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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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SerenityNowSerenityNow · 24/01/2025 23:40

But clearly everyone else who watched the first episode understood it enough/saw some point of it in order to continue watching it. I watched the first episode and didn’t see the point of it and didn’t continue.

But that's not what you said.....
You said you watched the end of it and it seemed stupid. I simply suggested that by watching just the end would mean you didn't have the context.

Watching the first episode and deciding it's not for you makes so much more sense!!

Delphiniumandlupins · 24/01/2025 23:39

I don't know Mafia but our family and friends play Werewolf and it's a bit like that.

AmusedBouched · 24/01/2025 23:37

Ah - so someone above has said it is like the game Mafia. Is it actually? I watched the last episode this evening and I likened it to an improv class - given the fake jobs and fake accents etc.

i have attempted to play Mafia with my cousins a couple of times at their request, and again didn’t understand the point of it.

I think I might be autistic or something.

Delphiniumandlupins · 24/01/2025 23:33

goldmywrath · 24/01/2025 19:45

I've not watched it but I know who the traitor is as I've got insider info, so I won't be watching it anyway.

There is more than one traitor. Everybody watching the programme knows who they are. Your insider info is not worth much.

AmusedBouched · 24/01/2025 23:31

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 24/01/2025 22:28

I haven’t really watched it but I have as strong feelings against it as you do!!! Just watched the end of it and seems so stupid. Breaking news - someone put on a fake Welsh accent the whole time..

If you've not watched it then of course it doesn't make sense 🙄

But clearly everyone else who watched the first episode understood it enough/saw some point of it in order to continue watching it. I watched the first episode and didn’t see the point of it and didn’t continue.

anyway, clearly me and OP are in the minority as it is one of the most watched and loved shows ever to have graced BBC I believe.

Autumnleaves82 · 24/01/2025 23:28

Strange comment re:Christianity, especially if you've not watched it. I'm a Christian and don't have a problem with it. We've really enjoyed watching it as a family.

It's very similar to 'Mafia', that has been played in Christian (& non-religious) youth groups for decades. I think you have to remember it's a game and everyone enters it knowing it's a game (fully aware that people they become friends with might be lying to them as part of the game). Although there's deception, it's very different to deception in 'real life'. All the players know this will be happening. Also no one chooses to be a traitor, so it's nothing to do with anyone's morals, etc. They just have to play the role they are given.

Hope everyone enjoyed it who watched tonight. We've saved 'Uncloaked' to watch tomorrow.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 24/01/2025 23:24

I'm willing to be proved wrong and it was all good fun.

Why should people bother? You've clearly already made your mind up.

Plus if you've not watched it then none of it will make sense anyway!

malmi · 24/01/2025 23:20

No. I'm not Amish or a Jehovah's Witness or anything like that.

Are lesser denominations the only ones who play board games?

ViolinsPlayGentlyOn · 24/01/2025 23:10

YABU to decide you don’t like something you’ve never actually watched.

wholettheturnipsburn · 24/01/2025 23:07

goldmywrath · 24/01/2025 19:45

I've not watched it but I know who the traitor is as I've got insider info, so I won't be watching it anyway.

Insider info

That's shared with a few million others 🤣🤣🤣

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 23:07

Go on then, who won. Is it over yet? I'm willing to be proved wrong and it was all good fun. I've tried to watch other bits of stuff for free and it seems to be all very high camp.

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wholettheturnipsburn · 24/01/2025 23:06

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 19:36

I know it's an extended parlour game and a bit of a scare at bedtime but:

1.) I'm not paying to watch it from France especially as I'll have to watch the complete progression from start to finish.
2.) I did Ouija boards as a kid and all that kind of stuff freaks me out to this day.

So don't watch then.

Weird thread

Suzuki76 · 24/01/2025 23:03

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 20:28

Thankyou. So it's a real success? Is it Endomol? The Big Brother people? No, I don't work for the BBC or any other media.

I just got into a weird conversation with my mum and wondered what it was all about. It just sounded a bit strange the way she was describing it.

Maybe I should have checked that there weren't other threads about it on other boards but I just didn't really like the concept from what she was saying.

Yes. I'm being unreasonable. You've all told me what's going on.

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Endemol folded years ago.

It's not a British concept at all. The first series, De Verraders, is Dutch.

BIossomtoes · 24/01/2025 22:57

You all like it. I don't.

How can you possibly know whether you like it or not if you’ve never seen it? This series has been fucking brilliant.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 24/01/2025 22:53

@Alltheyellowbirds exactly.
It's very family friendly- I've just watched it with my 10 year old! And Traitors uncloaked.

Worryingly, he'd make a bloody good traitor 😂😂

Alltheyellowbirds · 24/01/2025 22:48

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 22:19

Thankyou. Putting aside my Christianity, these reality shows seem to be a variation of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Only this time for a willing audience

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

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No. It has nothing to do with the Stanford Prison Experiments. Nor does it bear any relation to Eyes Wide Shut, or to Squid Games.

its an innocent guessing game, very middle class, very family viewing, very BBC.

Your take on it is wild. And this whole thread is bizarre. You’ve never watched it yet seem to have decided it’s some dark twisted thing about sex and cruelty and the occult.

fromthevault · 24/01/2025 22:44

I don't have to give you my thesis, considered or otherwise.

So feel free to go to bed.

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 22:40

fromthevault · 24/01/2025 22:36

You have literally zero idea what you're talking about.

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What is your considered thesis, then? I can stay up all night.

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fromthevault · 24/01/2025 22:36

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 22:19

Thankyou. Putting aside my Christianity, these reality shows seem to be a variation of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Only this time for a willing audience

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

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You have literally zero idea what you're talking about.

SerenityNowSerenityNow · 24/01/2025 22:28

I haven’t really watched it but I have as strong feelings against it as you do!!! Just watched the end of it and seems so stupid. Breaking news - someone put on a fake Welsh accent the whole time..

If you've not watched it then of course it doesn't make sense 🙄

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 22:19

AmusedBouched · 24/01/2025 22:00

I haven’t really watched it but I have as strong feelings against it as you do!!! Just watched the end of it and seems so stupid. Breaking news - someone put on a fake Welsh accent the whole time.

i don’t understand the point of Traitors or Love Island! Probably more but those are the ones I seem to hear the most about!!

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Thankyou. Putting aside my Christianity, these reality shows seem to be a variation of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Only this time for a willing audience

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

Stanford prison experiment - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

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AmusedBouched · 24/01/2025 22:00

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:21

Because I live in the sticks and am a bit poor but it doesn't really trouble me on a daily basis unless I phone my 83 year old mum and I would like to know what is gripping the nation back in the old life.

It sounded a bit strange to me. You all like it. I don't. I'm risking yet another pile on but I am a Christian and I don't like this kind of messing about with backwards talking dolls and graves.

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I haven’t really watched it but I have as strong feelings against it as you do!!! Just watched the end of it and seems so stupid. Breaking news - someone put on a fake Welsh accent the whole time.

i don’t understand the point of Traitors or Love Island! Probably more but those are the ones I seem to hear the most about!!

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:53

outofmexico · 24/01/2025 21:48

Ever played Cluedo OP?

No. I'm not Amish or a Jehovah's Witness or anything like that. The programme must be on the television by now so enjoy it.

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HaddyAbrams · 24/01/2025 21:50

Autther · 24/01/2025 21:47

The dolls were funny and the clowns are probably drama school kids dressed up, c'mon!

Clowns are always people dressed up. I've been terrified of them since I was a small child.

I mean, neither they, nor the creepy dolls, gave me nightmares, but they were creepy to me.

outofmexico · 24/01/2025 21:48

Ever played Cluedo OP?