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# Broadcasters were complaining that they drown out the 'atmosphere-generating singing'.
In Africa, people don't sing at football matches; they blow vuvuzelas. Basically their gripe is that 'this African world cup is too African and not European enough.'

The thing is; they sound nothing like bees. They sound more like...well, horns frankly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X031mwwuLg They're no worse than rattles and airhorns and dickheads shouting.
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:24, archived)
# Wild comments ensue . . .
(I helped save b3ta! Valin I changed glasses while I wasn't looking, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:31, archived)
# All this football is distracting me from watching the vuvuzela matches on television.
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:32, archived)
# (=
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(macroscian (1 like), Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:37, archived)
# Ha!

(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:55, archived)
# ^This^
Everyone should stop whining. Imagine if the world cup were in England, and the fans were told they can't sing at the games because people watching in Japan don't like it. That's basically what everyone seems to want to happen.
(I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:32, archived)
# As far as I can make out,
the only people complaining are the broadcasters like Sky Sports. I figure it's because they have an idea of what a football match should be like, and their viewers have an expectation of what a football match should be like, and they're worried their viewers will be turned off by being offered a football experience that is outside of their usual cultural sphere. Europeans expect singing and chanting; that's what happens at a football match if you're European. Personally I think the broadcasters are being a bit patronising by assuming that their viewers are so small-minded, that's what TV is all about these days - they would rather change the facts to fit the expected story than just report the facts - and sports reporting is no different.
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:36, archived)
# Maybe the irritating horns are irritating people?
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:50, archived)
# Maybe some people.
But they're cunts.
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:53, archived)
# You're biased, clearly.
The only time I've heard those horns is when it was decided that it's fun to "rickroll" with them. If I had to tolerate that tuneless dirge for longer than 30 seconds I'd be irritated.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:55, archived)
# I'm sure unexpected vuvuzelas are both shocking and upsetting,
but to go to a football match and complain about the noise is a bit much. They may be annoying when taken out of the context of a lively football match, but in their proper setting they are no worse than any other form of terrace vocalisation.
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:59, archived)
# I disagree. It's a subjective matter but I'd argue that they're more annoying to those that dislike them than they are fun to those who like them.
I'm bored of drrrrhorns now anyway. GOOD DEBATING A+++
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 19:01, archived)
# WOULD DEBATE AGAIN
(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 19:09, archived)
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(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Mon 14 Jun 2010, 18:48, archived)