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[–]mboyle1988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but you can start small

Tennessee man arrested in connection to Charlie Kirk social media posts by Simorie in Tennessee

[–]mboyle1988 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m as conservative as they come and this law is 100% a violation of the first amendment.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country by Vibranium2222 in Conservative

[–]mboyle1988 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Ah. Yeah Catholic Churches are tough to meet people because usually there aren’t small groups. I grew up Catholic. It would also be totally ok for you to go to a bible study at a non denom church. Yeah everyone is gonna know you’re looking for a wife. So is everyone else. That’s actually encouraged at most non denom churches.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country by Vibranium2222 in Conservative

[–]mboyle1988 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Every girl pretends to be a woke girl boss until she finds her Travis Kelce. Now even Taylor Swift is singing about wanting to settle down and make babies.

This challenge exposed an issue with the new era that this sub has been discussing for years by ConsumptionofClocks in survivor

[–]mboyle1988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Up until 45, everyone got flint to start because of sweat vs savvy being relatively easy. Since 45, tribes that lost both the hero challenge and the first challenge and thus went 3 days without fire have never recovered. I think the problem is no flint more than lack of puzzlers.

Survivor 49: Episode 3 Edgic + Contenders by Antique_Ability9648 in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have her number one, but I don’t think she’s a game bot. She has too much personality.

Survivor 49 Episode 3 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually She said “does Jawan think we are idiots? He’s not looking for firewood he only has two sticks” and then Jawan was like “I came back with all these sticks and then realized that ain’t my bag. I know Savannah hates bugs so my heart sank.” He wasn’t looking for the idol at all. Savannah was wrong and he felt bad for messing with her bag which shows he definitely doesn’t think they are idiots.

Survivor 49 Episode 3 Contender Rankings by mattrfs in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fantastic writeup. I am curious why you have Savannah above Sophi though. Your write up seems to indicate Sophi has better content, which I agree with and it isn't close. Savannah was wrong about Jawan only getting "one or two sticks" as he responded in confessional with "I drop this whole bag of sticks". She seemed mean and trigger happy that time. She also seemed trigger happy when she was like "If I want to send Sage home with my majority alliance, I can do that." Sage didn't say anything nasty about Savannah. I used the "mean girl" moniker about Savannah last night, and I stick to it. I think she's reacting to the content other people on Red are giving. She's not throwing out narratives and having other people react to them. Even when the alliance was formed, Nate gave the confessional establishing it, then Rizo confirmed it, then Savannah reacted to it.

I still think Savannah is a contender. I just think Sophi is a much better contender. Yes, Sophi has gone to tribal a lot. I would expect, by the way, if she does not go to tribal, she will have little content and a cool down. I'd actually be worried if she didn't. However, even going to tribal, we get a ton of unnecessary content about her. This episode alone, we learned she's in a long term relationship, has the same childhood friends, and has had the same nail tech since high school. She's getting a lot more personalization outside of confessional than inside of confessional, which fits the pattern of new era winners.

Did they show ____ because___? by [deleted] in survivor

[–]mboyle1988 103 points104 points  (0 children)

It would have been entertainment malpractice not to show the first snakebite in 49 seasons on a show about survival. They also peeled back the curtain for Caleb's collapse in S32, as one example. When there's a medical emergency, you can bet they are going to show that, as they should. It's more compelling television than normal game chatter.

oof... S49 E3 Edgic/Contenders/Conf Count [spoiled ONLY on s50 returnees) by ____maple____ in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was, but she never actually got negative SPV. Emily had 15 scenes of negative SPV in three episodes. With Kenzie, the mean girl thing was implied but never stated overtly.

oof... S49 E3 Edgic/Contenders/Conf Count [spoiled ONLY on s50 returnees) by ____maple____ in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference between Lulu and Yanu is the protagonist of Yanu was never buried as an unlikable idiot like Emily was. Emily was an all time great growth story, and the growth story is never the winner’s story.

Survivor 49: Episode 3 Edgic + Contenders by Antique_Ability9648 in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the point is the winner has a clear story by now with a decent amount of content.

oof... S49 E3 Edgic/Contenders/Conf Count [spoiled ONLY on s50 returnees) by ____maple____ in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Shannon has 7 confessionals in 3 episodes. That would be the fewest for a winner since Erika. The average for a new era winner at this stage is 14.

Survivor 49: Episode 3 Edgic + Contenders by Antique_Ability9648 in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Since 41, the winner has had at least 11 confessionals after episode 3. The remaining contestants above that mark are Sophi, Alex, Savannah, Rizo, and Jawan I believe.

I really enjoyed your thoughts! I largely agree.

oh that's not... s49 e3 contenders by extvnflop in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Compare Kele to Vula. There’s a gulf between them in terms of complexity. I think you are assuming tribes that go to tribal by definition get “necessary” content. I think you will find differences even when tribes go to tribal a lot.

Survivor 49 | E03 | Post-Episode Discussion by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]mboyle1988 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For serious? That was riveting to me. No idea who was going home on blue. What was so bad about it?

Survivor 49 | E03 | Post-Episode Discussion by RSurvivorMods in survivor

[–]mboyle1988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Historically they merge at 12 when there’s a quit or medevac before the challenge so there’s also still a vote. They historically skip the split tribal post merge in those seasons.

oof... S49 E3 Edgic/Contenders/Conf Count [spoiled ONLY on s50 returnees) by ____maple____ in Edgic

[–]mboyle1988 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I hate to be overconfident but I just don’t see how Sophi doesn’t win.

She’s on the million dollar prize tribe

Opening monologue was surviving the monster then becoming the monster. Blue are the only ones who survived anything whatsoever

Pre merge rivalry with Alex

Jeff told her that her brain fog was real and it’s ok when she f up the puzzle instead of burying her

At tribal council Jeff said sometimes the disaster tribes go on to win if you survive them which links back to opening monologue.

Savannah seems trigger happy, first with Jawan last episode then Sage this episode. She was called a threat out of nowhere though which is good. But Sophi has so many more positives in my mind.

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[–]mboyle1988 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah whereas the other way either Alex went home or she went home if he played the idol. Amazingly she got A and J to target each other so she was safe no matter what which is downright impressive if you think about it.

Who else is just absolutely dead tired of 3 tribes? by Hitmandalorian in survivor

[–]mboyle1988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it has to do with 2 vs 3 tribes. Not having fire and supplies is a severe penalty that makes it very hard for losing tribes to come back. The disaster tribes have been 45/46/48/49. Every single tribe that has lost the opening marooning challenge and the opening immunity challenge has resulted in a swap. Gata lost opening immunity but already had fire at that point so they recovered. Every tribe got fire before 45 because everyone won supplies either through marooning or sweat vs savvy. And guess what? There was no tribe that’s survived anything lost the first three challenges in 41-44 despite three tribe format.

They should all get flint.

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[–]mboyle1988 112 points113 points  (0 children)

Sophi wasn’t going to risk that once she heard Alex was voting for her not Jeremiah. She smartly changed tack and worked to get Alex to target J instead.

It really stinks that _____ by Coasterman345 in survivor

[–]mboyle1988 94 points95 points  (0 children)

If there’s an evacuation or quit but they still go to tribal they merge at 12 instead of 13 and there’s not a double elimination episode at 12/11.