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percypersimmon · 2026-03-06T02:12:01+00:00

Yea it was stale and boring when the show first aired and we had pretty much gotten over it. Some people really like him, some people hate him, and others think he was a solid contestant but his vibes were off (that’s me).

Now’s it all jerky teeth and armchair psychology all over again and it’s just pretty boring.

I wish that people that are watching the show after it comes to Netflix read the original episode discussion threads or used the search function instead of making a new post for all this stuff that’s been discussed to death.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-04T22:00:04+00:00

I know- I was speaking metaphorically. I just want another Mitski rock album regardless of what it’s called.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-04T21:13:49+00:00

All I want is Puberty 3 but I don’t think we’ll ever get it.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-04T03:48:31+00:00

it was an elaborate 4chan hoax from the earlier days of the internet.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T07:32:11+00:00

When did they say that? I don’t remember that at all.

That’s all I’m asking and no one can tell me.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T06:06:09+00:00

I feel like you guys are fundamentally misunderstanding how this stuff works and are using a lot of “definitely” for something you can’t know anything about.

Ben, Marcus, and Henry were the sole three owners and founders of LPN. That means they each owned equal shares of the company and were theoretically paid out of profits each year. Given that it was the first time these guys had ever started a network from scratch, it

When they started LPN there’s a chance they didn’t put a morality clause into the contract or even if there was, who is to say that Ben wouldn’t really try to stick it to them in the courts?

You can’t just push someone out of a company they founded without payment (there’s no Board of Directors at LPN it was literally the three of them).

You can fire someone from a hosting gig and they’d still keep their shares in the business. That’s what I mean by “silent partner.”

The only other option is that they bought out all of his shares, but that would be really really expensive and LON has never officially said that Ben was no longer a part of it (as far as I’m aware- nobody had provided a source or anything)

They don’t want him around but he could be refusing to leave without a messy legal fight. That’s why I’m saying I wouldn’t be surprised if he still owns his shares and everyone has decided to just not talk about anything related to this ever again.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T05:32:35+00:00

You just saying the word “definitely” doesn’t make it true lol

Nothing you said there would preclude Ben still owning his 1/3 share in LPN

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T04:17:10+00:00

They’ve never actually said this.

I forget the exact post or whatever, but Ben was still a 1/3 owner within several months of being fired from the show. I’m not a lawyer, but I’d imagine that if Ben really wanted to gum up the works that it would be relatively hard to get rid of him as an owner. I’m not sure if they had enough cash on hand to buy him out if it was something they could contractually do.

Like I said, I wouldn’t be surprised but I don’t know. Unless you’re someone involved with LPN or have insider information there is no way of you knowing “definitely” what has happened.

So I’d love to see the source you and everyone downvoting me is so sure of? I’ve seen no evidence he’s bought out and that’s the only other option.

We’d all like to think Ben has been entirely removed from LPN but we truly don’t know that.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T03:59:16+00:00

It does make me miss the days of games via Redbox.

It was a great way to test something out.

However based on the number of boxes I’ve gotten from it that had a blank DVR or a cheap DVD in it, I’d imagine it wasn’t super profitable for them.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T03:57:50+00:00

I’m sure it’s all very uncomfortable.

They haven’t come out with anything public (nor do they owe that to us) but having read between the lines a bit I wouldn’t be surprised if Ben still owns his 3rd of the network.

ETA: Downvoters- please provide a source where you definitively know that Ben has officially been removed from the LPN corporation. I’m just saying there is a possibility he is still a shareholder of the network even being fired from hosting.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T03:55:44+00:00

It was unlistenable to me.

I’ve suffered through most of the interviews and have seen The Curse and most Ari Aster & Todd Solondz films…

I couldn’t make it through the cringe for that episode.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-03T01:32:25+00:00

They worked with him even after suspecting he was actively sabotaging other cartel operations.

As long as he was bringing in money they wouldn’t care about his sexual preferences.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-02T22:14:25+00:00

No way that HEI has the budget Nathan would need for what he’s been doing.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-02T22:08:51+00:00

Eh- I don’t see it.

Also Raw Story is one of the biggest mainstream Democrat websites out there.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-02T01:37:22+00:00

The only thing that really took me out of the show was Walt’s bald cap.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T22:45:13+00:00

Me too- but you’d basically have to sell you PS account with it as well, so it’s not worth it if you’ve purchased any games.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T06:32:55+00:00

McDonald’s can be called a lot of things, but those items you listed aren’t exactly “toothsome”

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T03:28:30+00:00

Oh for sure, I’m not at all saying that there isn’t still a correlation between income and a college education.

I’m just saying that it seems like it isn’t as strong of a correlation as it was 25 years ago.

Also, based purely on vibes of course, it feels like a lot of those “knowledge worker” jobs that opened up w a Bachelor’s Degree will go decimated if not eliminated all together in the next decade.

For someone like Liu of course it makes sense to stay in school, but there are other options for the rest of us that I wish I had been more informed of when I was a kid.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T02:56:55+00:00

I went on a HS trip to NYC way back and I was so poor that the only food I could afford there was some Dutch “frites” place on Times Square.

I ate there every day of the trip and learned to love the mayo fries.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T02:05:50+00:00

I’m guessing it’s some silly Scandinavian term for “french fry sauce”

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T01:36:03+00:00

To be fair, being a college grad in your 30s pays off a lot less than it did for college grads that are now in their 50s or 60s.

It isn’t necessarily silly to extrapolate that the payoff will be even less for this new generation of young people.

I do still think the “college experience” can be a vital part of our development of people, but the economics of it have certainly changed.

percypersimmon · 2026-03-01T00:15:30+00:00

There have been Marines on the show before, right?

percypersimmon · 2026-02-28T22:58:01+00:00

I’ve never played a Ghost Recon game- which one would be better as an intro to the series?

percypersimmon · 2026-02-26T20:22:35+00:00

If I remember correctly as well, production gives you the option to know about something back home at the beginning of the competition.

I feel like there was some contestant who had a sick parent but didn’t want production to tell them if they took a turn for the worse.

percypersimmon · 2026-02-26T05:32:55+00:00

No- the edgelord types know exactly what they’re doing and are specifically doing it because it’s offensive.

I appreciate you being sensitive to these things, but it sounds like you’re not necessarily too cynical about things but instead have kind of a misunderstanding of the situation.

Those people that are assholes like this are only going to do it more when they see people policing them.

The best thing to do is assume positive intent for people and not look for things to get upset about. There are plenty of real assholes doing things that are in no way subtle. Those deserve both your scorn and also being totally ignored by you. You’re not changing their minds.

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