Does anyone watch this television show? I do not, I actually listen to the dialog for comic relief. I suppose that is a bit like claiming to read porn mags for the articles?
Naked and Alone is a strange concept right off the bat, a male and female get dumped off somewhere unpleasant, naked and alone with only one tool for their survival. Generally there are mosquitos, snakes, and lots of mud.
It may well start out with sexual overtones, they are taking two complete strangers here and placing them somewhere totally naked. However, the horrors of biological reality attack quickly, so somewhere in the midst of the leeches, the dehydration, and the hypothermia, all concepts of sexuality tend to vanish quickly. That vanishing is part of what makes me laugh.
That and listening to a couple of foolish people needlessly torture themselves for the sake of entertainment tends to cheer me up immensely.
The narration goes something like this, “Scott has now been vomiting for 23 hours straight after forgetting to boil his water yesterday. He has been given and anti-emetic to try to control his nausea. Meanwhile, Susan appears to be withdrawing more and more into herself and is no longer taking an interest in her surroundings.”
I imagine the camera will pan in on Scott retching violently on the ground while Susan with her glazed over eyes is staring off into nothingness.
The narration continues, “Now half-starved, covered in leeches, and facing dehydration, survival takes on a new desperation as Scott and Susan seek some form of nourishment.”
Generally the nourishment must involve something completely disgusting. I mean, who wants to munch on a few ants or berries, when you can try to spear a giant pink jungle worm and attempt to swallow him whole?
Susan no longer seems concerned about the giant leeches wrapping her ankles as she anxiously awaits her share of the worm from Scott. Scott was rated a 7.5 on our survival scale, but due to his repeated issues with dysentery, that score has now been reduced to a 3.5. Susan’s ability to completely checkout of reality has earned her an additional survival point, however.
Not to put too fine of a point on it, but anyone who would willingly agree to go out in the middle of no where, stark naked and without supplies, doesn’t rate high on my survivability scale.
For anyone who may find themselves in a similar situation through no fault of their own, step one is always to build a fire. Always! Fire first! It provides heat, allows you to boil water, keeps wild animals away, and lifts your spirits. Also, it helps to keep the leeches and mosquitos at bay. Under no circumstances should you first go hunting for food, try to build an elaborate shelter, or drink stagnant water out of slimy pools.
Also, for goodness sakes, find something to cloth yourself with. Only a complete moron walks around in the wilderness naked. You may think you’re cool, but all you’re going to get is hypothermia or 3rd degree burns from the sun.
Underdaddy said:
I watch it, hilarious and terrifying at the same time.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Oh good, someone else admits to watching this silly show and laughing at the misery of others. 😉
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Underdaddy said:
I think actual Nakedness isn’t as interesting as leaving it to the imagination, hence the popularity of Baywatch. I’m sure that was for the acting and complex plot lines as well.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Actually, that’s a really good point. In the Western world we are oddly obsessed with nudity, perceiving it only as a sexual thing, when in fact it is actually rather pathetic and uninteresting. Shows like Baywatch do work hard to try and keep the false intrigue going, while Naked and Afraid does tend to shatter those illusions.
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silenceofmind said:
Apparently, the moral of the story is to make mad monkey love before all that other stuff sets in and ruins all the neckedness.
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insanitybytes22 said:
LOL! No! The moral of the story is to build a fire first. Fire first, people!
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Quixie said:
I agree, these people are morons for agreeing to do this. Therefore their survival factor ranks lower than most. Plus, you’ve inspired me to learn how to make a fire (too bad I didn’t learn that when I was in Girl Scouts).
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Alaina said:
Yikes!!!! I didn’t even know there was such a show. All we ever watch any more are HGTV and DIY home shows (me), boring fishing channel shows (hubby), and the occasional Golden Girl or Frasier rerun. Dang, we are old…. like my grandparents and their Ed Sullivan.
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insanitybytes22 said:
LOL, I seldom watch any TV at all, but when we do it’s usually old shows, literally shows my grandparents used to watch. It’s simply that what passes for TV entertainment these days is either pathetically stupid or outright insidious and vile.
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helenrj said:
I haven’t watched the show, but your description made me laugh so hard I almost snorted coffee out my nose. The first rule should be build a fire and then cover the parts.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Ha! Glad I made you laugh. Do NOT watch this show. I have now shared all the wisdom that can be gleaned from it 😉
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Mike said:
Porn mags don’t have articles? Hmmm… may be I just haven’t spent enough time with one to notice.
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Mike said:
And another thing!… the individuals who volunteer for these shows are identicle to those who volunteer for shows like ‘the bachelor’. They are enither interested in surviving any more than they are interested in finding true love. The participants problems are so complex, the onion has so many layers, one can only watch, absent any purient interest, if they position the episodes as clinical studies in psychiatric disorders.
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Wally Fry said:
Well since tv is what I do I won’t be too hard on bad Ty. Providing people with the ability to watch bad tv pays my bills. Bad tv is therefore a gift from God
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insanitybytes22 said:
Bahahaha! Now that’s funny, Wally. Good point too, if it weren’t for bad TV, some of us would be jobless. Also, if my clients had nothing to watch, I would be forced to entertain them, which sometimes I try to do, but it isn’t always pretty 😉
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Wally Fry said:
Do you sing and dance IB? You actually point out a real issue though as television is the only company some people have and when it breaks it can be very upsetting for them
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Eric said:
These kinds of programs are like the so-called ‘news media’ obsession with sex scandals. It’s just porn disguised as something else for people too ‘righteous’ to watch the real thing.
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insanitybytes22 said:
I think that’s a valid point, Eric. I do believe the porn mentality now permeates every aspect of our culture and has become nearly impossible to avoid.
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Eric said:
I would say that it’s more a voyeurism than an outright porn mentality that the media elites are cultivating. Our culture shames expressions of heterosexuality—programs like these and the sex scandals masquerade as entertainment and information so that the viewers can feel like they’re ‘above’ the sexual overtones involved. Again, it’s dangerous (and deliberate) social engineering at work.
The psycho-social dynamic is that the social engineers are cultivating false guilt and shame around normal sexual impulses and channeling that subliminated and suppressed sexual energy into these (largely hyped) social events. I didn’t follow the Jodi Arrias case much, but recall that when she was convicted, the media showed a large crowd sitting in front a big screen somewhere cheering as the verdict was read. This is NOT a sign of a healthy society: all this showed to me was that we’re roughly one step removed from the witch-hunting lynch mobs of Mediaeval Europe.
If anybody thinks ‘it can’t happen here’ just a few months ago, a man in Britain was dragged out into the street by a mob and burned at the stake because of suspicion (posthumously disproven) that he was a paedophile.
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insanitybytes22 said:
That’s just awful, Eric. I hate that kind of vigilante justice because it is so often based on hyperbole and hysteria, rather then truth. Part of being in a so called advanced civilization, is about casting off that kind of emotionalism and allowing calmer heads to prevail.
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Eric said:
Speaking of protecting women, I see that HE’s at it again.
Vox was opining today that only weak men ever bothered to be possessive/protective of their mates. Daring them to leave was the mark of the Alpha, since the Alpha always has options—LOL
I wonder what he’d do on this survival-island?
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insanitybytes22 said:
Interesting. Also that sure looks like male hypergamy in action to me, but what would I know. Methinks women are not necessarily the ones trying to trade up in that little scenario, but whatever. 😉
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ColorStorm said:
Cool take on this insanitybytes, and the mere presence of cameras and a set nullifies any ‘reality’ part of the show. I confess to never have seen it, but it brings to mind a thought or two.
There is an obsession with nakedness to make it as palatable as baked beans. Yea I know, some will cite cultures where everyone runs around unclothed.
Some will disagree, others will vehemently deny, others will laugh, but one cannot hide from the fact that it is ‘uncomfortable’ for a son to ‘see’ his naked mother, or a daughter to ‘see’ her naked father. Nature teaches the impropriety; only the coldest of minds would challenge THIS example. And if this is troubling, one should ask: why?
There was far more involved with Mr. and Mrs. Adam than just being unclothed. They experienced distance that they never knew. They knew that which was no longer good. Sin became the continental divide, of which KNOWING they were naked was the proof.
Sooooo, the ‘naked’ shows, the ‘nude’ beaches, all ignore the distance, and present as natural that which is not. ‘Nature’ teaches a child to immediately ‘cover’ himself when an unannounced guest threatens his privacy. The new dawn teaches the child has not evolved in thought quite as yet…………………..
I’m stickin with the common sense of the little tyke, and not the new ‘reality.’
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insanitybytes22 said:
You make a good point, Colorstorm. There is a boundary there that even children understand. It’s also about human dignity. We are careful to preserve that modesty in healthcare as much as possible, even though not much else may be very dignified.
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ColorStorm said:
Yes, good thoughts there, dignity, and boundaries, as you mentioned elsewhere ibytes, this makes the marriage bed that much more sanctified and remarkable.
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Paul said:
OH IB that program is such rubbish. i am literally embarrassed for the participants. I’d eat out of dumpsters before i would participate in that nonsense. It is crafted solely to appeal to our most debased desires.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Thanks, Paul. It really is rubbish and I too am embarrassed for the participants. As Eric pointed out above, the whole thing does start to take on the feel of a Roman Coliseum, so what we are being taught to perceive as entertainment is really just the suffering and misery of others.
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Belladonna Took said:
i had never heard of this show – yeah, I lead a protected life without either cable or satellite TV! So I just asked Google. Yikes! And … good grief. And also, is it me, or is that vaseline just really silly? The whole thing is just … icky. Prurient and icky. And the vaseline somehow makes it worse.
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Veracious Poet said:
I chanced upon it a couple of times on discovery channel. It’s an interesting show. I love it. I support a return to nature.
Most participants in the show have emotional challenges they want to overcome. I think they also want to prove a point to friends and family who’d be watching – maybe, that they are not fearful.
When one is vulnerable and afraid one’s true nature surfaces. Whether or not it’s porn depends on what goes on in one’s mind when watching.
In the show they blur the genital area but I think a little leaves or leather covering will do. Some participants actually get creative with leaves. It will surprise you that many who claim it’s insane actually watch it on youtube secretly.
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entropy said:
LOL 😛
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