• zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Look Mum No Computer’s song was great, maybe not first place material, but definitely not last place either, although I’m definitely biased here, I don’t understand why it scored so abysmally. Eurovision is just weird sometimes, a song that wins one year could’ve been a last place in another year, preferences change and are hard to predict, also politics plays a role.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t understand why it scored so abysmally

      politics plays a role

      The truth was out there, all along.

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      2 months ago

      Sweden also did poorly with a song I thought was alright. I think it deserved better.

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    2 months ago

    Imagine wasting tax payer money to work out why we keep losing Eurovision. Have they got nothing better to investigate?

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      2 months ago

      All Western “democracies” are following the same trajectory. The psychopathic criminals in charge focus on amplifying the “circus” while they steal all the “bread” for themselves, until capitalism decays into absolute fascism and totalitarianism. Once the labor and military are automated, the bread part no longer matters, and concepts like freedom and democracy — whatever “the people” think or believe — are no longer relevant or consequential.

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        2 months ago

        Your words remind me the maga rhetorics.

        So… What’s your better suggestion for capitalism?

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    2 months ago

    I’ve been a Look Mum No Computer fan for a while but I’ve completely ignored this year’s Eurovision to boycott. Was the song or performance actually bad? Or is this just a continuation of “nul points UK LOL” we’ve been seeing for a while?

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    2 months ago

    Why does anyone actually care about Eurovision in 2026? Or at any time in history, for that matter.

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    2 months ago

    None of it matters. The UK can come last. That’s also ok. No need to be a sore loser. Get over competition. No need to be all competitive. Politicians should be more collaborative than competitive. Who votes for these politicians? Thats the real question.

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    2 months ago

    I didn’t see the other contestants but I’m not really surprised. I’ve seen Look mum no computer plugging this song for months and always thought it was pretty terrible.

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    Has the MP questioning it (I couldnt see the name at a skim read of the article) considered that the BBC don’t WANT the UK to win it ? It would cost them money to host it that they don’t wish to allocate. That way they can spend more money on political shows featuring Reform and reality shows featuring girls from Essex with big boobs and no brains.

    (I don’t pay for a TV licence any more for this reason anyway)

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    2 months ago

    It’s almost like Britain voted to do something that pissed Europe off….

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      2 months ago

      Anything specific? They were 2nd in 2022, so it has to be something since then and not Brexit, I doubt it’s something related to Israel as they scored suspiciously high the last few years.

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        2 months ago

        Eurovision voting isn’t exactly cutting edge politics. All of the Scandinavian countries voting for each other, or Cyprus and Greece always giving each other points. I can see the UK getting minimal points forever, whatever the song.