BBC Too

Nici nu-mi amintesc ultima dată cînd am urmărit o emisiune preferată live. Sau un serial de televiziune, ceva pe care în mod normal îl downloadez de pe Internet dar pe care să îl urmăresc în premieră pe televiziune la "ora de emisie"; în afara meciurilor de fotbal. Ei, aseară am spart tiparul căutînd cu succes un stream BBC Two, pentru Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe, o retrospectivă mizerablist-sarcasto-critică asupra anului. A meritat pe deplin! Nu doar emisiunea, cît aşteptarea, sincronizarea şi adrenalina de a vedea ceva cît de repede posibil. 

În 2014 am găsit adrenalina pierdută de mulţi ani, aceea de a nu sta degeaba cît se downloadează torrentul, m-am simţit neputincios atunci cînd am realizat că în ciuda nevoilor NU există un buton de pauză, am avut pînă şi nişte sentimente în premieră cauzate de faptul că dacă BBC-ul spune că ora de emisie e 10:00 pm emisiunea dinainte nu se termină la 9:50, că nu există publicitate între emisiuni sau în mijlocul vreuneia (cînd alegi momentul de mers la baie în cazul ăsta?!?) şi dacă ea "durează o oră" atunci la 10:59 pm încă eram în faţa monitorului.

We spent two weeks undercover infiltrating the gym.
"Gym-filtrating" it.

I coined that.

I think it would really catch on if more people infiltrated gyms.

(brooklyn nine-nine)

2014, top 5 "how to..." searches for british cities:

London:  1 - "how to kiss"

Edinburgh: 1 - "how to kiss"

Glasgow: 1 - "how to kiss"

Leeds, Newcastle, Brighton, Nottingham:  1 - "how to kiss"

Manchester: 1 - "how to crochet" ... 

Goes even further, the 3rd most googled how to in Manchester is "how to knit". The 4th is "how to make". Make?? Take some time off, collect yourself and read on.

Oxford: 1 - "how to paraphrase". Wow, great academic start. Except that it's followed by some rather common and (you'd think) straightforward entries: 2 - "how to draw", 3 - "how to crochet", 4 - "how to sleep" and the one I'd like to think I'm grasping, 5 - "how to blog".

Furthering the "analysis" ... Leeds seems surprisingly high-brow, with 3 of its first 5 terms being "how to study", "how to reference" and "how to analyze". In contrast, Cambridge seems surprisingly interested in "how to massage", "how to decorate" and "how to whistle".

Bristol seems full of bright young activist mechanical people, interested in "how to solder" (4), "how to sleep" (3, also encountered in Oxford), "how to hack" (5 AND 2). Of course, all these (probably) jobless activists also need to know "how to squat" (1).

In a frenzy of interest for "how to kiss", met with small exceptions in almost each top 2 per city one top search stands out. No, it's not Manchester's "how to crochet". It's Belfast's "how to cut". That's right, an inordinate number of people in Belfast are interested in how one increases the efficiency of cutting. Cutting what?, is the question that begs itself. Well, to my recollection, a stereotype about Belfast is that it's a felonious area. Before writing it down I want to double-check by googling "Belfast stereotypes". I run across a Monopoly table where 80% of the squares are "go to jail". 'Nuff said.

In conclusion, It seems the question of the day is "crocheting - the next big thing in relaxation?"

Inspiration: bbc.co.uk

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