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AIBu to think "Traitors" is horrible?

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 19:26

I do not live in the UK, have no access to BBC media but my mum seems to be quite caught up in it. Apparently it's the grand final tonight.

I've watched the trailer on youtube but it just seems horrible. The information I've got from my mum is a bit garbled but wasn't there a woman vicar on it?

I don't want to sound like, "Outraged of Tumbridge Wells" but...

My mum was yakking on on about lying in a coffin, talking dolls, tarot cards...

I thought it was more like Taskmaster.

It all seems a bit rum to me. It's like, "Eyes Wide Shut" meets "Squid Game."

AIBU "It's just a bit of fun, stop clutching your pearls."
AINBU. "It’s horrible and I get mixed up between Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman."

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TheaBrandt · 25/01/2025 09:22

Of all the tv programmes to get agitated about! Dh and i tried to watch love island with our teens now that was bloody awful and depressing. Traitors is a trillion times better than that

MJconfessions · 25/01/2025 09:22

I love it. I just binged the entire season in one night (I skipped the tasks). It’s just like one big social experiment

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 25/01/2025 09:21

PuppyMonkey · 25/01/2025 09:09

I'm beginning to think that I must be a Martian.

You definitely sound like one. Think there’s a Martian version dropping next week… Wink

I'd watch it 😂.

Bouledeneige · 25/01/2025 09:20

You can't say you don't like it if you've never watched it. I'm not a reality TV person but I really enjoy Traitors. I'm 60 and I watched it with my DD 24 and DS 22 and we have a laugh with a few theories thrown in.

As others have said it's lighthearted and a little bit camp and there's a lot of care for contestants. It's a long way from Squid Game. And the great thing about the Church of England is that they allow vicars to have a sense of humour with their kindness. Harmless fun. But if you're a fire and brimstone Christian I guess it's quite difficult to find much entertainment.

fromthevault · 25/01/2025 09:17

Lambington · 25/01/2025 00:34

Yanbu. It's the worst kind of "bread and circuses" nonsense reality TV.

No, you're thinking of Love Island.

The Traitors is entirely wholesome family fun. I honestly don't know where some posters are getting their daft ideas from.

PuppyMonkey · 25/01/2025 09:09

I'm beginning to think that I must be a Martian.

You definitely sound like one. Think there’s a Martian version dropping next week… Wink

BatshitCrazyWoman · 25/01/2025 09:05

I watched the first episode and didn't enjoy it. I love Claudia, but don't like her in this, and I'm not overly keen on programmes with a lot of members of the public in (don't like quiz shows, Goggle Box, Love Island etc). But you know, other people to enjoy it 🤷🏻‍♀️

CharityShopChic · 25/01/2025 09:00

Agree with others that The Traitors is one of those rare shows which hits the spot for many ages. 19 year old DD and I have watched it together, pretty much the only other thing she watches live is Love Island and I'm just not interested in that.

Anyway, the OP has clearly got the wrong end of the stick having never seen it and has made all sorts of weird assumptions that it's supposed to be frightening (it's not), that the contestants don't know what's going on (they absolutely do), that it has a strong occult/paranormal element (no again) and it's anti-christian and a vicar had no business being in it (weird).

I might go off and start a thread slagging off something I know nothing about either.

LlynTegid · 25/01/2025 08:33

It's a glorified game show and no doubt the BBC will do far too many series as is their normal thing. I don't watch it myself, though if others do I won't criticise them.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 25/01/2025 08:30

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 25/01/2025 08:12

@SerenityNowSerenityNow It's because it's their civic duty to let us know how unique and better they are. Happens with any show that a vast majority of people enjoy, someone has to come along and say they don't watch because it's too lowbrow for them. I just hope it gives their self confidence a little boost, because it's obviously lacking!

That's what I suspected......

What's wrong with lowbrow anyway?

Anyotherdude · 25/01/2025 08:27

It’s a variation on Werewolves, a game developed nearly 60 years ago.
It’s a psychological experiment. And just a game…

PeppyGreenFinch · 25/01/2025 08:25

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 25/01/2025 03:28

Not outside the uk you cant

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Oh my sweet summer child 😂

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 25/01/2025 08:12

@SerenityNowSerenityNow It's because it's their civic duty to let us know how unique and better they are. Happens with any show that a vast majority of people enjoy, someone has to come along and say they don't watch because it's too lowbrow for them. I just hope it gives their self confidence a little boost, because it's obviously lacking!

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 25/01/2025 07:53

Also I find it funny when people claim 'it's a load of crap' followed by ' I don't watch it' 😂😂

Hobbesmanc · 25/01/2025 07:53

Not outside the uk you cant

We've been following it avidly on Iplayer from Thailand. Although I'm sure the VPN is a bit dodgy lol.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 25/01/2025 07:52

SprinkleOfSunak · 25/01/2025 07:48

I think it’s a complete load of crap and so I choose not to watch it.

Out of interest why do you feel 'it's a complies of crap'?

I get that we all have different interests but I find it interesting that any kind of reality TV seems to incite disgust rather than people just saying it's not their thing.

SprinkleOfSunak · 25/01/2025 07:48

I think it’s a complete load of crap and so I choose not to watch it.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 25/01/2025 07:38

The whole idea that the contestants went in completely oblivious to what would be the end result is a bit unfeasible to me. It's staged entertainment with added bits of paranormal rubbish which sends some people over the edge.

The contestants know how the game works. They don't know who wins but that's the nature of playing a game. When I play a game with my DS we don't know who will win but we know the rules.

There is no paranormal element to it. You've misinterpreted the tasks they had to do.

FarmGirl78 · 25/01/2025 06:04

"It's staged entertainment with added bits of paranormal rubbish"

@KnopkaPixie This night be good point at which to remind you that you've never seen it! 🙄

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 25/01/2025 03:28

PeppyGreenFinch · 24/01/2025 21:23

If you have a tablet and internet you can watch BBC iPlayer. You are a bit woe is me 🤣

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Not outside the uk you cant

Alltheyellowbirds · 25/01/2025 03:14

I wonder if that’s why the concept of the show seems so incomprehensible to you OP? If you have no reference for board games, parlour games etc?

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 25/01/2025 02:55

KnopkaPixie · 25/01/2025 01:10

I played Connect Four with my grandma for a bit but that's about all I remember. Just not a thing with us.

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That's actually sad. Most children grow up playing board games. Maybe not so much in the digitised age, but my three all in their 20s played them, same as we did in my family.

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KnopkaPixie · 25/01/2025 01:18

Ratri · 25/01/2025 01:15

Are you French, OP? It’s basically an extended version the parlour game Loup-Garou, but with a cash prize and presented by a woman with very glossy hair and some excellent jumpers. No supernatural dimension whatsoever, and the few stabs at Scottish Baronial Gothic (which are pretty heavily ironic anyway) were foiled this season by blazing sun most days.

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I'm beginning to think that I must be a Martian.

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Ratri · 25/01/2025 01:15

KnopkaPixie · 25/01/2025 01:10

I played Connect Four with my grandma for a bit but that's about all I remember. Just not a thing with us.

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Are you French, OP? It’s basically an extended version the parlour game Loup-Garou, but with a cash prize and presented by a woman with very glossy hair and some excellent jumpers. No supernatural dimension whatsoever, and the few stabs at Scottish Baronial Gothic (which are pretty heavily ironic anyway) were foiled this season by blazing sun most days.

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KnopkaPixie · 25/01/2025 01:10

wigsonthegreenandhatsforthelifting · 25/01/2025 01:04

Not even Snakes and Ladders or Monopoly? That's weird!

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I played Connect Four with my grandma for a bit but that's about all I remember. Just not a thing with us.

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