Tired of the Olympics yet?
What is it about Big Brother that causes contestants to become idiots?
I’m not talking about just their normal idiocy they bring with them into the house, such as Jerry’s crotchety-old-manliness or Jessie’s total self-absorption. What amazes me is that even now in the tenth season of Big Brother, the contestants still have no idea how the game is played.
You would think that when these nimrods applied to be on Big Brother, they would at least take a moment to familiarize themselves with how the game works.
Big Brother is not reality. It’s a lockdown house. Everybody lies, manipulates, and betrays to stay alive. There are no saints in the house. If there were, we wouldn’t be watching, but still every year someone gets indignant that another houseguest is playing the game.
“I can’t believe she would lie to my face.”
Why not? Big Brother is not a church social. It’s more like a political negotiation. All that matters is staying alive for the next week.
Currently, Jerry the Marine, who went back on his word and evicted a fellow military man in week one, is angry with Dan, a Catholic school teacher who was playing both sides of the fence and voted out one of Jerry’s allies. And even though Jerry vehemently proclaims that Dan is "America's Player" (which he was last week) he still says that Dan betrayed him, and calls him Judas.
Hypocrisy is apparently not a word they teach you in boot camp.
Their lack of strategy also eludes me, such as the constant kissing up to the Head of Household. Once the nominations are made, the HoH loses a lot of power. By the time the veto ceremony is finished, the only difference between the HoH and the other houseguests is a better bathroom, but still you see them swearing their allegiance to vote however the HoH wants.
At that point, the HoH is the weakest person in the house. They can’t change the nominations, and they can’t play for the HoH next week, but they’re still treated like the belle of the ball.
They’re a lame duck, and we can see right now how very little power a lame duck administration has.
I’m not talking about just their normal idiocy they bring with them into the house, such as Jerry’s crotchety-old-manliness or Jessie’s total self-absorption. What amazes me is that even now in the tenth season of Big Brother, the contestants still have no idea how the game is played.
You would think that when these nimrods applied to be on Big Brother, they would at least take a moment to familiarize themselves with how the game works.
Big Brother is not reality. It’s a lockdown house. Everybody lies, manipulates, and betrays to stay alive. There are no saints in the house. If there were, we wouldn’t be watching, but still every year someone gets indignant that another houseguest is playing the game.
“I can’t believe she would lie to my face.”
Why not? Big Brother is not a church social. It’s more like a political negotiation. All that matters is staying alive for the next week.
Currently, Jerry the Marine, who went back on his word and evicted a fellow military man in week one, is angry with Dan, a Catholic school teacher who was playing both sides of the fence and voted out one of Jerry’s allies. And even though Jerry vehemently proclaims that Dan is "America's Player" (which he was last week) he still says that Dan betrayed him, and calls him Judas.
Hypocrisy is apparently not a word they teach you in boot camp.
Their lack of strategy also eludes me, such as the constant kissing up to the Head of Household. Once the nominations are made, the HoH loses a lot of power. By the time the veto ceremony is finished, the only difference between the HoH and the other houseguests is a better bathroom, but still you see them swearing their allegiance to vote however the HoH wants.
At that point, the HoH is the weakest person in the house. They can’t change the nominations, and they can’t play for the HoH next week, but they’re still treated like the belle of the ball.
They’re a lame duck, and we can see right now how very little power a lame duck administration has.
