I tend to remember trivia easily, so rarely find I know nothing about a subject. For example I'm with the opening post on cars emotionally, but despite myself I know some vague details about them and can sort of fake a conversation on the back of that. It probably wouldn't pull the wool over the eyes of an enthusiast for long, and I really wouldn't be bothered trying to do so anyway as I really don't give a toss about them.
However there are a few in the TV show sphere where something with mass appeal is a complete blank.. All the reality TV shows for one, Great British Bake Off, Pop Idol, etc. Also the long-form TV/box set thing mostly passes me by baring a few shows whose first series is possibly worthwhile. I had a 6-month free Netflix trial once and was totally underwhelmed by it and was never in the least tempted to sign up or renew. Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad etc. are therefore things I know next to nothing about.
The most lacking in knowledge that I can remember though was about The Life of Pi before I went to see it at the cinema. For those interested I doubt the following will come as spoilers so I won't bother using the tag, things I didn't know about this story included that Pi was a human character rather than a number and that a Tiger was involved. Seeing the film means I now know the story, meaning it's been replaced as a book I know hardly anything about beyond the source of the title by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. I used to conflate those two books as one being a sequel to the other, or otherwise somehow related.
However there are a few in the TV show sphere where something with mass appeal is a complete blank.. All the reality TV shows for one, Great British Bake Off, Pop Idol, etc. Also the long-form TV/box set thing mostly passes me by baring a few shows whose first series is possibly worthwhile. I had a 6-month free Netflix trial once and was totally underwhelmed by it and was never in the least tempted to sign up or renew. Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad etc. are therefore things I know next to nothing about.
The most lacking in knowledge that I can remember though was about The Life of Pi before I went to see it at the cinema. For those interested I doubt the following will come as spoilers so I won't bother using the tag, things I didn't know about this story included that Pi was a human character rather than a number and that a Tiger was involved. Seeing the film means I now know the story, meaning it's been replaced as a book I know hardly anything about beyond the source of the title by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. I used to conflate those two books as one being a sequel to the other, or otherwise somehow related.
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