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SweetJahasus
Dec 23, 2005

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Christmas Abbott, ugh.

She's from my hometown and is somewhat of a fitness "icon" who calls herself a crossfitter and runs a CF gym here. Let's just say....I'm not excited to see her on television based on the way I've seen her act towards some people in the local CF community here.

She will be a villain.

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Christmas Abbott

Christmas Abbott

Christmas ABBOTT

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Fat Lowtax posted:

I mean this makes me way happier than "Christmas Abbott is cool and normal" would

Yeah, I suppose I can't argue there. I suppose it's just different separating the "character" on tv from the person when the person is in the same community as you. Hell, as a quasi-feedster, I hope she entertains.

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This second guy is the worst person

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Teek posted:

Very loud and boisterous. Seems like he'll either go week one, or Devin himself out of the game a couple weeks in.

Yeah, I see this dude crying within 10 days.

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Oh hi there Clay Corey Cody you sure do look interesting and very good television.

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I'm cautiously optimistic about this new twist. If we can get BBCan2 type drama from it weekly then it could be super good. We could also see a bunch of groupthink bullshit leading to the "safe" choice every week so hopefully we have enough selfish people this year to not do that.

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Teek posted:


Even better, America will get to vote for the Houseguests they want to send into the Den of Temptation, which lets fans influence the game in spectacular Big Brother fashion.


I missed that it was America picking who did this.

Never mind my previous optimism - this is going to be stupid and bad.

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Could be considered NSFW (no nudity)



Why are the turds always the first HoHs?

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Meanwhile I'm over here still laughing about Kevin calling a PB&J a "choke and slide".

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So....when Cody gets drawn for POV and wins then doesn't use it, this plan is gonna definitely be super good.

Paul is an idiot.

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Just checking in to say that today, in casual conversation with my wife, I called a PB&J a Choke-and-Slide.

Thanks Kevin you're a true bro. :moonrio:

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STAC Goat posted:

Paul/Christmas HOH.
Jessica threatens them with the Temptation and throws Marlena under the bus
They put her up anyway.
Jody spend all week complaining about how stupid and smug they are while Paul pulls Marlena away from them.
She uses the Hex.
Rewind means Jess can't play.
Josh wins HOH.
Jess and Cody get simultaneously evicted when they instinctively lunge at him on live TV as Julie covers.
Josh keeps his HOH and puts up Marlena.
Mark turns into a hopeless mess of tears and roid rage.

BBWetDream.txt

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STAC Goat posted:

Cody: This isn't a loving game to me, Josh! This is real loving life.

hahhahahahahahahahahahaah


haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaahhaahhaha

this loving guy

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sportsgenius86 posted:

They meet famous people at work and then end up going on free vacations with them where they likely gently caress or what not but it's less an escort type deal than just having a really wealthy gently caress buddy.

Yeahhhh I'm no encyclopedia or anything but this is definitely prostitution.

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Muddy Burphy posted:

I don't know how you do it, STAC. This season is beyond tedious at this point.

No kidding, I half-read these recaps and even that makes me want to die. You're a saint for doing this. You're also a maniac.

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This is a great indication of how lovely this season is. Spergy conversations about reality show nomenclature.

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STAC Goat posted:

I think he sees it as some kind of rebellious move and him throwing himself on the grenade for Raven, but mostly I think he's just never been all that into the game and now he's over it entirely and doesn't see the point in dealing with it.

You know how every season there's a bunch of players who say "I just want to make jury" but when they make jury they still fight because it was just a goal or game tactic and not actually THE goal? Well for Matt he really only cared about making jury.

Matt is very bad casting. And I dont say that often.

See, I definitely read it as a tantrum and not some misguided "heroic" move. He's acting like that guy who pops the basketball when someone showboats on him.

Edit: Mark, on the other hand, handled being the target like a real well-adjusted human. Matt is handling it like a child, and Raven is a loving nightmare.

The youtube videos detailing all of the bullshit she has said in the house, up to and including the clear case of Munchausen syndrome she has are hilarious though.

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If you're a shitbag, don't be pissed when you go on national television with 24-hour long monitoring and get a magnifying glass put on your shittiness. It's a really simple solution, don't tell unnecessary bullshit lies and don't be an rear end in a top hat.

That said, it's good tv :getin:
Not Raven, but other people - Raven is garbage tv

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Fun Fact: Literally all of the stupid drama-filled bullshit fights this season are due to Paul.

Paul is the worst thing to ever happen to BB. Even the Cody poo poo was a daisy-chain result of Paul being in the house.

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I think you're misunderstanding my point. Yes, everyone can and should be responsible for their own actions, but all of the toxic fighting has been a direct result of Paul instigating and unnecessarily breeding resentment between groups. You can just look back to the shunning of Jody to see how Paul was actively instigating them to cause even more hostility in the house. Paul was constantly instigating Josh to go bang pots and pans around Mark or Cody. Paul is stirring up all of this poo poo against Kevin (who has been blindly loyal to him btw) in an effort to purposefully burn Kevin.

In the context of Big Brother I can suspend belief enough to know that it's "working" but I still don't see this as a winning strategy in any way and will likely result in the same thing as last season. On top of that, it's making him look like a complete rear end in a top hat and while you do have to lie some of the fault at the feet of the people being manipulated, Paul is playing with a loaded deck because he didn't have the system shock of a first time BB player, AND he got the huge boon of being the "famous" person in a house of people chasing fame. (Not to mention all of the immunity bullshit that was rigged for him).

Would Josh have been an abrasive person in the house if not for Paul? Yeah, probably. Would Kevin have a hair trigger? Probably. Would Cody still be bigoted and Jess still be a mean girl? Probably. However, this stuff would happen organically and be way more fun rather than being some professional wrestling style orchestrated bullshit from Paul. Literally everything about Paul is fake and it's gross to watch. You can see the way he screams and laughs and constantly is glancing at cameras during times he KNOWS will be aired to see it. That's not showmanship, it's pandering.

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Man y'all are some serious Paul apologists. Just because many of the houseguests make bad decisions and are horrible doesn't mean that Paul isn't equally as lovely and is instigating further disharmony that encourages violence. It's one thing to realize that it's a game and just play the game and backstab or whatever, it's another thing entirely to realize people are on the outs and are very stressed (by their own hand or otherwise) and commanding someone to go bang pots and pans together in their face. It serves to do nothing beyond spitting in the eye of someone while you beat them.

Also, the Cody betrayal/etc is definitely a result of Paul being in the house, as I said. It may not have to do with the fact that Paul did anything to Cody, but were Paul not in the house then Cody wouldn't have betrayed his alliance, thus cleaving that rift in the house which resulted in like 6 weeks of drama. Not necessarily Paul's purposeful fault but his weird forced insertion into the game (which came with a guaranteed secret 3 weeks of safety) ensured that of course someone would come after the one single stand-out veteran, thus resulting in them getting stiff-armed by the temptation and ostracized by the house.

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Teek posted:

Paul won veto.

Worst season?

Worst season.

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ToastyPotato posted:

I dunno, I feel like Derrick had to work a bit harder to get the win, but I could just be remembering incorrectly.

Yeah Derrick had to put up with Frankie for like 70 days which is a nightmare in itself.

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I'm most excited about this season ending and Raven seeing how the world received her.

I'm a bad person.

But not as bad as Raven.

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