60% of TV drama is SF? Thats gotta be fiction in itself!:D
Nope. In television, there is current affairs/news, sport, education, factual, drama and light entertainment.
Let's say there's a documentary about, say, 2001: A Space Odsyessy and there's a thriller-drama about the cloning of a woman, and a factual strand that explores a What if? with various dramatised scenarios. Also a sitcom of an alien living at Buckingham Palace, and a weekly drama of an isolated ship in search for a cure in the infected world, and a serial children's drama featuring a bunch of schoolboys who travel to another world.
All those above can be categorised as SF or SF&F and filed under Drama and/or Light Entertainment. That's how broad it is, which is why I was comfortable with making such a stab-in-the-dark claim.
I don't like :
x factor and the like
TOWIE and the like
Those Gypsy programmes
Jazz music
Michael F***ING Buble
Simon Cowell
Football
Tattoos
Mrs Browns Boys
Celebrity culture (an oxymoron if there ever was one)
Headbands on babies. They just look very 'Chavvy' to me.
I like :
Karate
Baking and cooking in general
Comedy panel shows
Coronation Street
Facebook
YouTube
Those are not unpopular, though. Roughly 60% of TV drama belongs to the SF genre. Among the most popular web sites are technology and SF blogs/sites. Mashable, io9 and Den of Geek, anyone?
As for old films? Still going strong.
There are plenty of people who will still call you a "nerd" if you express a like for stuff like Doctor Who or Star Trek.
There might be the whole hipster movement, and it's admittedly a lot cooler to be geeky than it used to be, but there are still many people who will sneer at that stuff and brand it as boring or sad.
Talent shows
Romantic movies
Chick lit
Tea/coffee
Heels
Fake tan
Unpopular things I like
Cheesy retro music (lol)
Does writing poetry count? (lol) or spending time on my own?. I'm not sure what else I like that could be seen as especially unpopular.
I don't necessarily agree with the stuff she says. But by God she is the master of winding people up, on this forum and elsewhere! It's truly wonderful to behold. And the great thing is, the people getting wound up are doing EXACTLY what she wants them to do and they're either too stupid or too enraged (or both) to realise it!
Or - I realize this might be a difficult thing to grasp - they are people who dislike her scattergun spite and arrogance; it is not actually a sign of stupidity to prefer kindness to unkindness.
Popular things I dislike:
50 Shades of Grey and its dismal offshoots.
Game of Thrones
Beer
'Killer heels'
Snapchat
Women's magazines
Men's magazines
Lobster
'Spinning' (other than relating to wool and spinning wheels)
Pilates and yoga
American Dad
Unpopular things I like
His Dark Materials. I was GUTTED when they cancelled the 2nd and 3rd films.
Low-fat cheese, especially when toasted, when it assumes a peculiar rubbery texture and taste.
The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bruce Springsteen's best album.
The Word magazine, best (music) magazine EVER, killed by poor sales.
Bjork's swan dress
Single malt whisky drunk weak with lots of water.
Fruit flavoured ciders
Loom bands
Towie/made in chelsea
Paddy mcguiness (no likey.. Oh piss off)
Twitter
Jeremy kyle (not sure whether this does come under popular though)
Fake tan/botox
Unpopular things I like
60s music
Making blankets
Jigsaws
Gherkins
Comfy shoes (but definitely not Uggs)
CI Channel
Ghost stories/being scared
Fruit flavoured ciders
Loom bands
Towie/made in chelsea
Paddy mcguiness (no likey.. Oh piss off)
Twitter
Jeremy kyle (not sure whether this does come under popular though)
Fake tan/botox
Unpopular things I like
60s music
Making blankets
Jigsaws
Gherkins
Comfy shoes (but definitely not Uggs)
CI Channel
Ghost stories/being scared
Whats unpopular about 60s music? I like some 60s music (and 70s and 80s music - I thought maybe 70s music isnt so popular but then I thought no, Johnnie Walkjers Sounds of the 70s radio show is pretty popular *shrug*). I also like comfy shoes - a good pair of M&S slippers I'm not sure being scared is unpopular either - horror movies were quite 'in', certainly a while back anyway.
Popular things I dislike
Soaps (The TV type not the washing kind)
American "humour" and associated TV programmes
Rap Music
Music playing in Shops
Facebook
Twitter
Cyclists on the Roads
Travelling in buses
Sprouts
Turkey (the bird)
Religion of all types
Gin and Vodka
Football, cricket, rugby, boxing, tennis
Tattoos and piercings
Political correctness
Vegetarianism
Unpopular things I like
Music from the 60s
Motorsports
Wearing smart clothes and looking tidy, particularly in restaurants
Sky TV
Smell of Wood Preservative like original creosote
Reality shows
Big Brother, X Factor, Strictly type shows
Clothes shopping
High heels
Jewellery - especially BIG earrings
Tanning - either fake/sunbed or real - much prefer the 'pale' look
Loud music
Night clubs
Alcohol - except the odd glass of wine
Anything to do with so called celebrities
Ice Bucket challenge - just donate to charity if you wish - simple
Cooking including cooking TV programmes
Make up
Tabloid newspapers
Unpopular things I like:
Classical music
Flat shoes
Smiling at strangers
Respect and consideration for others
Politics
Foreign Aid
Better prison conditions
More support for ex offenders on release
More support for drug users
Respect and tolerance for all religions and races
I can think of so many in each category I had better just draw the line here...
There are many things which are popular I do like and vice versa.
Reality shows/Talent shows anything with a sob story
US TV shows (with a few exceptions Arrow, Smallville, Modern Family, The Middle, Big Bang)
Badly applied fake tan
Shorts or skirts that leave little to the imagination (just no on anyone, no one wants to see you bum cheek no matter how young or pert you are!)
Uggs
50 shades of grey etc
Badly fitting bra's
People famous for no apparent talent other than who they have slept with, who their brother/sister married, who their parents are, a sex tape.
Unpopular things I like
Jeremy Kyle
80's cheese (what's wrong with Rick Astley every now and again!)
Katie Hopkins
Mail Online
All the things people seem to want in a house these days - huge ultra-modern kitchen diners, huge windows, high ceilings, open plan. To live somewhere like that would be a living hell for me.
Light evenings
X-Factor, I'm A Celeb, BGT ( although I do love Strictly )
Red top 'news'papers
Boozy nights out
Friends ( the tv programme )
Friends
Mobile phones
Cars
Unpopular Things I Like
Cold weather
Old houses ( anything newer than 17thC is a newbuild to me ) with low ceilings, beams and small mullion windows.
The popular thing that I absolutely cannot stand at the moment is the Great British Bake Off. I find it unbearably smug and twee. I love baking, so people often assume I'm into it and then express great surprise and disbelief when I tell them I don't watch it and I feel like some kind of leper in the office.
An unpopular thing that I love is cold baked beans - especially extra chilled, straight out of the fridge!
Whats unpopular about 60s music? I like some 60s music (and 70s and 80s music - I thought maybe 70s music isnt so popular but then I thought no, Johnnie Walkjers Sounds of the 70s radio show is pretty popular *shrug*). I also like comfy shoes - a good pair of M&S slippers I'm not sure being scared is unpopular either - horror movies were quite 'in', certainly a while back anyway.
I suppose you could pick lots of different things you like out of all the posts in the dislike section. My friends all late 20s to mid 30s wouldnt dream of listening to 60s music, that is what I have based my lists on.
I suppose you could pick lots of different things you like out of all the posts in the dislike section. My friends all late 20s to mid 30s wouldnt dream of listening to 60s music, that is what I have based my lists on.
I'm in my early 30s and listen to mostly old music. There are people and things I could add to the like but others dislike list but then there are others who like them all, just, like you say, not many in my age bracket.
Or - I realize this might be a difficult thing to grasp - they are people who dislike her scattergun spite and arrogance; it is not actually a sign of stupidity to prefer kindness to unkindness.
Popular things I dislike:
50 Shades of Grey and its dismal offshoots.
Game of Thrones
'Killer heels'
Snapchat
Women's magazines
Men's magazines
'Spinning' (other than relating to wool and spinning wheels)
Pilates and yoga
American Dad
(Children)
Unpopular things I like
His Dark Materials. I was GUTTED when they cancelled the 2nd and 3rd films. (Loved the books, and unusually for me, thought the film wasn't bad)
Low-fat cheese, especially when toasted, when it assumes a peculiar rubbery texture and taste.
The Word magazine, best (music) magazine EVER, killed by poor sales.
(Radio 4)
Popular but dislike: Selfies. In fact I don't possess a single picture of myself which wasn't taken for formal ID purposes. Admittedly things would probably be very different if I wasn't so incredibly unphotogenic.
Unpopular but like: Brutalist Architecture. My theory is that growing up in a new town has resulted in a weird nostalgia for concrete 'monstrosities'.
Those magazines with pink/magenta headers and exclamation marks in the titles, boring on about stupid orange women/royal chinless wonders and who their latest shag/baby/malady is.
Great British Bake Off/magazines/books/TV wanking on endlessly about making 'cupcakes' and crap. I don't care if Evil Edna sabotaged Beardo's cornflakes a l'orange or whatever. Food is boring. Eat it, crap it out, move on and think about something actually interesting.
And anyway I thought Mary Berry died in 1979. So what is she doing on TV?
Another vote for selfies. You're not interesting. Pictures of you are not interesting. Endless pictures of you are boring.
Travel. Just... why? Get a postcard or use Google Earth. There - now you have seen what it looks like.
Weddings. Why? What century are you in?
Football. Snore.
Cats. Cats doing funny/cute things on the internet, specifically.
Unpopular Things I Like
Big Brother. (Sorry)
The Hobbit, and I mean the films as well as the book. Again, sorry. Peter Jackson can do no wrong in my book. So sorry.
Another vote for (some) brutalist architecture. I still can't believe Leeds council knocked down Quarry Hill flats. That building fascinated me as a child and I still think of it fondly (maybe cos I never had to live there?)
Gordon Brown. I liked him. I think Blair sabotaged him. And he reminded me of Lord Byron when younger.
Don't like
Competitive baking (great British bake off, Masterchef, etc)
Travelling abroad
Shopping
Going to the cinema
Reality Tv/talent shows
Ice bucket challenge
Attention seekers
Sob stories
Going out to get drunk
Going out
Comments
Nope. In television, there is current affairs/news, sport, education, factual, drama and light entertainment.
Let's say there's a documentary about, say, 2001: A Space Odsyessy and there's a thriller-drama about the cloning of a woman, and a factual strand that explores a What if? with various dramatised scenarios. Also a sitcom of an alien living at Buckingham Palace, and a weekly drama of an isolated ship in search for a cure in the infected world, and a serial children's drama featuring a bunch of schoolboys who travel to another world.
All those above can be categorised as SF or SF&F and filed under Drama and/or Light Entertainment. That's how broad it is, which is why I was comfortable with making such a stab-in-the-dark claim.
x factor and the like
TOWIE and the like
Those Gypsy programmes
Jazz music
Michael F***ING Buble
Simon Cowell
Football
Tattoos
Mrs Browns Boys
Celebrity culture (an oxymoron if there ever was one)
Headbands on babies. They just look very 'Chavvy' to me.
I like :
Karate
Baking and cooking in general
Comedy panel shows
Coronation Street
Facebook
YouTube
I like Katie Hopkins too.
Strictly
Any adverts
Don't get the expensive bag/shoes thing
Champagne
Ear piercing on babies
Selfies
Scripted reality programmes
I like
Smooth radio
Quietness
Sleep
Smell of baby bath/talc
Daily mail website
There are plenty of people who will still call you a "nerd" if you express a like for stuff like Doctor Who or Star Trek.
There might be the whole hipster movement, and it's admittedly a lot cooler to be geeky than it used to be, but there are still many people who will sneer at that stuff and brand it as boring or sad.
Movies with real people
Cold, pre-packaged food
Ball point pens
Binders
Beer
Donner Kebabs
Unpopular things I like:
Agendas
Hardcover textbooks
Traffic
120+ gsm paper
Talent shows
Romantic movies
Chick lit
Tea/coffee
Heels
Fake tan
Unpopular things I like
Cheesy retro music (lol)
Does writing poetry count? (lol) or spending time on my own?. I'm not sure what else I like that could be seen as especially unpopular.
the hangover
Mrs. browns boys
gangnam style
twitter
iphone craze
fake tanning
shopping
unpopular things i like:
zombie programmes / films
board games
cross words
books / programmes about killers, and traumas etc.
There are many normal things i like too, but when i read this list, even i think i'm sad
Or - I realize this might be a difficult thing to grasp - they are people who dislike her scattergun spite and arrogance; it is not actually a sign of stupidity to prefer kindness to unkindness.
Popular things I dislike:
50 Shades of Grey and its dismal offshoots.
Game of Thrones
Beer
'Killer heels'
Snapchat
Women's magazines
Men's magazines
Lobster
'Spinning' (other than relating to wool and spinning wheels)
Pilates and yoga
American Dad
Unpopular things I like
His Dark Materials.
Low-fat cheese, especially when toasted, when it assumes a peculiar rubbery texture and taste.
The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bruce Springsteen's best album.
The Word magazine, best (music) magazine EVER, killed by poor sales.
Bjork's swan dress
Single malt whisky drunk weak with lots of water.
Fruit flavoured ciders
Loom bands
Towie/made in chelsea
Paddy mcguiness (no likey.. Oh piss off)
Twitter
Jeremy kyle (not sure whether this does come under popular though)
Fake tan/botox
Unpopular things I like
60s music
Making blankets
Jigsaws
Gherkins
Comfy shoes (but definitely not Uggs)
CI Channel
Ghost stories/being scared
Whats unpopular about 60s music? I like some 60s music (and 70s and 80s music - I thought maybe 70s music isnt so popular but then I thought no, Johnnie Walkjers Sounds of the 70s radio show is pretty popular *shrug*). I also like comfy shoes - a good pair of M&S slippers
Soaps (The TV type not the washing kind)
American "humour" and associated TV programmes
Rap Music
Music playing in Shops
Facebook
Twitter
Cyclists on the Roads
Travelling in buses
Sprouts
Turkey (the bird)
Religion of all types
Gin and Vodka
Football, cricket, rugby, boxing, tennis
Tattoos and piercings
Political correctness
Vegetarianism
Unpopular things I like
Music from the 60s
Motorsports
Wearing smart clothes and looking tidy, particularly in restaurants
Sky TV
Smell of Wood Preservative like original creosote
Reality shows
Big Brother, X Factor, Strictly type shows
Clothes shopping
High heels
Jewellery - especially BIG earrings
Tanning - either fake/sunbed or real - much prefer the 'pale' look
Loud music
Night clubs
Alcohol - except the odd glass of wine
Anything to do with so called celebrities
Ice Bucket challenge - just donate to charity if you wish - simple
Cooking including cooking TV programmes
Make up
Tabloid newspapers
Unpopular things I like:
Classical music
Flat shoes
Smiling at strangers
Respect and consideration for others
Politics
Foreign Aid
Better prison conditions
More support for ex offenders on release
More support for drug users
Respect and tolerance for all religions and races
I can think of so many in each category I had better just draw the line here...
There are many things which are popular I do like and vice versa.
:kitty::kitty::kitty::kitty::kitty::kitty::kitty:
Reality shows/Talent shows anything with a sob story
US TV shows (with a few exceptions Arrow, Smallville, Modern Family, The Middle, Big Bang)
Badly applied fake tan
Shorts or skirts that leave little to the imagination (just no on anyone, no one wants to see you bum cheek no matter how young or pert you are!)
Uggs
50 shades of grey etc
Badly fitting bra's
People famous for no apparent talent other than who they have slept with, who their brother/sister married, who their parents are, a sex tape.
Unpopular things I like
Jeremy Kyle
80's cheese (what's wrong with Rick Astley every now and again!)
Katie Hopkins
Mail Online
All the things people seem to want in a house these days - huge ultra-modern kitchen diners, huge windows, high ceilings, open plan. To live somewhere like that would be a living hell for me.
Light evenings
X-Factor, I'm A Celeb, BGT ( although I do love Strictly )
Red top 'news'papers
Boozy nights out
Friends ( the tv programme )
Friends
Mobile phones
Cars
Unpopular Things I Like
Cold weather
Old houses ( anything newer than 17thC is a newbuild to me
Fruit cake
Brass bands
An unpopular thing that I love is cold baked beans - especially extra chilled, straight out of the fridge!
Tuna
X-factor/britains got talent
Eastenders
Geordie shore
Dark evenings
Energy drinks
Primark
KFC
Popular things I dislike:
Big group of friends
Ketchup
Milk
Kebabs
Crisps
Miley cyrus
cheese
Snapchat
Twilight
I'm in my early 30s and listen to mostly old music. There are people and things I could add to the like but others dislike list but then there are others who like them all, just, like you say, not many in my age bracket.
I like malt whisky too, but drink it neat, which I suppose isn't unpopular.
Unpopular but like: Brutalist Architecture. My theory is that growing up in a new town has resulted in a weird nostalgia for concrete 'monstrosities'.
Are you people using a different definition of 'unpopular' from the rest of us?
Those magazines with pink/magenta headers and exclamation marks in the titles, boring on about stupid orange women/royal chinless wonders and who their latest shag/baby/malady is.
Great British Bake Off/magazines/books/TV wanking on endlessly about making 'cupcakes' and crap. I don't care if Evil Edna sabotaged Beardo's cornflakes a l'orange or whatever. Food is boring. Eat it, crap it out, move on and think about something actually interesting.
And anyway I thought Mary Berry died in 1979. So what is she doing on TV?
Another vote for selfies. You're not interesting. Pictures of you are not interesting. Endless pictures of you are boring.
Travel. Just... why? Get a postcard or use Google Earth. There - now you have seen what it looks like.
Weddings. Why? What century are you in?
Football. Snore.
Cats. Cats doing funny/cute things on the internet, specifically.
Unpopular Things I Like
Big Brother. (Sorry)
The Hobbit, and I mean the films as well as the book. Again, sorry. Peter Jackson can do no wrong in my book. So sorry.
Another vote for (some) brutalist architecture. I still can't believe Leeds council knocked down Quarry Hill flats. That building fascinated me as a child and I still think of it fondly (maybe cos I never had to live there?)
Gordon Brown. I liked him. I think Blair sabotaged him. And he reminded me of Lord Byron when younger.
Competitive baking (great British bake off, Masterchef, etc)
Travelling abroad
Shopping
Going to the cinema
Reality Tv/talent shows
Ice bucket challenge
Attention seekers
Sob stories
Going out to get drunk
Going out
Like
Sewing
Camping
Staying in
Tea
Airshows
I find it deeply troubling that some think otherwise but the world has always been full of arseholes, I suppose.