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UK General Election results megathread (a.l3n.co)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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It's time to see if the polls are right.

Previously: the voting megathread

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[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's wrong with Pointless? It beats the shit out of most game shows.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Pointless is a fucking great premise for a game.

But whoever they poll to determine the points makes me sometimes feel utterly insane watching the show. When they don't know obscure Australian towns as well as me, that's one thing, and not very surprising. But when major Disney Renaissance films, or some other thing that to me is part of the most fundamental 21st century culture, scores in the low 20s, it makes it very hard to relate to the show.

If the polling was done by an audience more representative of the general population in terms of age, instead of clearly skewing very old, it would be greatly to the show's benefit.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

Let's hope polling standards maintain their upwards trajectory.