Unpopular Opinions

TheBigBean

rjsterry said:

briantrumpet said:

rjsterry said:

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.

Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.

Flat is boring though. It really struck me when I stayed in Lincolnshire that absolutely everything I could see was the result of humans: the drainage, the field shapes, the buildings, what was growing. I found photography there really challenging to make interesting, unless you go on all the human creations for shape.

I like landforms, whether it's rolling stuff, moorland, mountains & valleys, etc. Though I think I am a bit spoilt in the areas I know.

It's all man made: the little copse on the flat top of every hill in East Devon just as much as all the fenland drains and causeways. Granted the underlying geology is predates human landscaping in both cases, but that's a similarity rather than a difference. The topography is less obvious in the Fens or Levels, but it's still there if you look at a map. Here's someone who has done something interesting with the straight lines of the fens.


https://www.paulhartphotography.com/folios

Yes, straight lines and the like in the flatlands, but the lack of any real variation is boring, to me. You don't have to go far in East Devon to find a sharp valley scored into the Greensand Escarpment, and that gives a thrill, on a bike, or with a camera.

And yes, of course, you can't get away from humans' effect on the land (Dartmoor as a 'natural wilderness' is codswallop), but I like to be able to see varied landforms underneath (and ride my bike on them.)

I like some topography as much as the next man, and have always been amused by what counts as a hill in London, but there is definitely 'something' about flat places. I have a particular soft spot for Romney Marsh and all it's isolated churches.



Best visited on a dark, misty day.

https://romneymarshchurches.org.uk/churches/

And the Downs are not far away so you can get your hill fix.

I think that one is the same as this (Fairfield).

rjsterry

Yep. Didn't get to visit it last time I was there but did visit this one which has an unusual detached bellcote.

https://romneymarshchurches.org.uk/churches/brookland/

webboo

Pross said:

webboo said:

briantrumpet said:

rick_chasey said:

Meh, I feel a weird spiritual connection to genuine flatland that I don't get elsewhere, so can't agree with flat=boring.

Being in "nature" is also overrated but I think I've covered that extensively on this thread.

Flat is boring though. It really struck me when I stayed in Lincolnshire that absolutely everything I could see was the result of humans: the drainage, the field shapes, the buildings, what was growing. I found photography there really challenging to make interesting, unless you go on all the human creations for shape.

I like landforms, whether it's rolling stuff, moorland, mountains & valleys, etc. Though I think I am a bit spoilt in the areas I know.

I find a bit puzzling when people go on about Lincolnshire being flat, there are plenty of hills in the wolds. Obviously there are no mountains but you can find gradients around 20%.

Meh, I had to work for two weeks in Skegness which involved night work so I took my bike and went out in the Wolds. Sure, it's vastly better than the rest of the County but it wasn't excatly challenging even for a fatty like me.

I guess it depends on how much effort you put in.

thedirector135

The Sopranos was very overrated and boring

pblakeney

Unpopular opinions on TV programs?
I've got a list longer than a long arm of "unmissable" TV that bored me silly.

thedirector135

Wasn't there a series called 'Unmissible' ?

thedirector135

....with an 'i'

thedirector135

Nope...just spelled it incorrectly. Sounds like a TV programme though.

vincesummerskRoxcBTr

Big Bang Theory and Friends really aren't funny.

surrey_commuter

vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:

Big Bang Theory and Friends really aren't funny.

in fairness I don't think Friends is supposed to be funny

briantrumpet

focuszing723 said:

briantrumpet said:

focuszing723 said:

briantrumpet said:

kingstongraham said:

It's adequate and good value. It's not "very good" food. T

If microwaved food is your thing, it's OK. Haven't been into a Wetherspoon's since Tim Martin pinned his colours to the Brexit mast and shafted his staff over covid.

If you looked into every Company and their ethics, you'd have to have an allotment and whittle the products you use with wood. No question he was daft though, getting political, he guaranteed he would alienate half his customers at a stroke.

I think he's just a massive bellënd, even if he does live just along the road from me. On the plus side, he's got quite a nice gate.

That's begging for a description.

Tim Martin's garden gate.

focuszing723

briantrumpet said:

focuszing723 said:

briantrumpet said:

focuszing723 said:

briantrumpet said:

kingstongraham said:

It's adequate and good value. It's not "very good" food. T

If microwaved food is your thing, it's OK. Haven't been into a Wetherspoon's since Tim Martin pinned his colours to the Brexit mast and shafted his staff over covid.

If you looked into every Company and their ethics, you'd have to have an allotment and whittle the products you use with wood. No question he was daft though, getting political, he guaranteed he would alienate half his customers at a stroke.

I think he's just a massive bellënd, even if he does live just along the road from me. On the plus side, he's got quite a nice gate.

That's begging for a description.

Tim Martin's garden gate.

Ahhhh, A like and top marks for capturing the house too.

emanresu

vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:

Big Bang Theory and Friends really aren't funny.

The first few series of Big Bang where fantastic, it went very poor in later series. TBH most comedy series go on a little too long.

ddraver

One thing I will say about TBBT is that it finished around the same time as that other 8 season long TV sensation that has since sunk without trace or mention.

It's final few episodes were a case study in how to finish a series well. As opposed to...

Pross

BBT was the first programme I really binge watched. We used to see episodes out of sequence when staying in the caravan which has limited TV options and enjoyed them so decided to watch the whole lot. I really enjoyed them all and it was wrapped up really well.

Never watched The Sopranos. Most successful series go on too long, Line of Duty being a very obvious example. Some go on too long in a single series (Gangs of London).

ddraver

(the one I was jokingly pretending should not be named began with a G

and an o

and a T

...)

Pross

ddraver said:

(the one I was jokingly pretending should not be named began with a G

and an o

and a T

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Only ever saw a few episodes. Not my sort of thing.

TheBigBean

ddraver said:

(the one I was jokingly pretending should not be named began with a G

and an o

and a T

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I thought the ending of that one was fine...

Jezyboy

Pross said:

ddraver said:

(the one I was jokingly pretending should not be named began with a G

and an o

and a T

...)

Only ever saw a few episodes. Not my sort of thing.

First series dragged a bit, wasn't my sort of thing either, but then (imo) became must watch TV.

So before season 8 came out, I'd recommend pushing through the first series.

With the way it ended though... Don't bother!

vincesummerskRoxcBTr

surrey_commuter said:

vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:

Big Bang Theory and Friends really aren't funny.

in fairness I don't think Friends is supposed to be funny

Since it is described as a American sit com perhaps I shouldn't have expected it to be funny!

rick_chasey

I think in all instances, beards look sh!t and scruffy.

Pross

I'm surprised they are still fashionable, must have been back in vogue for well over a decade now. I really don't know how anyone bears having one, despite being lazy and hating shaving a week is the longest I've managed before getting the razor out.

ddraver

Hides the ugly...

Pross

Makes the ugly hairy and ugly

photonic69

I love my beard I do. Makes I look like a Piiiirate! Arrrr!

Stevo_666

Seems to be a popular way to hide double chins

First.Aspect

Stevo_666 said:

Seems to be popular way to hide double chins

Or no chins.

Or no top lip.

monkimark

I am very rarely clean shaven but on the couple of occasions when I have gone fully beardy I only lasted a few weeks - not a big fan of having hair around my mouth.

Having a scruffy looking face doesn't bother me, it fits in with the rest of my scruffy self.

I can understand scruffy beards, it's the carefully trimmed ones that I don't understand - the main benefit of a beard for me is low maintenance, if I have to shave it into shape every day, I may as well go the whole hog.

focuszing723

Elon Musk doesn't have a beard. Consequently people shouldn't have beards if the want to aspire to greatness.

ddraver

monkimark said:

I am very rarely clean shaven but on the couple of occasions when I have gone fully beardy I only lasted a few weeks - not a big fan of having hair around my mouth.

Having a scruffy looking face doesn't bother me, it fits in with the rest of my scruffy self.

I can understand scruffy beards, it's the carefully trimmed ones that I don't understand - the main benefit of a beard for me is low maintenance, if I have to shave it into shape every day, I may as well go the whole hog.

Well, i have to trim every 2 weeks but too be clean shaven I'd have to shave every day.