# Survivor March 30th **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581 "2011-03-31T00:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/1 "2011-03-31T00:23:23Z")
@JeffProbst is live tweeting on the East Coast. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/2 "2011-03-31T00:38:17Z")
Wow. Best challenge in a long long time. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/3 "2011-03-31T00:40:15Z")
Phillip is still batshit crazy. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/4 "2011-03-31T00:45:55Z")
My brain two minutes ago: “Is he gonna throw it in the volcano? He’s gonna throw it in the volcano. Yep, he threw it in the volcano.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/5 "2011-03-31T00:53:01Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > My brain two minutes ago: “Is he gonna throw it in the volcano? He’s gonna throw it in the volcano. Yep, he threw it in the volcano.” I love Rob. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/6 "2011-03-31T00:57:16Z")
Preview from Jeff’s twitter feed: For following me tonight, you are the first to hear that next week…we merge. So the winner of the duel goes back into the game. ETA: Okay, but I knew a good 30 seconds before they had it on TV. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/7 "2011-03-31T00:57:27Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I love Rob. I would give him all the crispy rice he wants. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/8 "2011-03-31T00:59:48Z")
Note for the left-coasters – he’s going to live-tweet again at 8 PM your time. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/9 "2011-03-31T00:59:56Z")
:eek: More Russell flashbacks. :eek: Ralph: “I don’t know what ‘cohesive’ means” ---
**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 31, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/10 "2011-03-31T01:01:15Z")
So, either Matt or Sarita re-enter the game. Not the most amazing two people to compete and it illustrates one of the weaknesses of the concept. Matt wins every challenge, but if he loses just one(this one), he’s out. ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/11 "2011-03-31T01:17:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So, either Matt or Sarita re-enter the game. Not the most amazing two people to compete and it illustrates one of the weaknesses of the concept. Matt wins every challenge, but if he loses just one(this one), he’s out. well that’s the perk for being NOT voted out so early, and the disadvantage of being voted it out early. Either you have to win a shit ton if you got canned fast or you win just one for being a loyal tribe member for so long as they needed you. Seriously Philip is one crazy dude. He’s all pissy that he’s the red-headed step-child one moment, then he’s all i love this tribe because we’re strong the next. I hope Rob stuns the ppl that want him out with a nice plan using his HII next week. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/12 "2011-03-31T01:20:51Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > :eek: More Russell flashbacks. :eek: > > Ralph: “I don’t know what ‘cohesive’ means” and forgot to add that when Jeff gave him an example (a crew that gets along vs one that is bickering) Ralph says he doesn’t agree. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/13 "2011-03-31T01:21:27Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > :eek: More Russell flashbacks. :eek: > > Ralph: “I don’t know what ‘cohesive’ means” Seriously how much of a redneck can you be not to know what that word means, I would understand if he was a child, but a man of his age and never seeing or hearing that word is astonishing. I hope he’s really trying to play the dumbass card because if he ain’t, he really needs to read a book or something. OH forgot to add, did we see who voted for who? I wonder who voted with Sarita, since it was 4 Sarita and 2 David. That person is really gonna have to do some damage control or find out where they didn’t get the update on the tribe vote. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/14 "2011-03-31T01:23:44Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > Seriously how much of a redneck can you be not to know what that word means, I would understand if he was a child, but a man of his age and never seeing or hearing that word is astonishing. I hope he’s really trying to play the dumbass card because if he ain’t, he really needs to read a book or something. It seemed to me that he was just playing it up. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/15 "2011-03-31T01:40:03Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > OH forgot to add, did we see who voted for who? I wonder who voted with Sarita, since it was 4 Sarita and 2 David. That person is really gonna have to do some damage control or find out where they didn’t get the update on the tribe vote. I’m guessing it was Ralph. He was the only one really pushing for David to go. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/16 "2011-03-31T04:53:21Z")
Sheesh. HOW LONG will Jeff be in mourning for Russell??? ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/17 "2011-03-31T06:19:50Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > I hope Rob stuns the ppl that want him out with a nice plan using his HII next week. I don’t think he’ll need it; the most logical scenario to me is that Rob’s 5 pick up David and Matt and vote out Former Federal Agent? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/18 "2011-03-31T12:49:46Z")
Paraphrased: “I won’t blindside Philip, I’ll _front_side him!” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/19 "2011-03-31T13:21:16Z")
> [@BMada](#): > > OH forgot to add, did we see who voted for who? I wonder who voted with Sarita, since it was 4 Sarita and 2 David. That person is really gonna have to do some damage control or find out where they didn’t get the update on the tribe vote. Wikipedia says it was Ralph. > [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Sheesh. HOW LONG will Jeff be in mourning for Russell??? Seriously. And he’s totally overselling the thrown challenge angle. Any tribe can have a losing streak at any time, for lots of reasons. And they _did_ win one; they’re 1-3 since booting Russell, only one under .500, and the challenges have been close. It’s not that big a deal, but Jeff keeps pounding it into their heads that they should be regretting what they did, and in doing so he’s affecting the players’ mindsets and thus the game itself. Besides, does anybody truly believe that the tribe would be _more_ cohesive with Russell and his concubines still around? Give me a break! A couple of thoughts about next week:[spoiler]I hate it when they spoil the merge on the preview. Do they think it gets more vievers to tune in? Seems like on a show like this, folks are in every week anyway, and those that aren’t might be _less_ inclined to come back once the surprise is ruined. Obviously I’m wrong, though, since they keep doing it. That said, it seems Zapatera may have made the wrong decision voting out Sarita; now that there are no more tribe challenges, physical strength is not an issue. It looks as if they told the duel participants that the winner will be re-entering the game _before_ the duel itself. That seems odd. I thought the whole point was that nobody knows until it actually happens. Finally, I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t do any kind of tribe shake-up before merging. I thought they learned that lesson way back in season 1. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581/20 "2011-03-31T13:39:53Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Wow. Best challenge in a long long time. It’s the same challenge (or mostly the same) they used last season. They’re filming in the same place, so they’re recycling some of the challenge props, including the waterboarding device. Philip’s ranting is getting better each week. “They sleep in Rob’s underwear at night…literally - they’re sharing his underwear, his socks. his bed!” I wonder if Amber smacked Rob while they were watching the episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-march-30th/576581.md?page=2)