Horrible things on Telly

[Mups]

I don't know about anyone else,  but some things on TV now are all wrong to me.

The adverts about personal things is an example:   
1. People wanting to go to the toilet, so they're shown carrying a toilet roll round the office with everyone gawping, then the cameras  go in for a close up of their bums all the way to the loo.     Is that really necessary?

2. Women's menstrual products.  They used to show a woman sitting on the lav with her knickers down  -  is that really necessary?   They used to then pour blue liquids over the pad to show the absorbancy,  now they have changed it to a red liquid.   I think that is horrible.  I think we all know what blood looks like!

And what about Britains Got Talent?  Some acts definitely didn't ought to be allowed on TV.

1. There was an act a couple of weeks back where the bloke was pulling really heavy weights across the stage by a hooks inserted in different parts of his face.  When it got to  putting hooks into his eyes and pulling weights along, it made me feel sick.   

2. And what about the acts who shove great long swords right down their throats?  Things up their nose, and in their eyes . . . vile.   

Some people, or kids  might actually try and copy these things.  It is so dangerous.
In my opinion,  dangerous acts like these should never be allowed and encouraged on telly,  let alone with the audience applauding and shouting encouragement.

I must be getting old . . .

[JBR]

Good heavens, Mups.  You do watch some strange things!

I never watch adverts (including personal and menstrual) these days.  I just scroll past them.

As for Britain's Got Talent, good God!, you you watch some strange things.

May I suggest Classic Coronation Street?  They're still showing some of the episodes from a few years ago, before that series seriously went down the toilet.  If you begin watching the current programmes now, before long you'll see the programme when Tracey kills that yob of a builder.

[Mups]

JBR, I am glad you agree they are strange, at least. 

I can assure you I do not avidly watch these things at all.   In fact I mute most adverts as I find them both repetitive and annoying,  but some get through the net,  and you can still see the pictures, even without hearing it.
However, I don't think it is so much about who does or doesn't watch,  I think its more about some
Ads should never be  made in the first place.

As for BGT,  I watch bits of it,  not the full programme.   I mute most of that too because I can't stand all the shouting and yelling of the audience all the time,  but the occasional act can be entertaining and even good.   It also makes a change from the thousandth James Bond or 'Rocky'  repeat!

I agree with you about Corrie,  and how much it has changed over the years,  and no doubt will continue to evolve too.

[muddy]

I agree Mups 
I used to love our adverts so creative often better than the programmes .
But I hate this everything goes .
I don't want to see toilet ads 
FGS keep some things private ! 
Then we have the woke all inclusive families .
Sometimes I have to remind myself what country we are actually in .
In fact I hardly watch the tV at all now .

[GrannyMac]

I don't want to know about sanitary products or toilet habits.  Some of the stuff on Gogglebox is eye watering these days too!

[Scrumpy]

What about the women who says 'I let all my pee go'.. !!
In other words she wets herself..
But that's ok.. she is wearing a special pad..
Are we reverting back to childhood.. !!
Perhaps that is the reason public toilets are scarce.. It is a ploy to get us all back wearing Pampers..

[Alex]

I so agree about  the  adverts now shown on TV , really awful.  We all know about the products and what they do, no need to advertise.

[Mups]

Thank goodness other people agree and its not just me who finds it distasteful.
Thank you ladies. 

Why are things so often directed at women's needs anyway? 
 For example,  I have never seen ads directed at men's bodily habits,  or  how to put a condom on!

[JBR]

JBR, I am glad you agree they are strange, at least. 

I can assure you I do not avidly watch these things at all.  In fact I mute most adverts as I find them both repetitive and annoying,  but some get through the net,  and you can still see the pictures, even without hearing it.
However, I don't think it is so much about who does or doesn't watch,  I think its more about some
Ads should never be  made in the first place.

As for BGT,  I watch bits of it,  not the full programme.  I mute most of that too because I can't stand all the shouting and yelling of the audience all the time,  but the occasional act can be entertaining and even good.  It also makes a change from the thousandth James Bond or 'Rocky'  repeat!

I agree with you about Corrie,  and how much it has changed over the years,  and no doubt will continue to evolve too.

Actually, I suspect that it is about to be deleted.  It must have a very small following now.
To make things worse, I am sure that ITV, having once been the best and most popular TV channel in the old days, now seems to be sinking steadily into the deep!
I remember the days of the 'big four':  ABC, ATV, Granada, and Rediffusion.  Anyone else remember them?

[Scrumpy]

I have never seen ads directed at men's body habits,  or  how to put a condom on!

  
 'How to put a condom on' !!   
Do they come in small/ med/ large..
Or is it one size fits all... ?

[Mups]

 
 'How to put a condom on' !! 
Do they come in small/ med/ large..

Or is it one size fits all... ?

Dunno, Scrumps.   I've never worn one.  

[muddy]

 
 'How to put a condom on' !! 
Do they come in small/ med/ large..
Or is it one size fits all... ?

I think they come in large huge and ginormous  ( don't want to make the poor blokes feel inadequate )

[Mups]

I think they come in large huge and ginormous  ( don't want to make the poor blokes feel inadequate )

Ooh Muddy,  you little rascal. 


May 25, 2025, 02:42:07 PM
And another thing,  I have never seen men on adverts, racing to the toilet with a loo roll tucked under their  arm,  so why is it always women made to look silly?

And one more point,  they keep on showing all these women on the toilet ads, and horrible menstrual adverts  which go into too much detail,  so why not  a few  'Before & After'  ads about men taking Viagra? 

I reckon the reason for all this is because most the adverts are probably designed and produced by MEN!


I'd better go.  The Boss has just signed in and I shall get told off. 

[klondike]

What about the women who says 'I let all my pee go'.. !!
In other words she wets herself..
But that's ok.. she is wearing a special pad..

Reminds me of a grandson who was here earlier today and is taller than me now. He used to stay with us in our caravan and was in trainer pants. We were on the beach and he wanted a pee. We told him to go into the quite dense marram grass. He trotted over and had a good long satisfying pee. Perfect apart from not pulling the trainer pants down 

[Michael Rolls]

hardly watch TV and on the rare occasions that I do I press mute and return to my book whilst the ads are on