communication [they]

they/them

  • 0 Posts
  • 11 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 12th, 2023

help-circle



  • I think this may be different than the Jeopardy situation. I know there’s a general sentiment that Burton was the best option - and I felt the same way at the start of the process - but I’ve read a lot of behind-the-scenes accounts that suggest Burton simply wasn’t good at the job. They had to spend hours refilming segments in ways that weren’t necessary for other hosts, and the finished product wasn’t as good as most of us were imagining.

    Obviously the Mike Richards situation was ridiculous, and maybe there was sabotage we don’t know about. My own sense is that the hive mind was wrong about Burton for that specific role - and that’s not a knock on Burton! - and things concluded well for everyone.


  • I don’t think you’re arguing in bad faith, but I’m not going to engage with that because I don’t want to get lost in a semantic argument.

    Have you ever been bullied before? When you were young, did kids ever call you names? It sucked, right? Even in kindergarten you were smart enough to be hurt by it.

    Now, imagine the teacher started calling you mean names as well.

    And your parents.

    And everyone you love.

    And now imagine that you tried to carve out a small part of your life where you weren’t being called something horrible.

    Wouldn’t you have deserved that? Weren’t you smart enough to know you didn’t deserve to be called names?