Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm fed up with olympics already an they've not even started yet, nothing but sport on telly, all news will be olympic news, I can't wait for autumn and some proper telly. I even wondered what would happen if there were a big terrorist attack and the whole thing had to be cancelled?
I dont' like sport or competition, competitive people scare me, for me theres no such thing as good adreniline so why would I want to get it pumping. Why should I care if someone wins something or not? We get fed the lie that they're doing it for all of us, I think are they really indeed? I think I'd rather have the extra money off my shopping rather than have sports sponsership. I never asked them to do it, nobody asked me if I minded the amount of money that goes into it, the cruelty and even worse I get called a kill joy. Well have they ever thought that not all of us are flag waving sheeple, content to enjoy the spectacle whilst the world goes to hell in a bathtub?
Scenario A: I outscore Y 750-720
Scenario B: Y outscores me 820- 760, but 760 is better than my previous best. Maybe I'm just weird, but for me scenario B pleases me more than scenario A. Edited to clear up any confusion.
I don't understand what you mean in your scenario's?
Is competition healthy? I'm not sure it is, I'm probably the least competitive person around, I really don't understand it, I've tried too and it just seems to me to be a cause of ill health and unhappiness. All the stuff about losing and winning and 'its the taking part that matters', is just total carp, if you lose at something you're very much made to feel like a second class citizen, winners are expected to crow their victories to the rest of the world and have the rest of the world bow down before them. The 'its the taking part that matters' crowd just try and mop up the harm caused by the former two, because it's obvious that taking part mattering is so as the winner has someone to feel superior too.
When I was at school I decided not to play these sort of competitive games, I got trouble for not being good enough and making people "lose", gangs waiting outside the school gates for me, type of trouble. So I decided to be myself and not partake at all, it got me a different kind of trouble but one that was prefferable to gangs waiting outside the school gates.
The olympics might only be every four years, but I dont' care, I still feel invaded, and the world cup is only every four years, somehow all these sporting events take up the whole summer and those of us who enjoy gentler pursuits like gardening are marginalised even more. Even Newsnight last night was infested with olympics.
I don't see it as a polarized thing of sport or war, that to me is ridiculous, if people want to run about and get sweaty and horrible then fine, but do they have to show off about it on a world stage?
TheCatWoman said:I don't understand what you mean in your scenario's?
To lose but do better than I've done before is a greater achievement , for me, than winning against someone and not doing so.
Iain said:The advantages of the streaming services is the lack of adverts but then you pay every month for the service so it isn't really that cheap in the long run.
The cheapest plans for Disney+, Netflix, and NOW include adverts.
Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Freevee include ads.
Apple TV+ already has ads (about other shows) before programs and they're rumoured to be looking at introducing more advertising.
TheCatWoman said:Other things I enjoyed such as Vikings
I would recommend The Last Kingdom - a good intersection of the viking history with English history:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4179452
Shogun is on Disney+ streaming service (most of the newer good stuff is commissioned by these services as they have the money to do it now).
The advantages of the streaming services is the lack of adverts but then you pay every month for the service so it isn't really that cheap in the long run.
A decent internet connection is needed too but you can always choose to watch the episodes/films offline and let it download it in the background so the connection isn't an issue.
I don't watch too much "non weird" stuff so not sure what else to recommend.
Iain, it's not just me and what I like, it's Mum too, we sit and watch telly together of an evening, I don't thiink she'd enjoy GOT, she's not into to much blood and guts and fantasy. I'm often iffy about costume drama's and I did have a good read up on Bridgerton, it's not really my thing. I like a good historical/archeological documentary, but I get so fed up with so many of them that have so many advert breaks they feel they have to spend most of the next segment catching everyone up on what happned in the previous segment/s that theres actually only 20 mins of program. My Dad was in control of the tv remote and Mum's enjoying widowhood by watching many programs that he wouldn't watch, even things like QI, which for the life of me I can't understand why they never watched it. She's enjoying things like Strictly, Pottery Throwdown, various property programs like Location and George Clarke. She dosen't like anything to weird either, we watched the first episode of High Country last night and I think that's turning a bit weird for her taste. I once persauded her to watch Cockney's vs Zombies and she lasted until the first ad break before announcing it as a load of rubbish. We hadn't even got as far as the zombies, so I think other undead would be out too, I never liked The Walking Dead and I know she wouldn't. Other things I enjoyed such as Vikings, Sons of Anarchy she probably wouldn't like, she might have enjoyed Black Sails, I was surprised she enjoyed Harlots and we had a good giggle as one of our family names is Wells the same as the main characters.
What channel is Shogun on?
TheCatWoman said:Its still a load of sh1te in my opinion and attempts to mollify me do the opposite and really annoy me.
Noted - sorry for having annoyed you.
TheCatWoman said:I quite fancied watching GOT again
If you like GoT then there is House of The Dragon - a precursor of sorts to GoT and set in their world a few hundred years earlier.
Period dramas I've enjoyed recently include Bridgerton (surprisingly raunchy and with contemporary music masked as classical) and Shogun (Japanese meets European traders story which is really well done).
If you like SciFi then there is loads of Star Wars spin offs (Acolyte, Andor, House of Fett, The Mandalorian etc) which are in the same league as the films, Start Trek has Discovery and Strange New Worlds that each have their own styles but are worth a watch and The Expanse for a more near future, gritty series that grows to an impressve finale.
What other shows do you like and we can give some recommendations based off of these.