# New dating show: a couple on a blind date meet each other naked? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822 "2014-05-20T13:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/21 "2014-05-21T15:59:56Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > “Naked and Afraid” on the Discovery Channel. The naughty bits are blurred out so thoroughly that they might as well be wearing swimsuits, though. > > Another reason for the lack of sex on the show might be the presence of the camera crew. Naked and Afraid is a good show but any novelty of being naked around each other wears off in about five seconds as they have to start figuring out how to survive. One group had to walk across African wild land without shoes and the guy’s feet got tore up to shreds. Also, to correct someone upthread, there are no cash prizes on N&A. The participants do it just to do it as they’re all hardcore survivalists and see it as a huge challenge that they want to accomplish. I’m sure they get a fee for appearing on the show but they’re not competing for anything except pride. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/22 "2014-05-21T16:16:32Z")
We have a how like this in the Netherlands now: Adam and Eve. It starts with first one of them talking to the host on a boat and then jumping in the water and swimming to the shore (a short distance) of some tropical looking Island. A bit later the second person joins in a similar way (and sometimes a third person as well). It is really bases on the romance part and there is little real “surviving” involved. Honestly, you quickly stop noticing they are nude… if I would ever watch of course _ahem_. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/23 "2014-05-21T16:26:59Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > But can you imagine how bad they would smell? The episode I saw they were on a beach on an island in Panama. You could at least rinse off every day in salt water, and most days in rain water or a freshwater stream. (This wouldn’t have been true in the African episode, I think, but many of the other episodes probably had some opportunities for rinsing off.) You wouldn’t have soap, but in my experience (having spent time camping in such circumstances) you don’t end up smelling intolerably bad. What gets funky is your clothes, where the sweat is absorbed and ferments. If you’re not wearing clothes, it’s not such a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/24 "2014-05-21T18:35:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s like the actor who apocryphally said to his co-star before filming a nude scene: “One of two things is about to happen, and either way, I apologize in advance”. lol > [@Colibri](#): > > The episode I saw they were on a beach on an island in Panama. You could at least rinse off every day in salt water, and most days in rain water or a freshwater stream. (This wouldn’t have been true in the African episode, I think, but many of the other episodes probably had some opportunities for rinsing off.) > > You wouldn’t have soap, but in my experience (having spent time camping in such circumstances) you don’t end up smelling intolerably bad. What gets funky is your clothes, where the sweat is absorbed and ferments. If you’re not wearing clothes, it’s not such a problem. You don’t smell any worse than the other! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/25 "2014-05-21T23:52:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The episode I saw they were on a beach on an island in Panama. You could at least rinse off every day in salt water, and most days in rain water or a freshwater stream. (This wouldn’t have been true in the African episode, I think, but many of the other episodes probably had some opportunities for rinsing off.) > > You wouldn’t have soap, but in my experience (having spent time camping in such circumstances) you don’t end up smelling intolerably bad. What gets funky is your clothes, where the sweat is absorbed and ferments. If you’re not wearing clothes, it’s not such a problem. Since humans are _highly_ fresh-water dependent, it’s probable that our earliest Cro-Magnon ancestors had lots of access to fresh water, were able to bathe often, and really didn’t stink so bad. (Sorry, just thinking out loud.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/26 "2014-05-22T15:31:56Z")
There’s porn for _everything_, isn’t there? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/27 "2014-05-22T18:22:10Z")
Sir Thomas More [thought of it first](http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/21cc/utopia/more1/engagement1/engagement.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822.md?page=1)