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XK posted:Who wants to watch shows about midgets? XK posted:the modern day replacement for the circus freakshow. I'm somewhat stunned these were in the same post. That's exactly what it is, i.e. morbid curiosity. People are fascinated by those outside the accepted values of normal for society. The multitude of shows simply means TLC saw how much people watched one show about midgets and wondered how much they'd watch two shows about midgets and so on.
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wernox posted:She's pretty popular with the crowd that embraces whatever it is they think she stands for, in fact, I'm routinely harrased by 3/5 ths of my family for "believing the bad things the media says about her."
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I was without cable for many years. I used to really like watching TLC back when it had cooking shows and home improvement shows (remember the Furniture Guys?). Then I got cable and again, and TLC sure has turned into a sideshow.
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Crotch Bat posted:I'm somewhat stunned these were in the same post. That's exactly what it is, i.e. morbid curiosity. People are fascinated by those outside the accepted values of normal for society. The multitude of shows simply means TLC saw how much people watched one show about midgets and wondered how much they'd watch two shows about midgets and so on. Yup, same reason there's TLC is the freak show network.
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So last night marked week 2 of Deadliest Catch season 6: getting pissy with one another. I thought the gloves didn't start coming off until midseason. 
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Guy Compton posted:I was without cable for many years. I used to really like watching TLC back when it had cooking shows and home improvement shows (remember the Furniture Guys?). Then I got cable and again, and TLC sure has turned into a sideshow. Way back when, TLC gave us Junkyard Wars 
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404GoonNotFound posted:Way back when, TLC gave us Junkyard Wars Hey the Science Channel still shows this regularly! I just hate the later episodes for some reason. I liked the old hosts better. So uh, I noticed I have another Natgeo network now. NatGeo Wild. I don't know if this replaced another channel or not, or if I legitimately have a new one. Too bad they still give all these damned dog shows on the regular NatGeo.
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Mythbusters is rerunning already? What was that, like, 3 new episodes?ToastyPotato posted:Hey the Science Channel still shows this regularly! I just hate the later episodes for some reason. I liked the old hosts better. I think it replaced Fox Reality channel.
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FogHelmut posted:Mythbusters is rerunning already? What was that, like, 3 new episodes?
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spixxor posted:Yeah, but it's all owned by the same people. I think that is the fourth one I was thinking about. Incidentally, just reading about a midget riding a bicycle has sent me into hysterics. Now if I were to see a midget riding a unicycle they might have to take me to the hospital for rupturing something from laughing so hard.
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If you're not keeping up with the Storm Chasers blog:quote:April 24, 2010
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A scottish robot man? Maybe? I don't really associate a deep, attractive, rolling scottish accent with Hawking, personally.
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So... the first likely form of multicellular alien life is a species of anteaters with suction cups for faces? 
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Watching this show makes me sad because it reminds me of what could be then nails you with commercials of how pathetic reality now is
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The Hillstrants doing Geico commercials? Makes about as much sense as Sig selling frozen salmon burgers in grocery stores (which were okay, but not something I'd pay that much for again).
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Anyone watch the Steven Hawking show last night? Was that if for the show? I was trying to find a list of upcoming shows but the discovery channel website only shows the 3 previously aired shows.
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Noghri_ViR posted:Anyone watch the Steven Hawking show last night? Was that if for the show? I was trying to find a list of upcoming shows but the discovery channel website only shows the 3 previously aired shows. Right after the show they said it'd continue next Sunday, same time.
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iastudent posted:Right after the show they said it'd continue next Sunday, same time. I was really hoping for a schedule of upcoming topics. There's some I wouldn't mind missing but I know there's others that I would probably kill a hobo to watch.
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Noghri_ViR posted:I was really hoping for a schedule of upcoming topics. There's some I wouldn't mind missing but I know there's others that I would probably kill a hobo to watch. About the best I could find. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=1.16334.25977.37238.1
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Has Mike Rowe always narrated Swamp Loggers? I'm also surprised Keith didn't go into one of his trademark ballistic moments after he found out about the bait & switch.  EDIT: Wait, what the hell is Lenny still doing on that boat? The guy was supposed to have retired last season. iastudent fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Apr 28, 2010 |
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Im so glad discovery still plays good edutainment. History channel and TLC really have fallen far. Discovery even has the best commercials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0
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Noghri_ViR posted:I was really hoping for a schedule of upcoming topics. There's some I wouldn't mind missing but I know there's others that I would probably kill a hobo to watch.
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I hope they weren't serious about throwing the Jakes in the water to swap back, that seems unnecessarily and dangerously dumb.
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iastudent posted:Has Mike Rowe always narrated Swamp Loggers? Yep. Now if only they could get Bo to narrate.
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Trident posted:I hope they weren't serious about throwing the Jakes in the water to swap back, that seems unnecessarily and dangerously dumb. Right at the start of the episode the two boats seemed to be circling around someone in the water in a Survival suit and things were getting very dangerous (someone shouting "he is going to get sucked into the prop!". Then the episode ended without them expanding on that at all, so who knows really. It really felt pointless for them to air that at the start and not follow up on it in the same episode. I also think the Northwestern Jake might not want to go back because of his comments during the episode about feeling like a real deckhand on Phil's boat.
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God I hate the build team on Mythbusters. This is just the water heater myth all over again.
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IRQ posted:God I hate the build team on Mythbusters. They did say it's like the water heater myth. At least they're being honest about it. Where did that myth that women have a higher pain tolerance than men come from? I'd like to see more of the science on it.
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iastudent posted:They did say it's like the water heater myth. At least they're being honest about it. Childbirth.
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iastudent posted:They did say it's like the water heater myth. At least they're being honest about it. All the science you need is in childbirth, anal porn, and doing a bunch of IV sticks. Men are pansies if you don't tell them you're comparing. If they knew about the experiment beforehand they'd all suck it up and act as tough as possible.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Childbirth. Yep. This is actually a myth I've heard of rather than some dumb poo poo they pulled off the internet. And it doesn't surprise me that it's true.
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Generalized pain tolerance isn't something that can be effectively tested ever due to both the scope, dimorphism and inherent ethical quandries, much less by a serialized hourlong television show. 
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iastudent posted:EDIT: Wait, what the hell is Lenny still doing on that boat? The guy was supposed to have retired last season. 50k for a few weeks of work is a pretty big draw.
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Tony Danza Claus posted:Men are pansies if you don't tell them you're comparing. If they knew about the experiment beforehand they'd all suck it up and act as tough as possible. As for Deadliest Catch, the intro teaser wasn't in this episode! Jake's gonna get pulled into the prop, tonight on Deadliest Catch! And it isn't even in the episode!
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I just caught up on Deadliest Catch and I gotta say that next season will be weird for me. With Phil gone, that pretty much leaves 1 captain I like and that's Sig, although the Kodiak skipper seems OK. I tired of Keith pretty much immediately and I'm now done with the captains from the Time Bandit. They're just complete pricks about anything and everything, carrying the most retarded grudges and acting as white trash as is humanly possible. I'm sure the show will be fine but not sure how much I'm going to enjoy it with only Sig to look forward to(and I love his blow ups).
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hall n oates mom posted:Generalized pain tolerance isn't something that can be effectively tested ever due to both the scope, dimorphism and inherent ethical quandries, much less by a serialized hourlong television show.
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Crotch Bat posted:I just caught up on Deadliest Catch and I gotta say that next season will be weird for me. With Phil gone, that pretty much leaves 1 captain I like and that's Sig, although the Kodiak skipper seems OK. I tired of Keith pretty much immediately and I'm now done with the captains from the Time Bandit. They're just complete pricks about anything and everything, carrying the most retarded grudges and acting as white trash as is humanly possible. I agree, things feel a lot more soap-opera these days and Sig's the only (living  ) captain I really like watching anymore. At least they show a lot of reruns.
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McSpanky posted:I agree, things feel a lot more soap-opera these days and Sig's the only (living Definitely too much drama, not enough crabbing. I missed the first half of Mythbusters. What was in that bowl where they were sticking their hands? Was it just ice, or something else?
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Guy Compton posted:Definitely too much drama, not enough crabbing. Recirculating ice water that was kept at 1 degree above zero. The other pain tests they tried were interesting but not feasible due to a)being too complicated for them to do and b)less control over starting and stopping it.
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