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Agreed, and bias was something that jumped out at me when I looked at this list ... that's why I replied in the first place ;-)

And that's part of what I wanted to say with my original reply, that what's considered by reviewers to be the best series takes a somewhat narrow selection and introduces bias in lots of different directions.

...? I'm a long-time Trekkie, as is my Mum (who is now 86), and my wife, and I'm currently enjoying the Alsea book series.

So in short, no I don't think genre fiction is inherently male ... I though that was what you meant when you mentioned The Last Of Us in your previous reply, which I thought was made more for women than men. I certainly enjoyed it, and my wife has played the original game through a fair few times. I play games too, but mostly driving ones, which are unlikely to be made into TV series, lol

As for minorities, I suppose one or more as the lead role or focus of the story in a non-exploitative manner (eg. Mr. Robot, which I thought was rubbish but people seem to like), based on the proportion of them in the world ... or perhaps just the English - speaking world, since this list was compiled in English ... though Un Asunto Privado is really good fun, and I'm lead to believe Americans learn Spanish in school so it should be an easy watch for them, as one example.

Well, some fresh blow should keep him nice and alert.

In other news, as far as I can tell the previous scandals were the right flinging any petty shit they could at him, they couldn't even manage to make up anything about him that compares to their own track record.

I know there's quite a few that have gender parity (or ones like The Expanse where the male lead is a wet napkin without any depth so he doesn't feel like a lead) ... I'm not sure why The Last of Us would be watched by more men than women (?) do women not play computer games in the US?

Also, do you have more to add to the pile of minority focused stories?

Thank you for a well reasoned counter-argument, all very good points ... I specifically thought of the last couple of series I really enjoyed that had atypical representation (namely, non-neurotypical and Aboriginal lead roles) that specifically weren't on the list, but that I personally enjoyed far far more than most of those on the list in the part I did look through ... I didn't read the whole lot.

To put it another way, women make up 52% of the world's population, but are not in lead roles of 52% of the series listed ... again, from the part I read.

My main feeling looking at this ranking gives is of a location, gender, and race bias in reviews and reviers. I can't really add sexuality to that because, really, there's not much media that takes it into account full stop.

Many of the favourites people are talking about in this thread have little appeal to others outside their own demographic. That's not a bad thing, but it does mean series like High Potential, Deadloch, or even classics like Fresh Prince, don't get a look in.

It's also ammunition for people who want to remove representation of women and minorities from popular culture.

I feel sorry for you - I live in one of those socialist hellhole countries where owning a gun requires annual testing that you can actually hit a target (50/100 on a B8 target for beginners, not exactly tough) and pass a psych test. Going to the range is lovely here, and competitions are usually paired with a nice meal afterwards for people to socialise.

I watch US videos, and most of them just seem insane. One notable exception is the JaredAF channel, that guy can really properly target shoot.

I've never cut any dog's nails, outside of cleaning up after an accident or because of infection. 1 got to 14, one to 15, and the two I have now are both about 5 now.

I walk them 6-8km every day on a mix of paved and rocky trails.

Love Lies Bleeding

Ooh, good one :-)

Do watch Prey.