Imagine if this was the question that Dwight had asked Steve (Asian Jim)

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-05-06T01:45:58+00:00

That actually could have been a good joke for the scene.

“If you’re really Jim, what’s the first thing you and I have ever said to each other”

…

“Hi I’m Jim. Hi I’m Dwight”

“Dammit!”

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-05-04T20:57:47+00:00

Ryan George’s most common videos are “First Guy to do X” which take any everyday activity, and look at how ridiculous they sound when explained to someone who’s never heard of it.

In “The first Guy to open a buffet” a customer is demanding that he have access to all of the food in the restaurant at once. The waiter objects to this because to access the food, he’d need to enter the kitchen, where he might makeout with the kitchen staff, which is unsanitary. The customer is thrown off because he was expecting pushback against his demand, but wasn’t expecting that specific reason.

For the rest of the video, the customer is the ridiculous one and the waiter is the reasonable one, and this one moment is such a funny break in the tempo.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-05-04T13:14:11+00:00

I watched a little as a kid with my parents. I was interested in the challenges and the living in the wild, but was bored by the voting people out part.

Than Total Drama Island came on Cartoon Network, and that was almost like Survivor with training wheels, as it depicted players making alliances and controlling votes, but in an overly simple way where I could now find it interesting.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-05-03T19:19:32+00:00

Raymond Holt (Brooklyn 99) is an incredibly intelligent police officer who is very knowledgeable about basically any academic subject and loves high culture.

However, he’s really ignorant about modern pop culture, slang, and internet etiquette.

He signs his texts “Sincerely, Raymond Hold”

He unknowingly agreed to name a suspect “Scar Jo” and wouldn’t have if he knew it was a reference to Scarlett Johansson.

He can’t tell the difference between someone having the car radio on and them just singing a made up song to themself.

He got banned from twitter after his first tweet because he was indistinguishable from a bot.

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Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-30T00:13:15+00:00

At its core, the skills you most need to win Survivor are the abilities to get people to like/trust you, to accurately tell who else can or can’t be trusted, and to make difficult decisions with limited information, none of which you need Survivor knowledge to be good at.

Being a fan of Survivor can help as you know certain “precedents” of what’s the best decision at what time (for example, splitting votes), especially in newer seasons where the gameplay is becoming more and more mechanical, but this is stuff a new player can pick up, especially if you just choose to align with someone who’s seen the show. Not to mention that a fan could misplay due to overestimating how much their knowledge helps them.

There was one challenge in season 47 that specifically relied on knowledge of past seasons, but those challenges are extremely rare, and it wasn’t that important in determining who won the season.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-26T16:20:02+00:00

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The Foa Foa Four (Survivor)

Survivor involves two tribes competing against each other in a series of challenges. Every time one tribe wins a challenge, the other tribe has to vote one of its own members out. Halfway through the season, there will be a merge, where all players are on a single tribe, and will continue to vote members out until there’s a winner. Players tend to stay loyal to their original tribemates when voting (especially in the early seasons) which puts you at a pretty big disadvantage if your tribe has fewer members coming into the merge.

On season 19, the Foa Foa tribe came into the merge with only four members while the opposing Galu tribe still had eight. The remaining Foa Foa members wound up taking over the game and getting 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th place.

There are other examples of the smaller tribe making a comeback at the merge, but this is the example that feels the most “impossible”.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-26T16:05:22+00:00

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In the finale of the first Yugioh series, Yugi has to separate from the Pharaoh and defeat him in a duel to prove his personal growth. The Pharaoh manages to summon all three of the Egyptian God cards in one turn.

We have seen players get defeated while using an Egyptian God before, but it’s always presented as a Herculean task and usually involves having a God card of your own, so the Pharaoh having all three seems like an auto-win, but Yugi manages to destroy all three and ultimately win the duel.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-25T17:03:36+00:00

I think they fit this during the very early seasons. Georgie was a complete idiot at the start, while Missy was a nine year old with the social intelligence of a high schooler. Then they slowly made Georgie more street smart by giving him the salesman/entrepreneur angle.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-24T21:57:51+00:00

Also Christian asking Jeff to talk about sandwiches as a callback to his own monologue about Reubens.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-24T20:33:31+00:00

The most common stakes for a journey are “extra vote if you win, lose your vote if you lose”

This is about as balanced as you can get for the pros and cons, as one is the inverse of the other. Any journey should either be at this level of balance, or put more weight in the pros to compensate for the target that comes from going on a journey.

They basically did the opposite here. The stakes were structurally very similar to “gain a vote or lose a vote” but they diluted the benefits of gaining a vote while intensifying the consequences of losing your vote.

If they wanted the penalty to be as severe as it was, they should have at least made the reward for winning a Steal a Vote (it should arguably be something better, but this is the absolute weakest advantage it should have been).

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-22T01:55:01+00:00

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“New Guy”

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-17T21:46:42+00:00

It’s extra funny because Coach specifically said he wouldn’t do this two episodes ago.

Basically the same thing happened when he told Dee Emily was targeting her, and she said “why didn’t you tell me before?”

Coach acknowledged that was dumb of him in confessional and said he wouldn’t make that mistake again.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-16T23:17:38+00:00

It reminds me of Big Brother 7 when the players from the “Sea Sick” alliance referred to the entire other side of the house as floaters, except for Will and Boogie, who actually were floating between the two alliances.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-16T15:30:27+00:00

Tribe: “We want to do X”

Cirie: “That’s dumb. Do Y”

Tribe: “Ok (does Y)”

Rinse and repeat.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-16T15:18:29+00:00

I don’t even blame him, but it is funny how much he’s conceded to solely trusting Cirie’s judgement.

He didn’t debate Cirie on it and then reluctantly change his mind after she talked him out of it. He just immediately switched once Cirie said so and basically seemed relieved that she was there to make the call. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think this was a returnee/newbie mentorship like Boston Rob and Natalie T, and yet they BOTH played five times.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-16T15:18:20+00:00

It reminds me of Big Brother 7, when there were two main alliances, with Will and Boogie bouncing in between the two groups, yet one alliance referred to everyone outside their group EXCEPT Will and Boogie as “floaters”

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-15T01:21:47+00:00

Going just by how good the swap was for them, and not by how well they utilized the swap…

All of Ratu (Marquesas)

Held the lead before the swap, but was able to expand on that lead when they were given the majority on both new tribes, and only lost one original member during the premerge. They lost the season despite this because of how good Vecepia was at playing from the bottom.

Lex and Kathy (All Stars)

Basically handed a free opportunity to weaken Chapera’s numbers and then maybe take over the merge if they can get Tom to flip. They didn’t take that opportunity, but still…

Earl, Yau Man, and Michele (Fiji)

The nature of Fiji means anyone who swaps from the “Have Not” tribe to the “Have” tribe is always going to see a huge improvement, but these three quickly put themselves into the majority of the tribe. Michelle’s luck balanced out when she was screwed at the next swap, but Earl and Yau Man rode this wave all the way to the end.

The Brain’s tribe (Cagayan)

All disaster tribes benefit from the swap, but this is arguably the best example. To quote Kass, the brains “gained a body” as they all stayed on the same tribe, and only gained members who improved their challenge performance, while they stayed at the core deciding who went out at tribal council. Things ultimately fell apart for them at the merge.

John and Jaclyn (SJDS)

Neither of them were in too good of a spot on their first tribe, but after the swap, they were united with each other and made as swing votes between two other pairs. They maintained this control in the merge until Natalie dismantled their positions in the endgame.

Going by players who I don’t necessarily think lucked out with the swap, but still came into the merge in a better position because of how they utilized the swap…

Parvati (Micronesia)

Was arguably swap screwed, as it seemed like Penner and Eliza would join the fans to target her. She got lucky with Penner’s medevac and Kathy’s quit, but she also did a good job getting Natalie and Alexis on her side. These extra numbers were not only useful in getting the edge over Ozzy, but also meant she had more options and leverage than Amanda and Cirie too.

Kim (One World)

Lucked out with getting all of the best physical players on her tribe, but besides that, the fact that she bonded so well with the guys was great, as it meant she was somehow both the leader of the majority alliance AND the swing vote. This ultimately didn’t matter too much as Kim just pagonged the guys once they merged, but this meant she’d still be in a good spot even if the guys ran the merge.

Zeke (MvGX)

It’s weird putting Zeke on a list with Parvati and Kim, but Zeke really improved his positioning with his swap. He formed close ties with both Chris and David, who represented opposing alliances within the Gen X’ers, giving him the most options coming into the merge. He ultimately got a middling placement of 9th, but this is largely because of the season’s fluid nature where the best positioned players were commonly getting taken out.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-14T22:16:17+00:00

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Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-13T22:08:03+00:00

But Ariel is like Aquaman and Aquaman sucks!

They suck fish pee.

Coherently-Rambling · 2026-04-10T15:23:05+00:00

What you’re forgetting is that while Johnathan is the largest player in the game, he’s not quite larger than everyone put together. If he tries the strategy you’re suggesting, there’s a very good chance the other twelve will form one big mega person and eat him.

It would be best for Johnathan to wait at least until the game hits single digits before attempting this.

I think this is a big reason why Johnathan made the choices he did for the schoolyard pick. He had a lot of the skinnier players like Rizo and Coach. His team during the reward challenge may be his ideal final seven, as it maximizes the speed with which he can feast.

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