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    I'm not here to make friends!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w536Alnon24

    Apparently it's such a popular catch phrase, reality TV producers will coach contestants to say it. Usually the ones who do don't win. They're just set up to be the ones the audience loves to hate.

    Listening to over 3 minutes of these same phrase repeated over and over reminds how much we are sheep in our thinking.
    "By concealing your desires, you may trick people into being cruel about the wrong thing." --Steven Aylett, Fain the Sorcerer
    "You gotta get me to the tall corn." --David Mamet, Spartan
    "    Amateurs talk technology, professionals talk conditions." --(unknown)
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    Re: I'm not here to make friends!

    Originally posted by MyopicJoe View Post
    Apparently it's such a popular catch phrase, reality TV producers will coach contestants to say it.
    Did it start with Puck on MTV's Real World?

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    • #3
      Re: I'm not here to make friends!

      Holy cow, Puck. I have no clue, but I wouldn't be surprised. According to the reality TV fan who created the video, the first use was on Survivor.
      "By concealing your desires, you may trick people into being cruel about the wrong thing." --Steven Aylett, Fain the Sorcerer
      "You gotta get me to the tall corn." --David Mamet, Spartan
      "      Amateurs talk technology, professionals talk conditions." --(unknown)

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      • #4
        Re: I'm not here to make friends!

        Originally posted by MyopicJoe View Post
        According to the reality TV fan who created the video, the first use was on Survivor.
        Did he mean the naked guy who didn't pay his taxes on his winnings?

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        • #5
          Re: I'm not here to make friends!

          Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View Post
          Did he mean the naked guy who didn't pay his taxes on his winnings?
          Haha, naw. It was one of the ladies. His theory is the "I'm not here to make friends" people never end up winning.
          "By concealing your desires, you may trick people into being cruel about the wrong thing." --Steven Aylett, Fain the Sorcerer
          "You gotta get me to the tall corn." --David Mamet, Spartan
          "          Amateurs talk technology, professionals talk conditions." --(unknown)

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          • #6
            Re: I'm not here to make friends!

            Hahaha! I was listening to the "This American Life" link you provided in your other thread and they have a whole thing on "I'm not here to make friends".
            Around 24 min in - http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radi...spx?sched=1316
            What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. – Christopher Hitchens

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            • #7
              Re: I'm not here to make friends!

              There are some weird people in real life who goes on those reality shows. One chopped his ex-wife and stuffed her into a suitcase before killing himself. Another was a religious type guy who killed his ex-porn star girlfriend.

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              • #8
                Re: I'm not here to make friends!

                Originally posted by StinkyTheGrump View Post
                they have a whole thing on "I'm not here to make friends".
                Around 24 min
                Yeah, that's the guy who made the video. That's how I found out about it. :_)

                Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View Post
                There are some weird people in real life who goes on those reality shows. One chopped his ex-wife and stuffed her into a suitcase before killing himself. Another was a religious type guy who killed his ex-porn star girlfriend.
                Whoa, creepy.
                "By concealing your desires, you may trick people into being cruel about the wrong thing." --Steven Aylett, Fain the Sorcerer
                "You gotta get me to the tall corn." --David Mamet, Spartan
                "                Amateurs talk technology, professionals talk conditions." --(unknown)

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                • #9
                  Re: I'm not here to make friends!

                  Reality shows are madness... so why can't I stop watching them?
                  Roseanne and Rambo in one tidy package.

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                  • #10
                    Re: I'm not here to make friends!

                    Originally posted by missjaqi View Post
                    Reality shows are madness... so why can't I stop watching them?
                    It's like a bug to a porch light...then ZAP!!! fool you it was a bug zapper! And they gotcha.

                    I hate reality shows. That's why I only love to watch the Discovery channel or the History Channel. If you're gonna watch TV you may as well learn something from it.
                    Life is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.

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                    • #11
                      Re: I'm not here to make friends!

                      ZAPPPPP... they get me all the time. But eh, at least I'm not the only one.
                      Roseanne and Rambo in one tidy package.

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                      • #12
                        Re: I'm not here to make friends!

                        Originally posted by missjaqi View Post
                        Reality shows are madness... so why can't I stop watching them?
                        My guess is because we're social creatures. We're nosy and love to spy on each other, to know where we stand on the totem pole. :_)
                        "By concealing your desires, you may trick people into being cruel about the wrong thing." --Steven Aylett, Fain the Sorcerer
                        "You gotta get me to the tall corn." --David Mamet, Spartan
                        "                        Amateurs talk technology, professionals talk conditions." --(unknown)

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