Making people try avoid a song by a good guy for "fun" is the theme of about 30% of all channer ops.
Hey, yeah, you know what? FUCK Whammagedon!
#Whamageddon really bothers me. Firstly, it's a million miles away from the worst Christmas song (Wonderful Christmas Time - McCartney, hang your head in shame), but also, it makes George Michael into a punchline, despite being a Grade A chap. In a show of absolute magnanimity, Michael donated his proceeds from it - in perpetuity - to the Band Aid foundation. It still receives that money: around £300,000 a year. And people actively avoid playing it for a meme.
I thought the point of #whammagedon was for the people playing it to avoid hearing it.
Apparently we've now got people whining at shops and DJs to issue warnings or avoid playing that one song that is somehow bad compared to every other overplayed Christmas song about this time.
No. You want to win at a stupid game? So avoid it. Stop listening to the radio. Don't go shopping. Stay in your house. Don't throw a tantrum at any of the rest of us. Honestly the way some of you act it'll be a relief not to have to see you for a few weeks.