front pages again when they get down to the last three.
People seem to be ignoring it this year (in the uk).
At least they are for the time being anyway - I reckon it'll be on all the front pages again when they get down to the last three.
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585 posts
Location: Hastings, UK
....of doom!
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Location: Hastings, UK
Posted:
i didnt think they could find people with fewer braincells than last year...sterling work from the C4 people proved me wrong.
how can people be that ignorant? how?
i didnt think they could find people with fewer braincells than last year...sterling work from the C4 people proved me wrong.
how can people be that ignorant? how?
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Posted:
I dunno, but ignorance is cured with one method only
you beat them with a wooden stick
I dunno, but ignorance is cured with one method only
you beat them with a wooden stick
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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Location: Hastings, UK
Posted:
ORRR lock them in a house together where they can fight and *bleep* and award the winner with lots of money!
ORRR lock them in a house together where they can fight and *bleep* and award the winner with lots of money!
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Posted:
....and a labotomy (can't reduce intellegence any more than it already is)
....and a labotomy (can't reduce intellegence any more than it already is)
A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.
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Posted:
cos that makes loads more sense
-edit- the money I mean... the lobotomy would work wonders for their intelligence... and their social skills
*sighs in relief* there.... changed the title so at least there is some grammar in it
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1118999559)
cos that makes loads more sense -edit- the money I mean... the lobotomy would work wonders for their intelligence... and their social skills
*sighs in relief* there.... changed the title so at least there is some grammar in it
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Location: Copenhagen, DK, Denmark
Posted:
I think there's a social benefit from shows like BB and far out american talkshows (Jerry Springer etc.).
I think it serves as a baseline that ppl can hold their lives up against and think "Geez, these ppl are way more stupid and/or messed up than me" and "maybe I don't really have that big problems".
If someone planned this then they are really smart, and the trend that the shows are getting more and more extreme is really worrying.
If nobody planned this and ppl really are like that, then I'm just plain scared.
/Dennis
EDITED_BY: DenGad (1119000893)
I think there's a social benefit from shows like BB and far out american talkshows (Jerry Springer etc.).
I think it serves as a baseline that ppl can hold their lives up against and think "Geez, these ppl are way more stupid and/or messed up than me" and "maybe I don't really have that big problems".
If someone planned this then they are really smart, and the trend that the shows are getting more and more extreme is really worrying.
If nobody planned this and ppl really are like that, then I'm just plain scared.
/Dennis
EDITED_BY: DenGad (1119000893)
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Posted:
I guess you were watching in the early morning when they were asleep; they do have to sleep you know
I think to appreciate bigbrother you need to follow it to some extent.
As for the general consensus that these people are all stupid; I disagree with that.
Obviously, under the conditions they're in, there's a hell of a lot of stress and pressure- 24 hour confinment with people whom you don't necessarily like. The result is outbursts and childish behaviour, emphasised by the fact that the show is cut to highlight those bits.
Winner gets, I think, £100,000; everyone who gets on will get some money/fame (if they want it, and I suspect most of them do).
So, for those who probably have typical hum-drum careers and wish for the kind of shallow fame that comes from BB; it's far from stupid to get on the show.
Written by: Mags The Jedi
i watched some just now. this guy was asleep, with his mouth open, for about ten minutes. Totally dead air! Then, they had an ad break, and after the ads, back to the guy asleep!
Fascinating viewing i must say...
I guess you were watching in the early morning when they were asleep; they do have to sleep you know
I think to appreciate bigbrother you need to follow it to some extent.
As for the general consensus that these people are all stupid; I disagree with that.
Obviously, under the conditions they're in, there's a hell of a lot of stress and pressure- 24 hour confinment with people whom you don't necessarily like. The result is outbursts and childish behaviour, emphasised by the fact that the show is cut to highlight those bits.
Winner gets, I think, £100,000; everyone who gets on will get some money/fame (if they want it, and I suspect most of them do).
So, for those who probably have typical hum-drum careers and wish for the kind of shallow fame that comes from BB; it's far from stupid to get on the show.
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Posted:
They're most certainly stupid - if they were clever they'd go do the australian big brother and stand to win a first prize of a cool million dollars (roughly £425,000)
Also, unless they're voted off really, really early they'd end up with a load of stuff from the program's sponsors, probably driving away in their new cars clutching their new holiday tickets.
I really don't see the appeal of watching it. I watched it when it was new but got so bored that I didn't watch the end of the first series or any series after, it's just mind numbing.
Written by: onewheeldave
*snip*
As for the general consensus that these people are all stupid; I disagree with that.
Winner gets, I think, £100,000; everyone who gets on will get some money/fame (if they want it, and I suspect most of them do).
*snip*
They're most certainly stupid - if they were clever they'd go do the australian big brother and stand to win a first prize of a cool million dollars (roughly £425,000)
Also, unless they're voted off really, really early they'd end up with a load of stuff from the program's sponsors, probably driving away in their new cars clutching their new holiday tickets.
I really don't see the appeal of watching it. I watched it when it was new but got so bored that I didn't watch the end of the first series or any series after, it's just mind numbing.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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Posted:
if you tried to chart the stupidty of housemates throughout the series's i think you would have quite a while ago run out of paper and if you did it for how interesting it was live you would have died of boredom by now (probably suicide)
if you tried to chart the stupidty of housemates throughout the series's i think you would have quite a while ago run out of paper and if you did it for how interesting it was live you would have died of boredom by now (probably suicide)
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Location: Hastings, UK
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Posted:
i am revising my opinion...
most of them are stupid. the clever ones are only there because um i dont know but i feel sorry for them (and have a vague crush on science...um...idontknowtheirnamesoranything)
i am revising my opinion...
most of them are stupid. the clever ones are only there because um i dont know but i feel sorry for them (and have a vague crush on science...um...idontknowtheirnamesoranything)
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Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
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Posted:
i hate it i hate it I HATE IT!!!
It's awful. I just want to slap some of them around the face and say 'learn some fudging english you verbally retarted turd!'
grrr!
i hate it i hate it I HATE IT!!!
It's awful. I just want to slap some of them around the face and say 'learn some fudging english you verbally retarted turd!'
grrr!
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Posted:
but not science
cos he is very very [censored for the good of the children]
i mean..um..he's an interesting guy
but not science
cos he is very very [censored for the good of the children]
i mean..um..he's an interesting guy
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Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Posted:
See. Australians DO rock :P
I dont get it myself. But then, i'm living in shared accomidation, 8 people thrown together for a year. And we have exams.
Why don't i get a million at the end?
Written by: Mr Bovril
They're most certainly stupid - if they were clever they'd go do the australian big brother and stand to win a first prize of a cool million dollars (roughly £425,000)
See. Australians DO rock :P
I dont get it myself. But then, i'm living in shared accomidation, 8 people thrown together for a year. And we have exams.
Why don't i get a million at the end?
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Posted:
Whats good about big brother you ask?
....
all thats what.
Whats good about big brother you ask?
....
all thats what. BRONZE Member
Draco Iracundia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
i watch it maybe once a week to see how they act and react to each other. I find it interesting to see how different people act to the situation of being locked in a "house" from 2 weeks to upto 3.5 months. You see peoples interview things before they go in and then the first day, and then you compare how they change over time. The Australian BB likes to stir things up which makes it better. Though i do find that the people who did the selections this year managed to find a group of vain egomaniacs and not have a selection of real society.
i watch it maybe once a week to see how they act and react to each other. I find it interesting to see how different people act to the situation of being locked in a "house" from 2 weeks to upto 3.5 months. You see peoples interview things before they go in and then the first day, and then you compare how they change over time. The Australian BB likes to stir things up which makes it better. Though i do find that the people who did the selections this year managed to find a group of vain egomaniacs and not have a selection of real society.
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
i have no option but to watch it. when bf gets home, he has remote so i'med
i have no option but to watch it. when bf gets home, he has remote so i'm
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Toe Poking Bad Boy
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Location: Lake District UK
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK
Posted:
sadly ive got hooked on it
sadly ive got hooked on it
Remember.........YOU LOSE!!!
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Posted:
*points and laughs at noddy* harhar
*points and laughs at noddy* harhar
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Toe Poking Bad Boy
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Location: Lake District UK
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Location: Lake District UK
Posted:
*goes to tv and watches big brother and sulks*
*goes to tv and watches big brother and sulks*
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
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Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Posted:
I love big brother, but I never watch it when it starts (ok I watch the first eppisode to see the people walking up the steps and the laughing and giggleing together and general fun "this is so wierd" friendlyness that they all have. Then I stop because I dont like to watch it when theres like 18 people in the house or whatever the nuber is, far too many of them I cant be dealing with it them all.
When it gets down to 9 or less housemates then I will watch it gladly because there arnt too many people to focus on. BB this year is pretty good and the only idiot is science he talks rubbish, my fav people this year are Derick, Micosy, and erm craig and Aloaith however you spell her name, oh I think that Craig is confuseing poor Anthony lol
Best time to watch it is the eviction night so you can see everyones reaction and the losers best bits.
I love big brother, but I never watch it when it starts (ok I watch the first eppisode to see the people walking up the steps and the laughing and giggleing together and general fun "this is so wierd" friendlyness that they all have. Then I stop because I dont like to watch it when theres like 18 people in the house or whatever the nuber is, far too many of them I cant be dealing with it them all.
When it gets down to 9 or less housemates then I will watch it gladly because there arnt too many people to focus on. BB this year is pretty good and the only idiot is science he talks rubbish, my fav people this year are Derick, Micosy, and erm craig and Aloaith however you spell her name, oh I think that Craig is confuseing poor Anthony lol
Best time to watch it is the eviction night so you can see everyones reaction and the losers best bits.
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Location: Australia
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449 posts
Location: Australia
Posted:
Ugh big brother is the most annoying thing ever. All they ever do is bicker. WHY do people WANT to watch annoying, petty, bickering?
Ugh big brother is the most annoying thing ever. All they ever do is bicker. WHY do people WANT to watch annoying, petty, bickering?
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Location: Glesga! (Or Glasgow.)
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Location: Glesga! (Or Glasgow.)
Posted:
Big brother is the most inane TV show ever created. If I wanted to see people eat, sleep and whatever else, I could just wander around my estate and peer in windows. Sure, I might get arrested, but I'm guessing it'd be a whole lot more fun than watching the TV, and being shown what they want you to see. Either way..Big Brother struck me this year as a break from the normal. Mainly because everyone in that house is abnormal in some way or other.
I just hope to god that the UK Big Brother is not shown in any other country. It'd give off the stereotype that all the British are ignorant baboons. As opposed to the majority.
Big brother is the most inane TV show ever created. If I wanted to see people eat, sleep and whatever else, I could just wander around my estate and peer in windows. Sure, I might get arrested, but I'm guessing it'd be a whole lot more fun than watching the TV, and being shown what they want you to see. Either way..Big Brother struck me this year as a break from the normal. Mainly because everyone in that house is abnormal in some way or other.
I just hope to god that the UK Big Brother is not shown in any other country. It'd give off the stereotype that all the British are ignorant baboons. As opposed to the majority.
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