# Am I Hot or Not **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979 "2003-02-14T02:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/41 "2003-02-14T17:18:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \* > \*\* > > Owned by Disney, of course. \*\* Good lord. lee was right :eek: ---
**Author:** ![1000monkeys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/7cd45c/32.png) [@1000monkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1000monkeys)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/42 "2003-02-14T17:20:55Z")
John Stewart on the Daily Show did a great monolugue on these shows, mainly about how he’d given up fighting it and was just going to accept it. I wont attempt to quote the whole bit from memory, but if you catch a re-run you should, the highlights in cluded the Dalily Show’s decision to add some reality feature to the show, such as: “Syphilitic Hobo. Tonight, on the Daily Show a group of young women will compete to have sex with a man whom they believe to be a Rhodes Scholar, but who is in actuality a syphilitic hobo.” or “Eaten by Wolves. In which a group of high school honor students will compete for what they believe to be a full ride college scholarship. When in actuality the winner will be eaten by wolves.” I fell off the couch laughing at these. Hopefully print does them justice. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/43 "2003-02-14T17:34:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Good lord. lee was right :eek: \*\* Snow White produces woman sperm? ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/44 "2003-02-14T17:42:42Z")
Wow, I just cruised that site. It really is disgusting. I’m so glad I missed it last night, I know I wouldn’t have been able to NOT watch it (kidna like staring at a car accident) but it would’ve sickened me the entire time. These people must have ego’s of garganchouon proportions to subject themselves to that… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/45 "2003-02-14T17:50:07Z")
I didn’t watch the show but the guys on the radio were playing clips from it and there was this one guy who didin’t get picked for whatever and he was bawling. Normally I would think this is disgusting, but these people who agreed to be on the show really should have nothing to complain about. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/46 "2003-02-14T17:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Mermaid \* > \*\*If not them then some of the “don’t hate me cause I’m beautiful and I can’t help it if I have flawless skin, enormous breasts, and a size 2 just hangs on me” bitches that seem to be everywhere. \*\* That’s **Ms.** Bitch to you… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/47 "2003-02-14T18:08:58Z")
I watched some of this “thing” while exercising last night. I had the sound off so I was spared part of it but, jeez Louise did it SUCK!!! Apparently, only super-muscular men and glamourous, huge-breasted women are “hot.” Arrogance is also hot, it would seem. My wife and female friends are a lot cuter than the fools on that show, although none of them would be “hot” by their standards. ---
**Author:** ![nogginhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@nogginhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogginhead)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/48 "2003-02-14T18:24:40Z")
There’s a definite morbid curiousity factor to all these shows. I enjoyed tormenting my wife with it for a while (her hands were busy) but couldn’t stand to have it on past that first part where they all stood there for the initial judgement. What makes someone volunteer for any of these things? Did I miss out when being humiated became popular? Or are they so dumb they don’t realize they’ve been humiliated? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/49 "2003-02-14T18:46:37Z")
They genuinely believe they are the hottest people in America. So why would they think it would be humiliating? they all think they’re going to win…and said as much by insulting other applicants TO THEIR FACES. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/50 "2003-02-14T18:49:18Z")
I was loving it when one of those cocky bastards swaggered out and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOT! ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/51 "2003-02-14T21:33:45Z")
I want to know how everybody (ok, not everybody) knows Lorenzo Lamas’ name?! I had seen him before but could never have remembered his name. The laser pointer thing got me jumping off the chair… what a fucking asshole, I hope he burns in hell. Should I know tell you how I feel?! I caught the show in the middle of changing the channels, and will never ever watch it again… I actually enjoy stupid TV, but this one… oh dear… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/52 "2003-02-14T21:43:20Z")
Carine, I remembered it because he is really good-looking. However, I must hate him now for associating himself with that hideous show. ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/53 "2003-02-14T21:48:18Z")
haha good answer Kalhoun! I thought he was “hot” until he opened his mouth and acted like such a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Boldface\_Type](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Boldface\_Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boldface_Type)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/54 "2003-02-14T22:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pfbob \* > > \*\*“Syphilitic Hobo. Tonight, on the Daily Show a group of young women will compete to have sex with a man whom they believe to be a Rhodes Scholar, but who is in actuality a syphilitic hobo.” > > or > > “Eaten by Wolves. In which a group of high school honor students will compete for what they believe to be a full ride college scholarship. When in actuality the winner will be eaten by wolves.” > > I fell off the couch laughing at these. Hopefully print does them justice. \*\* Then you may like: [TV Go Home](http://www.tvgohome.com) . ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/55 "2003-02-15T00:48:00Z")
I bumped into this show flipping channels. Saw like two minutes of it. Felt my gorge rising. Moved on. What, I ask but do not want to know, will be next? “Kids! Think your parents suck? We’re giving out tiny hidden cameras you can use to capture their worst moments! We’ll choose the nastiest clips and let the viewing audience vote on THE WORST PARENTS IN AMERICA! Remember, only kids with REALLY BAD parents should apply! Yelling and spanking isn’t enough! We want freebasing, burns on your forearm with cigarettes, being handcuffed to the backyard fence in subzero temperatures! CALL NOW!” ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/56 "2003-02-15T03:43:25Z")
…and tomorrow on the Springer Show… This crap has been around a long time. It’s just hitting the prime time slots now and I’ll be lucky to live through it. Television execs must all be on the same drugs. All things are cyclical…sitcoms…police dramas…reality shows. Can we survive this cycle? It would be nice for once, just once, to have _good_ programming. All I can say is Thank God For the SDMB! The last bastion of sanity this side of Ted Turner. ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/57 "2003-02-15T17:11:45Z")
The best part of the show was the interviews after the first “Hot/Not Hot” selection. They had a gal, AND A GUY, get on and start CRYING about how they still knew they were hot and everybody back home knows it and the judges don’t know hot, etc. Actual tears from people who choose to parade themselves like a piece of meat and then don’t get told they are “HOT,” so they can realize their dreams of becoming the next Lorenzo Lamas, get a couple of TV show guest spots, and then dwindle into relative obscurity, probably to be a judge on a reality show in 3-5 years. Cry me a river. You’re better off going back home to all the non-celebrities who will continue to drool over you and do your bidding. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/58 "2003-02-16T01:53:16Z")
[mini hijack] Which reminds me, I really hate that stupid website [hotornot.com](http://hotornot.com). That thing is low self esteem central, just swimming with folk in dire need of approval. God knows what would happen to their fragile egos if they got low scores. Everybody on that blasted thing gets a big, fat ONE from me, regardless of appearance. They really make me sick. [/mini hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/59 "2003-02-16T06:29:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*What, I ask but do not want to know, will be next? > > "Kids! Think your parents suck?\*\* \ Coming up next: [Who Wants to Marry My Mom?](http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap02-13-160527.asp?t=APENT) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979/60 "2003-02-17T02:13:44Z")
Reality, pffffft. I’m sure every single mom would love to have her _kids_ (aka the offspring of her (likely) ex-husband) choose her next mate. Like she can’t do it on her own? :rolleyes: Another example of tele execs striving to reach the lowest common denominator and creating a total waste of airtime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-hot-or-not/154979.md?page=4)