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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D"

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

I listen to a lot of old stuff using deezer and rarely listen to the radio or watch xfactor so i miss out on a lot of new bands and what is popular etc but it doesnt really impact me unless i do a pub quiz so its each to their own really on what information we feel its most relevant and important in life to know

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

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"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D"

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Didn't a judge once famously ask who The Beatles were?

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

...But the spicegirls were monumental, not just in terms of their popularity and commercial success but also because they were used as symbols of an era, there was a lot of social commentary written about their antics and the meaning of their success.

I have been under a rock for specific periods of my life, there are many films in particular and massively famous Hollywood actors that I don't know or recognise. Even though it is low culture i do feel like I've missed out, and not being able to recognise loads of film references does feel like a handicap at times (thanks goodness for Google).

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow."

Have you heard of the Spice Girks, regardless of whether you think they're cool or not? Do you know what they look like or would you recognise a song of theirs?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered.

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

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"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow.

Have you heard of the Spice Girks, regardless of whether you think they're cool or not? Do you know what they look like or would you recognise a song of theirs?"

I've heard off them but I've not seen them and I've not heard any of Thar songs so I woodount reknise them.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Didn't a judge once famously ask who The Beatles were?

Oh wow... Those girls didn't scream loud enough after all!

Yes it's about you _eeside

Have you heard of Girls Aloud? I hadn't heard of One Direction for quite some time!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Wait, what?

How have people not heard of the Spice Girls?

Have they been living under a rock for twenty years?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

I think the whole girl power thing was highly over rated and they didnt actually do much it was all a maketing ploy to garner more popularity and the main thing.. money.

There's so many other wonderful things in this world to know about other than just pop culture, I love finding out about medicine and surgery as the human body fascinates me, if i spend more time knowing about that than a film reference I wouldnt lose any sleep nor allow anyone to belittle my lack of knowledge on something as I wouldnt that they didnt know about other subjects

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

I think the whole girl power thing was highly over rated and they didnt actually do much it was all a maketing ploy to garner more popularity and the main thing.. money.

Yes. ..but to never had heard of them? C'mon!

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

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"I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered. "

I must be odd and blinkered then.

Wotever blinkered meens.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

I think the whole girl power thing was highly over rated and they didnt actually do much it was all a maketing ploy to garner more popularity and the main thing.. money.

Yes. ..but to never had heard of them? C'mon!

He didnt say that, he has heard of them just couldnt recognise their names, nicknames or their music.. i know of bands but couldnt for the life of you tell you who they are or their songs as i have no interest in that genre

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered.

I must be odd and blinkered then.

Wotever blinkered meens."

Hmm.

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Didn't a judge once famously ask who The Beatles were?

Oh wow... Those girls didn't scream loud enough after all!

Yes it's about you _eeside

Have you heard of Girls Aloud? I hadn't heard of One Direction for quite some time!"

I've heard off them but agen not seen them or heard Thar songs.

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By *LCCCouple over a year ago

Cambridge

It's simple, what I know is knowledge, what you know is trivia

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered.

I must be odd and blinkered then.

Wotever blinkered meens."

Blinkered comes from when horses usually police horses or nervous ones where's a type of equipment called blinkers, this mean they can only see whats in front of them nothing else around or to the sides, does that explain it ok?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

I think the whole girl power thing was highly over rated and they didnt actually do much it was all a maketing ploy to garner more popularity and the main thing.. money.

Yes. ..but to never had heard of them? C'mon!

There are lots of things I have no interest in but still know about them. It's part of being a well rounded individual.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I haven't heard of half the folk who go on to win, x factor, big brother, am a celebrity etc etc if am not interested in it, its easily missed, I'm too busy living my own life to be keeping up with c list celebs and pop culture fs, your no blinkered _eeside odd maybe, blinkered naw.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I haven't heard of half the folk who go on to win, x factor, big brother, am a celebrity etc etc if am not interested in it, its easily missed, I'm too busy living my own life to be keeping up with c list celebs and pop culture fs, your no blinkered _eeside odd maybe, blinkered naw.

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

It all depends on what your priorities are, some people have lives where they have no need to know about girl bands etc.

I think the whole girl power thing was highly over rated and they didnt actually do much it was all a maketing ploy to garner more popularity and the main thing.. money.

Yes. ..but to never had heard of them? C'mon!

There are lots of things I have no interest in but still know about them. It's part of being a well rounded individual. "

A lot of it is useless knowledge though to keep up with all bands etc and i can guarantee i could name some bands you wouldnt have a clue who the hell they were without using google, well rounded means you spend equal amounts of time on other subjects too, which if you do means you wouldnt have time to know about everything its pretty much an impossible task to do so.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

Thats your opinion though, mine was they were a mediocre gimmick just marketed to make as much money as possible whilst they could

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Didn't a judge once famously ask who The Beatles were?

Oh wow... Those girls didn't scream loud enough after all!

Yes it's about you _eeside

Have you heard of Girls Aloud? I hadn't heard of One Direction for quite some time!

I've heard off them but agen not seen them or heard Thar songs."

Do you listen to the radio at all?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Seeside, did you watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics when they were in London?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

Thats your opinion though, mine was they were a mediocre gimmick just marketed to make as much money as possible whilst they could "

Yes I'm not disputing that. But everyone knows who they were! Next you'll be telling me you've never heard of Elvis!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

That's crazy talk, thats like me asking you do you know who Snoop Dogg and Drake and Giggs are? If someone is ignorant to a particular genre of music they are not refusing to acknowledge anything imparticular which in turn does not make them blinkered imo.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

Thats your opinion though, mine was they were a mediocre gimmick just marketed to make as much money as possible whilst they could "

It's not about what you thought of them, it's whether you'd know who they are or whether you'd recognise a song of theirs. They were phenomenally famous.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The guy says he's not heard of them what reason do we have to doubt him fs, it's no big deal my grandmother doesn't know who they are either she prefers bollywood fs.

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

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"I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered.

I must be odd and blinkered then.

Wotever blinkered meens.

In that case no im not blinkered.

Im just odd

Popular things and trying to be popular has never been a hi interest of mine.

Nor has wot gos on in the world.

I don't see the fun in folow the leeder if that makes sense ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

Thats your opinion though, mine was they were a mediocre gimmick just marketed to make as much money as possible whilst they could

Yes I'm not disputing that. But everyone knows who they were! Next you'll be telling me you've never heard of Elvis!

Well i like rock music so of course i know elvis.. some people dont though.. there are some people out there who are in their own bubble and their passion or career takes precedence its not to be scoffed at, each to their own what people keep saying on here, its transfers to all things in life

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Didn't a judge once famously ask who The Beatles were?

Oh wow... Those girls didn't scream loud enough after all!

Yes it's about you _eeside

Have you heard of Girls Aloud? I hadn't heard of One Direction for quite some time!

I've heard off them but agen not seen them or heard Thar songs.

Do you listen to the radio at all?"

Not a lot no.

It's on a work at times but its just background noise.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you refuse to acknowledge what's going on around you that is being blinkered. Something as huge as the spice girls was, was a big thing. The winner of a tv show, not so much.

Thats your opinion though, mine was they were a mediocre gimmick just marketed to make as much money as possible whilst they could

It's not about what you thought of them, it's whether you'd know who they are or whether you'd recognise a song of theirs. They were phenomenally famous. "

They were famous to people who paid in an interest.. when they were around I was more interested in spending hours painting listening to heavy rock music, i hate the radio and only watched tv to watch the shows i liked, at that time buffy so a lot can pass people by, its not a big deal tbh its just a band

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

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"Seeside, did you watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics when they were in London?"

No I didount wotch it.

And no I didount wotch the Olympics ever.

I rother do a sport than wotch it.

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Wait, what?

How have people not heard of the Spice Girls?

Have they been living under a rock for twenty years?"

Yes

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered.

I must be odd and blinkered then.

Wotever blinkered meens.

In that case no im not blinkered.

Im just odd

Popular things and trying to be popular has never been a hi interest of mine.

Nor has wot gos on in the world.

I don't see the fun in folow the leeder if that makes sense ?"

But you're a fan of the Stsr Wars films which are popular things (I hate them by the way

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm not a huge pop music fan. I don't have a clue who my grandchildren listen to and only know about older groups/singers because my children listened to them. The same goes for popular music they listen to now. If I didn't have children I wouldn't know any of the current popular bands. I don't put the television or radio on myself.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm not a huge pop music fan. I don't have a clue who my grandchildren listen to and only know about older groups/singers because my children listened to them. The same goes for popular music they listen to now. If I didn't have children I wouldn't know any of the current popular bands. I don't put the television or radio on myself. "

Your a granny? No way fs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Your a granny? No way fs

Yes. I'm a bad nanna

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Your a granny? No way fs

Yes. I'm a bad nanna

Have you seen bad grandpa?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Your a granny? No way fs

Yes. I'm a bad nanna

Yes, and Bad Santa; It's where I got the idea for one of my usernames.

Have you seen bad grandpa?"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

No santa fs, Rab Deniro in 'bad grandpa' is actual me when am a grandpa fs.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No santa fs, Rab Deniro in 'bad grandpa' is actual me when am a grandpa fs."

You're talking about the Jackass film?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No santa fs, Rab Deniro in 'bad grandpa' is actual me when am a grandpa fs.

You're talking about the Jackass film?"

Naw, its 'Dirty Grandpa' fs #Mabad

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Am pished fs, dafuqs my taxiiiiiiiiiiiii fs

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I think it's really important that people are aware of what is going on in the world,no matter how unimportant it is. Anyone with no awareness at all just strike me as odd and blinkered.

I must be odd and blinkered then.

Wotever blinkered meens.

In that case no im not blinkered.

Im just odd

Popular things and trying to be popular has never been a hi interest of mine.

Nor has wot gos on in the world.

I don't see the fun in folow the leeder if that makes sense ?

But you're a fan of the Stsr Wars films which are popular things (I hate them by the way

True I am a fan of star wors but i becam a fan arfter watching star wars 3 on the tv. I didount wotch it just cos everyone wos watching it. I like star wars cos I like sifi and akahoun films. Star wars is both in 1.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D"

I can never believe it when I meet people my own age who have never seen Star Wars...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D"

Pop culture is very important, it says alot about us as a species. Just like the way we should examine what we eat, we should also examine what and why we consume. It's even better when something is given 'cult' status or if followers declare themselves a 'fandom', then you get a burgeoning tribal mentality behind a certain product.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D"

Massively important, it's shaped our society from the anarchy of the Punks in the late 70's to the Skin heads in the early 80's but Pop Culture gives us a reason to protest, experiment with fashion.

Pop Culture has had an affect in all our lives at some point !!

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By *yrdwomanWoman over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Pop culture is only important when the bands affect other cultures. Bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, the Who, Oasis, Blur etc etc. If anyone can tell me how the Spice Girls affected culture in anyway, apart from that bloody Union Jack dress, then I'll maybe consider that their importance in pop culture was a smidge higher than I personally think.

However, even then you're talking about a group that was relevant 20 years ago. I have no idea who the bands are my daughter and nieces talk about. Does that mean in 20 years I'll be considered weird because they may be part of some musical evolution? I somehow doubt that.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think some of you are missing the point a bit. When a band is constantly in various forms of media including being on the news that's when I find it odd that people haven't heard of them. Not every artist from every genre of music that your kids happen to be listening to.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

With you on this one. I actually have a fixation on pop culture because I do not understand fads. I try to keep an eye on what is popular so I can power up the small talk (great social lubrication) and out of sociological interest. I watxh x-factor for these reasons (though I fast forward most of the ballads).

Also wanted to say pop culture is not only celebrity culture, pop music, films and fashion. Literature, science etc also have their pop idols and there are definite directions on what is popular (though admittedly driven by the media).

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan over a year ago

salisbury

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow."

This has nothing to do with going with the flow. I assume you don't know what a "Manchester United" is either then?

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow.

This has nothing to do with going with the flow. I assume you don't know what a "Manchester United" is either then? "

Yes ive hard of the football teem.

But if you sed a name on 1 of the players Ill have no idear Hoo it is or hoos in wot teem as im not intreated in football so I don't wotch football.

Its the Same with the spice girls and a lot of other bands and things.

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan over a year ago

salisbury

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow.

This has nothing to do with going with the flow. I assume you don't know what a "Manchester United" is either then?

Yes ive hard of the football teem.

But if you sed a name on 1 of the players Ill have no idear Hoo it is or hoos in wot teem as im not intreated in football so I don't wotch football.

Its the Same with the spice girls and a lot of other bands and things."

Have you ever been to a supermarket or read a newspaper, maybe seen the news on television?

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow.

This has nothing to do with going with the flow. I assume you don't know what a "Manchester United" is either then?

Yes ive hard of the football teem.

But if you sed a name on 1 of the players Ill have no idear Hoo it is or hoos in wot teem as im not intreated in football so I don't wotch football.

Its the Same with the spice girls and a lot of other bands and things.

Have you ever been to a supermarket or read a newspaper, maybe seen the news on television? "

Supermarket is for food,close,ect shopping

No I don't reed newspapers

And no I don't wotch the news on TV as I don't find it interesting in any way.

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan over a year ago

salisbury

"Here, the more interesting topic from the other thread that closed.

Is pop culture important? Carry on discussing :D

This is about me isount it

And no I don't think it is.

As I sed b4

Just cos sum people think sumthing is cool don't meen everyone els has to go with the flow.

This has nothing to do with going with the flow. I assume you don't know what a "Manchester United" is either then?

Yes ive hard of the football teem.

But if you sed a name on 1 of the players Ill have no idear Hoo it is or hoos in wot teem as im not intreated in football so I don't wotch football.

Its the Same with the spice girls and a lot of other bands and things.

Have you ever been to a supermarket or read a newspaper, maybe seen the news on television?

Supermarket is for food,close,ect shopping

No I don't reed newspapers

And no I don't wotch the news on TV as I don't find it interesting in any way."

Case closed.

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By *on and TammyCouple over a year ago

Manchester

Its something I'm fascinated by

So yes it's important to me. If someone else doesn't share my interest in it though then I certainly wouldn't think them weird or inferior in any way, its just something I'm in to.

That said, as a music fan I think modern pop culture is piss poor in terms of holding a mirror up to society. There's so much for people to be angry about in this country... Brexit, dismantling of the NHS, the demonisation of the disabled, declining wages, zero hours contracts, immigrants and benefit claimants, tax avoidance, erosion of civil liberties, disillusion with political system etc...

and yet to look at the current crop of pop stars you wouldn't know there was a problem.

Up until the late 90's there would have been a voice for all this in mainstream pop, and if you go back to the 80's you would have had the likes of The Specials, UB40, The Clash (amongst many, many others) all making radical politicised pop music. I know there's a place for inoffensive melodic pop but it seems that's all there is now, there's no mainstream alternative anymore and I think that's a tragedy.

Rant over.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

I don't buy papers, rarely watch the news and occasionally listen to the radio. But if you want to know who is hot on you tube unboxing videos (those with children will know what I mean!), which gamers are really popular on there, then I can tell you!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan over a year ago

salisbury

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Have you heard of The Spice girls?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

How do you find out what's happening in the world if you blot out anything that's current? You don't have to have an interest in something to be aware of it. To be that caught up in one's own interests does kind of make someone a bit ignorant of the world.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

I'm aware of what going around me in the world (Facebook is great for daily weather updates, Cheryl cole having a baby etc! Lol) but I don't immerse myself in it.

Could I name the top leaders in the world? Probably not, could I name who's standing my local elections? Nope, do I know who's in the premier league? Nope, but if I want to know, I know how to find out. If someone tells me about something that I don't know anything about and it I find it interesting then off I go to find out.

I don't consider myself ignorant (obviously I'm going to say that) but there are things that have totally passed me by and things that haven't. Isn't that human nature though? If it doesn't really interest you, then you are likely to not take much notice.

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

Mor to the point wots the point of noing wot the rest of the world is doing.

Just cos you no wots going on in a nother country or wot bands are in and Hoos in them ant going to help you pay bills or incress how well you live.

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By *eesideMan over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

I'm aware of what going around me in the world (Facebook is great for daily weather updates, Cheryl cole having a baby etc! Lol) but I don't immerse myself in it.

Well sed

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

You can read different sections of the newspaper, if your life revolves around knowing about pop culture then fine thats good for you

However if someone's life has a drastically different version to yours but doesnt called you ignorant because you havent found out about the latest research in biochemistry or dark matter they wont call you ignorant..

Being different does not make you right on this subject and belittling people does not put you in a good light

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

Mor to the point wots the point of noing wot the rest of the world is doing.

Just cos you no wots going on in a nother country or wot bands are in and Hoos in them ant going to help you pay bills or incress how well you live."

Unless you are going to go on "who wants to be a millionaire?"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

Mor to the point wots the point of noing wot the rest of the world is doing.

Just cos you no wots going on in a nother country or wot bands are in and Hoos in them ant going to help you pay bills or incress how well you live.

Unless you are going to go on "who wants to be a millionaire?"

Lol arent they usually the easy questions to help the not so well rounded get some money?

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By *urvymamaWoman over a year ago

Doncaster

I wish I had the luxury of not knowing who the spice girls where but unfortunately I had a teeny bopper sister that was obsessed with the bloody twats

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I wish I had the luxury of not knowing who the spice girls where but unfortunately I had a teeny bopper sister that was obsessed with the bloody twats

Haha! Snap!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

You can read different sections of the newspaper, if your life revolves around knowing about pop culture then fine thats good for you

Being different does not make you right on this subject and belittling people does not put you in a good light"

I don't see why you are taking this so personally or why you are making assumptions about my interests. I certainly haven't belittled anyone I'm just putting forward a point of view and asking questions just like others are on the thread.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I only wish we hadnt heard of the Spice Girls. Dreadful music

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

You can read different sections of the newspaper, if your life revolves around knowing about pop culture then fine thats good for you

Being different does not make you right on this subject and belittling people does not put you in a good light

Well why call people ignorant and weird then you have by very definition belittled peoples opinions and choices in life.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman over a year ago

evesham

Why does this seem like a pick o. See side thread..... Poor bugger!

I have to say that a lot of the time when people post on here 'who?!' after someone mentions a well know person I think 'bollocks' and hey are just trying hard to appear aloof for the sale of it.

Popular culture permeates everything these days and I. Terms of the spice girls et al. You could barely shit in a public lav without having their faces gawping at you from some sort of poster or another. They were on everything.

I understand thaat people are perhaps not avid fans and didn't buy all their albums and merchandise but I cannot believe you would know which one was baby, ginger, sporty, scary or posh!

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman over a year ago

evesham

Although I am slightly intrigued as to what _eeside does do cos reading this the ad he doesn't seem to do a lot

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

When my son was about 15 he kept going on about bluetooth so i asked tolisten to some of their stuff

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

when i was younger maybe but for me it really doesn't mean a thing now...i work alot of gigs and don't recognise most bands these days...i can walk past a stage with some headliner thrashing out their latest hit and not have a clue who the hell it is.

i stopped watching television years ago, radio holds no interest for me, i never click on the news stories on bookface and beyond fb and fab i don't use any social media,no twitter, no anything like that. i don't read newspapers/magazines of any kind (actually, that's a small white lie) i sometimes leaf through the local paper when i have a poo, the neigbour is 92 and insists we take her paper when she's finished it) i don't even own a mobile phone any more as i find them far too intrusive so it takes current trends a while to filter down to me at times

i like living my own life as an individual rather than some mass follower of trends.

i'm sure in some way it affects me, bound to, it's a powerful thing that surrounds us in life but i like to think it's bearing on me is minimal

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

You can read different sections of the newspaper, if your life revolves around knowing about pop culture then fine thats good for you

Being different does not make you right on this subject and belittling people does not put you in a good light

Well why call people ignorant and weird then you have by very definition belittled peoples opinions and choices in life.

I never actually called anyone specifically ignorant and I never called anyone weird. I said I found people who hadn't heard of things that are splattered all over the media odd. I'm not belittling them it just seems odd in this day and age. And yes. People who have no idea what's going on around them are ignorant by definition. I don't see how that is belittling someone. I have never once been personal about anyone.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

i really have no interest in who's in the charts or what the government is up to. my sister stuck a picture of a woman up the other day on fb, shared from some political parties page. i had to ask who it was, turns out it was our prime minister! i had no effing clue, didn't even know we had a woman as pm

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

But to me it is odd because I would say that everyone I know knows who the prime minister is. Why am I not allowed to find it odd?

I'm not doubting your intelligence or anyone's for that matter. I've never once said I'm right and others are wrong, simply that I find it odd that in a world where we are bombarded by the media, some things still pass people by.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman over a year ago

evesham

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

But to me it is odd because I would say that everyone I know knows who the prime minister is. Why am I not allowed to find it odd?

i agree Scarlett. Even f you dont follow the serious news, the amount of shit memes that do the rounds on facebook means it is hard to escape the things you choose not to hunt out.

I dont want to see videos of animal abuse, pics of children with black eyes from domestic abuse or pictures of African men set on fire for being gay but they are all things i have seen while scrolling down facebook.

I rarely watch x-factor but again, through facebook i know who the 'contestants' are each year

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

But to me it is odd because I would say that everyone I know knows who the prime minister is. Why am I not allowed to find it odd?

i agree Scarlett. Even f you dont follow the serious news, the amount of shit memes that do the rounds on facebook means it is hard to escape the things you choose not to hunt out.

I rarely watch x-factor but again, through facebook i know who the 'contestants' are each year"
thats assuming everyone has facebook

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

But to me it is odd because I would say that everyone I know knows who the prime minister is. Why am I not allowed to find it odd?

you can find it odd, the same way i'm allowed to find it not odd

and i didn't suggest you declared yourself right.

i'm just saying we all have different areas of interest and it's actually ok to be ignorant of certain stuff..we can't know everything after all. the stuff i know about is stuff that interests me, the rest gets ignored

i' not arguing with you, just chucking a different view across

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

But to me it is odd because I would say that everyone I know knows who the prime minister is. Why am I not allowed to find it odd?

i agree Scarlett. Even f you dont follow the serious news, the amount of shit memes that do the rounds on facebook means it is hard to escape the things you choose not to hunt out.

I rarely watch x-factor but again, through facebook i know who the 'contestants' are each year"

i have facebook but still manage to not know along with not knowing who's this years celebrity get me a jungle career or that other one they all get locked in a house...all that stuff still passes right over my head

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman over a year ago

evesham

it's not odd...the stuff in the media never held any interest whatsoever for me so decided not to watch/listen/read it...on purpose.

i'll bet i know alot of stuff you don't know, it'll just be in different areas.

But to me it is odd because I would say that everyone I know knows who the prime minister is. Why am I not allowed to find it odd?

i agree Scarlett. Even f you dont follow the serious news, the amount of shit memes that do the rounds on facebook means it is hard to escape the things you choose not to hunt out.

I rarely watch x-factor but again, through facebook i know who the 'contestants' are each yearthats assuming everyone has facebook"

true,but as one of the posters quoted above declared they had it as one of their limited forms of social media but were disconnected from popular culture i used it as a relevant example

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

You can read different sections of the newspaper, if your life revolves around knowing about pop culture then fine thats good for you

Being different does not make you right on this subject and belittling people does not put you in a good light

Well why call people ignorant and weird then you have by very definition belittled peoples opinions and choices in life.

Then surely that's belittling someone by saying they are ignorant? Maybe I'm totally misunderstanding what you are saying but I read it as people are ignorant if they don't immerse themselves in "popular" stuff or general things going on in the world. I said, as have a couple of other people that we don't watch the news regularly, listen to the radio etc. Not sure why that's so bad?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God, you have to love fab. I'd blot the spice girls out of my mind if I could!

It doesn't make me ignorant to the world, I can string a sentence or two together, and sometimes it makes sense

people have different priorities in their lives and interests, so what if they can't name every "popular" band over the past 25 years

Still missing the point. It isn't about being able to name popular bands. ..it's about being aware of what's going on around you.

You can read different sections of the newspaper, if your life revolves around knowing about pop culture then fine thats good for you

Being different does not make you right on this subject and belittling people does not put you in a good light

Well why call people ignorant and weird then you have by very definition belittled peoples opinions and choices in life.

Calling someone ignorant is belittling and you effectively called _eeside odd.

Its not odd if you have better things to do than pay attention to the media, academics tend to be more immersed in their work than facebook or magazines but it does not make them odd or ignorant at all but you arent going to listen

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By *urvymamaWoman over a year ago

Doncaster

When did we get a woman pm?

Politics really isn't my thing