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This was the first episode I liked this season. Although that is not that weird it often takes a while for me to warm up to the casts, and it’s usually the worst gameplay pre-merge. I really hope this is the last of this time reversal gimmick though. I say that absolutely rolling over Tori saying “he’ll probably like it” about Rox…and dude clearly loved it. Strong Al Bundy energy. He won’t win so I can enjoy that freely. Tori is every 20 something therapist I came across either professionally or as a consumer of the service so I have a soft spot even though she is kind of the worst. Romeo and Hai’s moment was sweet and I loved all the Mike chats.
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Apr 14, 2022 09:34
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I find tori totally bland, and I usually enjoy a wildcard instigator.
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Kazak_Hstan posted:I find tori totally bland, and I usually enjoy a wildcard instigator. Kind of agree. Somehow Tori is both bland and insufferable. It's pretty hard to get such a mix.
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Apr 14, 2022 11:28
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Antiquated Pants posted:I wish it was Tori, she's the worst but drat it was the one challenge that Jonathan couldn't just dominate. Might be lots of challenges like this that Jonathan can't dominate now that we're at merge.
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Apr 14, 2022 13:59
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Honestly unless he has been sandbagging this whole way. It seems like Jonathan is going to struggle quite a bit. Not too many challenges post merge are just physical... Doesn't seem like he's too good at puzzles and I can't imagine a lot of the pain endurance challenges are going to be easy for a giant.
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Apr 14, 2022 14:08
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Honestly unless he has been sandbagging this whole way. It seems like Jonathan is going to struggle quite a bit. Not too many challenges post merge are just physical... Doesn't seem like he's too good at puzzles and I can't imagine a lot of the pain endurance challenges are going to be easy for a giant. I love Jonathan so far so this may be wishful thinking, but despite him walking away from the early triangles challenge and Lindsay telling everyone he sucks at puzzles this week, have we seen him be bad at one yet? But ultimately I agree - I think that the threat of his immunity challenge dominance is overstated. He'll need to nurture his relationships, which I don't think is out of the question given what we've seen.
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Apr 14, 2022 15:00
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Looks like Tribal-Council is kind of broken this week. They have Lindsay as the person voted out.
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Yeah, guys like Jonathan can dominate in the camp and group challenges by brute force and athleticism but individual immunities are more varied and tend to be like puzzles and focus and balance and stuff like that. And he might do well in those but they also just might not be in his skill set and he's carrying way more weight and size than everyone else so he's gonna be at a disadvantage in some. He was always going to be targeted as soon as Merge happens. But he at least seems to (a) recognize that and doesn't think he can just beast his way through and (b) seems to have a good social game so he's got people willing to fight for him. I don't know how long that can last. He's still probably doomed in the short run. But you never know with Survivor. The right challenges, the right meltdowns. I'm glad to see that the Jonathan, Mike, and Rocks dad club is developing as I'd hoped. Also Tori's the worst.
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Fast Luck posted:It not being able to be Tori made it ten times more dynamic though. That is a good point, that was a ridiculous scramble and let other people shine as well. Tori is probably going to stir poo poo up going forward. I just don't like her attitude, or watching her, but everyone else reacting to the situation is good. Also she does get some credit for winning that challenge, that one always looks incredibly frustrating.
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Apr 14, 2022 17:17
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I can't believe Chanelle didn't tell Omar he was about to lose his vote. The worst Shipwheel Island partner.
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Apr 14, 2022 17:51
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Omar and Jonathan are the dudes rock alliance and im here for it
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Apr 14, 2022 18:46
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Overdrift posted:Looks like Tribal-Council is kind of broken this week. They have Lindsay as the person voted out. I definitely confused Lydia and Lindsay (as names) at the start of the season too. I feel you, Tribal-Council Guy.
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I find Tori fascinating because she just can't seem to stop making unforced social errors. Trying to be like "oh Rocksroy, I'm sorry YOU didn't appreciate the gift we gave you" or the weird aside right before tribal where she tells Jonathan to his face that she's sorry to see him go but she needs immunity wins. She's convinced that as a therapist she can run rings around everyone socially so she doesn't have to be nice! What a grating thing to base your game play on!!!
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HOLY poo poo?! APPLEBEES! gently caress YEAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! *Jumps up and down, punches my self in the face, headbutts the guy standing next to me, runs over and toungue-kisses Jeff, falls over and spasms until I vomit*
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I know we only get little glimpses of the contestants and their interactions but for someone who’s job it is to talk to people, Tori seems pretty bad at it. Grilling Rocks was stupid and reminds me of when an acquaintance was going through the job interview process for the RCMP and had to take a lie detector test: the guy just kept insisting that they were holding back, so they just made up small bullshit that wasn’t even true in order to get through it and everyone hated him. That’s the best case scenario, since she already decided he’s lying.
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The Mighty Moltres posted:HOLY poo poo?! APPLEBEES! Applebee's sucks poo poo at home but I'd be pretty excited about it too if I were them
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Apr 15, 2022 02:34
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I have no idea why I like Tori. She's not playing very well and she'd probably be annoying on the island. I guess she just reminds me of so many people that I spent my twenties drinking with, but I grin every time she Mr. Magoos her way through another vote. It'll probably stop being funny when she somehow gets my boy Hai voted out instead of her. I do think it bodes well for Hai that he apparently knew going in that he didn't have the votes to save Lydia. It means he hasn't been shut out of the loop. Not sure I agree with Omar's thinking on keeping Mary Ann instead of blindsiding her, but good on him for whipping the votes.
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Apr 15, 2022 02:38
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Omar kept both of his pre merge allies so I don’t think you can pick that too much. Hai seems to have a decent read and social game and it might help him to lose Lydia since he was just openly advertising them as a duo. I dunno if anyone will do a sideways glance at him for voting her out the way Mike kinda did but that stuff tends to pass. He didn’t really betray or anything and the tide had probably just turned outside his control. I also assume that the knowledge/suspicion Mary Ann had an idol might have just kept her out of the question. Otherwise that 9 fell apart real fast. But I thought it was funny that they formed a final 9, then decided to vote out Jonathan, and then Omar used Lydia being willing to vote out one of the new 8 as reason to turn on her. Modern Survivor is funny. Tori talks to people like she’s doing them a favor explaining to them why they’re wrong.
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The Bloop posted:Applebee's sucks poo poo at home but I'd be pretty excited about it too if I were them it's fun to freak out and be excited and everyone knows your time to shine is during the applebees promo. On applebees day all my confessionals mention how much I eat applebees every day, how the bartenders all know me by name.
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STAC Goat posted:I also assume that the knowledge/suspicion Mary Ann had an idol might have just kept her out of the question. Otherwise that 9 fell apart real fast. But I thought it was funny that they formed a final 9, then decided to vote out Jonathan, and then Omar used Lydia being willing to vote out one of the new 8 as reason to turn on her. Modern Survivor is funny. no, lol they formed a F8 Omar turned the rest of the 8 on Lydia the 6 votes for Lydia were legit just that group -- everyone else was left on the outs completely.
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curiousCat posted:no, lol The 8 was theoretically 9 because they talked about including Rocks. I actually assumed “the 8” they were talking about was sans Jonathan. But Rocks ended up voting for Lindsey for some reason so I’m just assuming in the scrambling chaos the 8 didn’t think it was worth cluing him in as they debated turning on one of themselves. The key thing to me still seems to be that Mary Ann wasn’t in the 8. So her not being more of a target I assume was because of fear she had an idol. So then Romeo was able to push some of them to Jonathan and Omar was able to shift them to Lydia. It’s just funny that he used Lydia willing to vote out Jonathan as a pretense when they were just guilty of the same any way. But that’s modern survivor “alliances”.
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Maryann seems like a very sweet person but I would absolutely lose my poo poo if I had to be around her all the time.
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STAC Goat posted:The 8 was theoretically 9 because they talked about including Rocks. I actually assumed “the 8” they were talking about was sans Jonathan. But Rocks ended up voting for Lindsey for some reason so I’m just assuming in the scrambling chaos the 8 didn’t think it was worth cluing him in as they debated turning on one of themselves. Maryanne isn't in the 8, yeah. It was supposedly Omar/Jonathan/Lindsay, Mike/Hai/Lydia, and Drea/Rocksroy. Romeo, Tori, Chanelle and Maryanne were out of the group.
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It more or less already happened, but 8 is an unmanageable number. 7-4 seems similarly unstable. Prediction for next week: Omar vs. Hai blows it up and crystallizes more stable alliances. Drea lays low and flips later on to take control of the game.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:I can't believe Chanelle didn't tell Omar he was about to lose his vote. The worst Shipwheel Island partner. She could be like "oh man, crazy story... I don't know what i was thinking but with that mistake i went from being in the swing position to total chaos. We had a really nice bond though, i hope we can pick back up from where we left off." But I can see how it's like, calling up past partners and telling them you have herpes or somethnig, which I guess is probably not fun Also was funny when a group of people was like, oh last time Chanelle walked up we all quickly dispersed, we can't do that again this time. So she comes in and someone says "Hey Chanelle, whats up. You know, so-and-so was saying how they really like you, we should work with you," and she's like: "..." "..." "..." group: "welp!" (disperses) STAC Goat posted:The 8 was theoretically 9 because they talked about including Rocks. I actually assumed “the 8” they were talking about was sans Jonathan. But Rocks ended up voting for Lindsey for some reason so I’m just assuming in the scrambling chaos the 8 didn’t think it was worth cluing him in as they debated turning on one of themselves. ApplesandOranges posted:Maryanne isn't in the 8, yeah. It was supposedly Omar/Jonathan/Lindsay, Mike/Hai/Lydia, and Drea/Rocksroy. Romeo, Tori, Chanelle and Maryanne were out of the group. Fast Luck fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Apr 15, 2022 |
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Kazak_Hstan posted:It more or less already happened, but 8 is an unmanageable number. 7-4 seems similarly unstable. Prediction for next week: Omar vs. Hai blows it up and crystallizes more stable alliances. Fast Luck fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Apr 15, 2022 |
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ApplesandOranges posted:Maryanne isn't in the 8, yeah. It was supposedly Omar/Jonathan/Lindsay, Mike/Hai/Lydia, and Drea/Rocksroy. Romeo, Tori, Chanelle and Maryanne were out of the group. Yeah, I only mention Mary Anne because Jonathan listed targets as Tori, Channelle, and Mary Anne. So when the vote came down to Jonathan, Mary Anne, Lydia, Hai, and Drea it would seem like the 8 would all collectively agree to vote out Mary Anne instead of one of them, or at least Jonathan would push that. Since they moved to Jonathan and then Lydia I assume they were just all scared of Mary Anne using an idol. Although the Omar/Lydia conversation seemed like "Mary Anne or Jonathan?" was at least a debate.
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https://twitter.com/lydia_meredith/status/1515050788292243458
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How's that for owning the nickname your high school bullies gave you
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STAC Goat posted:Also Tori's the worst. She really is, Chanelle is right there though. This is a fun group, I love how Rocks finally found inner peace on exile. So many masterminds (I see Omar and Hai teaming up against Romeo and then turning on each other later). Drea is my fav to win with that side eye. I like the Mike/Jonathan relationship. I think as soon as Maryanne feels actually vulnerable she’s gonna go insane and burn the place down. I think Hai letting Lydia go was a master play, he would have had that tight duo target and she was not an immunity threat so she’d always be on the chopping block. It is funny that the alliance of 8 lasted maybe 10 minutes.
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quote:Survivor 42: ITS GOOD, ITS BIG, ITS APPLEBEES Mods? We need this.
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Jonathan is the only survivor I've actually cared about in the past few seasons. He seems like the kind of guy you could go out drinking with, and at the end of the night he would carry your drunk rear end home, feed your dog, then come over the next morning and fry up a bunch of eggs and bacon. Just seems like a cool dude, I'll be sad when he inevitably gets voted off.
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that was entertaining as hell, this is a good rear end cast and a good season
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The Mighty Moltres posted:Jonathan is the only survivor I've actually cared about in the past few seasons. At least you know he'll be back like 5 times in the future.
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Big Taint posted:It is funny that the alliance of 8 lasted maybe 10 minutes. Nice play by Omer as the one sort of option, his former tribe mate Maryanne, could have ended up idoling out another former tribe mate in Jonathan, but he found a way to keep them both safe and the idol in the game. Nice by Jonathan also in having multiple people willing to vote Lydia over him.
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The Mighty Moltres posted:Jonathan is the only survivor I've actually cared about in the past few seasons. Isn't his dad like a super conservative congressperson and isn't he super duper religious - like, goes on missions
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His dad is running for governor of AL, Dean Young.
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everyone's dad sucks and is conservative, he's not necessarily the same thing but i'm also not willing to bet on it since all i know about him is Strong, Friendly, eats a lot.
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Studio posted:Isn't his dad like a super conservative congressperson and isn't he super duper religious - like, goes on missions no please don’t ruin this 
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