# Survivor 3/20/13 Operation Thunder Dome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441 "2013-03-20T12:49:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441/41 "2013-03-23T01:37:35Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Actually, I didn’t know about it until the horrible tiebreaker challenge when neither Becky or Sundra could start a fire with a flint, and still took another half hour when the producers broke down and gave them matches. I bought one, and found that’s it’s really hard and time consuming to start a fire that way.

Yeah, you actually have to practice, it’s not easy. Whaaaaaay easier than with a bow or the original flint & steel, however. I can now start a fire with a “flint” but rarely with a F&S, and I usually wear out before the friction method works. But they way they did it in teams was a good idea.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441/42 "2013-03-23T01:40:57Z")

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> [@magnusblitz](#):
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> My first thoughts on the mix-up was that Sandra Bullock…

There is no such person on Survivor: Caramoan . I doubt if the movie star by that name would volunteer to play.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441/43 "2013-03-23T02:32:55Z")

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> [@EllisDee](#):
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> Survivor isn’t a game show.

I think it is.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441/44 "2013-03-26T00:05:28Z")

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I don’t know if [this](http://www.businessinsider.com/survivor-canceled-after-death-of-grald-babin-2013-3) warrants its own thread, but… how pissed would you be if they cancelled the rest of the season just because the show turns out to be aptly-named?

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-3-20-13-operation-thunder-dome/653441/45 "2013-03-26T00:33:27Z")

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a tug-of-war? i know it can result in torn limbs and fingers, but i guess we can add cardiac arrest to the list.

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