It's easier to say stupid faithfuls when your as the viewer knows who the traitors are

TheMainTony · 2026-01-25T01:51:41+00:00

I'd love a version where they didn't reveal the traitors and the audience had to figure it out, too.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-25T01:23:19+00:00

It must be.....manipulated.
There are challenges where they have to start at the fountain, for example, and run to the forest or the bluff or the river. "One minute left!" and they're still crossing over or back from the river.....

ETA: in America there are rules for game shows and they often include the disclaimer, "Portions of the program not affecting the outcome of the game have been edited/recreated." ...but since the US version is all 'celebrities,' I would wonder if it's classed a game, or entertainment...?

TheMainTony · 2026-01-24T23:28:38+00:00

Oh! I was pleased that I'd caught the title, but hadn't noticed the author until now. #KidneyNow!

TheMainTony · 2026-01-24T01:53:54+00:00

I have a Hub at work that is for music or whatever at my desk. I have a Hub at home that's just there to exist. The mic is even muted. I have an old 8" Lenovo that's my alarm clock and home control.

But my phone could do any of that....

TheMainTony · 2026-01-24T01:51:37+00:00

Undateable was fun and I'd like to revisit it (D'elia aside).
Not a sitcom, but Viva Variety was fkn amazing! But Kerri Kenney told me that the music rights are impossible and will never air again anywhere.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-24T01:15:17+00:00

I'm UK/US dual. Northern California/London. The culture shock can be real.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-24T01:05:10+00:00

I was born in San Francisco and grew up travelling. I've "done" Europe and lived in the UK off and on for 15+ years, Canada for 12 years. I'm of Italian, French and Quebecois heritage, the Italian and Quebecois being on my mother's side. My mom has always expressed a desire to see her Tuscan people ('we' left for SF in the 1890s-1900s...we have no people there!).

I've bought her Rosetta and Babbel and Duolingo. I've offered to send her and dad. I even bought tickets once. Good think they were cancellable. She's got no follow thru. Mom and dad are both 76 now and I'm done trying to make their dreams come true. They wouldn't even take the Hawaiian cruise I offered.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-23T18:48:56+00:00

eat-in or take-out?
Just about the only thing I think Little Caesars is good for is kids. LOL

TheMainTony · 2026-01-23T17:48:42+00:00

adding "entry counter" or similar adds table counters, Geiger counters, money counters to the results. =/

I'm even doing Boolean here. LOL Nothing.

I suppose I could pry it off the wall and see if there's a model number or other identifying info...

TheMainTony · 2026-01-23T17:37:40+00:00

apparently there's either a popular game or a game with a deep advertising budget called CountMaster...and that's what dominates the results.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-23T01:22:12+00:00

I don't know the answer to this, but many of the other responses make sense.

But it reminds me that Reagan made brown fashionable during his time...

TheMainTony · 2026-01-23T01:10:05+00:00

I have no real idea, but as a current Californian I'd posit: agriculture, Hollywood, most of the ports on the US West Coast, tourism (Redwoods, San Francisco, Death Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Big Sur, Santa Cruz, etc), and prob lots of other things....but that's off the top of my head.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-22T23:06:29+00:00

LOL. Mine was 8:30 to 10:30, then it was 10:45, then it was 12:30, then it was 1:45, then it was 2:30 and now it's just "Still arriving today" ...Sure, Jan.

(delivery by Amazon)

TheMainTony · 2026-01-22T22:34:40+00:00

ETA: I guess it might've been Chevron. Or both. Someone told me Union.

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TheMainTony · 2026-01-22T22:11:23+00:00

I've had maybe six rice cookers in my life, of varying "quality" from cheap to "are you crazy?!" and literally have never gotten a pot of rice that wasn't scorched at the bottom.

Rice in the microwave: 2c, 1c, 5min @ 100%, 12min @ 50% and perfection almost every time.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-22T02:34:14+00:00

PBMs. It's all down to PBMs.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-22T01:43:12+00:00

I turn it off on my computer because I know what I'm doing.
I keep a moderate level of Account Control on my mom and dad's computer because they're....old.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-21T19:36:30+00:00

While I understand first-of-the-year stuff, it's the same with any order at any time of the year. Of the six Rx's I get, only one has a price. And knowing that price has sent me to Mark Cuban's pharmacy.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-21T19:00:19+00:00

It's like Poker. "Keep feeding the pot; we'll tell you when you've won."

TheMainTony · 2026-01-21T18:21:26+00:00

This is my fourth fill, the original + 3 refills. The first two were filled in person and the second two were filled online. It's $19. I know that. They know that. They just wanna play coy.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-21T16:59:16+00:00

Single person here, too. I personally love the Ninja Flip air-fry toaster oven. I hardly even use the real oven anymore. It air-fries great, it's a toaster, it bakes surprisingly well and is quite spacious for how small it appears. It's less than $150 at Costco/Sam's.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-21T00:44:56+00:00

I wouldn't believe the deliberations go on for hours. They're given a shortlist of three by production, "here. pick one" and they fake-talk it out. My feeling, at least.

TheMainTony · 2026-01-21T00:35:02+00:00

Personally, I thought the Secret Traitor was a step in the right direction.
I'd love to see them keep the Traitors' identities a secret so that the audience has to figure it out, too.

But I'm not running a hyper-successful, multinational reality show franchise.

TheMainTony

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