Wandering Snark

Didn't want to end a positive post with negativity so I apologize for the dual posts here... But... 🤔 does anyone else see the upcoming 'double' being even LESS insignificant than usual? I just can hear the mode of thinking now that the moment they hear it's a double they will simply revert to a 'limit the chaos/damage' approach and go for the easy vote getting rid of Alyssa (or Terrance should he be the survivor of the first vote, though it doesn't seem to be trending that way) instead of trying to make a 'big move' or 'statement vote' with the 2nd eviction. 🙄 It's kind of a survival instinct that we often see kick in with doubles. Like your brain doesn't want to scramble for a plan and get it enacted in the next hour, so that usually leads them to follow the 'path of least resistance' instead of the most logical/game smart path. Yes, it would be smartest strategically to say 'Vote Michael' and be done with it; but I think in the moment they will instead come together as a group and think: 'Easy vote here, send home Alyssa and THEN we'll play out the rest of the game when we have more time to plan/find our way forward. We'll just do the easy thing here and collectively save our own asses to live to fight and plan another day.' Instead of 'what could be' (voting out Michael or another threat should he secure safety) be they safely jettison the last two outliers, and say "Okay, now we will settle this between us". It will indeed be boring and a let-down but I can see why, as a player in this situation I'd probably respond in kind.

Yeah, it was odd that they just kind of threw that one in there like it wasn't a revelation... and everyone's response to it as well as Turner's explanation was super chill and drama-less. It just seemed oddly timed/placed within the episode, yeah? It kind of rolled right past you almost. But good for him figuring out what makes him happy in life, there are so many people that don't even get close to figuring that out for themselves. I personally appreciate any kind of non-normative "representation" in media, especially when it isn't done negatively and isn't then responded to with hate & ignornance from the people around them. This was a positive thing in my opinion. The more we accept or at least are open to differences in others the more we learn about ourselves I think.

Agreed, Alyssa has come to a GREATLY exaggerated sense of her game/place in the game since she 'started playing for herself'. Her even using that phrase made me want to violently scream 'You've done nusssink!!!' at my tv. It must be really comforting to be able to chalk everything up to the 'Kyle Excuse'. Her re-inventing a season's worth of history to make herself feel better about having made zero impact on the game to this point is so convenient huh?

Yeah, as I like to say in such situations: That was an ass kicking of biblical proportion. I mean, damn! He was finished before some people had anything past the first three base pieces. And we aren't talking about a puzzle that consisted of four pieces made in your own likeness here. That was a large double sided puzzle. I doubt the people that created it could have physically re-assembled it much faster. It reminded me of how Johnathan ruled a few comps to unrivaled proportion on Survivor. It was stunning.

ETA: Need to preface this with a 'late to this convo' tag obviously... but my points still stand I feel. 🤔 I'm actually going to have to disagree with you here. Yes, there may be little shocking developments down the line but I don't feel it's 'dead'. I am still enjoying watching things play out. I can see how someone might feel that Michael's run through the game = bad teevee but this season imo is far from the death march some seasons (*cough* Derrick *cough*) have become at this point. We've seen SO much worse. We also don't have anyone ruling the game that is horribly unwatchable (*looks at Cody, Paul, Andy and others*). To lump this season in with either of those kinds of 'no longer worth watching' seasons just isn't accurate I don't think. Boring maybe? Yeah I guess, but the people are (pending your view with Kyle but to me that was just one skipable 'special episode' and things righted themselves...) decent enough to follow, not brilliant (and yes in some cases painfully dumb) but it's not to in 'not worth wayching for weeks' territory to me. I'm wondering if maybe it isn't feed watching "worthy" this season and that's what contributes to our differing opinions on the season? I'm def. not trying to put words in your 'mouth' here, I just do know that a lot of people that do come to the threads rely on feed watching to provide their entertainment. Personally, I've never invested time or money into the feeds, so I really don't know what the feeds are like for any given season. I don't approach the show from a "well, this is what they should have shown" angle either so maybe that is our disconnect? Anyhow just wanted to respond that as far as televised seasons on BB go there have been many many that were, in my opinion, far more difficult to watch play out, even annoying to watch than the current season. I still find it interesting, but as day one fan I still tend to hold to an "Even what might be dubbed 'bad' Big Brother is still decent teevee" and still find them to be worth watching and commenting on here.

There is actually a ramp-up as of late in the interest in 'armpit' fetishes. So I guess that Chen is on the cutting edge of fetish culture and dressed to reflect it... I know this makes me a hardened, jaded and generally unfeeling Reality Teevee viewer (#sobeit) but I had to fast forward through most of the tearful conversations they were showing this week. It would have been nice to see more than 20 seconds of the comp at the end of this 'very special' episode. You couldn't have etched out five more minutes for the comp? #

I agree, Taylor is starting to grate on me, wearing down the goodwill she had built up from early on. It now seems to be a pattern with her that she is somehow always the vicitim? Even worse she seems to really fall into the role whole heartedly. I wonder if this is her coping mechanism for any precieved slight, a way that she draws people in to get her needs met kind of thing. People tend only to repeat these kinds of behaviors when they get/have gotten something out of it. They tend do be a learned/reinforced thing.

Yes, the whole 'geometry' lesson is yet another reason reality teevee contestants should be happy that 'reach through your tv and slap some sense into someonevison' technology is lagging behind other developments. I literally said out loud "I'm dumber just for having watched that conversation take place." I mean seriously?? Seriously people??

I was livin for the faces Kyle was getting in the supply room from Michael and esp. Brittany, who would NOT be good at poker. You could almost SEE the bright red flashing "lie detector" lightbubs burning bright over their heads. They were reading him like a book.

Damn but if I don't like me a good Pirate Master reference. Major kudos.

And you claim such knowledge about Kyle... how? Are you his ex? I really was hoping this 'twist' would separate Kyle and Alyssa and they'd both be shown their respective doors... Oh, and BTW Jasmine? Only Cam Girls get to celebrate their 'Birthday Months'.

Hope you don't mind, but I fixed that for you 😉 I got annoyed with that by about the third iteration of Taylor's 'band' I can't even imagine what that was like to live through. I would have been camped out in the Have Not room too. Probably rocking back and forth as well. Yet another 'punishment' that punishes the entire house EXCEPT the person whose 'punishment' it is. Classic Big Brother. Terrance was indeed a good sport about his 'ink', I'd have refused to have those things on my face! *shudder* To me there are but three acceptable results for this 'split' game. The first is to get Jasmine living outside for the week. The second is of course to get the 'showmance' on opposite 'teams'. The grande finale will be to watch each 'side' play it safe to get through the week. That will lead to each side going with the easy vote-out from each side. In the end it will mean absolutely nothing in the long-term as yet another 'BIG TWIST' will amount to nothing. I know it won't happen, as I learned tens of seasons ago that we aren't allowed to have nice things, but it NEEDS to.

Right... so they push back to two hours for inane filler and leave us with a TBC, showing us half of the BIG TWIST they've been talking up. Yeah, welcome to Big Brother!! Pfffftttt... Shout out to Maggie Mae, because I too was thinking the same thing! The blowup doll mouth and the highly glossed lips almost distracted me from the eyebrows!! So... two hours of BB and I can't think of anything else to comment on... oh, sadness.

It always seems to be those kind of spoilers I run into, but Inside Edition?? They should know better!

They actually were the Rogue Rats 😉

She's best watch out as she continues to eat... the total package of chips in the store room. Act like a complete ass, cry 'editing', and let slip the dogs of war?

Sorry... late to watch this episode. But as I could imagine Jasmine saying: 'These people are as sweet as blueberry pie, but as dumb as half a house full of Fessy's.' They are consistently sitting every week on the couches trying to figure out how and why another brilliant Master Plan has failed to be successful! The shock!! Agreed!!! He even maintained this week that he is 'In Entertainment'. That's what has been the glue that bonds them together as best friends for life, even if we only saw evidence of their relationship on the episode in which Daniel... left. But hey, I guess we might as well use this footage this week! Neither of you has even a portion of a claim to fame. Even if we do acknowledge them as 'entertainers' they both currently reside on the lowest rung of their particular roles' ladders! Daniel is not performing his own material and he doesn't even have his own persona or style. He instead dresses up to look and perform like the person he is imitating. So, even saying he's a 'singer' is a stretch. Then, we have the illustrious bus driving 'DJ'. He is just EVER so slightly higher in the hierarchy of the DJ world than those that 'spin' for children's birthdays and occasionally dress up as clowns blowing up 'swords' for the boys and other balloon creatures for the girls. He has substantially less 'cred' than teenagers that work on their community college's "radio show". You don't "keep the party going" as you claim. Your job it to hit a few buttons and cater to the drunk and delusional that think singing along to the lyrics on a screen will some day make them the next Taylor Swift. Well, would you look at that... *shakes his head* I guess they actually DO have a lot in common beyond collective delusions about there place in the 'Entertainment' world. Nevermind. 😉

I still don't understand how she sees the before and after of her work with her 'brows and says "Oh yeah, that's the ticket!!" *nodding* Also? I don't care for her demeanor.

Fair enough. *nods* And ugh, I so despised James... talk about a 'schtick' that got old fast!

Yeah the veins in my neck were really pumping while writing up that post! Probably the best compliment I've ever received around here. Thanks.

I'm really sorry as this seems to have really hit a nerve for you, but I see NOTHING wrong with this and actually applaud him for it. This is a house with many, many people. Why does Jasmine get to ferret away TWO muffins just for herself, put them in a see-through goddam bag and leave them on the table as 'Jasmine's Special Personal Muffins'? To me that's a clear 'multiple person dwelling' roommate foul! I'd quickly have thrown the flag on that shit. Also, I call and addition technical foul. If you want to take a personal ration of muffins at least put them in your bag or your room or on your bed. Leaving them out for every other houseguest to see is bad form. Do you expect everyone else to walk past them and say 'Oh no, can't eat THOSE muffins, they BELONG to Jasmine!" No way man. So... that she has become so damned incensed about half of one of 'her' muffins being 'gone' now?? Girl, you are lucky they didn't just take them out of your sacred little bag on the table, as I would have, and put them back where they belong; in with the communal portion of muffins that every HG has access to equally. I guess you just felt entitled to be able to put two away for yourself for whenever you want to eat them? In my court I would rule in favor of Turner being blameless re: his actions in Muffingate. After Jasmine's objection, I would hand down an 'I'll Allow It'. Play on. But I also wanted to say that 'Did you eat half of MY muffin?' has become a favorite phrase of mine now. It's equal hasn't been seen since 'Are you bitches conspiring against me??' I will, therefore, propose that Jasmine has now at least contributed something to this season. By that token I shall now be willing to excuse her for causing us to have to hear the damned squeaky wheels sound effect over and over as well. No harm. no foul.

I really kind of want to watch the mental down-spiral of Daniel having to live in the house with "these people" for at least a few weeks. I mean he's 'mostly harmless' at this point. I loved him in the back room self-flagellating while everyone else was yuking it up in the living room. I want to see more of that. See if someone can indeed get their eyes stuck like that permanently from rolling them back in their head. I sentence you, Daniel, to Big Brother Solitary Confinement until you finally tap out and leave in shame as a quitter.

I just wanted to say a 'thank you' to everyone that commented on my key wheel comment. That string of messages made my day.

As I had said before they really do need to be careful and clear with her as far as how things might go down and you can lay out all the reasons that she may have to end up on the block. Etc. But at the end of the day she's just gotta suck it up for a couple days for the greater good.

I despise the neutered 'Nomination Ceremonies' now. The bluetooth wall sapped all the fun and strategy out of noms. mojoween? You are safe.