For Fuck's Sake - Big Brother AGAIN!

[SweatShop]

The thread for all those people, like me, feel that it hasn't been long enough since the last one but will probably still be dragged into the trap.

Unless the same happens with this as with Celebrity Big Brother and I stop watching after a couple of days. Though i'd feel a little left out. God, that's sad.

[Steven]

I'm going to try my darnedest to completely avoid this series like I did BB6. I still don't feel like I missed anything.

[MoondialSlater]

scissorsister said:

Though i'd feel a little left out.

The sad part is I think that's the only reason I watch Big Brother now.

But then I've just realised if I didn't I'd have missed Aisleyne. And I quite liked Nikki. Actually you know what, I like Big Brother. Its the editing that pisses me off. Mind you its not like I vote.

[Becky]

I can't decide whether I actually like Big Brother or if I just like to watch so as to not feel left out. I think I do like the programme, its just the media coverage which is too much. If they had it on with reasonable media coverage and the odd bit here and there after it all finishes, I wouldn't mind. Its all the overkill that pisses me off I think.

[jem]

Despite my best efforts, leaving the country etc, I'll still end up knowing what's going on. Last year I was in the canaries and all the bars were showing the entrance. I try and I try but have never managed it the whole way through. I blame Heat.

[Essexgirl]

I'll probably watch them go in. I'll probably decide they are another useless selection of wannabes/retards/sluts. I'll refuse to watch.

Until the first argument/bullying incident/shag in the jacuzzi in which case I'll be tuning in again desperate not to miss anything.

I need an incentive to keep me from watching. Does anyone know any fit, straight, thirty-something blokes in the Essex area?

[Becky]

I was just thinking before about how quite a few programmes I watch are finishing this week or next week: American Idol, Ugly Betty, Lost, Desperate Housewives. I feel a bit sad that Big Brother will take up a lot of my tv viewing for a bit now but I'd complain that there was nothing on if it didn't I suppose.

[thelovelykate]

I did quite well avoiding it last year until my boyfriend made the mistake of leaving me alone for 3 weeks while he went to Germeny. In his absence I had no one in the house to tell me off for watching it and so I shamefully weakened and then got sucked in.

I should do better this year since there are no plans to leave me alone with the telly for a prolonged period. That said I leave myself open by nearly always watching the first show. I do this because, for some bizarre reason, I'm convinced that someone I vaguely I know may be on and I don't want to miss it if they are.

[xenomaniac]

thelovelykate said:

I do this because, for some bizarre reason, I'm convinced that someone I vaguely I know may be on and I don't want to miss it if they are.

Ohh I'm glad that you said that. Anyone I have not spoken to in the last few weeks falls under my suspician, despite the fact that none of my friends would dream of ruining their lives by going on.

I'm going to try really hard not to watch this year, but I always seemed to get dragged in even when I don't actually watch. Its just everywhere, not just avoidable stuff like Heat but on the news when something really awful happens.

[Mike]

pandarama said:

I'm going to try my darnedest to completely avoid this series like I did BB6. I still don't feel like I missed anything.

I'm going for my third BB-free summer in a row. It doesn't even seem like a challenge.

I love how Virgin Media are sponsoring it though - it's like my pet hates forming a combined axis of evil. They may as well go the whole hog and get Nicky Campbell, Kate Thornton and Ulrika Jonsson to present....

[[james]]

I tend to watch just enough to form reasonably valid opinions but not enough that I'd actually count as a regular viewer. While my life isn't exactly rock and/or roll, I have more than enough things to do being than watch the four hours of edited feed shows a day, nevermind the frankly disturbing and tedious live feed on E4.

[audrey notwhatsheusedtobe]

I'm doing really well at not watching it. I always end up addicted but it's really not good for my mental health, or that of humanity as a whole I think. Putting the opening night against the Apprentice really helped, plus I am totally disinterested in any of them. I just find the whole thing so tiresome now*.

* Subject to change.

[Becky]

I'm bored of it already. I can't be bothered to watch it. I put it on last night, just for something to watch and I ended up wandering around the house, which I wouldn't do if I actually want to watch something. I don't think I'm going to watch anymore of it now... unless they put some new people in which make me want to watch.

[Lisa]

I'm fighting it, I really am, but I don't know if I have the strength. I've already found myself wondering whether BBLB or the psychology programme really count as watching Big Brother, or whether they're programmes in their own right. It's these sorts of internal justifications that make me realise I'm fighting a losing battle.

[Adrian]

The morning repeats are catching me. I watch them over my cheerios.

A

[Essexgirl]

I am still resisting this bar checking out Ziggy on Friday. I am reasonably confident I can resist for a while yet. Saying that I sometimes read the reports I find on the web, so I am not completely out of the loop. May tune in if Chanelle shags Ziggy.

[coxy1979]

I'm actually finding it more interesting than I usually do at this stage.