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I started to actively dislike Brooke in the blind challenge when she kept telling Shirley to be quiet. Part of the challenge was to communicate through an obstacle. It wasn't a normal cooking environment. Shirley had every right to talk as loud as she needed to. The fact that Brooke couldn't deal with the noise (pretty sure the noise was designed to be part of the challenge) and felt ENTITLED to tell fellow chef to be quiet made me start looking at her differently. After that, Brooke's entitlement was front and center in every challenge. Everyone was supposed to fall on their sword to allow the Queen to move forward. I agree with the comparison with Blaise (who I also cannot stand). I was also disappointed, but not surprised at how ungracious Brooke was in winning.

Wasn't Val one of the group that bullied Michael in her season? I recognize her and for some reason I don't like her.

I was excited to find this show because I love me some Oliver Platt. However, they may have lost me with the exchange between Halstad and Manning over the canister of gas. There were so many problems with that. First, he basically physically imtimidates a pregnant woman by ripping the canister out of her hands. Aren't there procedures for checking out those canisters? I don't think any organization would tolerate that type of behavior between employees. Also, would he have done that to Choi? Probably not because a man could have fought back. Then he insults her in the most sexist and condescending way, telling her all them darn female hormones are making her a bad doctor. This was even worse for me because he is supposed to be her FRIEND. That is just uncalled for between professional colleagues. I would have buried him in HR and ethical complaints.

We get it cooksdelight. You know Abi in real life. The only problem is, everyone else on Survivor had to deal with the exact same conditions as your precious Abi. She should not get a pass for her reprehensible behavior when others in the same situation are managing to deal. This was also her second time playing. She can't say she didn't know what it was going to be like.

I call BS on the whole idea that Abi is such a nice person IRL and was just playing a character on the show. I think we've all experienced this type of delusional, paranoid narcissism from a coworker or family member. Everything is rosy as long as she gets her way and gets her ego stroked. It was too chillingly accurate to be a character.

I don't get the Tasha love. I didn't like her on her season and I like her even less this season. The combination of arrogance and entitlement (while throwing in blatant hypocrisy of deliberating acting un-Christ like because she can just ask for forgiveness) is very off-putting. There are plenty of others on all the tribes I dislike (Abi most of all) but I don't see the kind of praise for their gameplay like Tasha. I think she's playing emotionally and it will be her downfall.

Kody's hair has always been bad but the sad pony tail he had when he and Robyn went to the justice of the peace was a new low. I kept staring at it, wondering how he could look in the mirror and think that he looked good?

I don't think either term is offensive; I just don't care to have myself "rebranded" by other people. I think I can define myself for myself, I don't need someone else to create a term - "ciswoman" for me. If transgender women choose to call themselves transwomen, (which is their right, and doesn't bother me) do they get to choose what to call me, too? I completely agree CousinAmy. You make a great point that someone telling you what term they are going to use to describe YOU what is objectionable about the term. If someone says that they prefer to be referred to as a transgender woman, I can completely respect that. However when was there an agreement that cisgender is an acceptable term and I don't have the right to object?

I agree that Noah is pretty smug--for no apparent reason! I think that as the youngest boy, he developed this smart persona as a way to differentiate himself from his older, more athletic brothers. (Or maybe for a fake reality show) He rarely engages in the more physical aspects of living in the bush like hunting, fishing, extreme tree climbing, etc. He seems to stay in his tent "inventing" things like the new wheelchair office chair.

When Snowbird was explaining to Matt that she names her shovel, her gun, etc, the hubby and I turned to each other and asked what name she gave her snaggletooth. Also, Matt's "shout out to post" just screamed immaturity and insecurity to me. It felt like he was saying "Look at me!" And the Brown kids "accents" really do sound like speech impediments. I've noticed Matt and especially Bam don't have as strong of an "accent" as the younger 5.

Noah's delusion continues to entertain me. I loved when describing Christi to Ami he said "she's the first person I've met with an intellect to match my own". Well Noah, in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King. You've lived your whole life sequestered with the likes of Gabe and Bear. Just because you are smarter than those two does not make you a member of Mensa!

I really liked Vince Neil. He has a rock n roll lifestyle with no apologies. He's suffered great tragedy with the death of his daughter and you can see he carries a lot of pain. I found Gunnar Nelson to be a smug, condescending bore. His arrogance was palpable. I don't know what he ha to be so stuck up about. He and his brother were a novelty act in the 80's (ooh look! Ozzie Nelson's grandsons! And they're twins! And they're blond! And their Uncle is Mark Harmon from St. Elsewhere!) I liked his wife but hated Gunnar.

You have hit the nail on the head for me. I always had this thought in the back of my head that this family was the perfect breeding ground for victims. I can't stand Josh, JB or Michelle but I'm so sad for the girls. I hope that they can at least comfort each other - we know no one else will!

Just speaking from my experience, you have to protect your child(ren) from predators, even if the predator is also your child. If one child is abusing other children, then that child must be removed immediately and not allowed to return until treatment is completed and the authorities sign off. I know it sounds too simplistic but that is what has to happen. It is not an easy situation and it might not have been easy for JB and Michelle to find a safe place to send Josh but that was the only acceptable option. By allowing Josh to continue to live in the house sent EVERYONE the message that what he was doing was ok.

They probably are not experiencing any satisfaction at all. All the fallout will likely add to their sense of shame, that this was their fault. The victims are likely feeling more responsible for this mess than JB, Michelle or Josh. Even as an adult, safe from retribution of my family, the thought that our family secret would become public would give me panic attacks.