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    The Slatons in the Media: Anything for a Dollar

    in 1,000-LB Sisters

    On 10/26/2021 at 12:34 PM, chenoa333 said:

    I thought it was mentioned (when the show first debuted) that Tammy's big, odd shaped forehead was due to fat storage. Now she's at least 200 pounds bigger and her fat has to find somewhere else to go.

    She's stubborn and needs psychological help. This could be the first death of a TLC show participant. 

    I take it you’ve never seen 600 pound life 

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    Meghan McCain: "Both Sides" Wannabe Tough Chick

    in The View

    · Edited by thebigboot

    2 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

    Team Joy all day, every day! The woman is a saint. I can only applaud her if she's said enough is enough with Meghan. I think Joy held back a lot at first because Meghan was new, her dad was sick, then he passed. Meghan was grieving (and grieving and grieving), so Joy always treated Meghan with kid gloves. Meghan's now happily married with a baby and doing just fine. Why hold back now? lol

    @ Ontime Meghan will never be poor, an immigrant, or person of color, so sadly there are many issues she will never care about. 

    Just to make sure I read this correctly, after Joy defended herself doing black face to a POC in fact, and her hypocrisy with the believe all women movement and that’s who you’re taking? Wow, kind of rich for Joy to be uppity with Meghan after her history 🤷🏻‍♂️ 
     

    Meghan might never be a POC, but didn’t stop Joy from dressing up as one! And no repercussions at that either, white privilege for the win!

    S08.E06: Whitney Confronts Chase

    in My Big Fat Fabulous Life

    5 hours ago, LibertarianSlut said:

    I totally agree with you.  If I was going to bold everything I agreed with from this post, I’d wind up holding the whole thing.  I felt this way throughout about Chase—I said that if new info came to light that did not cause me to believe that Chase was acting in bad faith, I would post that I was wrong.  Nothing that has transpired has changed my mind that he is not a good egg. 

    I don’t have to like anything about Whitney to dislike Chase intensely.  To me, that would be what-aboutism.  Whitney has almost no redeeming qualities that I can name off the top of my head other than I find her to be more articulate than the average reality TV star, when she is not mangling the English language on purpose.  Other than that, I disagree with almost everything she says and thinks going back to season one.  The thing with me, though, is that whatever I think about Whitney, the facts are:  she’s desperate in every way there is to be desperate (exhibit A is this show), she’s infertile, she’s lonely and likely to remain that way and even if she lost 100 lbs she would still be morbidly obese.  One can argue that this is all of her own making, and I would accept that argument, but it’s still all true and for me to continue to belabor all of her wrongdoings feels a little like punching down.  She is a joke.  She is the joke.  I’m not sure how much more I have to say about that.  

    Chase still behaved terribly here though IMO.  I will never not see that.  This is reality TV.  If someone goes on reality TV as themselves—which is undisputed—and plays the role of a guy who gets another girl pregnant behind his fiancé’s back, I reject that person’s behavior with an avid passion.  I don’t understand the argument that Chase is caught in some reality/fiction vortex from which he cannot escape.  He made his bed by signing on the dotted line to display his “reality” for an audience, he behaved badly, and he is rightfully being taken to task for it IMO.  I think him crying hysterically on TV was well-deserved, because it shows there are consequences for our actions.  

    I think the social media comment aired on the show was in all likelihood an accurate prediction—I think it is more likely than not that he will be a bad father, and partner.  He went on two seasons of reality TV and either lied through his teeth for money and fame or he had unprotected sex when he was engaged to another woman.  Either way, this child’s life began in a dishonest and public way.  I can’t look past that.  I wouldn’t know where to start.  

    I think it was completely valid for Whitney to ask Chase why he never told her he got a woman pregnant, and he is going to raise the baby, but why he never asked Whitney to continue to be his fiancée and then his wife while he did this for the next 18 years.  I think I know the answer to that question—because he doesn’t want to be with Whitney—but if two people are engaged, it is a strange thing not to bode the topic of trying to save the relationship when one does wrong.  If the engagement was fake, then shame on all of them, but I’m not assuming anything.  I have my doubts, but as long as this is a reality show, I expect people to act realistically, and that is one of the few realistic questions that arose.  

    As far as taking care of his kid, that is an old trope.  Guys on the ID Channel and mafia movies and all over the culture constantly tell women they can’t be with them because they have to be with their kids, and then they go bang some other woman (note to Chase’s current partner—the way you got him is the way you’ll lose him), or hit the bars or both or worse.  Chase saying he has to go take care of his kid doesn’t mitigate any of his wrongdoing for me.  It doesn’t even make sense—within the given narrative—as to why he couldn’t be with Whitney.  

    The thing about this is that I would have a grudging respect for Chase if he said anything remotely truthful, such as, “I never loved you; I was pretending.”  Then I could find an honest place to dig my boots in and try to see things from his side, but he is obviously clearly lying to placate the storyline and the cameras, and I don’t respect that.  My opinion from earlier in the season remains exactly the same—you want to be an actor, go to casting calls; you want to put your life on TV, put your damned life on TV, but then accept the consequences.  I find schadenfreude in the fact that he rolled the dice for an “easy” payday and now he is not just crying, he’s crying like a baby.

    I think both Whitney’s and Chase’s tears were very real, and very deserved.  I am also curious as to whether Chase thinks what in all likelihood was a low-end payday was worth it, and I think he sucks even worse if he thinks it was.  

    There’s nothing remotely intriguing left about this show to make me want to keep watching.  I think it has run its course, like the other TLC show Sister Wives.  There’s nothing there left anymore, except lies, and I also find everyone on that show who is an adult repugnant, just like I feel about everyone on this show.  I don’t feel bad for Whitney, but I’m not having fun making fun at her expense, no one is giving good snark, there’s just a 600-lb (Whitney and Buddy’s combined weight?) pile of stank left.  

    FWIW, I am proud of Buddy for losing so much weight so fast.  I sort of changed my opinion on him a little in the last few episodes, as he’s shown some growth.  I liked Ryan as well as you can like any of these people for awhile, but I don’t get the severe attitude against Buddy in talking heads, but then filming scenes socializing with him, but not calling him out to his face the way Todd would.  Maybe Ryan is freaking out that if he and Buddy continue along their respective paths, there will be a day in the not-so-distant future that Ryan is flabbier than Buddy? 

    I am not at all a fan of Ryan’s squeamishness toward the Chase-Whitney situation.  He gets all uncomfortable like a 12 year old boy when Whitney pumps him for info, which he should either give freely or say to Whitney, “hey, Whitney, I don’t know who you think you are demanding me to tell you about Chase’s private matters, so I suggest you back off or find a different business partner.”  Everyone is so goddamned mealy-mouthed on this show that it makes me sick, because they’re all sucking at the teat of the almighty dollar, and I wish they would all go on individual journeys to find some self-respect.  

    I was ride-or-die for Todd until he said on camera that he wishes all the best to Chase and his new baby.  I think the baby is an innocent player in all of this, and I certainly hope the baby is fine with her whackadoo parents, but there are some things you don’t say as an alleged friend, and I think this was the equivalent of telling a friend that you’re pretty sure the ex that they’re losing their shit over is up in the club having the time of their life.  At least Ashley had mixed feelings about it, and I think Heather said the thing that sounds the most like an earthling would say to a good friend after a break-up, which was something to the tune of “fuck him.”  There are 7.2 billion other people in the world who can wish Chase luck with his family, and there are about five who claim to be her real friends, and real friends take up for one another, where I come from anyway.  

    I’ve seen enough to know I’m not gong to change my mind.  I haven’t read or seen one fact to undermine my position, just supposition.  I am not willing to stretch my credulity to the end of the earth and make up a set of reasons that this would normally be low-down dirty behavior of the highest order, except Chase was in a bind, so he is therefore pardoned for his sins.  No one—including Chase—is coming on the show to discuss a bind he was in, so I am certainly not going to take into account or weigh evidence that is not there.  If evidence comes to light that Chase participated in this show under duress or coercion, such as someone was blackmailing him or someone had a gun to his head, I’d be willing to revise my opinion, but that is not even remotely the case.

    I think the main argument to counter my argument is that Chase signed up for an easy payday, Whitney was in on it, there was supposed to be a great breakup where Whitney was all, “I am woman, hear me roar,” only Chase got a woman pregnant, which threw a wrench into their plans, and so what, it’s a TV show, they parted ways.  My only problem with this argument is...all of it—there is no evidence to suggest this is true from what I have seen on the show, therefore I’m not going to entertain it.  Chase has the power to tell the truth and shame the devil, which that alcoholic comedienne did a bunch of seasons back, and she was fabulous.  If Chase is just going to sit there and cry, I am not going to make up a story for him out of whole cloth to save his poor little feelings.  That’s not how any of this works for me.  

    He can man up or get out.  He did the latter, certainly not the former, and I guess that page is now closed.  Good riddance, and my opinion that she dodged a bullet stands.  

    And yet somehow we’re supposed to root for Whitney because... she’s a great person? No, that’s not right. She understand boundaries? Nope, not that one either. She has a great personality? Man, this is getting difficult. Ahh, there we go, because she has a reality show she thinks she can do whatever she wants and people will love her because reasons. She has this habit of starting things she can’t or won’t finish, she acts like a child yet we’re supposed to applaud her because she didn’t get chase? I mean, every relationship we’ve seen on this show has been fake. Every. Last. One. Of. Them. Whitney is the one common denominator in all of this. That’s a very clear indication, but hey, at least she’s got Daddy’s picture to slobber all over.

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    On Patrol: Live - General Discussion

    in On Patrol: Live

    On 6/15/2020 at 11:54 AM, Rlb8031 said:

    If cops assume that all people are lying to them, they also need to accept the consequences when that assumption is incorrect. If the police are professionals, they have to understand that the same way a doctor is held liable if they accidently kill a patient or a lawyer is held responsible if they accidently disclose evidence, they are going to be held responsible if they make a judgement call and are wrong. Haven't most of these recent cases proven that? Err on the side of caution and 1) the guy lives, 2) the cops lives aren't upended and 3) the show is still on.   

    That’s hilarious if you honestly believe the bit about the doctors. 

    On Patrol: Live - General Discussion

    in On Patrol: Live

    4 hours ago, Rlb8031 said:

    The issue isn't the policy to destroy tapes after 6 months. The issue is that when a death occurred on camera, during the filming of the show, none of the producers, lawyers, or executives from the channel did what would normally be done when a death occurs during the filming of a television show and have that video turned over to lawyers who properly might have anticipated a lawsuit.

    The agreements with the police departments allowed the departments to have final say over use of those tapes, which provides an incentive for the police to consent to destruction of a tape. Had the department filmed on its own, it also would have been obliged to keep the tape. So the relationship between the show and the departments created an environment where decisions were made that would never have been approved but for that relationship.

    His death was not on camera, this has been stated multiple times. The facts that have come out about the situation makes the DA look bad, but not Live PD. Well, unless you ignore facts. 

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    On Patrol: Live - General Discussion

    in On Patrol: Live

    3 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

    The film crews, and producers crossed the line when they helped cover up a death in custody.    I agree the show did a lot of good, but this ruined it for me.    Dan Abrams has said that the cancellation isn't the end of the show, but I think it should be.   You don't help hide the death of a man.   

    I think the second the crew destroying the footage of a man being tased to death came out, this show and everything from this production company should have been yanked off the air.  

    So every single person should hang for the actions of few? Should they be held accountable, by all means yes. But yeah go ahead and fire the editors, etc etc who literally had nothing to do with it. 

    Not to mention, the media stands by actors & musicians who’ve committed murders, bigoted hate crimes and more with no trouble to their career. 

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    S08.E10: Ashley B.'s Story

    in My 600-lb Life

    18 years ago I was diagnosed with stress induced irritable bowel syndrome, she’s just getting a new excuse to justify her bad behavior. I’ve had struggles with my weight loss but it was by my own hand not IBS.

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    S02.E04: The Denominator

    in New Amsterdam

    14 hours ago, izabella said:

    If anyone asked, she could say she was giving the patient a warning that if she took too many of the pills, she would die.  That seems like a warning a doctor would give a patient.  With this show, I don't think anyone will ask.

    No doctor would give that warning because lets be honest, enough of any med could probably kill you. Yes, in this show no one will ask because in this show laws don’t exist. It’s kind of hard to be supportive of a show that for the good of the people says hey, legality and responsibility doesn’t exist because rich people.

    Jazz and the Jennings Family in the Media

    in I Am Jazz

    On 9/14/2019 at 3:37 PM, possibilities said:

    I have no idea what she's doing, but if she's taking a gap year, or just busy actually studying instead of making a tv show, either way I have no problem with it. It's like if she's filming, she's criticized for being a famewhore, and if she isn't filming, she's not somehow real? I don't get it. She's a young woman living her life. People can watch her show or not watch it, she can make a show or not make one. I don't understand why it is upsetting either way.

    Because she made such a big deal about getting into Harvard and yet there’s been nothing. There would have been at least a news article about the first openly trans reality star attending an Ivy League school. Yet there’s silence. No posts from Jazz herself to show the other trans kids that they can make it too!

    Mama June: From Not To Hot: Seasons 1-6

    in Mama June: From Not To Hot

    4 hours ago, newyawk said:

    I don't believe that June never cared for her kids. The way she fought for Alana in the lawyer's office when Sugar Bear and Jennifer were looking into more custodial/visitation rights showed that she did at one point care about at least one of them, and also when she made sure she was at the hospital when or immediately after Pumpkin had her baby.  I do believe that June never really learned how to be a mother and regards her kids as her friends. Maybe that's why it was easier for her to prioritize Geno over them.  The drugs, of course, play a big part in that,

    Honestly she probably fought that hard to save the money train. If she cared that much about her she wouldn’t have had her around a pedo. I do agree to an extent about not learning how to be a mother but some of this is just common sense on what not to do.

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    Mama June: From Not To Hot: Seasons 1-6

    in Mama June: From Not To Hot

    13 hours ago, newyawk said:

    I seriously think June is going to be homeless before the year is out. 

    As per TMZ on Thursday, she was selling off all the interior items of her home, including the last bed in the house. I mean, who knows, maybe this means she's moving in with Geno in his place, but I doubt it. It seems pretty ominous. I'd bet he will talk her into selling the last asset she has, her house, and he'll take her for all the proceeds and leave.  It is just damn sad. 

    https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/15/mama-june-facebook-marketplace-for-sale-house-mess-geno-doak/

    I got to disagree with you on this. It’s sad that June has proved time and time again she doesn’t care about her children, it’s sad that she put drugs and men over her kids (again).

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    Mama June: From Not To Hot: Seasons 1-6

    in Mama June: From Not To Hot

    19 hours ago, Armchair Critic said:

    June had arm lift surgery and chins removed and they grew back. 😲 What a waste of time and money on that makeover.

    I know Pumpkin loves Alana but she probably would like to have time alone with her little family but June would rather get high with Geno than have Alana back. Maybe now more people will believe that June did the same thing to Anna, chose a loser over her own daughter.

    It’s frustrating June gets rewarded for her horrible behavior time and time again. Her kids get screwed left right and center and Alana is old enough to be aware her sister wants time with her own family.

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