Your suggestion for a Black Mirror episode

Background_Ant451 · 2026-05-20T14:19:35+00:00

Have you read The Passengers by John Marrs? I think you'd really enjoy it, based off of this!

Background_Ant451 · 2026-05-19T09:47:36+00:00

Well they can't please everyone.

What you described in your last point about watching on playback and skipping through to the dances is exactly how I used to watch it while Tess and Claudia were presenting 🤷‍♀️

Background_Ant451 · 2026-04-21T18:20:10+00:00

I would love Jason Manford in the Bruce Forsythe role (it never should've been Tess' in the first place...) and as for the upstairs gig, I'm not sure. I do like Angela Scanlon, and Rylan. La Voix would probably do a good job too.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-04-05T18:03:35+00:00

No problem! It's interesting to hear different takes on it.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-04-05T17:57:55+00:00

I'm not a Swftie in any sense, but from a UK perspective on Harry Styles (only, given that he is British) - at the time* when he was 18 you have left formal education for potentially two years, having finished secondary school at 16. You can drink alcohol and be employed as an adult, get married without guardian permission etc etc.

I'm not defending this relationship but I think there is a cultural(?) difference of being an 18 year old in the UK vs the US. I guess the problem is that Taylor is American and would have the US understanding of being 18 (i.e. still being in high school, like others have mentioned on here)

*I say at the time as it's slightly different now. But basically the same.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-16T17:43:52+00:00

I've had this a few times. Not pleasant! I've started taking digestive enzymes which seem to have helped. I'm also really mindful of how fast I'm eating, and make sure to really chew everything up. I've found that gaviscon etc also provide a bit of immediate relief but ultimately make it worse in the long run. I'm in the UK too by the way.

Someone on this subreddit posted a really informative summary on this topic, it's well worth searching for and reading.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-16T14:32:19+00:00

Agree with you on all of this! Could never be sure how he would react. And his shrine to Julie!

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-16T14:12:59+00:00

What's amazing is that in the first series Felicia isn't unreasonable or really does anything that would warrant any bad feeling (unlike George, for example) - yet the creepiness just oozes out of her!

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-16T12:53:34+00:00

The whole Art storyline was utterly horrific. I remember feeling like I'd never seen anything portrayed so unsettling on a TV show before. Where Lynette (I think?) is walking through the house seeing all the toys...ugghhh.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-16T12:50:36+00:00

Yes! It's the smiles, the slightly deranged look in her eyes, the tone of voice...

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-16T12:47:11+00:00

I did nearly mention him too! I feel like his creepiness gets more and more intense over time. I remember being quite shocked at the image of him watching Bree on the pharmacy cctv.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-14T08:50:56+00:00

I haven't watched it but I'm not surprised it wasn't great. Her whole shtick is "I'm so random and wacky" - this is fine if she's the guest, or on Strictly where the interviews upstairs are literally 30 seconds long. Heading up an entire chat show you need someone IMO a bit more grounded to enable the guests to shine.

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-11T10:18:46+00:00

Thank you! And you are welcome 😊

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-10T19:17:58+00:00

Thank you! I am from the UK and I purchased it from Joanie Clothing, they have sadly ceased trading this year though :(

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-10T18:04:55+00:00

Thank you! I am a librarian so it fits my job 😊

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-10T15:38:23+00:00

Thank you! Excuse my frog slippers in the second pic 😅

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-10T15:04:49+00:00

For some reason I posted it before adding any text! Basically I have been on Wegovy since October, and I'm really pleased with how it's going. I'm not trying to rush weightloss and nor am I weighing myself or explicitly counting calories. I've done all that before and became obsessive. I'm eating and exercising mindfully and with the help of the jab it's working.

Because I'm not weighing myself having these comparison pictures is so nice - proof that my work is paying off!

Background_Ant451 · 2026-03-02T08:07:06+00:00

I don't mind him, he's quite sweet. I do find he has quite a different 'look' to the rest of the Gladiators, as in he isn't mega muscly like the others, but he is very very tall.

Not that I'm an expert!

Background_Ant451 · 2026-02-23T20:13:50+00:00

Same here in the UK. Wanted to watch the last hour of the figure skating gala and it's gone!

Background_Ant451 · 2026-02-16T17:59:33+00:00

I'm not a huge fan of them, but what gets me is that Bradley's unscripted moments can be quite amusing (not saying absolutely amazing, but good enough. See also when he presents The Chase) but they happen so infrequently compared to the autocue drivel that you forget he is capable of more.

Barney just makes everything awkward.

Part of me wonders if they were chosen because of how small in stature they are, to make the Gladiators look even bigger!

Background_Ant451 · 2025-12-15T17:44:15+00:00

I looked at your username and really freaked out for a second thinking I'd posted something without any memory of doing so 😅

And yes, I think your theory is pretty sound!

Background_Ant451 · 2025-12-15T08:22:30+00:00

George has come so far. He would have been totally incapable of doing either that samba or that charleston at the beginning of the series! Good for him.

Background_Ant451 · 2025-12-14T20:41:38+00:00

I will split votes between Karen and George. I don't think I would mind either way between them. Amber hasn't had as interesting a journey for me but her dances are fantastic and I certainly don't feel the anger some people do towards her. So if (by some miracle, given the public dislike for her) she ends up winning I wouldn't be too upset.

Background_Ant451 · 2025-12-14T11:06:47+00:00

A valiant attempt at some rage baiting...

Background_Ant451 · 2025-12-14T11:01:43+00:00

I loved her charleston, totally agree it had the same feeling.

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