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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27

@davidbloomberg.bsky.social

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Survivor/Big Brother/Reality TV strategy guru, RHAP Why ___ Lost podcaster, ex-RealityNewsOnline owner, skeptic & advocate for science in all things, retired air quality environmental engineer/manager, Illini/Cubs/Bears fan. Opinions my own. He/him. #BB27

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · Nov 9

With the influx of people, I’ll reintroduce myself: I’ve covered #Survivor / #BigBrother / #RealityTV for >24 years, since Borneo. Wrote about them, created/ran RealityNewsOnline website, now I podcast #WhyXLost on #RHAP + do other podcasts & shows like #TheTraitors, & make short videos about them.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 6m

At least they'll presumably start with 8 players.

David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 7m

Agreed.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 12m

We always warn players to be wary of snakes in the game. But those have been METAPHORICAL until now! #Survivor #Survivor49

David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 16m

For the first time this season, I'll be liveposting #TheAmazingRace!

#AmazingRace #TAR

David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 20m

In what may be the strangest double-loss for #WhyXLost, @lindsaycarmine.bsky.social will join @jessicalewis89.bsky.social & me for Why Jeremiah & Jake Lost! Watch for it late Friday night/early Saturday morning!

(Yes, we still discuss Jake's game even with a medevac.)

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 22m

Don't beat yourself up, Alex. You HAD to play it then. Too much of a risk not to.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 29m

Yeah, I know. But you can be a whackjob and put it aside for the game (like Shannon appears to have so far) or you can include it in your attempted strategy, and someone who does that needs to go.

David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 31m

It occurs to me that after tonight, only TWO people in the game will have seen Tribal Council's set so far.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 32m

To be fair, some people were saying Vince was a bad ally because of cheatmance showed he couldn't be loyal. 😬

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 39m

"Because I know Alex is a Libra..."

OK, vote Jeremiah out.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 50m

Yes, Alex, YOU PLAY YOUR IDOL!

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 52m

They predetermine such things. Sometimes they have it in their plan to do a swap, sometimes not. And it could've depended on the fact that it happened so late in the cycle.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 54m

a man in a sweater says " don 't hold your breath "

ALT: a man in a sweater says " don 't hold your breath "

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 56m

Glad to see Jake made it home in time for the birth of his son!

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 56m

No, Sophi, it's not even fun to watch.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 58m

You put a blood curse on them! This is all your fault!

David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 59m

"I'd like to remain optimistic but that would be foolish."

Jeff Probst describing what so many of us think about him getting rid of the six-person three-tribe format.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 59m

Alex's brain is fried. He's messing with a puzzle piece that CLEARLY goes there but he can't figure out how.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 1h

So I guess we were shown all that Shoe Bandit stuff from Jake not because it would lead to an interesting ending, but because we were supposed to find it amusing so we'd see more personality from Jake for when he left. 🤷‍♂️

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 1h

Jeremiah got a puzzle piece, putting them ahead of where they were at the END of the last challenge.

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Whit @whitless256.bsky.social · 1h

Worth pointing out that the doctor said the fact that Jake hasn't had any water or food made his physical condition far more serious, despite the bite not being poisonous.

STOP TAKING THEIR FLINT. LET THEM EAT AND DRINK. #Survivor49

Whit @whitless256.bsky.social · 1h

"We got nothing, no fire, we're cold, we're wet, we're hungry."

STOP TAKING FLINT. LET PEOPLE EAT. #Survivor49

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 1h

The way Probst buried the lede by going on about how dangerous the snake is, etc. before eventually saying Jake is OK!

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 1h

I really didn't think Jake would be medevac'd -- I thought it was a red herring.

Now I feel a little bad that I made fun of him last week for all his Shoe Bandit stuff. Although just a little bad because, you know, he ends up OK. And the Shoe Bandit stuff WAS dumb.

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David Bloomberg #Survivor #BB27 @davidbloomberg.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly what I was thinking. Like I'd want to reply, "Oh good. I feel so much better now."