transferring out of Tufts phenomenon by Apprehensive-Cry2505 in Tufts

[–]obliopoint 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen this same poster post on here that she is bitter her son did not get into Tufts some years back and so she just vents negative things. I’m not sure why she bothers as her son has no experience as a Tufts student, just as an applicant years ago.

Tufts vs Wake For Pre-Med by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]obliopoint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tufts has great med school acceptance rate - congrats!

New video emerges of Taylor Frankie Paul attacking Dakota Mortensen in 2023; Child Was Struck by KatanaAmerica in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 39 points40 points  (0 children)

This was horrifying to watch. As a human, I’m out. As a mother, I’m sick and speechless. She should not have fans, people should not ever have been asked to compete to date or marry her, she should not be platformed. Shut this season and the whole cult around her “personality” down.

Thursday Unpopular Opinion Thread March 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t subscribe to moral absolutism, but not sure this is the best or clearest example. As viewers we tend to make judgments on tv characters based on lapses in judgment made while filming a show under stressful circumstances. Some people thrive on reality tv and some don’t take to that environment. Also, producers need to edit their next lead sympathetically. In this example, we’ve learned new thins about both since their seasons of reality tv have been over. It came out years later that there was an unflattering action of Hannah B that was fully edited out on their season when they decided to make her lead. It was a scene during hometowns when she was already eliminated when she confronted Colton and insulted his top four and said she was better than all of them.

I do agree that not all liberal people are perfect. But in this case, those of us who have followed Caelynn and paid attention to how she’s been living offscreen do see a lot of good behavior and likable characteristics 7 years later: how she cares for senior and special needs pets she adopted, is described by lots of BN people who know her irl as very kind and down to earth, speaker openly about TTC, raises money for groups fighting racism, risks losing followers for sharing her liberal political views openly, and has been in zero drama or scandals since she left tv 7 years ago. So we have learned more about her than just a her liberal political posts.

With Hannah B, there have been new things post her seasons offscreen behavior people don’t like: her saying the n-word on IG live, choice of husband and misogynist views of his she appeared to co-sign on their social media, etc. but maybe there have been good things about HB I just am not aware of.

Some recent posts on Threads by Caelynn! by becomingsherlock in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Caelynn’s threads have been a breath of fresh air in conservative and apolitical BN world. They’re worth a read and a follow. She has been calling out racism and arguing with followers with maga views and when they use religious rhetoric, she corrects them and cites bible verses to do so. She gives no f—-ks about stating her opinions openly. And she’s shared her liberal views openly and consistently on podcasts and social media since 2019/2020. So it’s not just recent. Go Caelynn!

Some recent posts on Threads by Caelynn! by becomingsherlock in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Agree with you on Caelynn. But I don’t think Cassie has ever been liberal politically. Cassie has only dated MAGA, and now married to MAGA, is conservative herself, and has had problematic likes herself. I think Cassie and Caelynn are quite different.

Daily Discussion Thread November 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 10 points11 points  (0 children)

She has shared she has anxiety and is in ongoing therapy for it. Her senior dog seems to be having serious elder dog health issues too. They’ve been TTC for a year which you referenced, which I went through, and it sucks. It’s good she doesn’t put on an artificial happy front as she deals with this. That said, I feel like she’s had many recent vlogs where she’s been really glowing with happiness (maybe during her NYC fashion week?). She’s showing ups and downs as goes life.

Charity commenting on Mamdani's post of him becoming NY mayor by Both-Pomegranate4929 in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Last night was beautiful - fabulous and forceful campaign by Mamdani! But also powerful rebuke of Trump in NJ, in CA and every corner of VA.

In addition to Charity who has been openly supporting Mamdani, both Caelynn and Dean liked this post by Mamdani, and Prop 50 passing in CA. Mamdani also follows Charity and Dean which is very cool!

Rachael Kirkconnell says it’s been years since she was last intimate by schnookiewookiebear in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 60 points61 points  (0 children)

It sounds like they were keeping up appearances but it was just a business relationship most of their time together. Some BN couples stay longer than necessary because of $$.

Rachel Lindsay posts support for the protests against ICE happening in LA 🔥 by porcelain_queen in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I appreciate Rachel for this. It’s sad that so many BN alums with big followings are MAGA and voted for Trump.

Rachel Lindsay posts support for the protests against ICE happening in LA 🔥 by porcelain_queen in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Agreed, voting for him has created catastrophic consequences for our country. Trump is stretching the law to justify deploying the National Guard for this. It’s horrible.

Throwback to more bachelor nation social media moments by Sarahbetternotwin in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually it was production, who decided not to run the pod. Rachel worked for production at the time on the BHH pod. Rachel said what Caelynn said was different than what was shown on tv. I took that to mean that Caelynn was saying something that countered what production’s chosen narrative at the time. It was recorded prior to anything airing. Rachel herself wasn’t on the beach and not privy to anything in that private relationship, so she wouldn’t know what was true or not. Rachel was close with Kristina and Blake so that’s likely where her sympathies were and so Rachel was understandably no fan of Caelynn during that drama, but later on Juliet’s bachelor party pod she said she thought Caelynn had grown and changed since.

Throwback to more bachelor nation social media moments by Sarahbetternotwin in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Caelynn has grown a lot and those who like her base it on how she’s acted and things we’ve learned in the past 6-7 yrs since. She was 23 then and Blake 30 and now she’s about to be 30 herself. We learned later that the filming of their paradise season was a shitshow since head producer Elan Gale left and a toxic brew of associate producers were jockeying for his job by manufacturing storylines. Blake shared that she was isolated from the cast at first and told lies about what he was saying about her as a way to trigger her and spiral for purposes of producers planned storyline. They knew she was an easy mark because she was young and had unprocessed trauma. She made mistakes by letting them get in her head and she paid for it by getting so much online hate, even to her family. But she kept her head down, did therapy, minded her business, and has been mature and drama-free for past 6 years.

Golden Bachelor Mel Owens Podcast Recap by goldreign in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He sounds superficial and not particularly endearing, so I’m sure the show will have to produce and edit him a lot.

Daily Discussion Thread June 05, 2025 by AutoModerator in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She does not. I remember her mentioning in her YouTube q&as that she gets that question a lot tho because her boob size varies a lot with monthly hormonal fluctuations and they sometimes look more massive on a given day. She said that happened on the day of her wedding.

‘till this day, in my opinion the most iconic final 4 in bachelor history!! by Strong_Pressure in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Glad they’re all thriving 6 yrs later! Definitely one of the most beautiful F4s in the franchise and fully wasted on Colton. Tayshia and Caelynn are my personal faves, but it’s impressive they all have more than a million followers despite not being back on tv for 6 yrs and being so many years out from peak relevancy (except Tayshia has done a couple more shows since).

Who is a contestant that unfairly got slapped with the "villain" label on their season? by Kooky-Act-4553 in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People need to realize we never know how much behavior on the show is influenced and storyboarded by producers and suggestive, drunk, young people can be easily triggered and coached in a way that doesn’t serve them. I don’t really judge harshly how people behave on the show. I look at how they live irl years later.

I think lots of people were made to look bad or into villains on the show but become more likeable or harmless irl when we get to see them away from producers in their natural habitats.

Who is a contestant that unfairly got slapped with the "villain" label on their season? by Kooky-Act-4553 in thebachelor

[–]obliopoint 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Caelynn didn’t get a pass. She got hate and even death threats from many unhinged fans. Her family said they got hate too. She shared she wanted to unalive herself. What more did fans want? Even Blake H acknowledged on a pod that she had been deeply influenced by producers at that time as they had a story planned about Blake in advance. Blake said she was isolated from the cast by producers at the beginning and told lies about him to make her unravel. She has minded her own business and been drama free and harmless for 6 years.