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Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe

Ah I see, you'd be naked and she'd be afraid. :downsrim:

naem posted:

I'm pretty sure I'd tackle one of the camera crew and take their Luna bars after about 3 days honestly

A player in this game can tap out at any time, you wouldn't need to tackle anyone.

Really the strangest aspect is that it isn't a competition and there's no :10bux: prize for surviving.

Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Jul 30, 2014

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you irl
Jan 22, 2014
a rope: good for strangling an erroneous boner or strangling my female partner to enhance a lackluster boner, also for climbing

Woden
May 6, 2006

Binary Logic posted:


Really the strangest aspect is that it isn't a competition and there's no :10bux: prize for surviving.

Why? It's for crazy survival nuts that want to test themselves, people climb Everest with no prizes in mind and this is almost as dumb as doing that.

Oh and thanks for posting this thread, been binge watching and it's pretty great so far.

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


Joke answers aside, I really want to know what they are allowed to bring. Even if it has to fit in that little bag there are much better items they could bring. Like, a bic lighter would last for 21 days easy and instantly make fire, or you could bring one of those big jugs of protein powder and not have to whine about how you can't find protein for 21 days straight, or a machete that has flint on it so the other person can bring a pot instead of a fire starter...

They must just have a list of like 10 basic items to choose from. Also, they must be informed of what the other person is bringing on some level because they never choose the same thing. I'm most of the way through season 2 and it's always a fire starter and a machete at this point. The fire starter also never works

Howard Beale
Feb 22, 2001

It's like this, Peanut
Protip: Once you've packed your little bag, pour in all the uncooked rice you can so it fills up the rest of the bag's volume.

What you do with the rice after that is up to you. Plant it, eat it, attract animals with it, declare it the new currency and exchange it for sexual favors, go hog wild.

Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe

NESguerilla posted:

Joke answers aside, I really want to know what they are allowed to bring. Even if it has to fit in that little bag there are much better items they could bring. Like, a bic lighter would last for 21 days easy and instantly make fire, or you could bring one of those big jugs of protein powder and not have to whine about how you can't find protein for 21 days straight, or a machete that has flint on it so the other person can bring a pot instead of a fire starter...

They must just have a list of like 10 basic items to choose from. Also, they must be informed of what the other person is bringing on some level because they never choose the same thing. I'm most of the way through season 2 and it's always a fire starter and a machete at this point. The fire starter also never works

I think it's like Survivor - they are told to bring a few items, and then the producers decide which goes in the bag. That way they don't end up with 2 knives. It would also explain how the guy who was afraid to swim ended up with goggles instead of something more practical.
And a BIC lighter wouldn't last very long in wet situation since it could take a lot of butane to ignite wet kindling. Besides, while they're fine on recreational camping trips no one calling themselves a survivalist would bring that.

They don't know where they're going (marsh/swamp or desert or island)

Howard Beale posted:

Protip: Once you've packed your little bag, pour in all the uncooked rice you can so it fills up the rest of the bag's volume.

What you do with the rice after that is up to you. Plant it, eat it, attract animals with it, declare it the new currency and exchange it for sexual favors, go hog wild.

Where would you get the rice?! Besides, the producers pack the bag. And eating raw rice when you are short on drinking water is a really bad idea.

ilikedirt
Oct 15, 2004

king of posting

Keith Stone posted:

Has there ever been a black dude? I've only seen white folks.

I'd like to see a big ole black dude so the blurred area on the screen reaches from waist to ground.

Try hard answer: Firesteel. That's the only logical choice. That and barbecue sauce.

naked and afraid makes whites nostalgic for their natural habitat in caves and forests. it only makes sense that savage, animalistic , soulless white devils would crave to watch their kin wander naked through mud and grass and it probably gives them sexual arousal if the stars of the show are particularly closely related to them.

Rapman the Cook
Aug 24, 2013

by Ralp
ebola

Woden
May 6, 2006

Binary Logic posted:

I think it's like Survivor - they are told to bring a few items, and then the producers decide which goes in the bag. That way they don't end up with 2 knives. It would also explain how the guy who was afraid to swim ended up with goggles instead of something more practical.
And a BIC lighter wouldn't last very long in wet situation since it could take a lot of butane to ignite wet kindling. Besides, while they're fine on recreational camping trips no one calling themselves a survivalist would bring that.

They don't know where they're going (marsh/swamp or desert or island)


Yeah it seems they pick a few items and the producers whittle it down to the final two. Some of the people are surprised about what they get with comments like "oh looks like I brought my machete" type deal. Goggles seem like a pro item if you're good with fire, water and going to the coast. There's been two goggle episodes and one of them got decent mileage out of them.

They do know where they're going, in season 3 there's an episode set high in the mountains and the lady said she lived in Boston and turned off her houses heating so she'd acclimate. Other episodes I swear I heard them talk about researching the area before going in.

They don't know exactly where I guess you mean, so they're told they're off to Fiji but don't know if jungle/forest or beach or ??? Makes sense.

This show is getting pretty repetitive now that I'm on season 3, eat some bugs, maybe some berries and kill a snake. There was even an ep where a dude made shelter, got his fire/water on and was happy to just chill for like 20 days or whatever was left. I want to see a couple living large or at least not failing so hard at hunting.

Fog Tripper
Mar 3, 2008

by Smythe

Binary Logic posted:


Where would you get the rice?! Besides, the producers pack the bag. And eating raw rice when you are short on drinking water is a really bad idea.

- things learned from dayz

Rad Tad
Jul 2, 2014

the producers would probably get pissed if you brought a jar of protein powder since the jar would be useful too. I'd love it if they let you just put a week's worth of protein powder in your lovely hemp purse they give you at the start of the show.

Also, my favourite part of the show is every religious husband complaining about how his partner is trying to cuddle up with him at night, not for heat, but because the devil is testing him.

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


The Mormon guy was the best. He sucked at everything and let his partner freeze the whole time because he promised his wife he wouldn't touch her.

Also smashing that rock for 3 days so could eat a gecko that he didn't even share if I remember right.

Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe
It still freaks me out to remember the woman picked up a bird head and decided it would be okay to eat. And the man who decided, "I don't know what this mushroom is so I'm going to eat it and see what happens".

Wowbagger2004 posted:

I would choose happiness as my item because then I would finally have some

But happiness is so fleeting. It would be gone by the 2nd day.

Woden posted:

Yeah it seems they pick a few items and the producers whittle it down to the final two. Some of the people are surprised about what they get with comments like "oh looks like I brought my machete" type deal. Goggles seem like a pro item if you're good with fire, water and going to the coast. There's been two goggle episodes and one of them got decent mileage out of them.

They do know where they're going, in season 3 there's an episode set high in the mountains and the lady said she lived in Boston and turned off her houses heating so she'd acclimate. Other episodes I swear I heard them talk about researching the area before going in.

They don't know exactly where I guess you mean, so they're told they're off to Fiji but don't know if jungle/forest or beach or ??? Makes sense.

This show is getting pretty repetitive now that I'm on season 3, eat some bugs, maybe some berries and kill a snake. There was even an ep where a dude made shelter, got his fire/water on and was happy to just chill for like 20 days or whatever was left. I want to see a couple living large or at least not failing so hard at hunting.
Yes, they know which area they're travelling to, but not the specifics of the situation they'll be put in.

It could be more interesting if the show used a Survivorman set up. In that show usually there is a staged "accident" like a plane crash or boat that's run out of fuel and sunk or broken up on rocks/reef in a remote area.
That way, there is some minimal equipment that can be salvaged to improvise shelter and tools. It would give them something to do, and to demonstrate skills. Then there is a long distance to travel to get help so Les Stroud can't just set up a camp in one spot and wait for help to arrive. But I suppose the participants wouldn't truly be Naked.

In the episode with the surfer girl, she does the smart thing and beach-combs, finding several useful items.

you irl posted:

why are we discussing "Naked and Afraid" when "Naked Dating" is a show?

Naked Dating is such a ridiculous premise. So I had to watch a couple of episodes. Terrible tv show. And everything's blurred/pixelated more than Japanese porn LOL.
But your question brings up an interesting point. Going days/weeks without food lowers the libido. And Naked and Afraid producers really like to mis-match the pairs as much as they can. Hippie surfer chic with a Special Forces guy. A married Christian with a flaky 'pagan'.

So: will we ever see a Naked and Afraid showmance?!

Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Aug 4, 2014

Rad Tad
Jul 2, 2014

Binary Logic posted:

So: will we ever see a Naked and Afraid showmance?!

One of the more recent episodes had a pair that wouldn't stop talking about how much they adore each other.

Also the bird head eater was the best episode ever because holy poo poo what a moron

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
the best answer is a sawed off shotgun and all the loose shells that can be packed around it.

Nelson Mandingo
Mar 27, 2005




A really really good knife.

Because realism.

Minorkos
Feb 20, 2010

1 plape lol (just making a gbs reference to yall)

1001 Arabian dicks
Sep 16, 2013

EVE ONLINE IS MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY BECAUSE IM A FRIENDLESS SEMILITERATE LOSER WHO WILL PEDANTICALLY DEMAND PROOF FOR BASIC THINGS LIKE GRAVITY OR THE EXISTENCE OF SELF. ASK ME ABOUT CHEATING AT TARKOV BECAUSE, WELL, SEE ABOVE
as a huge fan of survivorman is this worth watching? les stroud was hot

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

avatarinwin posted:

as a huge fan of survivorman is this worth watching? les stroud was hot

its a mix of infuriating incompetence and standoffishness, and surprising and inspiring teamwork at other times

i really hate reality tv's obsession with building episodes around crazy people, but they do throw in something really nice where the people work together and do well every few episodes

Moola
Aug 16, 2006
im watching this show pretty much for the nice lady bums

Baconface
Sep 13, 2005
Bacon = Love
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PotU
Jul 5, 2009

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
the season 2 box set of けいおん! (k-on!). not so alone anymore now that i have all my friends with me, now am i?

1001 Arabian dicks
Sep 16, 2013

EVE ONLINE IS MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY BECAUSE IM A FRIENDLESS SEMILITERATE LOSER WHO WILL PEDANTICALLY DEMAND PROOF FOR BASIC THINGS LIKE GRAVITY OR THE EXISTENCE OF SELF. ASK ME ABOUT CHEATING AT TARKOV BECAUSE, WELL, SEE ABOVE
i'm pretty poo poo at survival so i'd bring one of those striking fire starters, like the magnesium things. no idea what they are but i want one of those spark makers. i want it even if im not naked and alone

e: what are they called so i can go buy one

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003

avatarinwin posted:

i'm pretty poo poo at survival so i'd bring one of those striking fire starters, like the magnesium things. no idea what they are but i want one of those spark makers. i want it even if im not naked and alone

e: what are they called so i can go buy one

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dsporting&field-keywords=fire%20starter

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Nelson Mandingo posted:

A really really good knife.

Because realism.

My hanzo steel will save me and furthermore.....

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


Binary Logic posted:

In the episode with the surfer girl, she does the smart thing and beach-combs, finding several useful items.

She seemed in general like the most useful person I've seen on the show.

Rad Tad
Jul 2, 2014

NESguerilla posted:

She seemed in general like the most useful person I've seen on the show.

lol yeah sure buddy and how many nutrients did she miss out on by not randomly eating bird heads and mushrooms

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax

Jaweeeblop posted:

[Ignatius M. Meen talking to camera]By wrapping this vine around my wasit and letting the magnifying glass dangle from it I can make my penis look much larger *wobbles eye brows up and down* she'll be impressed *pokes index finger of right hand through "ok" sign being made by left hand*

naem
May 29, 2011

Fire knife I already said this http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007BO9G1W?pc_redir=1407011256&robot_redir=1

Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe
That "fire knife" is two separate components and if you're bringing a blade it should be bigger with multiple uses, like a machete or hatchet.
It could be interesting if someone packed it, pulled it out of their bag - and the flint was missing.

NESguerilla posted:

She seemed in general like the most useful person I've seen on the show.

The woman in Season 3 Episode 1 knows her poo poo, too. It's funny when the Big Game Hunter guy she's with gets pissy and starts to sulk because she's catching food and he isn't. "Where ah came from, the man is the provider and the little woman stays at home..." What loving past century is he living in.

But surfer girl Alison also seems to be the one to have best used the show as a career booster.

FogHelmut
Dec 18, 2003


You can buy those two exact items separately for about half the price. Those basic Morakniv knives go for about $12, and are honestly the best $12 knives out there. That weirdo barefoot guy from Dual Survival uses the wood handle one.

Rad Tad
Jul 2, 2014

if i pick up one nacho and it's attached to all the others via melted cheese does that count as my one object?

Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe

Rad Tad posted:

if i pick up one nacho and it's attached to all the others via melted cheese does that count as my one object?

you're better off starving than eating nachos and cheese without salsa.

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
the largest amount of soylent allowed.

Sheen Sheen
Nov 18, 2002
I would bring a magnifying glass, not to start fires, but to constantly hold in front of my wang so my lady partner would think I was well-endowed

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Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe

Sheen Sheen posted:

I would bring a magnifying glass, not to start fires, but to constantly hold in front of my wang so my lady partner would think I was well-endowed

Waste of a choice. Just tell her to use her video recorder to check you out because "the camera adds 10 pounds".

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