Princesspeach | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 07:59 pm     I'm ready to end this game and start watching Survivor. lol |
Onlyhuman | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:00 pm     I've been wanting to ask this question for a while but I didn't want to start a new conversation. This seems as good of a place as any.... How do the posters here expect/want the HGs to act? The stuff that Amy, Dani and Lisa are saying right now doesn't bug me. I've seen lots of women get together and gossip. I do it with my friends. That's how I see this. It doesn't bug me because it's part of human nature. I know it bugs others, so I'm just trying to figure out what we expect from HG behavior. People say they need to remember they are on 24 hour feeds when they start their bitching. Do we want them to be on guard all the time, careful never to say anything wrong? People love all the strategizing they are doing this year. Do we want them to be in constant game mode, never stopping the strategizing and such? Personally, I like the human component of this "game". Without it, I'd walk away and never look back! What do you want them to do??? |
Battlestar | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:00 pm     bmh---I assume you were on the popular side of the fence at High School |
Theo17 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:00 pm     jimmer you are 100% right. roddy does it but only to escape blame. The others do it for sport and are really dumb |
Litafreak | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:03 pm     Onlyhuman... yeah I know how it is to sit around with my friends and gossip, but I don't bash my friends like Mar is doing to Amy |
Strkaholic | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:03 pm     Only..unfortunately I no longer expect anything from them at all. I also don't see what they are doing as harmless gossip as everything they are saying will get back to those they are gossiping about. I really think they have forgotten that. As I stated earlier..if I were one of the evicted HG, I would not come back and vote for any of them. |
Sbw | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:03 pm     Roddy is playing a game. I don't call what the others are doing anything remotely connected to any game.... except Jason of course. I hope to see Roddy and Jason in the end because they are playing a game and not being "U-G-L-Y ugly" as Amy would say. |
Theo17 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:03 pm     you can play this game strategically without making it all personal with insults that have nothing to do with the game. Like stuff about personal appearance. |
Battlestar | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:03 pm     Onlyhuman----I would like them not to behave a pack of vicious Grade Seven Girls. The women of my acquaintence do not talk like that-----we grew up |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:06 pm     I'm not sick of them, although I was a couple of weeks ago. I don't like their vicious statements about each other, but I think that's more a product of having nothing real to keep them busy. I wish the producers would arrange that place so they would have to interact with each other for reasons other than "what can we do to get that so-and-so out." It would create the opportunity for much more diverse conversation and develop relationships differently than as things currently stand. Even just giving them a tree and telling them to chop it up would be an improvement (especially if they started threatening each other with the real axes instead of just verbal ones in the back.) |
Firebird05 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:07 pm     Onlyhuman I would expect them to do just what they are doing. Seems like bashing doesn't stop at the FOTH. Who else do they have to talk about. They haven't seen or talked to anyone else in weeks. By this time they have pretty much covered every topic and them some. They are probably tired, frustrated and bored. Just like I am watching them. |
Princesspeach | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:08 pm     I agree battlestar. I outgrew that kind of bashing/gossip in high school. |
Onlyhuman | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:08 pm     Litafreak...I agree with you, and that is one of the things I would say that I want to see... I want to see honesty, but I also want to see loyalty to a friend... I want to see people who like each other and sometimes hate each other... I want to see people bond over a campfire or a drink... I want to see people who KNOW that they have bad qualities and good qualities... I want to see people who, just once, express their true feelings directly TO another person rather than just hide behind the "it's a game" thing... I want to see people being real AND playing a game and I want to be able to tell the difference |
Csnog | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:08 pm     The more I hear about how bad they (HG) feel when they come out of the DR the less I am interested. I now realize that the HG's are not interacting on their own but at the direction and suggestion of the staff of BB. This is a pre determined arranged game show. |
Theo17 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:08 pm     I like watching them but i wish the fans had a vote whether they get the money or a charity does because none of them really seem like they should be rewarded right now. |
Theo17 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:11 pm     By the way i'd like to see more humor like will last year. These people can bash as well as anyone but they are rarely funny. Will was funny. |
Onlyhuman | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:13 pm     Hmmm...my friends and I must be very immature, because we still gossip, especially when we have nothing better to do... Goddess, I agree with you, I'd like to see them have more to do. This shows us why workers should always be kept very busy...this is what they'll do if they don't have enough to do. (that was sarcasm, btw, for anyone who thinks I'm serious) By the way, somebody just started a thread complaining about how annoying Lisa's voice is...but we aren't hypocrites or anything, right??? |
Cameltoes | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:14 pm     I don't mind it in the sense that it's normal behavior - gossiping, sniping, etc. If someone is getting on your nerves, then venting is understandable. It's just that there is so MUCH of it this year and the conversations are so repetitive. It's almost as if they have very little connecting them but their gripes about one another. Even Roddy brought up a gripe against Gerry as a way of fitting in with the girls' conversation. I think we are dealing with a very self centered group. Seems they enjoy telling their own stories more than listening to those of others as a way to find common ground. The constant griping seems to be the end result. |
Sam222 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:16 pm     The fact that most of them have talked about that once Gerry is out everything will be ok, because now the "good people" are now left in the game is a little odd because do "good people" bash people over and over again. Now don't get me wrong I am totally guilty of enjoying the odd gossip here and there(I can honestly say I have never been as hateful as the houseguests). However like someone said earlier my gossip wasn't going to be broadcast for the world and the targets of such hateful comments to see. |
Cjr | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:16 pm     I never talk with my friends the way these people do. My friends and I may gossip a bit and catch up on mutual friends but never would I speak about anyone the way I hear the hg. I can't wait to see the voting at the end of the game just to hear what everyone says about each other in the end. Talk about some verbal abuse. |
Onlyhuman | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:18 pm     Theo17...you're right, the game portion of this can be played strategically, without the negativity. The negativity comes from the non-game portion. It comes from the stress of living with strangers, of not having your own space, of having to constantly wonder who is your friend and who will stab you in the back. These people are not just playing a game they are living a life. |
Mrose4243 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:19 pm     I think they are acquiring some psychological problems. After Danni spent most of the evening seriously bashing Gerry, Amy, Josh, Roddy, Chiara, and Tonya, she just gushed about what a great experience the BB house is and how the EXPERIENCE is worth more than the money.... Amy chimes in with how the EXPERIENCE is so wonderful... they agree on how everyone in the house has a special bond, and how they loved meeting 11 strangers..bla bla bla.... WTF? |
Theo17 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:19 pm     onlyhuman you are right but some are stronger then others. I dont usually see jason in all the nasty stuff. |
Sam222 | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:19 pm     The fact that most of them have talked about that once Gerry is out everything will be ok, because now the "good people" are now left in the game is a little odd because do "good people" bash people over and over again. Now don't get me wrong I am totally guilty of enjoying the odd gossip here and there(I can honestly say I have never been as hateful as the houseguests). However like someone said earlier my gossip wasn't going to be broadcast for the world and the targets of such hateful comments to see. |
Onlyhuman | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 - 08:26 pm     Cameltoes, you're right. These people don't like each other and have no interest in getting to know the others. I love the way that a few minutes ago Amy didn't want to leave the room because she didn't want Lisa and Danielle to talk about her when she left, which they WOULD do. I also don't like to see the whole "Good People" and "Bad People" thing. It REALLY bugs me when they do it. But I can understand why they do it. I know people have said that nobody dies when they leave, but this is LIFE for these people and leaving means losing that life. In order to take someone out of the game without feeling horrible about "killing" them, you demonize them. They don't "deserve" to live. This started last year and continues through this year, though I think it's even worse this year. Cognitive dissonance...I'm a good person....I have to "hurt" someone..."Bad" people hurt other people...wait, I'm a "good" person...CONFLICT! No cognitive dissonance...I'm a good person...He/she is a "bad" person...it is okay for good people to hurt bad people...NO CONFLICT |