S37.E03: Chaotic, Crazy, That’s What We’re Used To

[PurpleTentacle]

On 3/21/2025 at 1:43 AM, aghst said:

 Lori said "that's rad" when she realized they were going to do a giant origami?

Pretty sure that's slang from her own youth. "rad" wasn't even a thing anymore when I was a kid and I'm 40.

On 3/21/2025 at 3:12 AM, Meowwww said:

The ladies who were last at Japanese soccer/Hackeysack were so disrespectful.   Well, the one kicking was, anyway.  The ball was kicked to her and she just turned away with angry pouty face.  It was introduced as a very important cultural thing for the Japanese, and she disrespected it .

Phil overstates how culturally significant something is all the time. If it was really something sacred, they wouldn't make a task out of it.

 

 

[J-Man]

On 3/20/2025 at 3:39 AM, Haleth said:

Courtney and Jasmin are sweet but manoman, it was painful to watch them struggle leg after leg. They were the only team that didn’t waste precious minutes with the Ninja task and they still came in last.

 

 

On 3/21/2025 at 7:43 AM, proserpina65 said:

I don't think Han & Holden tried the ninja task.  Of course their arguing slowed them down a lot in the origami task.

 

Brett & Mark, Pops & Jeff, Melinda & Erika all went directly to Fold It. 

[30 Helens]

On 3/22/2025 at 10:43 AM, iMonrey said:

Not to disparage the good names of Pops and Jeff, but they are "lumberjacks" in . . . St. Louis, Mo. From what I can gather it would probably be more accurate to call them tree trimmers or, at the most, arborists. 

I was surprised to learn this, but Missouri actually has quite a few logging and sawmill operations. About 1/3 of the state is forest. Lumberjacks cut down trees to harvest wood, while arborists focus on keeping trees healthy. According to their bios, Pops and Jeff have done both: they wield a mean chain saw, but they are also arborists with their own businesses.

I assume the show is focusing on the lumberjack angle because it’s a catchier title than arborist.

[proserpina65]

On 3/21/2025 at 2:10 PM, Colorado David said:

ok i seriously want this outfit and makeup, it is fantastic  

I thought it was a mask, not makeup, but it is indeed fantastic either way.

On 3/21/2025 at 2:14 PM, ML89 said:

Also how did Vegas Guy in black get away with black when everyone else has both team members in their color, I wonder? Do they penalize?

I don't think it's a rule that teammates have to wear the same color all the time.  It just tends to work out that way, I'm assuming because the teammates want to do it that way.

12 hours ago, PurpleTentacle said:

Pretty sure that's slang from her own youth. "rad" wasn't even a thing anymore when I was a kid and I'm 40.

Rad was definitely a Gen X term.  I remember it well from the 80s although I'm not sure how much I actually used it.

[Colorado David]

ok slc resident here. most mormons are not zealots in terms of doctrine, same as are southern baptists which i was raised. we need to not rush to apply labels and expectations. i construe each person first as a person, then i proceed. shades of grey my friends.

 

eta: sorry to sound preachy, not intent. just sharing thoughts.

Edited Monday at 04:50 PM by Colorado David
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[zapper]

17 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

I assume the show is focusing on the lumberjack angle because it’s a catchier title than arborist.

I assumed that they were focusing on lumberjack because Pop's arms are each the size of both of my legs combined...

[30 Helens]

11 hours ago, Colorado David said:

ok slc resident here. most mormons are not zealots in terms of doctrine, same as are southern baptists which i was raised. we need to not rush to apply labels and expectations. i construe each person first as a person, then i proceed. shades of grey my friends.

 

eta: sorry to sound preachy, not intent. just sharing thoughts.

This is a good point. I don’t know much about Mormonism, but within every religion I do have knowledge of, there are a range of beliefs and lifestyles. I’m not pointing fingers at anyone here, but I bet a lot of people get their knowledge of Mormons from TV shows, which often focus on extremes for the sake of drama. It doesn’t mean those extremes don’t happen, but they don’t necessarily represent everyone. 

Thanks for your insight.

[Dirge]

On 3/23/2025 at 10:19 AM, chaifan said:

In no way would his comments have "flown right by" me or many others here.  I think he's getting gentler treatment here because we're all assuming they're Mormons. 

I feel exactly the same, and I don't have opinions from TV shows about Mormons. 

[Colorado David]

sorry to turn this into mormon hour, just i live here in the heart of mormonism so i kind of feel i have to represent - and i'm not even mormon, i am baptist. and baptists can be way more extreme than mormons, let me tell ya. but this isnt the place. 

i'd love to see kyoto someday. but i cant do the kick challenges, bad knees - i'd fall over.

[tkc]

17 hours ago, 30 Helens said:

This is a good point. I don’t know much about Mormonism, but within every religion I do have knowledge of, there are a range of beliefs and lifestyles.

As Rebecca said on Cheers, "Oh, why can't more men send flowers?"

To which Sam replied, "I didn't know Mormons couldn't send flowers."

Okay, back to the thread now...

[Lantern7]

Good episode. I’m amused that no team managed to complete the Ninja task. A lot of them seemed so amped to do it, and it seemed more fun than origami/ I won’t lie . . . I would’ve gone Ninja because I don’t feel I have the coordination for origami. Maybe it was easier because the paper was bigger?

I also wonder if Japanese people throw spikes and stars the way some Americans like throwing hatchets. I tried that at a fair once. Couldn’t make one of those stick to the board.

Pity the greeter didn’t get to do some actual Kabuki stuff.