# Big Brother 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712 "2012-07-09T17:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/22 "2012-07-18T03:58:44Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > **Britney** is cute, but I agree she’s out of her league among the other coaches. I don’t know how important that is, though. She doesn’t need to be the best strategist, necessarily. Anyone who lasted as long as she did will have some valuable insight. I’m expecting it to work in her favor. Being the least qualified will make her seem like the smallest threat and thus put the smallest target on her back. Assume you’re any of the other three coaches, and you have a chance to take down Britney or either of the other two coaches. Smart money is to take out either of the other two since Britney isn’t a threat. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/23 "2012-07-19T13:11:43Z")
I’m already wishing for a BB like the good old days. Just stick a bunch of strangers into the house and let it all unfold. No coaches, no couples, no returning players, just all new blood. The only good new is that I’m hearing some rumblings from the players that they need to be independent. Maybe they’ll have the courage to do that. Edited to add the part about boobs. And the 7/18 episode. One of the most boring ever. If it wasn’t for the great boob shots, it would have been a total waste. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/24 "2012-07-19T15:19:59Z")
I’m really not enjoying this coach thing. It’s just becoming this story of which coach’s team can win instead of an individual game. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/25 "2012-07-19T16:01:39Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I’m really not enjoying this coach thing. It’s just becoming this story of which coach’s team can win instead of an individual game. I don’t think the coaching is going to last very long. Apparently, the coaches are already starting to talk about their plans WHEN they actually enter the game (instead of IF), and the “Thursday on BB” announcement at the end last night seemed to be teasing the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/26 "2012-07-19T16:50:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m already wishing for a BB like the good old days. Careful what you wish for. Remeber that train wreck of a season during the writters strike? There were no returning people or coaches etc. MtM ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/27 "2012-07-20T07:23:49Z")
Except for the some of the hotties, this season isn’t looking very promising. On the other hand, I’ve been following BBUK for 40-some straight days now…fun show. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/28 "2012-07-20T12:14:27Z")
That was the closest Ian’s ever gotten to a Playboy Playmate. And always will be… ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/29 "2012-07-20T13:03:07Z")
This week will be priceless as Mr. Hantz goes into full out damage control mode. His expression after the HOH competition was so damn funny. Now, if only he becomes a have not for the week. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/30 "2012-07-20T13:08:58Z")
Haven’t watched last night’s show yet, but a few random thoughts from Wednesday’s show: - Boogie looks like Gollum in the diary room when he wears that one hat… - What in the world was Wil wearing (that semi-tank-top black “shirt”)?? - Seemed like Janelle was in a bikini most of the show, even inside ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/31 "2012-07-20T13:11:52Z")
I like Boogie as a BB player. You CAN’T have scrupples if you expect to win a show like BB (or _Survivor_) It rewards, indeed thrives on, dishonesty. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/32 "2012-07-20T13:15:09Z")
I don’t know if I’d agree with that. Jordan won playing with integrity, Rachel was pretty straightforward in her win last season, and an argument can be made that Hayden won his season with scruples as well. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/33 "2012-07-21T14:28:26Z")
Big event in the house yesterday. Spoiler box spoils everything, so don’t read if you want to be surprised about anything on Sunday’s episode. Included in the spoiler is a couple short youtube clips that could easily get pulled quickly. [spoiler]Janelle won the coach’s competition, gave Ashley immunity, and put Britney’s entire team on slop. Willie got mad, then says [he wants to get kicked out](http://youtu.be/lzDZvox5bnA) by [getting in a fight](http://youtu.be/f7dBTZQP1hI). (Short youtube clips, may get pulled post-haste.) No fight actually happens, but Willie clearly says he wants to fight someone to get kicked out, which is a legit threat of violence. Feeds go down while Willie is removed from game. He’s gone. Come back after the noms, and Frank has put Shane and JoJo on the block. Long and short of it is that Willie has destroyed Britney’s team. Britney will now be down to just 1 player, probably JoJo, after this week.[/spoiler] Also, forgot to mention this after Thursday’s show but based on what they showed I didn’t see any homophobia in Willie’s impersonation of Wil. I think Frank made that up out of whole cloth. EDIT: Fair warning that if you quote this post you will see the spoiler. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/34 "2012-07-21T20:21:38Z")
It’s unbelievable how much _idiot_ is in that guy’s DNA (referring to the star of the spoiler). I can’t say I’m sorry in the least about that. Stuff changed fast didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/35 "2012-07-21T22:43:33Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > It’s unbelievable how much _idiot_ is in that guy’s DNA (referring to the star of the spoiler). I can’t say I’m sorry in the least about that. Stuff changed fast didn’t it? And changed again already. More spoilers:[spoiler]Shane wins veto! Britney’s team rises like the Phoenix. With Shane taking himself off the block, Willie having been ejected, and Frank in a full-blown six-person alliance with Boogie’s team and Janelle’s team, there is exactly one person who is eligible to be a replacement nom: Danielle. Once Danielle goes on the block – and there really is no other choice but her – you’d be a fool not to vote Danielle out, eliminating Dan completely. Especially with the current fear that coaches will enter the game. So it looks like Britney will survive with Shane and JoJo, while Dan will have been eliminated in straight sets: 1st, 2nd and 3rd eliminations all being his team. SUCKS that Kara and Danielle had to be the first to go, as that was most of the eye candy. Ah well, yet another season of a CBS reality show where the hot chicks go out first. It’s Cassie from last season all over again. harrumph.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/36 "2012-07-23T01:06:30Z")
And Willie continues the fine Hantz family tradition of reality-show classiness… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/37 "2012-07-23T02:09:37Z")
Its obvious that Big Brother pre-psyche test tread a fine line between what they think the public wants to see and psycho. Remember Chima? Why do I waste my time with this show? I am so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/38 "2012-07-23T14:28:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > And Willie continues the fine Hantz family tradition of reality-show classiness… I’m willing to bet that Russell has already put a pop knot on Willie’s head and called him dumber than a fence post for what he did. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/39 "2012-07-24T02:24:35Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’m willing to bet that Russell has already put a pop knot on Willie’s head and called him dumber than a fence post for what he did. Yeah, as one of the other players said, he played too hard, too fast. Even Evil Dick knew better than to act like a belligerent asshole right off the bat. Of course, Evil Dick also knew how to walk the fine line between acting like a belligerent asshole and doing something that would actually get him booted from the show. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/40 "2012-07-24T03:35:10Z")
I wonder if they told them about the shooting in Colorado? I know it’s unlikely that anyone would have a personal connection to the victims, but better safe than sorry in an extreme case like this. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712/41 "2012-07-24T23:52:40Z")
I did enjoy the Frank/Boogie diary room “Chill Town” redux… that cracked me up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-2012/627712.md?page=3)