S09.E10: Michael's Story LIVE CHAT

[PrincessPurrsALot]

A lifetime of abuse and ridicule has left Michael anxious and afraid to leave the house. Now with the help of his devoted wife he must follow Dr. Now's program to keep from eating himself to death.

This is the LIVE CHAT thread.  It will be open during the initial US showing.

Original air date 2021.02.24

[Kid]

Good evening, Pounders!!  I hope all are well.

[babyhouseman]

Hello. 

[Suzywriter]

Hey, Pounders! How y'all doing?

[aliya]

Yo, my people. My eating habit is 2 beef patties and a small thing of quac. I had a vegan brownie and individual quiche pie, w/the crust, for a late lunch. I don't deserve to eat again in this decade, so I'm keeping it spartan. 

[7EasyPayments]

Hello people ! 1751 calories today, just finished working out.

 

[Guest]

Things that will happen tonight:

* lots of sitting and staring into space in cramped, hoarder-like living room
* eating a gigantic meal with sad family member or friend
* Pounders staring at their clock screaming, "Oh my god, it's not even 9:00! Get on with it!"
* many references to a "journey" without any actual "journeying" happening
* no surgery
* saunter in park, sad music playing, more muttering about "journeys" and "being scared"

Just a hunch.

[Pepper Mostly]

Good evening Pounder pals! Hope you are all well and doing fine! Eating habit? Delicious creamy tomato and tortellini soup, followed by a generous slice of chocolate cake. 

Texas peeps, how are you all? 

@Suzywriter, what's the word on your job search?

 

[ams1001]

It's Wednesday again already?

Tonight's eating habit: Kashi blueberry waffles (which my stomach did not entirely agree with for some reason) and grapefruit (not oranges, so it's okay, right?) Now I have ice cream.

Confession: I did buy three big navel oranges the other day. 

I'm hoping for success. The episode description makes me feel bad for anticipating snark.

 

[sagittarius sue]

Howdy Pounders!  I'm just doing some wine right now although I've got Ben & Jerry's on my mind.

[poeticlicensed]

Hey pounders - my snark is limited in that our internet is down and I have to stream over cellular

[Sile]

Why do they even bother putting the surgery disclaimer at the beginning?  Are we ever going to get that far again?

[Guest]

His belly is hanging off the bed. 

That's sexy.

[ams1001]

Cute kitty cat!

[mk828]

Hey hey pounders!! My favorite time of the week, 2 hour snark session with you people 🙂

[Armchair Critic]

Another one married, how do these people attract a mate?

[babyhouseman]

Bad tattoos

[Guest]

Does Michael have a front butt?

Yes. Michael has a front butt. 

He's doing "bathroom stuff."

[TazDevil]

Lord, could you imagine that mass of flesh snuggling up to you in the morning, threatening to flatten you like a pancake!

Hi everyone!!  Looking forward to your snark tonight!!

SPRINKLES!!!

[PaTatertots]

2 minutes in and my first thought is "How do these smaller significant others not get smushed in the middle of the night?"

 

Haha, hey! 

[ams1001]

I went for a walk today. I'm sure it didn't do much but it's more than I've done in a while.

[Arynm]

Loads of bad tattoos? Check!!!

What is with the huge knife in the bathroom?

Oh, gross, just figured it out.

[7EasyPayments]

I think I'm the only person w/o a tatt2. 🤪

[hookedontv]

He uses a spray bottle on his armpits. 

[fonfereksglen]

It goes fungal.  Whoa.

[ams1001]

I'm terrible but his wife is annoying me already.

[Guest]

Listen, any man who wants me to powder his folds like a baby? You can just fuck right off forever. Call Marcus Welby.

[mk828]

Did I just see him shave his stomach with a machete? 

[sagittarius sue]

2 minutes ago, Sile said:

Why do they even bother putting the surgery disclaimer at the beginning?  Are we ever going to get that far again?

Yes, they could just wait until before an actual surgery segment.

[OoogleEyes]

Hiya, how you doing?

I don't know if I can handle another two hours of failure. Real life is depressing enough. 

Anyhoo, my eating habit tonight was chicken and a little potato salad. Glad to see you all 

[PaTatertots]

Does she remind anyone else of Zsalyn? Just me? 😂

I probably didn't spell that right.

[Suzywriter]

Eating habit: I ordered a damned pizza after (2 years of low carb) because I accepted a job!!

This week, I got offers for not one but THREE jobs for which I am not fully qualified, but I applied anyway. THREE offers! I even had the nerve to make the first two wait because I really wanted the third one. Start date: March 8. I'm almost employed!!

[Twopper]

Howdy pounders.   Just scarfed down asparagus and leftover roast beef with mashed potatoes with lots of butter and whole milk.

For dessert, two--yes, two---TASTYKAKES.  the chocolate swirly cupkakes.  

I am so embarrassed.  Dr Now would cry.   I am also so stuffed.

[Guest]

Oh, boy. 8:05 p.m. and the couch sitting has already begun. Exciting!

[aliya]

He's got kids!

[Armchair Critic]

His wife reminds me of Zsalynn, remember her?

Edited February 25, 2021 by Armchair Critic

[ams1001]

4 minutes ago, Giant Misfit said:

Things that will happen tonight:

* lots of sitting and staring into space in cramped, hoarder-like living room
* eating a gigantic meal with sad family member or friend
* Pounders staring at their clock screaming, "Oh my god, it's not even 9:00! Get on with it!"
* many references to a "journey" without any actual "journeying" happening
* no surgery
* saunter in park, sad music playing, more muttering about "journeys" and "being scared"

Just a hunch.

The journey is real. Don't stop believin'.

[Suzywriter]

6 minutes ago, Arynm said:

Loads of bad tattoos? Check!!!

What is with the huge knife in the bathroom?

Oh, gross, just figured it out.

Clue me in, I haven't figured it out. 

[Pepper Mostly]

And OH MY GOD I FORGOT! I FOUND THE BINGO CARDS! 

[Hellga]

Hi All! 

Eating habit today is a ham steak and a salad with some elephant ears for dessert. 

I wonder if all the poundticipants will be from Texas this season because of coronavirus limiting interstate travel...

[Suzywriter]

So that sad looking gnomelike person is a wife? 

[hookedontv]

1 minute ago, Suzywriter said:

Eating habit: I ordered a damned pizza after (2 years of low carb) because I accepted a job!!

This week, I got offers for not one but THREE jobs for which I am not fully qualified, but I applied anyway. THREE offers! I even had the nerve to make the first two wait because I really wanted the third one. Start date: March 8. I'm almost employed!!

Congratulations!!! Well done! 

[Concerned]

I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy — stole that line from Joe. The green shamrock tatoo and a boy named Liam, he might be Irish.

[Armchair Critic]

1 minute ago, PaTatertots said:

Does she remind anyone else of Zsalyn? Just me? 😂

I probably didn't spell that right.

JINX I just said the same thing

[Sile]

2 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

Hey pounders - my snark is limited in that our internet is down and I have to stream over cellular

I read that as "I have to stream over cellulite".

I bought two boxes of Samoas from two cute little girls in front of the grocery store on the way home.  I resisted all temptations in the actual store other than those demon strawberries and bananas (but I passed by the grapes!).  Then I remembered that it was Pounder Night and put them in the pantry, unopened.

Is this the first poundticipant whose "freshening up" routine involves a spray bottle and a cleaver?

 

[OoogleEyes]

1 minute ago, Suzywriter said:

Eating habit: I ordered a damned pizza after (2 years of low carb) because I accepted a job!!

This week, I got offers for not one but THREE jobs for which I am not fully qualified, but I applied anyway. THREE offers! I even had the nerve to make the first two wait because I really wanted the third one. Start date: March 8. I'm almost employed!!

Huzzah! 

[Hellga]

Is he using window cleaner to wash up or what?  This is a nice bathroom, though... 

Wife has purple hair, but I have to wonder if piss-poor color job is due to coronavirus or if she is always like that.  I have purple hair too, but mine looks very different.

[ams1001]

Dad left. ✓

Grandma fed him. ✓

110 at 7. ✓

Bullied by other kids. ✓

Dammit, pedophile scout leader. 😞 

Ate to not be attractive to abuser. 😞 

[Caoimhe]

My eating habit lately would lead one to think I am trying to qualify for this show.  But I don’t have tattoos so I wouldn’t qualify anyway.

[Arynm]

2 minutes ago, Suzywriter said:

Clue me in, I haven't figured it out. 

He shaved his very ample stomach with it.