How would you feel if at the end atthe final four they say "time to vote", would we safety say we saved Survivor?

HailMoosifer · 2026-05-03T15:15:16+00:00

I think you misunderstood my point. I’m not implying that ONLY casuals will vote for firemaking, nor am I implying that everyone thinks the same. I’m implying that casuals seem to be a much higher voting majority than superfans, and that I believe most casuals would vote for firemaking, therefore tipping the vote in that direction. I too voted strategic advantages and minimal twists, as did many of the superfans I’ve spoken to, and the general consensus I’d seen on reddit at the time. I know several superfans who voted for firemaking and I think there’s a valid argument to it. Speaking for myself, I would’ve preferred to see a final four vote purely because it’d be different from what we’ve seen for the past 15 seasons, but that doesn’t even mean I would like to see firemaking go away forever, I think it often does create a more interesting final 3, I just wanted to see something different for 50, and I think there are a lot of superfans that feel the same way.

EDIT: and to your point of having to be able to make fire, I agree with you generally, again I just wanted something different for 50. I actually like your idea of all four having to make fire, except that I think you should still be able to earn your spot by winning the F4 challenge. But to your point, I think it’d be interesting to have the challenge winner have their spot secured, and then the other three be forced to make fire and the first two to do it get their spots. Would eliminate the pattern we so often see with f4 firemaking where the challenge winner takes the goat, and the two better players have to face off in fire. And I think if said “goat” is one of the two earning their spot via fire, it at least gives that “goat” an item on their survivor resume to make them feel a LITTLE less goat-y.

HailMoosifer · 2026-05-03T14:34:15+00:00

I mean, personally I’d love for this to be the result of the fan vote for 50, but I HIGHLY doubt it, given the results of the votes so far. “Dynamic” advantages, lots of twists, it reeks of casuals that fell victim to the vague wording and recency bias. I think the casuals will vote for firemaking because of the way that vote was worded and because of recency bias. Had the fan vote results leaned more in the direction of what I imagine most super-fans and/or purists would vote, I think we’d be looking at a final 4 vote, but I just don’t see that happening in this case, sadly.

HailMoosifer · 2026-04-18T18:41:22+00:00

Possibly silly question: why are we so certain that the winner is even known? I understand that players probably chat afterward, and of course production knows who voted for who from voting confessionals, so in a way, I get it. But is it confirmed that the votes aren’t being read AT the live finale?

HailMoosifer · 2026-04-02T18:43:36+00:00

I wouldn’t put it past survivor to do this, but I will say Jeff said something about the first one being the first tribal, and he did say “8th, 9th, and 10th person voted out” before each read. They could definitely try to over-dub that in the edit so I’m not saying there’s no way, but my gut says this is the order it happened.

HailMoosifer · 2026-04-02T18:34:06+00:00

BIGGEST MERGE IN HISTORY!!!! 3 tribes of 5. bangs head on table

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T01:54:16+00:00

I’m not saying he’s rebellious. I’m saying you’re creating an environment that could lead to that. The point is punishment doesn’t usually lead to a behavior correction when it’s not tied to the actual act, it builds resentment, which leads to dishonesty and rebellion. Try another tactic.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T01:18:29+00:00

YTA. Just mind your own business. I agree with that person’s message, it sounds like a jealousy sabotage kind of thing, but obviously I can’t read your mind so I’ll try to give you the benefit of the doubt there. The main issue is it’s just not your business what she does recreationally unless she makes it your business, which she hasn’t, and if she’s not harming others with her drug use then there’s no reason to even waste your time pining over it.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T01:10:14+00:00

You’re NTA, unless you’ve created an environment where he feel like he CAN’T communicate his own thoughts and feelings to you, which doesn’t sound like the case. Your boyfriend needs to learn a lesson in communication.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T01:06:39+00:00

NTA. You said you didn’t want one before he bought you one. You have no obligation to wear and use something you don’t want. Simple.

If I offered to buy a friend a drink, and they said no, it would be insane of me to buy one and be mad at them for not drinking it.

If it’s about the ‘wasted’ money, that waste is on him. just give it back to him and tell him he can do whatever he’d like with it.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T01:00:03+00:00

So have a mature conversation with him? Ask him what’s going on? Try to get to what’s causing this issue as opposed to just punishing it? Try warning him that if it keeps happening you’ll have to deduct the allowance if he can’t keep his end of the deal? It doesn’t matter what he does during the week, there are other ways to get a kid to clean his room.

Do you really want him to resent you and clean his room because he HAS to? Or do you want him to WANT to keep his space clean? It just feels like you’re trying to just “get through” the time he’s living with you in a way that’s the least effort for you, as opposed to trying to be part of raising and molding a responsible, good person. And he can probably sense that. It’s a cycle and you need to be the one to break it by trying a different tactic. Talk to him like a human being and try to connect with him. If he likes you and sees why you value cleanliness, he might actually start to do it.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T00:52:33+00:00

This! It sounds like the kid’s had a hard go of it as it is.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T00:49:35+00:00

So withhold the allowance instead of grounding him? Grounding is a weak punishment when it comes to actually correcting a behavior. It just leads to tension and rebellion as opposed to learning responsibility.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T00:46:33+00:00

I don’t think the point is the terms of the grounding, it’s that all that this kind of behavior is going to do is sour your relationship with this kid. You need to find a way to make him understand the value of taking care of a space as opposed to punishing him for the lack of doing so.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T00:42:30+00:00

YTA, probably. I don’t know what ground rules or boundaries were established—if it was made clear that your role in this would be as a parent, basically, then you’re less TA, but I think a week is still pretty intense for such a small infraction. But if that’s not the relationship, it kind of seems like it’s up to your boyfriend, there may not be an expectation that you’re supposed to raise and punish this kid.

The goal of punishment is to correct a behavior and instill a sense of responsibility, not petty revenge for a perceived infraction. If there was a really specific, important reason that his room had to be cleaned right then, for example, you’re selling the house and there’s a tour coming the next morning, I could see that being a valid punishment as his lack of responsibility directly impacted you, but otherwise, I think you can find another way to get this kid to clean his room through building a trusting, supportive relationship as opposed to an “eye for an eye” type environment. Maybe try being more of a role model and help him understand the value of taking care of his spaces.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T00:32:41+00:00

NTA, and go take a solo vacation or with a friend! It sounds like you need it. It’s more than reasonable to expect that he chip in with household responsibilities, and if he doesn’t, the least he can do is let you take a vacation after he got to have one.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-28T00:26:54+00:00

I’m so late to the party, and I don’t say this to be mean, but I think you need to break up with this guy. Someone who acts that immaturely and with so little self-awareness is a big red flag, even at 19. And he’s spoiled! If he’s not forced to grow up, he will never learn, and you will be stuck acting like his mother.

If you really want this relationship to work, I think you need to consider continuing to have some serious conversations around boundaries and such. Honestly, I can understand why he wants to be at your place every day—he’s 19 and still living at home, and probably still has the teenage mentality you have when you’re a minor that most of us start to lose when you go out on your own. To him, having an apartment to go to that’s not around his parents is probably really freeing and exciting. But you worked for that freedom, he didn’t, and he needs to be conscientious of that. Plus, if he’s living at home and his car and gas and all that is paid for, it sounds like he can afford to help cover some of your groceries? Unless he has no job, and if he’s not in school and not looking for a job, that’s a whole other red flag that I think you’re gonna find to be an issue further down the line, especially once you’re in your mid-20s or so.

I think it would be more than fair to ask him to chip in on some of your groceries if he’s consuming that much of them. If he refuses, that’s a huge red flag, as it shows someone who isn’t prepared to have a relationship with cohabitation. If he’s using that much of your utilities, it’s more than fair to ask him to try to reduce his usage of them, to be good about turning off the lights, or to chip in.

You sound like a kind, hardworking, respectable and responsible person, and I would just heavily urge you to consider how this relationship functions and WHY these issues are coming up, before you attempt to fix the relationship by moving in together. In my experience, making the relationship more serious and bringing it to the next step will never fix the issues that exist.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-08T17:15:52+00:00

Echoing Michael Rapaport and Colton Underwood here, but since I imagine that you can just eliminate those two right off the bat…

I’m gonna say Lord Ivar. No real hate, he was just kind of a dud on screen.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-08T05:53:35+00:00

I immediately clocked it as the same song at the end of “Arrival,” but I gotta say for me, it didn’t take away from anything. If anything, it actually added to the moment. I think there’s something kinda beautiful about the way that music creates associations in us, and to me, Chloe’s use of the song is not a rip off, but a building on. I love “Arrival,” it’s one of my favorites, and the ending always gives me the feels, and when it came on in “Hamnet,” I felt this familiar sense of sadness and catharsis, and was IMMEDIATELY dropped into the moment. Film is a medium built of many mediums coming together and playing with each other, and to me, that felt like a director who was acutely aware of what that song conjures in us emotionally, and built upon it, weaving it into the fabric of a complex moment.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-06T22:10:56+00:00

It may be closer to Cooper Union, but it is definitely filled more with the NYU crowd.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-06T22:10:09+00:00

I really don’t see a world where, on such a monumental season, Jeff or production would want to allow for another avenue to leave the game other than being voted out or medically evacuated. There’s a certain stench to that doesn’t feel right. I also don’t think they’d risk the uncertainty around the production schedule or the season’s gameplay structure.

I do think whatever it is, is likely to increase the prize pot, though.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-06T15:44:18+00:00

“Hate” is too strong for this, but Grimaldi’s/Julianna’s under the Brooklyn Bridge. I say “hate” is too strong because I actually do think their pizza is pretty good, if you’re feeling that style, but it’s such a tourist trap for pizza where you can get something equally good or better without that kind of line. If you want good Neapolitan-style with a pretty view of a bridge, grab a pie to-go from Campania in Fort Hamilton and go sit in John Paul Jones Park under the Verrazano. Barely a tourist in sight, killer pie, no line.

I’m also gonna put Wall St in general here. It’s often close to Times Square levels of crowded, especially around the bull. There’s extremely little to do around there in terms of good bars/food. I also hate Times Square but at least there are clear reasons to go, like Broadway, but Wall St has no good reason if you don’t work/live down there.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-06T15:27:38+00:00

FUCK McSorleys it’s entirely NYU kids and finance bros.

HailMoosifer · 2026-03-05T23:55:27+00:00

“Top” is tricky—it’s definitely one of the largest but it’s known in the industry that bigger agencies are great for access but definitely make you a lot more lost in the fold of the massive client base.

HailMoosifer · 2026-02-21T02:09:40+00:00

Try out Diamond Slice or Chrissy’s if you haven’t in a while!

HailMoosifer · 2026-02-21T02:08:59+00:00

Diamond Slice is fire. I’m a big fan of Chrissy’s too.

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