Not necessarily
It's possible that there are some intellectual giants out there that enjoy watching Big Brother. I'm yet to meet any, but I remain open-minded. Hopeful, even. The programme, however, is idiotic.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:28, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Big Brother is shite, I agree
But I'm still unsure why everyone here has such a low opinion of football.

With Monty, it's understandable, he hates everything. But it seems that the mass majority seem utterly against it's discussion, and I'm just not sure why.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:31, Reply)

Some people don't like some stuff that other people like.
It's almost as though it's the same as everything else.

I quite like rugby, incidentally. I'm quite sure that people that enjoy other forms of sport will mock me for being a posh buggery enthusiast. I'm not posh, by the way.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:33, Reply)

It's because it's boring
It's more interesting to men than women (in general) and sad to say the stereotype is well earned. I know intelligent people who like football but they're generally on 'casual like' end rather than the 'discuss it all the time' end.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:36, Reply)

this may garner me no end of abuse
but I watched almost all of the recent series of Big Brother. I find it fascinating watching the cretins get themselves worked up and paranoid over ridiculous things.

Also, occasional breasts.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I saw the housemates being picked

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:37, Reply)

A few seasons ago
a fatty put a wine bottle up her chuff.

This is the extent of my exposure to Endemol's magnum opus.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:37, Reply)

I was unaware of that
the crop of people on the recent one were far less freakish than in previous years.

I really did find it fascinating. I'm embarrassed about it though, don't worry.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:38, Reply)

I saw some of the earlier bits
because I was awake all night and often worked in the common room with the TV on

A quick search yields this b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post750840
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:39, Reply)

you should have placed a bet

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:41, Reply)

Probably should've
she was just too 'nice' not to win. And I agree with your point above. Far fewer freaks this year
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:42, Reply)

A social experiment of putting random strangers in the position of having to live together, cut off from the outside world and observing their behaviour is quite interesting.
Unfortunately people who are desperate to be on telly are precisely the type that should not be allowed on.
(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:44, Reply)

If they could have been turned to cannibalism
and the whole thing was more 'Lord of the Flies' rather than 'Lord of the Gays' I might be interested.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:46, Reply)

On the other hand
Big Brother is very useful for conversation with people who are the type of people who watch it. I once lasted two hours in the company of someone like that on the strength of one idly read article on msn (back when there were twins on it)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:48, Reply)

I have an alternative conversation idea
for the type of people who watch it. More a Q&A kind of thing:

'Why don't you fuck off?', that sort of 'vibe'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:53, Reply)

I used to live with a woman too, Vippers
*sympathises*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 16:45, Reply)