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Whut. Clare the Clueless. Sheesh.

Many road trips have been fueled by Pringles and Slim Jims. It's enough to tide a person over but still leave room for the giant plate meal at a diner later in the day.

I haven't decided. Part of my problem is that a close friend and I would text back and forth about The Bachelor/ette/in Paradise and it was one of the fun and goofy things we bonded over - a break from the original reason, a shared medical thing. She died last month, and I can't give it up yet since I feel like I'm watching for both of us. I'm also curious how (or IF) the show, and CH, will pull themselves out of the muck they have so willingly wallowed in. I guess I'm hate-watching (more than usual!). Or I've become mentally and morally lazy after the last year.

Matt gets this expression like a bug just crapped on his ice cream when he loses interest.

Ah, the Bachelor version of a super date: the woman gets put in a dangerous situation while the man gets to fulfill the fantasy of an average 12-year-old.

Ergh, those way he walked her out was beyond weird.

How old is Kit? I'm guessing about 19 by this conversation?

Do they have coats in the Bye-Bye Wagon for the women to put on? Poor Abigail, Matt looked cold in his leather jacket so she must have been frozen in that light dress.

I kinda love Serena P for hating that date and moving her head back when he went in for one of his fish kisses. But he looked bored when he was full-body hugging her after she wouldn't smooch him.

Harrison is a grown-ass© man who is choking on his own foot after that interview with Rachel, and it serves him right. That "apology" smacked of "I'm not sorry for what I said, I'm just sorry I got slammed for it." I feel horrible for Rachel having to listen to his defence of Snow White(y) and her southern belle privileged crap. The phrase "cancel culture" sounds suspiciously like people thinking racists shouldn't be held accountable. Some things, like racism (and misogyny, and homophobia, and transphobia, and other hate-fueled mindsets) SHOULD be cancelled, and it's appalling that they weren't cancelled decades ago.

After a certain age, EVERYTHING is on a downhill slide, and some people need a block and tackle to lift the slid body parts into the appropriate swimsuit areas.

The current Raechael (or however she spells it) and Chris Harrison both remind me of politicians who apologize, not because they think they were wrong, but because they were caught. I think the show has painted itself into a corner now and whoever they pick as the lead for the next few seasons of both franchises, whether a white person or a person of color, it's going to be damned if they do, damned if they don't. They were so artificial and heavy-handed with finally having Black leads rather than doing it earlier and more naturally, that it's always going to look like tokenism on their part. And that makes it tough for white leads in the near future, too, since they'll be under scrutiny for every move and word that they might not otherwise deserve to be. It will make an unnatural situation even more bizarre. Maybe the geezer version is an attempt to avoid it.

Oh, Chris, you big clueless dummy. 2018 was only THREE YEARS ago, not some forgotten time long past. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/entertainment/bachelor-chris-harrison-controversy/index.html

If Matt picks Rachel, then discovers her racist tendencies, will he take as long to break up with her as Becca did with Garrett? In this incestuous Bachelor world, will Garrett and Rachel find each other and raise a family of Proud Boys? Will Matt and Becca join forces (and hearts) and blandly try to make the world a better place, or at least instagram better?

Rainsong, you get all the roses for the Billy Budd reference. Just don't say "God bless Captain Harrison."

I think I read that her fancy clothes were all borrowed or thrift finds. I want to see more of her in a better situation.

Why does Matt pick up the rose and twirl it in front of him and THEN dump the woman on the date? That's so damn RUUUUDE.

"And desperate for attention and fame." Fixed it for ya.

I take back the attagirl I gave Serena Whosits for her "jackassery" comment. Now she's the designated batshit out of left field bitch.

Neither does Matt. My theory is if the Bachelor can't remember their names, that's who's outta there that week.

My feelings this season.

How about "I keep forgetting to tell the Feds when I switch jobs and addresses." And smile sweetly.

If Rachel's been liking and reposting racist crap, she's a racist, unless someone finds a strong repudiation of those posts - and the people in them - well before she became a contestant. "When people show you who they are, believe them." Just think of the different outcome if Chris Soules had been a person of color who killed a neighbor while under the influence. He barely got a gentle tap on the wrist! But he's got the double privilege of being white and wealthy, so nobody wanted to ruin his oh-so-special life by making him learn that actions have consequences. 😠😠😠

Maybe she'd be another Jillian - not the most glamorous, but a ton of fun and someone who the guys enjoyed being around, whether romantically or as friends.

So I guess f-ing Dale is f-ing going to f-ing pray over all the f-ing sh*t in his f-ing life, including the f-ing women it f-ing sounded like he f-ing f-ed while he was with f-ing Clare. Gotta f-ing love an f-ing religious dude.