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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 04:24 [#00467653]
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Did anyone else see/hear about this?
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 04:43 [#00467665]
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Basically a guy convinced 30 people to give up their lives- jobs, accomodation, possessions etc. for a year to take part in a big brother type show, but it transpired there was no show and he was just a weirdo.
Hard to empathise with all but 2 of the people who got ripped off. They seemed like the noisy, "positive" morons who work in PR and Sales...
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martinhm
from York (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-04 04:44 [#00467666]
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Switched over from "Hairy Women" documentary on Channel 5 to watch this, but soon got bored with the attention-seeking morons so I flicked over to Newsnight.
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 04:46 [#00467667]
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Yes, but it was funny seeing the attention seeking morons getting done over by the mad man. I think he was enjoying it- even at the end. It was so obvious when he was being interviewed about it when the facade fell away that he was playing up for the cameras and probably having a laugh to himself.
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J-HOK
on 2002-12-04 04:52 [#00467673]
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i liked it when the producer ended up dossing at that guys place with all the people he fucked over :)
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 04:58 [#00467675]
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Yes and when that big bloke was saying, "To be honest Nick, I'm trying very hard not to punch you right now, to be honest..."
Do you reckon the "producer" will get picked up by some TV channel for some weird "artsy" show about manipulation or something similair?
The south african woman seemed pretty sensible as did the guy who left as soon as he found out what the task was. The others were idiots. It was so funny when they had their own "reality tv show" and were pretending to beat each other up. Looked like school children larking about. :)
My boss at an illegal company I worked at was just like the producer- it was all, Yes you CAN do it- you just need to think positive, you can achieve anything etc. patently empty hype etc. to trick dumb people into working for him. Funny really.
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neetta
from Finland on 2002-12-04 05:55 [#00467704]
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that boss of yours sounds so like my old boss at a shady company
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 06:01 [#00467709]
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One of those people in cloud cuckoo land. You point out a practical reason why something simply cannot be done, they say "You'll find a way, I have faith in you" then they leave the room. 2 weeks later when whatever it was you warned them about occurs they have a go at you. Great stuff.
Where I worked at said place, in my first week I couldn't work out why all the people there were either a) stupid beyond belief or b) utterly selfish twats. I soon realised it was because the smart people left, the selfish ones manipulated the idiotic ones (it was a kind of pyramid sales system thing, albeit cleverly disguised). I mean, people were competing for "promotions" that had no benefits whatsoever- 2 extra hours work- more responsibility no raise. Just the "rank".
It made me think of the type of culture in Boilerhouse (very good film about bankers...).
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neetta
from Finland on 2002-12-04 06:05 [#00467712]
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this really sounds like my old working place. thank god i got out :D
when the employees are ranked with 'loyalty' it only leads to the idiots being in 'responsible' positions. awful.
it's too much to try to work with idiots who are in higher position
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Anus_Presley
on 2002-12-04 06:08 [#00467715]
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i saw that. that sucked
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 07:25 [#00467749]
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What, the show or what nick russian did?
What a patently fake name, "Nikita Russian" May as well be Tommy Englander or Fritz German...
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jamesa
from United Kingdom on 2002-12-04 07:28 [#00467752]
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that guy's fucked - no one will employ him ever!
guess he'll just have to think of something new
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 07:31 [#00467754]
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I reckon he'll end up homeless and people who recognise him from TV will point and laugh and spit at him.
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Anus_Presley
on 2002-12-04 12:31 [#00468115]
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the scam
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-12-04 12:42 [#00468130]
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I saw it--thought it was disappointing--didn't engage my emotions or my brain at all--I was expecting much more--I was hoping the black guy would have hit him on camera at the end, so he could get done--he sounded like a bore and too serious--they got hoodwinked! big deal--they were duped, woop-de-doo--they ended up on TV in the end, the self-serving arses.
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Anus_Presley
on 2002-12-04 12:44 [#00468136]
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trrue. it was shan but they shuddent be so fame desperrate
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 15:32 [#00468435]
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I know- they got what they wanted. Ironic and inevitable...
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-12-04 15:36 [#00468446]
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HAHAHA! That's hilarious... whatta psycho.
The Simpsons made fun of Reality TV on Sunday... there's nothing left that they haven't mocked, methinks.
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-12-04 15:52 [#00468475]
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As new things come out they'll mock them too ;)
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