(Not) new
Now I'm not usually one to moan about things. But there's some... oh, wait, what's that...?
Sorry, my mistake. It seems I *am* one to moan about things. Well having set that straight, allow me to carry on and moan about something else.
Actually, no, I don't think it's actually moaning per se. It's more highlighting the fact that something is shit. That's not moaning. It's not my action that caused whatever is shit to be shit in the first place is it? No, I'm merely drawing attention to the high excrement factor of whatever it is that has rattled my cage today.
Today (and most days, to be honest) it's TV.
Since the advent of the near endless array of channels and the somewhat ass-backward concept of 24 hour news channels that seem incapable of finding more than 34 minutes of actual news per day, TV has gotten steadily worse.
And as with most things that deteriorate over time, I hadn't noticed just how bad it was until the National Geographic channel inadvertently highlighted it with this....
That's right. There are *sooo* many repeats on now, that they actually prefix the name of the program with 'New:' when the content hasn't already been shown endlessly for several months on numerous channels, each one proclaiming it to be new with the tiny bracketed disclaimer of 'to them'. Notice that it's not in the description of the program either, but the actual title.
I'm not sure what will happen when that program is inevitably repeated. Maybe they'll just tack a little asterisk onto the end of the name and hope people don't notice.
...and I saw the trailer for that and failed to watch it - D'Oh!
HOWEVER - I would like to point out that NG does actually have better programmes (imho) on less channels than the team Discovery these days. I found myself taking mental note as I found myself spending far more time recording/watching from them than Discovery.
Now if we are on about MOANING - well how about the fact they will title something as NEW as first shows... and then you catch it a day or so before at another time, and are then somewhat surprised to find the NEW advertised time one you have already seen.
Muppets.
Following up on your 'seen that before.. I thought it was new' feeling, I had that recently with Richard Hammonds engineering show on BBC2.
It was touted as being new and as it was on the BBC I believed them. So, come Sunday evening, there I was on the sofa with a glass of wine ready to be entertained by the hampster...
FAIL! I'd already seen that program, weeks ago on the Discovery Channel.
FFS.