No, what adds nothing to the discussion is acting like your opinions are written in stone. From reading your earlier posts, you weren't interested in a discussion in the first place, you're reading from tablets from god. Almost all of your points are completely subjective:
lack of originality : so you've seen all culture, ever? elaborate.
poorly written dialogue: again, completely subjective. i thought brooker and morris captured all of the ridiculous affectations and blatant anti-intellectualism remarkably.
one-dimensional characters : i'd tend to agree with this for secondary characters, but I thought the Ashcrofts and Barley rang more true than any characters i've seen in the media as of late.
incohesive plot: i had no trouble following it. you like Blue Jam, right?
desperate attempts to shock: yeah, by the characters. the "idiots" live in a meaningless world where they need to dress everything in empty shock value for it to "rate" with anyone. Barley loudly declaring on the bus that he got a blow job from a thirteen year old isn't especially shocking to the viewer, it's part of his character development, which relates to the last point. as for things like the porn they watch or "stray" culture, they struck me as equal parts realistic and horrifying. not a "desperate attempt" to do anything other than tear down the worthless culture we've built around ourselves.
I would easily place Nathan Barley alongside Brass Eye in terms of quality, although for completely different reasons. If you don't like the element of bitter misanthropy Brooker brings to the table, I could understand that, but it's certainly laced with a lot of Morris' surreal touch. If you've ever had to listen to some assclown your roommate invited over talk about haircuts or endlessly quote from Napoleon Dynamite and wanted to club him to death with his own laptop, it's hard to not love this series.
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