# Joe Millionare, you are a fucking tool. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090 "2003-01-07T03:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/41 "2003-01-09T13:26:51Z")
Hey **Kang and Kodos** , Who the fuck put sand in your vagina? No one said it had to be _good_ TV. It’s fun watching train wrecks like these and picking apart the media hos that participate in them. It’s brain candy. I get sick of watching cop shows and medical dramas and inane sitcoms. And there are times when there isn’t anything of interest on Discovery. So why not watch some fun, campy shows? Cliche Alert: If you don’t like it, don’t watch. And if you don’t like threads about 'em, don’t read 'em. Simple. As. That. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/42 "2003-01-09T15:45:11Z")
I still don’t understand why the butler and FOX went to all this trouble playing up the fact that they had to teach him how to be sophisticated. The story that the girls were told is that he inherited $50M 2 years ago. That doesn’t necessarily mean that he would be smooth and suave and know which wine goes with which food and know how to dance. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/43 "2003-01-09T15:48:46Z")
Personally, I’d just be pissed that a guy I was dating lied to me. I don’t care if someone has money or not, but lying is just too much. Admittedly, I wouldn’t go on a reality show (any of them, but work with me here) that had me filmed competing with a bunch of other women for a man, but I do imagine a lot of those women are doing it for the thrill of getting to see what it’s like to live like the rich and famous. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/44 "2003-01-09T16:04:50Z")
It makes no sense to me that this guy isn’t making serious money as a model (or porn star). He is freaking gorgeous! Why the hell after what looks like an extremely successful photo shoot would he have ended up back on a building site? Somethin’ fishy going on… ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/45 "2003-01-09T16:24:05Z")
One successful shoot does not always a modeling career make, **istara**. And between shoots, you’ve still got bills to pay. Still, I doubt this guy’s done any serious construction work in some time, or he’d still have calluses no matter how many good manicures he’d had. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/46 "2003-01-09T17:06:59Z")
The stupider he is, the worse the women look for claiming they like him for his personality. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/47 "2003-01-09T17:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kang and Kodos \* > \*\*…And all you dickheads watched it. \*\* Err… I’m not a dickhead. I did watch it. I think it’s hilarious. This is the first reality series that I’ve watched, btw. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/48 "2003-01-09T18:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kang and Kodos \* > \*\*Here’s a clue, fucktards. If no one watches reality TV, it will go away. What a foreign concept, huh? \*\* The problem is that we are approaching The Reality Show Event Horizon, where it will be economically impossible to create anything but a Reality Show. However, due to the abundance of Reality Shows the quality will continue to drop until this world suffers economic collapse and TVs will be destroyed and we will all evolve wings… sorry, that is what happens when I “borrow” an idea from Douglas Adams ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/49 "2003-01-09T20:54:39Z")
[Tom Shales](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24911-2003Jan7.html) and I think you guys that say he’s an actual millionaire give FOX too much credit. “When stupider television shows are made, Fox will air them.” ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/50 "2003-01-09T21:14:29Z")
I didn’t watch the show but saw some of the follow-up news items, and I’m sorry, but this man is not that good-looking. Body’s okay, but the hair is bad and there is something not working with his face. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090/51 "2003-01-10T04:14:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kang and Kodos \* > \*\*Here’s a clue, fucktards. If no one watches reality TV, it will go away. What a foreign concept, huh? \*\* And who wants it to go away? To quote DuBois Blanche, “I don’t want magic. I want reality!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-millionare-you-are-a-fucking-tool/147090.md?page=2)