Comments on: Eight of the Dumbest Game Show Losers Ever http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: KR http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-30822 KR Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:56:12 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-30822 sure, i'm late to read this article, but andrew is a fucking retard. what she did was walk away with 6 figures. enough to set yourself up. what greedy mcfatfuck did was walk away with considerably less. that makes him the bigger bonehead. the only bad play she made was picking the $500K case instead of the $25 case. and, just like the play of the game, that's purely chance. and andrew, you've kept a record of every deal contestant? wow, you really are a lame fucking retard. sure, i’m late to read this article, but andrew is a fucking retard. what she did was walk away with 6 figures. enough to set yourself up. what greedy mcfatfuck did was walk away with considerably less. that makes him the bigger bonehead.
the only bad play she made was picking the $500K case instead of the $25 case. and, just like the play of the game, that’s purely chance.
and andrew, you’ve kept a record of every deal contestant? wow, you really are a lame fucking retard.

]]> By: Unreality - The Epic Unreality Comment War: Choose a Side | http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12596 Unreality - The Epic Unreality Comment War: Choose a Side | Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:42 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12596 [...] while back I wrote a post called “Eight of the Dumbest Game Show Losers Ever” where I showcased people who have thoroughly embarrassed themselves on national television. I chose [...] [...] while back I wrote a post called “Eight of the Dumbest Game Show Losers Ever” where I showcased people who have thoroughly embarrassed themselves on national television. I chose [...]

]]> By: andrew b http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12546 andrew b Tue, 26 May 2009 03:23:25 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12546 The moral is...if it's $1,000,000 or $341,000, please, please choose the $1,000,000 or you're a moron. The "coinflip analogy" doesn't make sense because, apparently, there is no coinflip according to what she's said. The moral is…if it’s $1,000,000 or $341,000, please, please choose the $1,000,000 or you’re a moron. The “coinflip analogy” doesn’t make sense because, apparently, there is no coinflip according to what she’s said.

]]> By: Paul Tassi http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12541 Paul Tassi Tue, 26 May 2009 02:03:58 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12541 I can't even decipher what it is you're trying to argue any more. The moral of the story for you is...what, trust your gut? Play to the end because you started with nothing anyways? None of that has any basis in logical probability. Explain how my coinflip analogy doesn't make sense. So what did you spend your $10,001 dollars on? Also, congratulations, you annoying me about this has inspired an entire post for tomorrow, I want to hear what other people think about this. I can’t even decipher what it is you’re trying to argue any more. The moral of the story for you is…what, trust your gut? Play to the end because you started with nothing anyways? None of that has any basis in logical probability. Explain how my coinflip analogy doesn’t make sense.

So what did you spend your $10,001 dollars on?

Also, congratulations, you annoying me about this has inspired an entire post for tomorrow, I want to hear what other people think about this.

]]> By: andrew b http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12540 andrew b Tue, 26 May 2009 01:50:30 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12540 "That’s like saying if I stay when I have 18 on a million dollar hand of blackjack, then I was an idiot to do so when the next card turns out to have been a 3. No, I still made the right decision, it’s just that I would have been extremely lucky (not smart) if I had hit." No, the difference is that this person, in your hypothetical situation, said "I KNOW THE NEXT CARD IS A 3", with FULL AWARENESS of the consequences of hitting, before she stood on 18. That's the key difference, Paul! According to her logic, there was no risk at all in going on, because a "possible loss" of -340,975, times 0.00, equals 0. Name one reason why she should choose to stop. Oh, because she DIDN'T know? Well, then, you are still calling her an idiot. Or, perhaps you didn't read the comments thorougly enough, and I'd point out that despite her after-game claim that there was not one second during the entire game that she doubted the $1,000,000 was standing next to her, a brief clip...say about 6 minutes and 54 seconds in the video...contradicts that. So she has absolutely no defense for her stupidity. "As a reward for being smart?" Get real, Paul. This sort of lack of foresight is why I came over here in the first place. “That’s like saying if I stay when I have 18 on a million dollar hand of blackjack, then I was an idiot to do so when the next card turns out to have been a 3. No, I still made the right decision, it’s just that I would have been extremely lucky (not smart) if I had hit.”

No, the difference is that this person, in your hypothetical situation, said “I KNOW THE NEXT CARD IS A 3″, with FULL AWARENESS of the consequences of hitting, before she stood on 18. That’s the key difference, Paul!

According to her logic, there was no risk at all in going on, because a “possible loss” of -340,975, times 0.00, equals 0. Name one reason why she should choose to stop.

Oh, because she DIDN’T know? Well, then, you are still calling her an idiot.

Or, perhaps you didn’t read the comments thorougly enough, and I’d point out that despite her after-game claim that there was not one second during the entire game that she doubted the $1,000,000 was standing next to her, a brief clip…say about 6 minutes and 54 seconds in the video…contradicts that.

So she has absolutely no defense for her stupidity. “As a reward for being smart?” Get real, Paul. This sort of lack of foresight is why I came over here in the first place.

]]> By: Paul Tassi http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12539 Paul Tassi Tue, 26 May 2009 01:41:43 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12539 GAH. I want to leave this alone but your idiotic logic is frustrating me to no end. In this new clip you posted, the girl has the exact same scenario the other guy (clearly you) had. Her last two cases are $25 and $1M. The banker offers her $340K. If someone offers you either $340K in cash right now, or they say you can bet it all or nothing to win a million dollars on a coinflip, the smart, not greedy thing to do is take the cash that's offered. She made the right decision, but you're saying she's a "bonehead" because her case actually did have the million. That's like saying if I stay when I have 18 on a million dollar hand of blackjack, then I was an idiot to do so when the next card turns out to have been a 3. No, I still made the right decision, it's just that I would have been extremely lucky (not smart) if I had hit. So these two people who had the exact same decision, the first guy (clearly you) made a stupid, greedy decision, and lost because of it. The girl in the second video made the right decision, and potentially lost $700K, but still won $340K as a reward for being smart and not greedy. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS NOW? GAH. I want to leave this alone but your idiotic logic is frustrating me to no end.

In this new clip you posted, the girl has the exact same scenario the other guy (clearly you) had. Her last two cases are $25 and $1M. The banker offers her $340K.

If someone offers you either $340K in cash right now, or they say you can bet it all or nothing to win a million dollars on a coinflip, the smart, not greedy thing to do is take the cash that’s offered.

She made the right decision, but you’re saying she’s a “bonehead” because her case actually did have the million.

That’s like saying if I stay when I have 18 on a million dollar hand of blackjack, then I was an idiot to do so when the next card turns out to have been a 3. No, I still made the right decision, it’s just that I would have been extremely lucky (not smart) if I had hit.

So these two people who had the exact same decision, the first guy (clearly you) made a stupid, greedy decision, and lost because of it. The girl in the second video made the right decision, and potentially lost $700K, but still won $340K as a reward for being smart and not greedy.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS NOW?

]]> By: andrew b http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12537 andrew b Tue, 26 May 2009 01:21:25 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12537 Um, how about a person who has kept a record of every contestant, and found this gross distortion of the truth online...? Even if I was this person, that does not excuse your use of this video, when you know the real thing...why don't you tape this show when it airs again on GSN, and then show us the real thing? ....or, replace your clip with this tool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZ4d3DKDqM. That's the biggest bonehead move ever, and if you disagree, I want a defense. Um, how about a person who has kept a record of every contestant, and found this gross distortion of the truth online…?

Even if I was this person, that does not excuse your use of this video, when you know the real thing…why don’t you tape this show when it airs again on GSN, and then show us the real thing?

….or, replace your clip with this tool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZ4d3DKDqM. That’s the biggest bonehead move ever, and if you disagree, I want a defense.

]]> By: Paul Tassi http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12536 Paul Tassi Tue, 26 May 2009 00:41:22 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12536 Because no one else in the WORLD would care this much. Because no one else in the WORLD would care this much.

]]> By: andrew b http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12531 andrew b Mon, 25 May 2009 23:05:51 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12531 Unless you can show me the piece of text where I said my name...and it is NOT the name I've posted....then no. How biased against this guy are you that you arrived at this conclusion without a single shred of evidence? Unless you can show me the piece of text where I said my name…and it is NOT the name I’ve posted….then no. How biased against this guy are you that you arrived at this conclusion without a single shred of evidence?

]]> By: Paul Tassi http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12528 Paul Tassi Mon, 25 May 2009 22:22:57 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/03/25/eight-of-the-dumbest-game-show-losers-ever/#comment-12528 It's you isn't it? You're the guy in the video. It’s you isn’t it? You’re the guy in the video.

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