Amazing.

there are about 10 people who are the best people in the world, and 10 people who annoy me more than anyone else has ever annoyed me (apart from my brother). everyone else is broadly deece or annoying.

the guy’s most fervent supporter

Summary

had, only a week before this nonsense began, instigated his own nonsense by threatening to stop watching the YT show because they wouldn’t read out PACKIES as a max because it sounded like a racial slur. yer man starts using this as an excuse to use the n-word (‘not at a person! just as a word!’), gets called out, revives 10-year thread about censorship and lists every user who’s used that word before (mostly inactive) to ‘prove’ he’s part of a majority. Wannabe Presenter absolutely detests the bloke.

a few other stories:

  • he invented the concept of the ‘Covid blue badge’ so that people who didn’t want to socially distance or wear masks could socialise with each other away from people who wanted to stay alive. genius.
  • he wore jumpers with badges numbered 1-8 during his Countdown run and was so obnoxious on set that the producer actively started a conversation with me bitching about him when i was there for a friend’s filming 6 months later. like, the producer HATES him. (me too!!)
  • he claims insurance is the greatest evil of the 20th century
  • him and my ex best mate had a spat online in October 2016 and in summer 2020(!!!) this guy starts messaging him out of the blue demanding an apology and compensation (“in the form of a gift or a plug for my website”) because my then-pal called him ‘a waste of oxygen’. yer free speech man started screaming about slander [um it would be libel, also um it would not be successful]
  • accused me of having gonorrhoea because i made a risque (but totally in context) joke on a Facebook thread

what have i been doing with the last 10 years of my life :frowning:

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I know a lot of people here aren’t that keen on Armstrong/Osman schtick, whether as a double or single dose, but one of my favourite things about Pointless is how warm and inviting it is to the contestants. So many quiz shows made immediately following the Weakest Link went down the line of ‘entertainment is people being mean’ – whether it was the host or the contestants being awful to each other.

There is more representation on Pointless for people with disabilities than on any other mainstream show I can think of. It’s one of the few places on TV where you will see people of all types and from all walks of life, being treated equally and respectfully as human beings.

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Fucking hell!

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Mayor of a town in Texas where they don’t have any power or running water due to the snow storms. He ended up having to quit because of this. Someone’s Ayn Rand fantasies got out of hand.

I repeat, this is the mayor posting this.

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this is fucking beautiful stuff

Was thinking this exact thing watching it earlier. It’s such a pleasant atmosphere compared to something like The Chase which has bad vibes and is presented by a dickhead.

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That new guy with the permed mullet. I know it’s my problem and I shouldn’t judge on appearances but… I just can’t watch him.

Yer man has released the documentary, fallen foul of the copyright hammer because of the Countdown footage, and tweaked it to throw off the copyright shiz rather than removing the 2 1/2 minutes of him on telly.

He has also walked back on quitting the YouTube series.

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was this one of the guys on that youtube thing i watched you on?

:smiley: no, it was broadcast on their channel but he wasn’t involved. i did do it first and foremost because it’s a hilarious format that i was involved in the creation of and i wanted to do it, but also slightly because the guy hosting that is the love of my life, and more than slightly to spite the guy who kept hassling me to do the normal series - very funny that he asked me so many times and i said no all of them, but this one i instantly said yes to. that’s why i said i was retiring from all YouTube based forms of Countdown after that :smiling_imp:

the deluded guy messaged my ex (the one hosting) about me being on it saying “you must have more influence over her than I do” :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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I’d like to see the episode you are on please :relaxed:

Hillbilly Elegy guy in ‘being a dunce’ shocker

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As found by @ghosthalo

(For the avoidance of doubt, I think the design is basically genius but it’s terrible that this is so normalised in the US that this is a serious thing.)

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What in the fuck

YOU WOULDN’T STEAL A BABY SHOWER

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