You know what really bugs me?

When someone likes something just because they are supposed to like it. FOR EXAMPLE a guy I went to school with is really very catholic and he just posted about how he loves Father Ted. Or that my quite geeky friend really likes The IT Crowd. I notice this a lot, this idea that the subject matter of a show or film or song is what matters, but it's not, what matters is the quality of the writing, directing/producing, acting/singing etc.

I'd watch a show about paint drying if it had all of those elements, cause it actually would be good.

I guess what I'm saying is it annoys me when someone likes a thing because of what it's about rather than how good it is. Does anyone else get bugged by this or is it just one of my weird things?

I guess this helps to explain why only massive tw*ts watch The Mighty Boosh.

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I guess this helps to explain why only massive tw*ts watch The Mighty Boosh.

i didn't know you watched it.

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I guess this helps to explain why only massive tw*ts watch The Mighty Boosh.

i didn't know you watched it.

BURN!

*fetches petrol and matches*

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And contrary to George's theory, I'm doing a degree in Analytical and Forensic Science and can't stand CSI, NCIS, Bones etc.

It's not a theory that everyone does it. It just annoys me that some people do do it. Like my mate only ever watches Sci-Fi stuff with spaceships and that, why? What's wrong with mixing it up, he'd rather watch a sh*te sci-fi program than an excellent drama, like Dexter.

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And contrary to George's theory, I'm doing a degree in Analytical and Forensic Science and can't stand CSI, NCIS, Bones etc.

no you're not.

My quit papers haven't yet been processed

people who think you can copyright a pose.

Im sick of people on deviantart moaning that someone traced or copied their art because it's in the same pose.

Happened to me before and now happened to a mate.

She drew a perfectly natural pose; a character sitting on a wall eating noms - someones bitching at them because apparently she should give them credit for stealing their pose; the only similarity between the two is the fact their both anthros and both sitting on walls ¬_¬

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I think everything is sh*t

Thats because everything, apart from the Wire and how I smell, is sh*t.

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I think everything is sh*t

Thats because everything, apart from the Wire and how I smell, is sh*t.

Or, using a penguin as a straw for a couple of seconds, then ramming the whole thing into your mouth, when drinking tea. That's fairly fantastic.
But everthing aside from that, the Wire. and how Phil smells, is sh*t.

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I think everything is sh*t

Thats because everything, apart from the Wire and how I smell, is sh*t.

Or, using a penguin as a straw for a couple of seconds, then ramming the whole thing into your mouth, when drinking tea. That's fairly fantastic.
But everthing aside from that, the Wire. and how Phil smells, is sh*t.

HOLLA!

Why would it annoy you that some people pretend to like stuff to fit in? It's them who lose hours of their lives cringing through "The Mighty Boosh". Not you.

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This thread was pointless, nobody bothered to read and understand my point.

I read and understood it.

You're saying that some people are only interested in stuff because it's almost expected. Kinda like me saying I like something despite having never seen or heard it because I know what I like an this thing sounds like it would be exactly that.

I think I finally get George's point.

Clueless mongs (birds) in the pub screaming, "Pass it to Rooney" and, "Score a goal". Shut the f*ck up, you never saw me in the cinema for Sex And The City 2 yelling, "F*ck her in the a*se".

I sort of get what you mean, George, but I can't say I come across that sort of thing too often.
The Father Ted example is one where I could see why it'd annoy you as even though they're not trying to totally hammer Catolicism in the programme they are clearly poking fun at elements of the faith and rituals and a very fanatical Catholic (without a sense of humour) would almost definitely take a certain amount of offence at certain gags, so your point of them liking it because of the subject matter rather than the actual material within is maybe the best example you could give.

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Don't forget the fact that liking something because it's a subject matter close to your heart could be because of all the in-jokes, that are funny only because you "get" them.

The IT crowd is genuinely funny, but it's funnier to me as someone who's worked in that situation because of the in-jokes. Same with The Office, not quite as funny unless you've been in an environment like that and can relate the characters and events to real-life things.

I'm not sure that's strictly true, though I guess it could be in the case of IT jokes in the IT crowd, I just don't imagine that there are too many jokes in that programme which are so specific to the IT field that I don't register them as jokes. I think with stuff like the office and the IT crowd you can't really say its not quite as funny for people who aren't in that situation, as jokes are still jokes.

That said, you could actually be right, I remember chuckling to a joke in the Simpsons about how lawbooks were 'filled with useful legal tidbits like that'. I'm aware it wasn't actually a funny joke, and I reckon somebody without any understanding of law could explain what the humour behind the line was, but they woudn't find it funny the same way I did because... why should they give a sh*t?

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Quote: LoonyPandora, Jul 2010

Don't forget the fact that liking something because it's a subject matter close to your heart could be because of all the in-jokes, that are funny only because you "get" them.

The IT crowd is genuinely funny, but it's funnier to me as someone who's worked in that situation because of the in-jokes. Same with The Office, not quite as funny unless you've been in an environment like that and can relate the characters and events to real-life things.

I don't think the IT Crowd is genuinely funny though, I think it's average at best and really very poor at worst. Granted I haven't ever worked in an office but I have studied IT exclusively since the age of 16.

IT is not the way to understand the IT Crowd. It may as well be set on a small island off the coast of West Ireland, or in a fire station or something. It's silly, childish humour with safe relationships, a simple double act and a traditional form that the whole family can enjoy. There's nothing wrong with that.

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Quote: LoonyPandora, Jul 2010

Don't forget the fact that liking something because it's a subject matter close to your heart could be because of all the in-jokes, that are funny only because you "get" them.

The IT crowd is genuinely funny, but it's funnier to me as someone who's worked in that situation because of the in-jokes. Same with The Office, not quite as funny unless you've been in an environment like that and can relate the characters and events to real-life things.

I don't think the IT Crowd is genuinely funny though, I think it's average at best and really very poor at worst. Granted I haven't ever worked in an office but I have studied IT exclusively since the age of 16.

IT is not the way to understand the IT Crowd. It may as well be set on a small island off the coast of West Ireland, or in a fire station or something. It's silly, childish humour with safe relationships, a simple double act and a traditional form that the whole family can enjoy. There's nothing wrong with that.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME. Lets get married and have children.

Sorry, G, my sarcasm detector's on the blink so I'm not sure if you think I've misread your thesis or not.

I know the IT Crowd isn't the world's most laugh a minute or revolutionary comedy, but when it's on I just forget about anything else and slip into a safe world where nothing ever really changes and the people are bound to be okay in the end.

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Quote: Professor Frink, Jul 2010

Quote: LoonyPandora, Jul 2010

Don't forget the fact that liking something because it's a subject matter close to your heart could be because of all the in-jokes, that are funny only because you "get" them.

The IT crowd is genuinely funny, but it's funnier to me as someone who's worked in that situation because of the in-jokes. Same with The Office, not quite as funny unless you've been in an environment like that and can relate the characters and events to real-life things.

I don't think the IT Crowd is genuinely funny though, I think it's average at best and really very poor at worst. Granted I haven't ever worked in an office but I have studied IT exclusively since the age of 16.

IT is not the way to understand the IT Crowd. It may as well be set on a small island off the coast of West Ireland, or in a fire station or something. It's silly, childish humour with safe relationships, a simple double act and a traditional form that the whole family can enjoy. There's nothing wrong with that.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME. Lets get married and have children.

Sorry, G, my sarcasm detector's on the blink so I'm not sure if you think I've misread your thesis or not.

I know the IT Crowd isn't the world's most laugh a minute or revolutionary comedy, but when it's on I just forget about anything else and slip into a safe world where nothing ever really changes and the people are bound to be okay in the end.

No I'm being serious, your post was the first one that exactly got my point. Though that might be in my failure to properly communicate my point.

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Quote: Professor Frink, Jul 2010

Quote: LoonyPandora, Jul 2010

Don't forget the fact that liking something because it's a subject matter close to your heart could be because of all the in-jokes, that are funny only because you "get" them.

The IT crowd is genuinely funny, but it's funnier to me as someone who's worked in that situation because of the in-jokes. Same with The Office, not quite as funny unless you've been in an environment like that and can relate the characters and events to real-life things.

I don't think the IT Crowd is genuinely funny though, I think it's average at best and really very poor at worst. Granted I haven't ever worked in an office but I have studied IT exclusively since the age of 16.

IT is not the way to understand the IT Crowd. It may as well be set on a small island off the coast of West Ireland, or in a fire station or something. It's silly, childish humour with safe relationships, a simple double act and a traditional form that the whole family can enjoy. There's nothing wrong with that.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME. Lets get married and have children.

Sorry, G, my sarcasm detector's on the blink so I'm not sure if you think I've misread your thesis or not.

I know the IT Crowd isn't the world's most laugh a minute or revolutionary comedy, but when it's on I just forget about anything else and slip into a safe world where nothing ever really changes and the people are bound to be okay in the end.

No I'm being serious, your post was the first one that exactly got my point. Though that might be in my failure to properly communicate my point.

Or a failure in others articulating theirs?

Sweet jesus you f*ckers are miserable.

Quote: Darren, Jul 2010

But George always said he was going to marry me.

And now I know why I was jilted at the VR alter

(ignore me, I'm in a strange mood)