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Old 12-12-2010, 12:36
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Perhaps the way they take the p etc is by posting venom.
Ah, most people on the Nonappreciation thread are pussycats.

Although a few of us use it as a safety valve - believe me, you don't want me ranting outside of that thread.
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:40
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Ah, most people on the Nonappreciation thread are pussycats.

Although a few of us use it as a safety valve - believe me, you don't want me ranting outside of that thread.


We don't want you ranting inside the thread but we can't get rid of you. Bwahahahahahahahaha!
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:41
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Ah I love the smell of moral superiority in the morning.

Actually, no I don't, I'm a bit hungover *churny*
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:50
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We don't want you ranting inside the thread but we can't get rid of you. Bwahahahahahahahaha!
Watch it you, or I'll resurrect a Motorway thread, don't think I won't
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:54
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I don't know about 'hate and nastiness'. It's the 'suspicion and mass hysteria' whenever someone gets/doesn't get a 10 that I find difficult to understand. Everything is attributed to some massive conspiracy on the part of the BBC.

Yes there are some injustices, but ultimately the person of the receiving end of the injustice tends to benefit rather than lose out as the public vote groups behind them. Perfect 10s do not buy a glitterball.
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:54
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I really dont think it is worse than in other years.

But I do constantly ask how you can 'hate' someone you have never met and know bu**ar all about

Is it just because the people who use such words are not very articulate and only know four letter words?
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:59
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But I do constantly ask how you can 'hate' someone you have never met and know bu**ar all about
This isn't applicable to the Strictly contestants of course but it's entirely possible to hate someone you've never met. Hitler, Ahmadinejad, Bush, Amin, Barrowman - you know, the usual suspects
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:02
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It's organic, it grows on the forum as the weeks go by.
I think it's all perfectly natural..in fact, it's almost the reason for the forum's existence. Nothing to worry about, everything is quickly forgotten..until the next time.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:03
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This isn't applicable to the Strictly contestants of course but it's entirely possible to hate someone you've never met. Hitler, Ahmadinejad, Bush, Amin, Barrowman - you know, the usual suspects


OMG! .....I don't believe it!.... That's totally out of order! ......How could you say something so awful?......You are a jellus hatah!.......George Bush is a comedy genius!
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:12
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I really dont think it is worse than in other years.

But I do constantly ask how you can 'hate' someone you have never met and know bu**ar all about

Is it just because the people who use such words are not very articulate and only know four letter words?
Don't quite follow your logic here - are not 'like' and 'love' also four-letter words?

Nice line in gratuitous insults though - well done. You'll make a Non-Appreciator yet.

I don't think there is any real hate out there. But if people insist on going on prime-time tv and dressing/behaving/looking like total plonkers then imo they are fair game for the mild name-calling and mickey-taking they get on here. There is always a counter-balance anyway - for every dastardly non-appreciator there is a nice, kind appreciator at work.

Also, it seems to me that the posters on here are far nastier to each other than they ever are about the contestants. Not quite sure what that says about us all though?
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:13
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Goodness me, if you think it's been nasty on here this year you should have been here last year! I had to wear full body armour each time I logged on to defend my favourite! (Ricky W).

In fact, I think it's still in the back of my wardrobe if you wish to borrow it? I don't fit into it anymore due to the baby bump. *swings mace enthusiastically*
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:15
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This isn't applicable to the Strictly contestants of course but it's entirely possible to hate someone you've never met. Hitler, Ahmadinejad, Bush, Amin, Barrowman - you know, the usual suspects
How can you mention such names in the same forum as Aliona Villain-ey who has single-handedly wrecked Matt's chances of lifting that glitterball?

You obviously don't know pure evil when you see it.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:17
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How can you mention such names in the same forum as Aliona Villain-ey who has single-handedly wrecked Matt's chances of lifting that glitterball?

You obviously don't know pure evil when you see it.
I thought that was Anton Du Beke?
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:19
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Also, it seems to me that the posters on here are far nastier to each other than they ever are about the contestants. Not quite sure what that says about us all though?
My thoughts exactly. I often wonder what motivates people to post not about the show, or the judges or the competitors but other forum members, especially when accompanied by lots of finger-wagging from a lofty height.

Can't see the point in it myself.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:21
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I thought that was Anton Du Beke?
He has been redeemed by performing lifts with Ann Widdecombe every week.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:22
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This isn't applicable to the Strictly contestants of course but it's entirely possible to hate someone you've never met. Hitler, Ahmadinejad, Bush, Amin, Barrowman - you know, the usual suspects
This post has no street cred due to missing out she-who-must-not-be-named.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:26
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He has been redeemed by performing lifts with Ann Widdecombe every week.
Somehow I thought redemption would look prettier.

Ah well.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:29
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He has been redeemed by performing lifts with Ann Widdecombe every week.
Not according to Matt & Aliona last week!
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:35
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Finally I come back to a point somebody made earlier namely that the best three over the series are contesting the final.

End of story.
Thank you very much for leaking the result.

Did it ever occur to you that the reason there is a specific spoiler thread is because some FMs don't want to know the results until the results show?

Well done. Hope you're proud of yourself.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:37
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So likening a grandmother to a transvestite is a silly nickname? i think it goes way beyond that.....a silly nickname is 'the old bird' that James calls her, thats something done with affection at least.
You seem to imply that it is unacceptable to liken Pam to a transvestite purely because her offspring have given birth. Baffling.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:42
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You seem to imply that it is unacceptable to liken Pam to a transvestite purely because her offspring have given birth. Baffling.
It was totally acceptable - she was dressed exactly like a Bad Transvestite that time. Totally apt for the occasion. Not sure why that particular moniker has struck a chord. She's been called plenty of other things over the weeks. As have all the others.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:43
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The sort of hate we see on here is usually down to one thing.

Jealousy

Not necessarily always, but thats my guess
It seems to be common on the Internet, I always wonder if the writers behave like that in real life to people they actually know rather than someone that they nothing about apart from seeing a few appearances on TV and reading a bit of doubtful gossip.
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Old 12-12-2010, 13:53
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Sadly that's because the modern journalist couldn't go out and find a proper story or a proper source if it came up and bit them on the arse and I speak from 20 years experience of being one trained the old fashioned way
That is so true!

(another old hack)
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Old 12-12-2010, 14:09
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Thank you very much for leaking the result.

Did it ever occur to you that the reason there is a specific spoiler thread is because some FMs don't want to know the results until the results show?

Well done. Hope you're proud of yourself.
Wiskas, don't be so nasty!!
A. No names given.

B. Many people have totally different ideas of who is best.

C. You should have ignored this post and allowed it to get hidden in the general mass of comments instead of highlighting it.

D. Hope you are now proud of yourself.
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Old 12-12-2010, 14:11
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Digging down the geological strata to find the OP, I can only say that I thoroughly dislike the titles of many threads referring to Aliona and Pamela, and formerly Ann.

Surely we should stick the nastiness inside, not on top?
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