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I really, really don't understand how people who dislike stuff can go on about it for ever and ever ad nauseum. I just don't get it at all.

I've been reading through all of these posts, all talking about how much people dislike clubbing, Simon Cowell and the celebrity culture, sports and what have you. Fine. Good. You have your opinion and be fine with it. But there does seem to be a small, yet nagging thing some people have missed. Turn the TV off. Change the channel. Stick to pubs, or go to a dance class or something.

We live in an age where we all have so much choice- and that's precisely it- it's a choice. No-one forces you to watch X-Factor, cram into a dank dark hole where loud noises are played, or read trashy magazines and the Daily Mail.

Why not read the Times instead, or put a DVD on? Seems blindingly simple to me really...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:34, 20 replies)

Actually, I do this sort of thing
I watch very little television, because I have more interesting stuff to do. I've been clubbing three times in my life and hated every instance, so I've never gone back. I don't read tabloid newspapers or trashy magazines, because I've looked at them and they're shite.

But this QotW is about why we don't understand other people's fascination with things which we find completely unattractive or inane.

And it gives us a chance to have a good old rant! I love ranting.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:40, closed)

I guess that is what I don't understand the attraction of.
Instead of whining, do something about it. I guess this is why I want to leave England. I'm fed up of people moaning.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:47, closed)

And yes, I am aware of the irony of the above statement.

( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:50, closed)

This
exactly this.
(Spidge New sig needed, donations gratefully accepted., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:41, closed)

people who dislike the fact that people dislike stuff
...
( rofl harris, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:44, closed)

You're not understanding the post.
It's more the fact that yes, they exist, and yes, they irritate the living snot out of me. If I watch them, or experience them. But I don't. Because I go out of my way to avoid them. And then leave it at that. I don't understand the attraction of moaning endlessly about it, is all.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:49, closed)

but a
lot of what people dislike is because it is thrust upon us. And as for doing something about it- you can't strangle every annoying little chav in your path/ wrench phones off people etc
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:48, closed)

A good quality pair of earphones and a good dose of live and let live?
I must be the most relaxed (if somewhat perplexed) person on here right now.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:49, closed)

haha I
always think of myself as being ultra-relaxed, but apparantly not
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:10, closed)

Who knows?
I'm a bloke who is happy where he is and where he is going (South Korea to teach English, better than babysitting computer illiterate civil servants), so I guess that's part of that.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:12, closed)

good luck
with South Korea!
Perhaps one reason people complain is because those are small things, and that lets out pressure/tension about the big things that we *can't* do anything about
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:14, closed)

Perhaps.
It's more confusing than annoying, but then again a lot of modern life leaves me cold, or confused. But if people like it, fair play then.

/Edit

Oh, and thanks!
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:16, closed)

get your point
but the reason people are going on about it is because that is what the QOTW is asking
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:55, closed)

Aye, I suppose.
Still, it's a little odd though that people don't take steps to rid themselves of annoyances. Such as using the ignore button on Amorous Badger, for example.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:13, closed)

good point
next time I see one of his posts I'll put him on ignore. not worth the effort of seeking out though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:36, closed)

I agree
to an extent. Stuck record complaining is an annoyance worthy of the QOTW in itself. However, even though I have insulated myself fairly well from cultural disasters like X-factor (not having a tele and moving country). It doesn't stop me being opposed to its existence.

I don't think about X-factor unless someone brings it up (in a QOTW for example), when I am happy to voice my opinion about the vapid, spirtless wank-fest that it is.
(Amos Moses, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 10:59, closed)

Stop trying to sound clever you cock end.

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:55, closed)

I'm not trying anything.

( jim_bob can herd cats., Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:53, closed)

but you are not denying that you are a bell end?
good.

i now find myself in the weird position of praying that north korea gets its nukes..
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 20:10, closed)

No, your usual position is getting up the wrongun' from your Mum with a strapon.

( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 18 Oct 2009, 11:17, closed)