In this episode of You've Been Blacklisted, host Matt Black is back in the Love Shack with Radio Ed and two new guests - Cheryl Turner, copywriter and founder of Wordy Bird, and Dave Hardy, IT consultant and founder of 5 Computing.

Across five rounds of debate, the four of them go head-to-head over overrated films, overused words, nostalgia that doesn't hold up, modern life annoyances and songs that have outstayed their welcome. The arguments are strong; the justifications are questionable and absolutely nothing gets resolved - which is exactly the point.

Key Takeaways

Avatar divides opinion but probably shouldn't be blacklisted.

Cheryl couldn't see what the fuss was about and still can't. Dave thought it was genuinely brilliant. Matt sat in the middle - he enjoyed it at the time but wouldn't rush to rewatch it. The consensus was that whatever you think of the story, the technology alone earned it a pass.

Lucozade used to mean something.

For a generation, a bottle of Lucozade meant you were properly ill and being looked after. Now it means you've got a gym membership you probably don't use. Cheryl missed the orange cellophane. Ed admitted he drinks it daily. The memories survived even if the brand didn't.

Playgrounds were brilliant and terrifying in equal measure.

Dave's memories of concrete floors, witch's hat roundabouts and genuinely dangerous equipment were vivid and mostly fond. The modern version - soft surfaces, no corners, no real danger - is safer but somehow emptier. The real hazard these days is the teenagers who've taken them over.

Massive burgers with sticks in the middle have gone too far.

Cheryl's case was simple - if you need a skewer to stop it falling over, it is no longer a burger. Matt agreed. Dave did not, on the grounds that burgers are never big enough. Radio Ed, predictably, was fully in favour of more meat.

Key Moments

"People have used it wrong so often it became right. The dictionary had to adjust." - on the word literally

"Lucozade used to mean you were dying. Now it means you've got a gym membership you don't use."

"They took all the danger away from the park and put it in the teenagers."

"If it needs a stick, it's too big. It's not a hamburger."

About You've Been Blacklisted

You've Been Blacklisted is the show where small annoyances get treated like they should be illegal. Hosted by Matt Black from Matte Black Marketing, each episode brings two guests together for five rounds of debate, strong opinions and absolutely no resolution.

It is the podcast where logic takes a day off and the smallest inconvenience gets dragged through the mud. If you have a grievance that deserves a hearing, this is the show for you.

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Guests this episode:

Cheryl Turner - Wordy Bird: www.wordybird.co.uk

Dave Hardy - 5 Computing: ask around, he'll come to you.

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