They always have that quirky one who they label as “crazy” (see also: Ashley Salter), which I always find a bit insulting, given that these women are sharing screen time with actual crazies (see: Krystal).
“(4) Raise your hand and talk instead! (fun fact: this will require you to read before class).”
Amen to this. I was probably (read: definitely) on people’s “gunner bingo” cards throughout law school, but it was only because I spent some time teaching before I went, and I’d been the guy standing in front of a class full of people who refuse to interact or participate. It’s the worst, and I won’t force someone else to suffer through it. Somebody has to look up from AIM (or whatever people use these days) and keep the conversation flowing.
This Bekah thing is really easy, Arie. Third place. Because if you pick Bekah, she’s totally going to dump your ass in a few months when a better opportunity comes along. That said, she’s probably not going to be too upset if you keep her around through the fantasy suite and then send her home. She gets it. Hell, she’ll probably be relieved, which is probably not going to be the case with any of the other women. Can’t go wrong with third place, my man.
They’ve been going head-to-head against the National Championship game on ESPN for several years now, so it’s nothing new. I think the Bachelor ratings dip a bit, but it’s easy enough to catch up on Hulu if you want to watch the game, if the game gets ugly, you can always switch over. Disney owns both programs, so they wouldn’t do it unless it made sense to the bottom line.
Don’t mention the sloppy dance floor make out, but do make sure that the song that was playing when it happened is on the DJ’s mix. (I actually saw a couple use that song as their first dance, and I have always respected the hell out of that decision.)
Any other Jo Nesbo obsessives out there who would have blown that one-on-one by pointing out every place where a horribly violent murder occurs in one of the Hole books? (Including, incidentally, that ski jump.)
See, there’s always that one guy who claims that the sociopath is actually a really cool, funny guy, and keeps inviting him out, thereby ensuring that everyone else has a terrible time.
I’ve had to drag my ass out of enough sociopath-instigated near fistfights to stop pretending it’s entertaining at all. Quit enabling these people.
If it makes you feel any better, the same guy who is constantly bragging to you about how awesome Colorado is is constantly bitching to us about how the pizza, beer, sports teams, drivers, and just about everything else are so much better back home.
Nice work, you said that someone potentially getting sexually assaulted was a terrible event. That’s like saying that cancer is terrible thing- no one thinks it’s not terrible. When you follow up your condemnation with comments about the alleged victim being an opportunist, you are doing the next worst thing, which is proving to the many silent victims out there that coming forward would have been worse than dealing with it silently. I believe 100% that you aren’t intending to do that, but it’s the end result nonetheless.
If you guys woke up one morning and found out that I had taped someone having sex with you while you were blackout drunk rather than stopping them, you wouldn’t be a little pissed? Yeah, ABC has the deep pockets, but they also fucked up big time.
Yes, I suspect that if someone were sexually assaulted while a TV crew looked on and didn’t say anything, the victim would probably have a good cause of action against the network. (And don’t come at me about whatever waivers are in the contract the contestant signed, because no jury in the world is going to hold that a network could waive its responsibility to take basic measures to stop a sexual assault.) My bet is that there is a risk management protocol that the producers are expected to follow, that the complaining producer followed protocol, and either the producer wants to have that on the record should someone sue ABC, or (and this would be very bad) the producer was reprimanded for expressing concern about what was happening.
Everyone is different, but my advice on moving in before marriage is this: you have a really short window in your life where you have enough money to live on your own and aren’t married, and you need to milk the shit out of it. Marriage is awesome, but having a place of your own where you can lock your door at the end of the day and sit around in whatever you want watching whatever you want and eating whatever you want is also awesome.
Plus, who needs the test drive. I can tell you right now, your spouse is going to do things that will drive you nuts. If your relationship is still at a stage where you don’t know that you will still want to be married to this person if they aren’t great about getting plates in the dishwasher, you aren’t ready to marry them.
The ridiculous thing about Blake is that this is the second time he has been on a reality show with Whaboom, and yet he’s still trying to play the “only one of us is here for the right reasons” card on him.
I like Kenny, but he’s totally got “nice guy who finds himself wondering why he still hasn’t gotten a one-on-one two weeks before hometowns” written all over him.
” I’d love to see both and watch them hook up with other people right in front of each other but I don’t even think the producers of these shows are that twisted…”
They already did that on the last season of Bachelor Pad. After Jake and Vienna went through the most messy and public breakup in franchise history, they both ended up on the same season of Pad, with predicable results. That said, I think that was a special case, where both of them were so obnoxious that it was fun to watch them suffer. Ben and Lauren are a bit too likeable to make this work.
The trick is to pretend that your crappy lawn is actually an environmentally responsible lawn. You see a weed? I see a drought-hardy perennial. Neighbor points out your brown patches? Yeah man, I don’t really believe in putting more chemicals into our water table, or wasting valuable water on useless grass. Leaves left everywhere in the fall? Just returning the carbons to Mother Earth. (Not advisable in an HOA neighborhood, but in my liberal urban neighborhood? They eat that shit up.)
Even if you were hooking up with someone else for a few weeks because you weren’t exclusive with your current partner, I can’t see any way that bringing that up when determining your anniversary will end well. Past relationships and hook ups should be strictly don’t ask don’t tell. For the sake of everyone’s ego and feelings, just make it the first date.
I’m assuming from the lack of any mention of Flora that you haven’t hit season three. Perfect red hair, lilting Scottish accent, and she can bake? What more could you want?
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They always have that quirky one who they label as “crazy” (see also: Ashley Salter), which I always find a bit insulting, given that these women are sharing screen time with actual crazies (see: Krystal).
“(4) Raise your hand and talk instead! (fun fact: this will require you to read before class).”
Amen to this. I was probably (read: definitely) on people’s “gunner bingo” cards throughout law school, but it was only because I spent some time teaching before I went, and I’d been the guy standing in front of a class full of people who refuse to interact or participate. It’s the worst, and I won’t force someone else to suffer through it. Somebody has to look up from AIM (or whatever people use these days) and keep the conversation flowing.
This Bekah thing is really easy, Arie. Third place. Because if you pick Bekah, she’s totally going to dump your ass in a few months when a better opportunity comes along. That said, she’s probably not going to be too upset if you keep her around through the fantasy suite and then send her home. She gets it. Hell, she’ll probably be relieved, which is probably not going to be the case with any of the other women. Can’t go wrong with third place, my man.
They’ve been going head-to-head against the National Championship game on ESPN for several years now, so it’s nothing new. I think the Bachelor ratings dip a bit, but it’s easy enough to catch up on Hulu if you want to watch the game, if the game gets ugly, you can always switch over. Disney owns both programs, so they wouldn’t do it unless it made sense to the bottom line.
Don’t mention the sloppy dance floor make out, but do make sure that the song that was playing when it happened is on the DJ’s mix. (I actually saw a couple use that song as their first dance, and I have always respected the hell out of that decision.)
Any other Jo Nesbo obsessives out there who would have blown that one-on-one by pointing out every place where a horribly violent murder occurs in one of the Hole books? (Including, incidentally, that ski jump.)
See, there’s always that one guy who claims that the sociopath is actually a really cool, funny guy, and keeps inviting him out, thereby ensuring that everyone else has a terrible time.
I’ve had to drag my ass out of enough sociopath-instigated near fistfights to stop pretending it’s entertaining at all. Quit enabling these people.
If it makes you feel any better, the same guy who is constantly bragging to you about how awesome Colorado is is constantly bitching to us about how the pizza, beer, sports teams, drivers, and just about everything else are so much better back home.
Nice work, you said that someone potentially getting sexually assaulted was a terrible event. That’s like saying that cancer is terrible thing- no one thinks it’s not terrible. When you follow up your condemnation with comments about the alleged victim being an opportunist, you are doing the next worst thing, which is proving to the many silent victims out there that coming forward would have been worse than dealing with it silently. I believe 100% that you aren’t intending to do that, but it’s the end result nonetheless.
If you guys woke up one morning and found out that I had taped someone having sex with you while you were blackout drunk rather than stopping them, you wouldn’t be a little pissed? Yeah, ABC has the deep pockets, but they also fucked up big time.
Yes, I suspect that if someone were sexually assaulted while a TV crew looked on and didn’t say anything, the victim would probably have a good cause of action against the network. (And don’t come at me about whatever waivers are in the contract the contestant signed, because no jury in the world is going to hold that a network could waive its responsibility to take basic measures to stop a sexual assault.) My bet is that there is a risk management protocol that the producers are expected to follow, that the complaining producer followed protocol, and either the producer wants to have that on the record should someone sue ABC, or (and this would be very bad) the producer was reprimanded for expressing concern about what was happening.
Everyone is different, but my advice on moving in before marriage is this: you have a really short window in your life where you have enough money to live on your own and aren’t married, and you need to milk the shit out of it. Marriage is awesome, but having a place of your own where you can lock your door at the end of the day and sit around in whatever you want watching whatever you want and eating whatever you want is also awesome.
Plus, who needs the test drive. I can tell you right now, your spouse is going to do things that will drive you nuts. If your relationship is still at a stage where you don’t know that you will still want to be married to this person if they aren’t great about getting plates in the dishwasher, you aren’t ready to marry them.
The ridiculous thing about Blake is that this is the second time he has been on a reality show with Whaboom, and yet he’s still trying to play the “only one of us is here for the right reasons” card on him.
I like Kenny, but he’s totally got “nice guy who finds himself wondering why he still hasn’t gotten a one-on-one two weeks before hometowns” written all over him.
Agreed, but I’ll also admit that when I’m on zero sleep and still a little drunk when the sun is coming up, I’m pretty fragile.
I think it’s at least arguable that Donald Trump Whaboomed his way to the White House.
” I’d love to see both and watch them hook up with other people right in front of each other but I don’t even think the producers of these shows are that twisted…”
They already did that on the last season of Bachelor Pad. After Jake and Vienna went through the most messy and public breakup in franchise history, they both ended up on the same season of Pad, with predicable results. That said, I think that was a special case, where both of them were so obnoxious that it was fun to watch them suffer. Ben and Lauren are a bit too likeable to make this work.
The trick is to pretend that your crappy lawn is actually an environmentally responsible lawn. You see a weed? I see a drought-hardy perennial. Neighbor points out your brown patches? Yeah man, I don’t really believe in putting more chemicals into our water table, or wasting valuable water on useless grass. Leaves left everywhere in the fall? Just returning the carbons to Mother Earth. (Not advisable in an HOA neighborhood, but in my liberal urban neighborhood? They eat that shit up.)
Even if you were hooking up with someone else for a few weeks because you weren’t exclusive with your current partner, I can’t see any way that bringing that up when determining your anniversary will end well. Past relationships and hook ups should be strictly don’t ask don’t tell. For the sake of everyone’s ego and feelings, just make it the first date.
I’m assuming from the lack of any mention of Flora that you haven’t hit season three. Perfect red hair, lilting Scottish accent, and she can bake? What more could you want?