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its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours agoIt went beyond that. In an attempt to ferment discontent in the group he started reading their reports out loud. Airing all their dirty laundry. Instead of getting them mad at each other he basically forced them to settle all their issues and form together, closer than ever. After that didn’t work he started trying to usurp authority from the captain that he selected because he thought as a woman she would crumble under the pressure of command. His greatest accomplishment as the new captain was damaging a fuel line and failing to fix it by swimming in the fuel and water.
If I remember correctly they had to rescue him and distract him while they fixed it themselves and after that he basically sulked in the corner of the raft. Only getting the balls to try something near the end of the experiment, trying to Shanghai the raft and expand the experiment to try and force his theories into reality. After they finally got back the subjects would get together every few years to relive the good old days without him.
It’s ironic, by trying to get them to hate each other he accidentally became something for all of them to rally against.
After they finally got back the subjects would get together every few years to relive the good old days without him.
The linked article in the post claims that the crew never met again until the person filming the documentary tracked some of them down.
They had not met since the Peace Project docked in Mexico 43 years earlier, so the reunion was poignant.
I knew I’d get something wrong. lol thanks for the correction.
It’s ironic, by trying to get them to hate each other he accidentally became something for all of them to rally against.
Major Payne already taught us that this works:
“They hate you!”
“Good. It’ll draw them close together, make 'em a team.”
Lelouche or Code Geasse’s storyboard
A tale as old as time.
So… did this scientists great grandchildren invent reality TV?
Fun fact a lot of people, including myself, believe the invention of reality TV was actually the writer strike in early 2000s. Basically TV writers went to the producers and said “you make all these millions and only pay us this small amount when we are the reason people watch these shows”. The producers basically said “fuck you we will make TV shows without writers”
That created reality TV in America and panel shows in the UK.
This is widely credited as the origin of modern reality tv, but it’s not completely true. The earliest reality shows I can remember are Road Rules and The Real World, and those both predate the strike.
True, maybe didn’t create the concept but definitely expanded it
Big brother is the first reality TV show that I recall being popular in the UK and Ireland. It kicked off in 2000 so well before the writers strike.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 hours ago
I’m stealing this typo.
(It’s “foment”, but I love the imagery of rotten, festering discontent)
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
You know, you reminded me of a vague memory. Making that same mistake in school, being corrected, and deciding that I liked it better my way. I was a stubborn child.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 hours ago
It is 100% better your way.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Apparently they’re related to two different Latin phrases. Fervēre, meaning “to boil or seethe,” and fōvēre, meaning “to keep warm” or “to heat”. So they’re similar in definition and sound.