Do you think we support HMs who are similar to ourselves in some way...
 

..or similar to our friends etc, because we are drawn to people we can relate to more easily..?....

Yes, I could relate to Aaron and also Arron last year, I also saw a bit of myself in Ben Duncan too in his series.
This series I would likely be very like Dan in the house,like him I like to poke around as to issues and keep going over them, so my answer is yes.

..I think though for me, Dan is obviously quite inquisitive/probing by nature or because of his job..?..that part is ok but he does have an arrogant/condescending way of putting things across and I wouldn't say that part was anything like you at all Joey..the complete opposite...

:joker:I can be like a dog with a bone at times Ammi.

I agree Dan's past job and also the intense training he has had is a feature as to how he is and acts,then again I thought about being in the Police so I guess had I done so, I may have had to acquire some of that arrogance to do the job effectively.
I don't and wouldn't hold any of that against Dan in that case.

I think in any event you need some arrogance to survive in the BB house too, even poor Ben Duncan was seen as arrogant and condescending by many.

..I think that Ben Duncan had an amusing arrogance..a kind of 'where's the en suite and what time is breakfast usually delivered'? type thing, whereas Dan's is more 'I'm completely smug and slightly better than you all because I'm such and expert at reading people/situations, so you're all wrong and I'm right..'...way...but yeah, there are elements of Arron in him, but for me not in such an amusing or endearing way and that for me is important as well...he doesn't have enough balance to his personality to even walk in Arron's shadow...

That is just it though, I don't see the nasty smugness from Dan.

Had I been a housemate this series.
I would have likely sat up all night going on about how right I had been as to Michael, if I had so quickly reached the near spot on conclusions Dan had come to as to him.
Anyway, I do see a bit of myself in Dan and the others as I said above.
Unless someone does something really cruel, heartless and deliberately nasty,I can live with arrogance but I haven't seen Dan do any of those yet.

Actually,funnily enough, another housemate I could relate to was Rex,he was also seen as really arrogant, maybe it is something I would love to acquire,a more determined arrogance.:joker:

...Rex is quite a good example as well as Ben Ducan..maybe it's ok to be arrogant when you're funny with it but less so if you're not..?...hmm, I'll think about that Joey because I don't particularly dislike Dan..(or like him either..)..but I don't find he has any humour about him, so can only see the arrogance/smugness....

By the way Ammi, this thread is turning into our personal chat thread. We will have to make this our hot line.

..yeah, maybe we should have our own chat thread in the main section so as to not hog the BB bit....Daybreak with Joey and Ammi...Jammi's Place..?...

:joker: I like that one, what a team.

I think we are definitely more sensitive to criticism of people like us or people that we relate to. Especially if the criticism fits into stereotypes. For instance to call Dan bitchy clearly strikes a different chord because there is a stereotype of gay men being bitchy. In the same way if there was a muslim being criticized for being anti-woman or sexist, it would be more sensitive because there is a stereotype that muslims are sexist.

I like people or Housemates that are like the people I grew up with I notice. Good or bad as housemates I mean. But l like Woolfy and she nothing like anyone I know.

I think I just support the housemates that I hate the least. :laugh:

Me too joey, I will go to great lengths to find the truth, and my degree is in public services :laugh:
I so far have agreed with all of dans comments so I guess I do align myself with him more than any other HM too, (note to self) it's OK to be right but not to tell people you're right it seems :joker:

Well my favourite housemate this year was Sallie and we're nothing alike at all (for one she's a woman), so no, just the ones who entertain me most, and, if female, are fit.

And a spin off show called jizzy...er, on second thoughts :joker:

I think so in the same way that we may have favourite characters in scripted TV shows that we can relate to, be it in personality or storyline.

Yes, I can go with that scenario too.

Yes,definately:hugesmile:

That has nothing to do with what the OP asked. The OP was asking do you like or dislike people based on how much you relate to them. Do you like or dislike someone based on how much they are like you.

If you are a 30 y/o black male are you more likely to like 30 y/o black males on the show, or if you are a 20 y/o str8 female, are you more likely to like 20 y/o str8 females on the show.

That's not what ammi meant, she said people who you or your friends are similar to.
I and others took that to mean personality not age, sex or sexuality...

All of my friends bore me - so no. But myself? Yes.

That's why I supported Aaron from BB12 till the end, because we're so similar - I usually support housemates I can relate to, or housemates that are entertaining.

Oh, well i took it to mean like do hippy fat girls like Wolfy, and do gay men like Dan, and do black girls like Gina.

you relate to Aaron? interesting. Did you also relate to Ben BB11?

Well that's shocked the hell out of me :laugh:

I know what the OP asked, my answer to that is no I just like whoever I dislike least. I thought I was quite clear..

Only sometimes and to a very limited degree. Those who always focus on comparing the house to real life on the outside really suck all the entertainment out of the show. The producers encourage it as I suppose it gets them more eviction phone vote money.

I don't know anybody like Jackie in real life. But I feel like if I was colleagues with them all, Jackie would be my BFF

Not really. I have loved housemates who are nothing like me like Rex and Aisleyne.

Sometimes people I hate at the start begin to grow to on me like Charley, but only because I begin to find them funny or because I see a softer side to them.
I thought that would happen with Sallie this year, but during that eviction night I actually felt disgusted by her and was glad she was gone.

I like Gina and I liked Ben Duncan too despite not being like them at all when it comes to wealth and privileges. However I found Ben hilarious, I also find Gina amusing and think she has a very kind heart.

Kindness is one thing that will draw me to a housemate. If I see a housemate show compassion or an attempt of friendship to another housemate in some way, particularly if it is towards a housemate that they don't usually get along with, or a housemate who is not that popular. Then they will shoot up in my estimations.

I'm beginning to like Callum more and more.

I liked Dan at the start when he split the girls apart in a lighthearted way by twirling Gina around, and also how he tried to talk sense to her in a calm way. He also seemed very down to earth and "normal".

He is starting to grate on me a bit now though, because whilst he does have perfectly valid arguments with people, he does have a very patronising and arrogant tone to his voice and it's starting to irritate me.

I also watched a clip last night of him talking to Jackie in the garden, and the way he kept calling her back with his finger up saying "come here now Jackie" in a really authoritative voice bugged me. It wasn't said in an argumentative way they were more in a playful mood, but he still just sounded very bossy to me to a woman who is his senior.

He's becoming a bit too moany. I don't strongly dislike him though, just hope he chills out a bit again.

TLDR;
So overall, no, housemates don't necessary have to be similar to myself or my friends for me to grow to really like them. (but sometimes they are)