pelicansfan123

Something to get into law, engineering, business, or medicine. You're going to need to make a ton of money to live a comfortable lifestyle nowadays

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- 26 days, not 39 really takes away from the Outlast portion of the game. As a viewer, you don’t get as much camp life material even with episodes being longer.

- Casting used to be all about all walks of life. Now it feels like it’s all “Theater Kids” or ppl from the Ivy Leagues. Even the oldest dude this season was a Hollywood producer. I need a grizzly blue collar guy working with a corporate VP. That’s interesting.

- Jeff himself said it’s all about entertaining the kids. So, everything they do is to get new young viewers. This leads to too many dumb advantages and now stupid cameos from YouTube celebrities.

- Can’t think of any other way to put it, but Jeff is cringe. He used to be tough on contestants and now just cries alongside them. So, tired of sob stories and Jeff encouraging it.

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You're spot on with a lot of this.

I sometimes hear "Well, if you didn't know it was 26 and not 39, you would never know the difference." That's false. You can tell based on the depth of the relationships formed and just how comfortable everyone looks out there nowadays. There's a clear lack of desperation seen in earlier seasons that makes Survivor compelling to watch.

I totally agree about casting and I think part of it is that the show isn't paying enough where leaving your job, if you don't have a ton of money saved up, is worth it anymore. And this includes the 1 million dollar prize staying stagnant. I think another reason for this is, if you cast a bunch of homogenous white-collar players, you don't risk social media firestorms, as much.

I found it interesting how we've increased the racial diversity on the show so much while actually rapidly decreasing diversity in terms of types of jobs people have/socioeconomic class.

When I saw that Mr. Beast crap in the Survivor 50 promo, I almost threw up. It's clear the network doesn't feel like the show can stand on its own anymore. We need Mr. Beast, Zach Bryan, Billie Eilish, and Jimmy Fallon to drum up interest, I guess.

I could write a whole post on Survivor 50 casting, but for some reason, you're bringing back fairly dull players, entertainment-wise, like Tiffany/Charlie (season 46), Joe/Kyle/Kamilla (season 48) instead of Jerri Manthy, Johnny Fairplay, Abbi Maria, Russell Hantz, Rob Cesternino, etc.. Even from the New Era, I couldn't believe that Shan, Ricard, Omar, Jesse, and Cody somehow missed the cut but a rando like Tiffany made it on. And so I guess that helps contribute to why you need these outside people to drum up interest in the show.

Jeff is cringe and is trying toooooo hard to make the New Era seem tough to the point where he's actually doing the opposite, as people start realizing/noticing how easy they have it nowadays.

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Off hand I would put it above 39, 41, and 42 for sure.

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44 and 48 had to be the worst of the new era for me. Outside of the Tika 3, there was NOTHING interesting about 44. That orange tribe was a total snooze.

48 was a snooze-fest, as well. 41 (hourglass twist aside) and 46 were by far the best in the New Era. Genuine drama and people not liking each other. Not everyone kumbaya talking about how much they like each other haha

Oklahoma didn't deserve to be here and is getting exposed. This offense stinks.

As a part time Uber driver, I don't really care who is getting in the car, I just try to put on some music that I like and that I think won't bother the rider. If the rider has a problem with it/asks me to change it, I will change it, but that happens very rarely. However, the biggest tip I've ever gotten ($100) was when I let one of the passengers control the music for a short ride. When Taylor Swift's show was in town, though, I did try to play more Swift music for the Swifties.

My guess is that there are no bad intentions from the uber drivers, they either just like rap music, or think it's more likely to lead to a tip. Those same uber drivers who think it will lead to a better tip probably put on country music when they think someone will like country music more. I really try not to assume bad intentions and think that the uber driver probably is trying to get a better tip/any tip out of a ride.

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People who use Door Dash get so defensive. Everyone justifies it to the max.

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I think it's a situation of live and let live.

I don't ever order door dash/uber eats, but I pick up dinner for myself a ton. After a day of work and, often, a long run, the time/energy it takes to cook isn't worth the money it costs for takeout.

It's a similar principle with door dashing. While I don't do it, I understand that, for some people, the convenience is worth the price. To each their own.

I still can't figure out why they were ahead of Vanderbilt and BYU, let alone Miami.

My job in December is completely dependent on my clients and if they need my help with something until around Christmas-time, when we shut down until the new year.

In past Decembers, it's been very quiet at this time of year. This year, it's been quiet, but more active than in prior years.

I find it harder to stay focused once I'm back from Thanksgiving. Feels like the year is pretty much done at that point and I'm subconsciously already thinking about my holiday/new year plans.

As a part-time uber driver, I genuinely appreciate y'alls business! Driving uber is good as a side gig..just can't imagine doing it full time.

Survivor 50 news aside, this latest boot was made wayyyy too obvious by the editing.

Are we losing a main character in Rizo or some random background guy with hardly any screen time since episode 4 in Alex?

Wish the editing was more even...