Liking The Peep Show does not make you edgy, nor superior.

During my recent phase of utter self-loathing and minor heartbreak, I decided to dabble into the strange (and horrific) world of online-dating. I downloaded Tinder and began to make the unfair judgement of men and women for miles around, swiftly swiping left on those with the 'wink' or 'devil' emoji in their distasteful bio.

After whittling down my future husband/wife/victim, I noticed I really did have a type, despite denying it for the last 8 years of dating. I shamefully seem to only be attracted to those with a desperation for some form of acknowledgement of just how sincerely cool they are; those with an ego bigger than Taylor Swift with a lot less fortunate bank account.

After several conversations, with various men and women, I noticed the conversation generally tends to sway towards TV shows and 'have you got any Netflix recommendations?!' This is fine. I'm happy to talk about how The Stranger was a great series with a very poor ending, and how you definitely HAVE cried at The Notebook in your teenage years, waiting for the guy/girl you like to text you back, but please, please, please (and I cannot stress this enough) in your desperation to seek validation and/or attempt to expose your 'edgy' traits, do NOT pretend you like The Peep Show. And do not dare ask me to 'give it another try.'

These egotistical, self-absorbed, too-cool-for-school kind of animals seem to be under some very odd, false illusion that if they tell a girl they watch The Peep Show, they'll gain some instant brownie points. This. Is. Not. The. Case. The Peep Show is a mediocre, repulsive, distasteful British TV programme with as much decorum as a wet sock or an Amstel in a Foster's glass. The camera angles are revoltingly repugnant and give off a 'nightmareish' vibe, similar to The League of Gentlemen.

Don't get me wrong, there are occasional humorous scenes and lines, for example, in S1, E3.

''So, my sister, who's a smack-head, I ended up there for Christmas dinner and we had turkey Findus Crispy Pancakes. That was Christmas dinner. I wanted to kill myself."

Funny? Yes. But we have to take a look at why. 'Smack-head' is a British term/insult, one many of us use in a joking manner, so it is very relatebale, as are Findus Crispy Pancakes (if you know, you know). Many British sitcoms ride on the hope of a British audience they can connect to and have faith in producing humour through our common-ground of 'typically British' scenarios, slang and slander. To me, this is not humour. It is purposefully targeting a singular audience. An audience big enough to keep the show going for 9 seasons? Yes. But an audience/fan-base large enough to even begin to try and claim it has true comedic value? No. Because it hasn't.

There's plenty of small quirks people claim to have, or things people pretend to like to give off a specific vibe - for example...

'The Stone Roses, though !!!' (Noting the space before the over-exaggerated use of 3 exclamation marks).

'Don't swipe right if you're a Tory *rose emoji for Labour*'.

'Vegan. Peep Show. Feminist.'

'If you don't like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, we can't talk.'

'Omg sameeee, I LOVE dogs!'

These are just a handful of cliche quotes and bios from those kind of moronic, self-indulged, sheep-like individuals who believe listening to Oasis, watching The Peep Show and wearing a bucket hat are valued enough factors to conjure a personality trait.

If you truly like The Peep Show, but can't relate to any of the other accusations within this post, I'll let it slide and you may not have completely ravaged your chances of getting into Heaven.

If you truly like The Peep Show and CAN relate to the other accusations made, please find a hobby or a new band to listen to. There's too many of you.

And lastly, if you've just spent all this time pretending to like a TV show that you (deep-down) know is horrifically distasteful. You're a d*ck.

No one of any matter, concern or relevance to the community/country were offended during the making and reading of this blog post.