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  1. Two people that provoke a visceral reaction in me. I personally think that would have been another match made in hell. Alyssa was a real wacko. She may have liked Brennan but I have a feeling he wouldn't have liked her back. I think the fur would have really flown between them!
  2. "He" is my husband who I mentioned in my original post that @Bastet replied to. I think the randomizer is kind of gimmicky, but at least it doesn't give them too many odd combinations (although there was one particularly bad one in this episode). I've seen worse on "Chopped" and that isn't random and doesn't involve Guy at all, that I know of, anyway!
  3. OMG, if it makes someone a shitty person to out someone that's been lying to them for weeks about being all into them to the point that he was making her doubt her better sense and gut instinct, I want to be that kind of shitty person! The dude had it coming to him BIG TIME. He is ON SCREEN lying to the audience about this multiple times. She was not just fantasizing that he was into her. He was TELLING HER HE WAS and acting like she was just insecure to think otherwise. And he even had ways of making her think he was that into her even though he kept putting her off sexually. He strung her along on that too, like it wasn't that he didn't want her sexually and it would happen eventually when he felt right about it. Again, she was not delusional, the guy was deceiving her and he is ON CAMERA saying those things in front of the experts who supported him in saying them! I mean how freaking omniscient would she have to be to see through all of that deception especially when she has EVERYTHING invested in this relationship? The guy put on a dead pan, sincere act and everything! I expect a woman to see through an obvious player and we've had many of them on this show. But this guy was really a wolf in sheep's clothing, that's for sure! The guy lied to her so bad for weeks that he broke her heart and made her look like crap on camera. If all she's done in response to that is out him for lying, I'd say he got off easy.
  4. Sorry to be so late to reply - I try not to look at the thread until I've seen the most recent episode. I asked him and he said it's not just Guy that bothers him, it's the randomizer. He says he thinks it's too much of a gimmick. He doesn't like seeing them have to use weird combinations of ingredients or machinery. He also said he doesn't feel like he learns anything from watching this show and if not for the randomizer he would probably put up with Guy. He also doesn't watch GGG for similar reasons. I get where he's coming from but I find I do learn something from both shows (and they're fun to watch) and I'm the one that does most of the cooking in our household so I guess I see these things differently. And I don't mind Guy. At one time he was seen as the symbol of the downfall of FN but I don't think he's as bad as all that. As for this episode, I too was a let down when Karen didn't win but I don't dislike the "new and improved" Dale so it didn't feel as bad as it could have. I was also happy about Tobias' win as I've always liked him a lot. I had a feeling Maneet would win and when I saw what Eric made I knew she would take it. He really should have known know better. I'm OK Maneet's win as I am pretty much neutral on either one of them. And I was OK with Antonia's win too as I like both her and Voltaggio. I liked hearing about what good friends they are in real life. Something we never knew. I wish they would do a holiday show together sort-of like the one Lidia Bastianich has done.
  5. I think the point Becca was implying there was that he was not in that medium category of user but perhaps in the excessive category just as Emily probably drinks to excess, although in her case she does seem to hold down a responsible job from what little I've read online. We really know even less about what Austin does and how productive he is and as a result I don't assume he is like Emily in that regard, plus Brennan never said that about her. Becca's comment made me think perhaps Austin is not that productive in general. We certainly can assume that SHE is based on what we see of her career online, of which there's lots of evidence (and I don't agree with those that still think she's lazy). And Austin doesn't look that energetic or productive to me, although looks can be deceiving.
  6. Replying to myself here. I do think there's a popular conception today that if a woman chooses traditionally "feminine" things such as appearance or behavior it must be coming from social conditioning and not anything innate. But that contradicts the other popular conception that relates to sexual and gender preference. Most people see those preferences and any behavior coming out of them as not chosen or conditioned to be so, but coming out of something innate about the person. And we are especially down with that when it comes to people with non-traditional preferences. I think both nature and nurture play a role in most things about humans, it's just where those things play a role and in whom. As with most things it probably depends upon the person. I'm sure that many women raised by wolves in a vacuum would still choose more traditionally feminine activities and clothing, etc., and it may or may not come from any sort of social conditioning. And it may be true of the majority of women. We just don't have any conclusive evidence to show that. Just something to think about.
  7. That's very interesting. I do remember the studies I read about claiming they chose children as young as possible to try to factor out the environmental effect as much as they could, but it seems like you can't get there early enough for that. I haven't watched the video but I will later, thanks! Interestingly I seemed to naturally gravitate to boys' toys and clothes as a kid even though my mom originally dressed me in girls' clothing. She never discouraged me, though, and perhaps that made the difference. She celebrated my choices. And for a mom in the 1960s and '70s that was truly amazing. I miss my Mom!
  8. I have to admit, I love chickens. My day camp had chickens and I was always in the coop playing with them. And they're smarter than we think. Unfortunately I also love how they taste and I once tried being a vegetarian but my body revolted. It seems that I have a tendency towards anemia and no amount of iron supplementation was enough without meat in my diet. I felt sick and had to go back to eating meat, which I think I would have anyway because I just was miserable not eating it. I know some people's bodies are better able to handle a no-meat diet. I hope the great chicken God in the sky will forgive me. I think about the scenes in the TV show "Alone" where the survivalists kill fish and animals and thank them for their sacrifice. I don't think I could ever handle killing a chicken or any animal other than an insect. The thought of it is horrible so I admit I put it out of my mind. If I was ever in a survival situation I probably would have to get over that but it would be traumatic for me. Of course I always see that scene from "Family Guy" in my head where the jury of chickens finds Peter Griffin "Bacaw", LOL.
  9. Oh I can do it, and I've had to but the level of disgust and sadness in the pit of my gut is on a level I've never personally witnessed from a man, at least not a younger man. My husband is getting there in his older age and I feel his pain. He admits this is not something he felt as much when younger. I don't really want to theorize as to why, although of this is an "in general" thing and might be based on how we are socialized as well as some innate tendencies. Stuff like this is studied in psychology and I remember reading about studies that noticed tendencies based on gender but there's no consensus on why that's the case. I remember reading about studies where very young boys and girls were given a choice of toys to play with and most boys naturally chose the more destructive toys while girls chose the less destructive, but given that I was a "tomboy" that wasn't my experience and I was actually more likely to want to play with boys' toys than girls'. I do find those studies interesting, though, and think there is something very generally true about their findings. Just what that something is no one really knows.
  10. Being what we used to call a "tomboy" I went through that phase but once puberty hit I somehow got all girlified and bugs suddenly became "icky", and I don't even know why. More of the boys I knew never got to that stage and were still fascinated by bugs, buying ant farms, even dismembering bugs just to see how that worked! My husband was just talking about this the other day. He's convinced it's a guy thing. I really don't know. Although I am constantly amazed at how men in general don't shy away from killing and getting rid of pests of all kinds. My husband is one. My father was also the big pest dispatcher. He got rid of everything including disgusting water bugs and bats, the latter of which he scared out of our apartment with bright lights. Same for my male friends. Sometimes it astounds me at how easily they approach this. Meanwhile my women friends and I want to be out of the room when our husbands/male SO's do this stuff. Same for my mother and she was no delicate flower, LOL. I grew up in NYC which is full of pests and I still have PTSD over having to deal with roaches. I don't think they affected my husband the same way and his parents were building superintendents so he saw his share of pests. I once called my father to come over and get rid of a huge disgusting water bug in my bathtub. My husband was away at the time. He dutifully drove over from the other side of the Bronx to do it. I miss my Dad.
  11. I've already said this a few times and cited an old boyfriend as an example, but you don't have to be against pot in general to not like being with a partner that does it to excess and that's the impression I'm getting from Becca. Although like others here I do think she might not have been so down on it if he was really that into her. Just as I am not against responsible alcohol consumption but not for drinking to excess on a regular basis, I'm also not against pot smoking in general but wouldn't want to be married to someone that did it to excess all the time. Emily has been criticized harshly for her excessive drinking and you never defended her for that but somehow you defend Austin for his excessive pot smoking? Just because with pot you get a mellow high that doesn't make you swing from a chandelier doesn't mean someone might not like being with a person that smokes so much they're unmotivated and lethargic most of the time. I think that was Becca's problem, not the smoking itself. Whenever anyone brings up Austin and the pot vaping I hear the song "Rocky Mountain High" in my head, LOL.
  12. It looks like the double avatar problem went away for me because suddenly it's gone. I had that issue too a few days ago with the ad blocker. I think it's because the ad blocker got updated to include more options which are set to "off" unless you go into its settings and turn them on. I know, it's a PITA but now there are options in there that ask you if you want to see "non-intrusive ads". You have to set that to "no". If that doesn't take care of all of the ads there are even more settings. To get rid of that white banner that was annoying me at the bottom of my screen I had to put on a certain feature that lets you target which ads you want gone and then when you click on the offending ad it goes away forever. They just keep making everything more complicated and it's ridiculous. But at least it works. I hope this helps.
  13. It's not just you, I'm seeing it too. This site has been so wonky lately. At least I finally got rid of that white banner at the bottom of my screen.
  14. I would still go on the interview. I find I trust reviews less these days. Sometimes I find that they attract more people with a gripe than satisfied people. And the scores can vary a lot from site to site even with lots of reviews. Even 300 reviews is not a lot in the scheme of things. But I'd also trust my gut at the interview. And if everyone is complaining about the same things in their reviews I'd take it under consideration. Sometimes what they're complaining about is nothing that would bother me. But if they're complaining about things I know would be deal breakers for me I'd probably listen to it more, although I would still go on the interview and make up my mind based on that. Good luck!
  15. Hi, sorry you came on when we were going on about that other stuff - If you go back into the episode threads several of us had the same thoughts about the fake runaway bride for ratings. I said that perhaps the producers realized this season was a dud with all the other couples falling apart so maybe they wanted to spice things up and perhaps make us think Michael would find his "perfect match". I even had the same thought about that first bride scene looking like a setup. It was overly edited and just didn't seem to add up. You're also far from alone about Chloe and that has been discussed here too. Some of us think she's either a wacko who is highly unrealistic or trying to push Michael away with deliberately OTT dreams. Or worse yet, maybe she's an actress hired to play a part by the show. Anyway, welcome to the club, it's a big one here!
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