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    Do you hate on the news for them reporting on #NationalTragedies no, so don't hate on us man. You're acting like I didn't just deliver the facts that this 29 year old woman, who happened to only date athletes and wanted to be on tv, hung herself. Its not like I tied the noose or anything.

     

    I for one think Sean and Hayes would be proud of this topic if they read it.

     

     

    ...plus, I think we were pretty good about not making fun of her, because it is terrible that she was in such a state that taking her own life was not only a serious option but ultimately what ended up happening. I assumed it went without saying that such a thing is truly saddening. Unfortunately (for everyone), the way I deal with sadness is inappropriate humor and jokes involving minor celebrities.

     

    Hopefully the folks producing The Bachelor and other reality shows will learn from this and find ways to help those in similar states of mind rather than continue with the current system of finding the most unstable people and putting them in situations where their grasp on reality and sanity are further compromised, which is, as far as I can tell, a key strategy employed by reality shows. There's a fine line between crazy-entertaining but mostly harmless (most people on The Challenge) and crazy-needs help and I think it's the responsibility of the people who produce these shows to recognize the difference and do what they can for someone on the wrong side of that line.

     

    That said, everyone feels strongly about something and someone feels strongly about everything, so I think it would be a very sad sad humorless world if we let that stop us from making jokes. If you started making jokes about how great Euclidean zoning is, the positive effect of Modernist architecture on our built environment, how much better Portland is than Seattle, and the merits of people who have graduated from business school you'd certainly get my blood boiling (I know, I'm weird). However, as long as you didn't mean those as a personal attack (probably the oddest personal attack ever, but a personal attack nonetheless), I think those jokes are perfectly fine. Wrong and horribly misinformed, but fine. I guess what I'm trying to say is that taste is a matter of opinion and everyone is entitled to their own opinions but not to force them down someone else's gullet (or mouth as the case may be). Lots of people have bad taste, some people's taste makes me want to shoot them, unfortunately we have an unwritten (and written) social convention that I can't shoot them and they can't shoot me. Life is like a Mexican standoff, once one person shoots, everyone shoots... I guess that also makes it like the ancient Japanese art of bukkake. Funny how that works.

     

    PS - Sometimes I think Sean and Hayes are trying to make one of us commit suicide by not commenting enough on the forums...

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    Oh shit! I just thought of something. What if it was actually Vienna's lazy eye that's responsible? That would be a real bombshell... In this situation, I am proposing that she somehow figured out a way to turn megalomania and sociopathic tendencies into a lazy death-ray of sorts. Kind of like how Scott Aukerman turned those things into a comedy death-ray.

     

    PS-It couldn't have been Jake Pavelka because he would have just pushed her out of a plane.

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    Please be careful whom you call low self-esteem.

     

    or who, for that matter

     

    Wait, where was I going with that? I totally forgot what I was trying to say because fucking Antigua is so goddamn fucking beautiful. I mean, especially compared to that shithole Barbuda. But seriously, I am so lucky to be here in fabulous fucking Antigua with my friends former Attorney General Janet Reno, Jodi Arias, and, of course, Diane Rehm (aka the silver fox of public radio). I mean, it's always been a dream of mine to go to Antigua, but I never expected it to be so fucking amazing here in Antigua.

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    I'm just glad the guys got my name right, you wouldn't believe how many people pronounce it wrong. Its almost like they don't realize my name is Nick Arnold and I just smashed it together for Narnold

     

    Well, I bet your #life is just a #pieceofcake, a walk down #easystreet. Some of us have #weirdfirstnames and we're #cursed with people mispronouncing them for all of #eternity. And now, not only am I stuck with people mispronouncing my #unconventionalfirstname, I'm also stuck listening to this one goddamn #podcast for all of #eternity too even though they mispronounced my #name when they #name-checked me. What the #fuck? Is anyone else #angry about this? Valerie Bryant, can you get #controversial about this #please?

     

    #Pissed #RealitySHOWShow #AloneInThisWorld #NoOneUnderstandsMe #WTF #NotTheOneWithMarcMaron #SuperSeriousAboutThis #DontKnowWhenToStopWithJokes #MaybeIveGoneTooFar #9/11 #NeverForget #TrueAmericanPatriots

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    Sean and Hayes are right!! I have been way too lax in my forum posting ever since my work Internet blocked my access to Earwolf! Well, no more! I'm going into work today and DEMANDING that they unblock Earwolf or I am out of there!!

     

     

    I see absolutely nothing wrong with this plan. I've got a great feeling about this.

     

    Way to fight the patriarchy girlfriend!

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    Well, I was getting into Lochteanity a while back when I was way into What Would Ryan Lochte Do? but I really wasn't into the whole needing to define what a player was so I think I'm going back to being a follower of His Holiness TJ Lavin. But I also worship Tom Ashbrook and Ira Glass as minor deities in their own right. I suppose you could call my religion a la carte Polytheism. It's a little bit more sophistocated than grab bag polytheism in that it has a French phrase in it and that I named two public radio show hosts.

     

    PS - Still willing to donate that organ to Earwolf in support of The Reality SHOW Show, so I really hope someone lets me know who to c/o on the envelope.

     

    PPS - This kidney is really starting to smell bad, so if you're gonna use it you better tell me pronto. Scott Aukerman must have a hookup in the illegal organ trade he can sell it to.

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    I'm in one of the Time Warner Cable markets that blacked out CBS, so I can't watch Big Brother. Can somebody post detailed episode recaps over a series of several posts? At this point I think 5 or more posts will get me caught up.

     

    Thanks in advance!

     

    I totally would but my religion dictates that I am only allowed to post about The Challenge. Maybe if they ever do a Challenge/Big Brother mashup...

     

    Also, is there any way to make The Reality SHOW Show more popular without donating money? I'm pretty sure my religion only allows me to donate money to public radio. And that's in exchange for tote bags (and Diane Rehm's voice therapy sessions), which makes it a transaction rather than a donation. Do you guys accept organ donations? I have at least one kidney that I'm pretty sure is taking up extra space and I probably don't need it. It's gently used if it matters. I could also donate an appendix in a pinch.

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    This forum would have a lot more comments if Hayes (who looks more like a "Hunter") and Sean (who looks more like a "dummy") gave a flying fuck about us. One comment a piece? I think TJ Lavin would have a few choice words to say to them about their level of commitment to their message boarding duties.

     

    Amen, sister! Tell the patriarchy that we mean business! I'm burning my bra right now!

     

    ...I apologize in advance if you're offended that I turned your comment, which I actually agree with, into a feminist condemnation of the patriarchy and then proceeding to mock it sarcastically.

     

    I don't know if that's an yes/no or an either/or, but the answer is fuck yes.

     

    On a side note, Diane Rehm is still alive?

     

    Yes. And her voice is as raspy as ever.

     

    ...yes I do know it's raspy because she has spasmodic dysphonia.

     

    I have it on good authority that the Planet Money crew are all pretty hardcore The Challenge shippers. Chana Joffe-Walt is particularly dedicated to "Team CTiem" and even has her own set of wigs to match the ones worn on the show.

     

    ...are you insinuating that Chana Joffe-Walt (who used to work for KUOW and KPLU, Seattle's NPR stations KUOW MEMBERS REPRESENT!) is such a major fan of The Challenge that she got sympathy cancer for Diem? If so, that's how we do it in Seattle ("when I say two - oh you say ...nah you know the rest" -Macklemore - The Town) because this city lives and dies for The Challenge... and music festivals, we really do seem to love music festivals.

     

    ...yes, I realize that cancer is very serious and I am unbelievably sorry for insinuating that someone got cancer to sympathize with another cancer survivor and I agree that I ought to be shot for making light of such a serious ailment. Also, I agree that Thrift Shop is overplayed and no, it isn't the best Macklemore song and I am also confused as to why it became so popular. Also, Seattle IS way better than Portland and anyone who says otherwise can fuck off and take their ridiculous fixed-gear bike with them.

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    ...I just thought about this. I listen to Comedy Bang Bang, How Did This Get Made, and Sklarbro Country in addition to The Reality SHOW Show (and that doesn't even include non-Earwolf shows like Jordan Jesse Go! and Stop Podcasting Yourself) except I don't comment in their forums. Is that weird?

     

    Even better question, should I start posting about The Challenge in a forum devoted to the Diane Rehm Show, Fresh Air, or another beloved public radio show?

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    @Toby Keith Sweat - I wonder how TJ is going to feel about that. I think he's okay with failure as long as you give it a "good effort." So did you give quitting a good effort? I suppose that's the real question. If you did, then quitting quitting is probably alright. As long as you did your honest best and gave it the old college try.

     

    Also, someone needs to make some rubber wristbands with WWTJLavinDo? on them. No joke (and I mean that, no sarcasm here), I would actually wear one. Earwolf Store?

     

    @Sean - Why would you guys do that to us? All we want to do is love you guys and you keep hurting us. It's like you guys are our metaphorical abusive boyfriends and we keep going back to you because we're too scared of a world in which we are liberated from your painful embrace. It's all we know, the pain comforts us now, it's just another reminder that blood still pulses through our veins, that we still live and breathe. I suppose in a way, the pain makes us feel alive and we fear that we might die without it. Maybe that's why we keep coming back time after time knowing that the abuse will begin anew. Because pain is the essence of life and you provide us with that pain that fuels our lives and allows us to continue living in an unpredictable world. Or maybe we just like jokes about reality shows. I don't know.

     

    All I know is love isn't supposed to hurt and that love involves a good long conversation about this week's episode of The Challenge.

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    Thanks for helping us reach Hot status, everyone. We just got a call from Jeff Ulrich to congratulate us and to let us know about another forum topic status nobody knows about. He calls it En Fuego status, and he wouldn't say what it involves, just that it would mean "big changes" if it happened. All I know is En Fuego status is activated if a post gets 32 comments, the most ever. You guys have always been straight with us so I thought you should know. Thanks again.

     

    Now, I don't want to be the one to bring this up and it hurts me deeply to say this but I get the feeling that Hayes may have been lying to us about en fuego status... I think he just wanted us to post more to make The Reality SHOW Show forums seem more popular. I don't know how I feel about that... It's like he's using us. et tu Sean? Were you involved in this as well? What's next en flambé status?

     

    Don't forget guys, dissent is the truest form of patriotism.

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    Okay, really, six? What the fuck Hayes? There's Andy Kneis, Burdrulz, Erika Thompson, BroccoliRob, Asteck, Toby Keith Sweat, Jerkface, TheNarnold, Picklefucker, Hunter, and probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting. That's like 11 right there...

     

    On a lighter note, great coverage of The Challenge! TJ Lavin would be proud. Seriously.

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