The Campaign Builder's Guild

does anybody else watch this hilarious reality show? am i the only one who thinks the blondes are incredibly stupid?

*points at a model with 'f-14 tomcat' on the side* "this.... is the wright glider.... it.... uhh...."

and yes, i know they edit all but the most extreme moments, but the facy that they have moments that extreme....

I've seen it from time to time.  Personally, I feel that its just pushing the stereotypes that are represented on it, instead of really trying to break both of them.

Also, some of the more intelligent women I know are blonde.  Hell, we call my brother the dumb blond of the family, and he's got black hair...  Furthermore, did you know blonde/blond retains its gender-declension from French?  Blonde is female, while blond is male.

"Also, some of the more intelligent women I know are blonde."

No need to defend blondes, methinks.  He said the blondes (presumably pertaining to the blondes of the show), not simply blondes.  We all know "blondes" aren't stupid.  And reality TV in general seems to be a vehicle for perpetuating stereotypes.

Quote from: Sविष्णुA Eponymity"Also, some of the more intelligent women I know are blonde."

No need to defend blondes, methinks.  He said the blondes (presumably pertaining to the blondes of the show), not simply blondes.  We all know "blondes" aren't stupid.  And reality TV in general seems to be a vehicle for perpetuating stereotypes.

well put. for the record, i'm blonde, myself; while i may occassionaly question my intelligence, it's always in jest. and i've never questioned my ability to tell an f-14 tomcat from the wright glider; especially when one has "f-14 tomcat" printed on it's side.

and like i said, i know they edit it to perpetuate the sterotypes. i'm sure they screen contestants for this purpose, too. that said, it still suprises me that there are actually people out there who, even if only for few, short moments, fit those stereotypes on such extreme levels.

so i take it i'm the only one who watches this?

Interestingly enough, once when I was hanging around the Quincy Market area of Boston (I live in Providence, Rhode Island and visit the Boston area whenever I want to 'get away from it all') I was actually asked by two tanned, blond-haired girls in short skirts if I wanted to interview to be one of the Geeks on the show's second(?) season.

Quote from: Kalos MerInterestingly enough, once when I was hanging around the Quincy Market area of Boston (I live in Providence, Rhode Island and visit the Boston area whenever I want to 'get away from it all') I was actually asked by two tanned, blond-haired girls in short skirts if I wanted to interview to be one of the Geeks on the show's second(?) season.

two things:

1.) Boston counts as "getting away from it all" for you? is Providence really that busy, that you go to Boston to relax? wow...

2.) did you accept the interview? reality TV may be cheesey, but it's more fame then most people have....

1.  While Boston is generally busier than Providence, it's more getting away from all the stuff that involves me personally (school, work, etc).  That stuff isn't in Boston.  Plus, I generally hang out in Cambridge most of the time (a couple GREAT bookstores for a logophile like myself), so it's SOMEWHAT less busy.

2.  I didn't accept the interview, for a couple reasons.  Most prominently, I don't really consider myself geeky enough to 'make the cut'.  I mean, you talked about how dumb the blondes are on the show, but the geeks are also painful to watch.  (I don't watch the show much, but I remember one guy from one of the seasons sleeping in a closet because he was afraid of the girl who was his roommate.)  My girlfriend now says I should have gone on anyway - they need a literature/philosophy nerd to round out all the science geeks that the show usually gets.

(Reading the fine print of the information packet they gave me, I later found out I couldn't have gone on the show anyway - I was only 19 at the time and the fine print said you had to be 21.)

I almost forgot my other Beauty & the Geek related story - my girlfriend's ex-boyfriend's friend and summer co-worker (if you follow) WAS on the show - he was the rubik's cube champion.

i forget his name, but i think i know the guy you're talking about. i think he was one of the cooler ones, right?

and yes, the geeks are equally embarrassing.... while there's Nate and Mario to "normal" things out a bit, there's a guy who's only been kissed once (until the show, he's never seen a naked woman before), and one who did impressions..... of kitchen appliances. trust me, you don't want to hear his "blender"....

Yeah.  See, I may design imaginary worlds in my spare time, and sure most of my interests are on the esoteric side, and I dress a little funny by the modern standard (tweed jackets and sweater vests are NEVER going outta style)...

But I don't go around pretending to be a toaster.

Quote from: Sविष्णुA EponymityWe all know "blondes" aren't stupid.

Oh, I dunno, I certainly felt my IQ drop when I bleached my hair :P

Everyone's IQ drops with a good bleaching.  One of the irrefutable laws of the cosmos.

tonight: the geeks get a makeover.

"ok, so im thinking..."
"ok..."
"feel free to say no on this"
"o... k...."
"im thinking maybe a mullet?"
"no."

next week is the last episode of the season. this week, they went down to a farm and ran a relay race of farmwork (carrying hay, milking cows, and rounding up sheep... the first and last being much harder then popular TV makes them seem, mind you.).

honestly, maybe it's just the fact that i grew up around farms and farm animals, but i don't see what the big deal about two guys hosing each other down after so much work. they played it up as much more homoerotic then it really was.

that and, i'm really upset that neils and jennylee didn't make it into the final two. any of you that have seen more then a handful of episodes probably know exactly why (although, i can't explain it without the typical reality TV drama working its way into the explaination).