Big Brother

[emmelinemay]

I used to love big brother, as you probably know, and over the years it got SO dreadful that i just couldn't watch anymore. Last series was the last straw - it had become an endurance exercise rather than an entertainment. It got to the point where I wasn't watching at all - merely catching up via the big brother LJ community I was on.

It was a great community, we had drama, rows, in depth discussions, stalkers, trolls, meet ups, visits to the eviction, and I know several of the people on my flist would not be here without it. Indirectly, it's how I met Mr Peacock!

But when I reached the point of I FUCKING HATE THIS SHOW IF ONE MORE PERSON MENTIONS J*DE G**DY I WILL COMMIT MURDER, I decided time was time, and I left the community.

I'm not watching this series. I'm quite glad, it sounds HORRENDOUS. All women? My idea of a total nightmare.

But I've had more than 4 people, only one of whom I know in real life, separately tell me that 'the community isn't the same without you' and 'we miss you'.

On the scale of internet sadness, this is right up there, isn't it? I'm an internet saddo. LJ people miss me in an LJ community about Big Brother.

Comments

[shackers.livejournal.com]

obviously I am not watching it as I am too far away, but I did see on the world news today that 4 men (described as hunks) are entering the house tonight.

[fluffydave.livejournal.com]

Haha I flew to Seattle for the wedding of two people I've never met except for an online world where we fly spaceships together. ;)

I think we need to re-define sad because you and I are too cool for that moniker.

On a more thoughtful note I think it's a great demonstration of the changing nature of relationships and how the internet has altered social norms. I'm hearing people who have never played computer games using terms like 'Fail' and 'W1n' probably without realizing it's origins. All speech patterns we've picked up from online friends no doubt.

A couple of weeks ago I was having a chat with my mate James/Insight when we realized that we hadn't seen each other for well over a year yet spoke online almost every day and on the phone every couple of weeks. In fact you and I haven't seen each other for a period of time which measures in the year! Yet you're never a million miles away from my thoughts.

In a previous world we'd be estranged friends, but thanks to the internet we can surf free porn and keep in touch ;)

[gurlesque.livejournal.com]

Big Brother just seems to be made up of people [girls] shouting at each other this year. Not interesting at all. I generally do the 'not watching but following it online' thing, but can't even be bothered with that.

[publicansdecoy.livejournal.com]

I wish you'd come back too!

This series is rotten, mind.

-x-

[girfan.livejournal.com]

I don't watch Big Brother for many reasons-I only know about the eviction of Emily since it was on our local news (she lives not too far from us).

There are some who probably think that J and I are sad to have met online (this was certainly true 11 years ago).

[kynon.livejournal.com]

I think they're being more sad than you.

After all, you left.

Iconage = appropriate.

[angel-emma.livejournal.com]

:(

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

I must confess I'm quite into it this year, despite generally despising everyone on the show. They've pretty much all got raging entitlement issues ("I must be famous! It is my right!") apart from Carole, the older campaigner and Tracey, the late-30s rave casualty. Oh, and comedy Greek gay academic Gerry, who's now apparently the favourite.

At the risk of sounding like a bit of an old fart, the fucking kids on it are dreadful. The only way that people under the age of about 21-22ish are interesting is if they're extremely precocious, have had some traumatic and storied upbringing, or are nubile lovelies (and in the latter case, they become uninteresting as soon as they start talking). It's so much more involving when the people have actually had a bit of life experience.