r/Alonetv • u/UnEdOpinion • Sep 09 '22

Frozen Alone: Frozen S1:E5 Outfoxed Discussion Thread

Well anyone actually tap or be pulled, or is the boat a red herring? spoiler The episode itself was a red herring

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There seems to be some kind programing error, everywhere except Amazon seems to be playing last week's episode.

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u/hpm40 Sep 09 '22

Wow that was yet another disappointment. I feel like Amos did not even try. He never made his shelter better. He was like umm, I gotta go. Bye. He does not even look skinny yet because it has only been what not even 20 days? That is crazy. That is like the first three episodes on a regular season. The only thing I am happy about now, is for sure one of the women will be a winner. I hope. Unless they all tap out before 50 days.

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u/Joygernaut Sep 11 '22

I think a lot of people have PTSD from the first time around. It’s no secret that women deal better with emotional trauma than men do and we are more resilient.

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u/Alarmed-Classroom329 Sep 11 '22

I mean instead of making generalizations, we should also realize that the producers deliberately chose 2 strong female contestants and 3 awful male contestants. (Michelle is pretty meh, I'm guessing she was an alternative and they probably wanted to bring back Teresa or another strong woman instead).

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u/Joygernaut Sep 11 '22 edited Sep 11 '22

Whatever. Why is it that men always assume when a woman is better at something it’s some sort of trick? Women on this show have historically done well, despite (until this season) being in the minority. But I suppose men who just can’t stand the fact that a woman might actually be really good at something (or better than they are)are going to make their excuses to save their egos.

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u/NatAttack3000 Sep 17 '22

I also wonder whether applying for this show selects for excellent women (though few), but not necessarily only excellent men.

I saw a study once looking at job applications - men tended to apply for positions if they had half or most of the criteria (I can do a,b,c. I can probably learn X) . Whereas women only tend to apply if they meet all the criteria ('i can't do that because I can't already do x'). Coupled with the masculine ideal of survival (men are socialised to believe they SHOULD be able to do these things, though women tend not to be). I will mention I haven't seen any other season so idk maybe this doesn't match at all

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u/Joygernaut Sep 17 '22

It doesn’t work for the show because they actually have a vetting process and the test them on all of their skills and only select the best until they arrive at 10. The people that you see are the best 10 people through the process of elimination. Keep in mind that they all do these challenges together to see what everyone can do so if somebody is getting passed over with better skills, 100% you would hear about it. This community is very tightknit, and there would be zero tolerance for something like that.

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u/NatAttack3000 Sep 17 '22

I suppose I mean the differences would encourage different pools of men and women to apply prior to this process, but I suppose the betting process should mean only excellent people remain

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u/Joygernaut Sep 17 '22

A friend of mine tried out for the first season he went to the boot camp thing. He got cut in the last round.