8/18 Show Discussion **Spoilers**

[DisneyFreeek]

Ugh, Rachel is right about Reagan, that queen is not only the biggest bitch in the house, but probably the whole universe as well! What a nasty hateful little creature!

Coming off all high and mighty about how he knows how to treat people with dignity and respect and yet he lowered himself down to and far below her level with some of the vilest personal insults! What a hypocrite, he definitely proved he knows how to wallow in the mud just as well!

THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one out there that thinks Ragan is just as bad as he says she is. I loved her comment about "the friendship", and how he says he didn't want to be like them but he is. Totally. I haven't disliked anyone as much as Brit and Ragan since Jen and April.

Unfortunatly Kathy is next, then maybe Brit will go, then Ragan, and then all of the women will be out of the house. I would love to see Brendan, Enzo and Hay turn on the others and be final 3, but those boys need to step up their competition game. This season has been pretty pathetic as far as who wins what.

[Linkers]

THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one out there that thinks Ragan is just as bad as he says she is. I loved her comment about "the friendship", and how he says he didn't want to be like them but he is. Totally. I haven't disliked anyone as much as Brit and Ragan since Jen and April.

Unfortunatly Kathy is next, then maybe Brit will go, then Ragan, and then all of the women will be out of the house. I would love to see Brendan, Enzo and Hay turn on the others and be final 3, but those boys need to step up their competition game. This season has been pretty pathetic as far as who wins what.

Has to agree with that entire post ^

[Rattus]

Unfortunatly Kathy is next, then maybe Brit will go, then Ragan, and then all of the women will be out of the house.

FYI, Ragan is a man. Referring to him as a woman is...not kosher.

[TheIrishEyes]

Degrees in physics or chemistry are much more impressive than degrees in communications.

I think a PhD is more impressive than a Masters.

[Tilden]

I think a PhD is more impressive than a Masters.

A PhD in any field definitely indicates more years of study than an MS or MA. Depending on the field, an MA or MS can be earned in two years. A PhD takes an additional four to five years. I believe Brendon said he had his masters, but does Rachel? Or does she simply have a BS? As for whether degrees in some fields are more impressive than others, there will always be people that argue that, but obviously people go into the fields in which they have some talent--in other words, into fields which are easier for them personally and in which they have some interest. I think it's pretty evident that Rachel would not have done well in an English program, and perhaps Ragan would have been at a loss in a biology program as well. Besides, it's almost impossible to compare the impressiveness of degrees, because so much depends on what a person does with a degree. Is someone with a degree in chemistry who is only a mediocre professor or produces unremarkable research necessarily more impressive than a music professor who directs an excellent choir or produces extraordinary choral arrangements? Yes, people with chemistry degrees may often make more money than people with degrees in music, or any area of the humanities, but that doesn't mean they or their degrees are more impressive. As for Rachel yelling that her degree in chemistry made it clear she was an intelligent woman, I don't think a degree in anything necessarily means you're intelligent. It indicates an ability in a particular field, though without knowing someone's GPA in that field, it's difficult to assess how much ability. But I've known people with advanced degrees who are very good in their fields but who literally couldn't follow a fairly basic recipe or make tea without instructions (and I'm talking about someone who didn't understand how to use a teabag until someone explained it to her). Unfortunately, I've also known some people who are accomplished in their fields who are utterly socially inept. They may be unusually gifted in one area, but they can't figure out how to have an effective conversation with someone if it doesn't relate to their work. On top of all of that, while we know when someone's lying about his/her backgrouns, the other house guests really don't know who's telling the truth and who isn't. Why would anyone be impressed by another hamster announcing his/her degree(s) when that person could be lying for all the other hamsters knew?

[Dogg]

that chickfight between Ragan/Rachel made my brain turn to mush

can't believe i'm still watching this nonsense season

what's funny to me though is that Kathy's dumb ass is going home and she doesn't even realize it

[Tilden]

Sorry about my last post running all its paragraphs together. The paragraph divisions were there when I submitted it.

[Rattus]

...I don't think a degree in anything necessarily means you're intelligent. It indicates an ability in a particular field, though without knowing someone's GPA in that field, it's difficult to assess how much ability...

Absolutely true. I work in the world of finance (which I know absolutely nothing about), and have worked with literally thousands of people with degrees of various levels in the field over the years. Many of them are quite intelligent indeed, but an inordinate number of them, while knowing their money stuff, are abysmally stupid in other areas. And I don't mean socially awkward, or lacking familiarity with certain subjects - I mean stupid. And I've found that, in general, these stupid people are able to learn by rote but unable to apply reasoning to whatever information they've absorbed in order to utilize it properly. I am going to have to assume that a goodly number of said stupid people are now working as swim teachers* or cocktail waitresses*, because they certainly are no longer working in finance.

Which lends credence to Ragan's opinion that Rachel is a parrot - parrots learn by rote and are unable to apply reasoning.

*No, I am not calling swim teachers or cocktail waitresses stupid - it is just a given that reasoning is generally not a requirement for these positions.

[Sticker]

Sorry about my last post running all its paragraphs together. The paragraph divisions were there when I submitted it.

You don't have to apologize, as I have had the same problem lately. You can go back and use the EDIT button, and put the spacing back inbetween the paragraphs if the time limit to edit is not up. I am not sure why this happens, but I have had it occur quite a few times, and have to go back in and edit the text to put them back in. I think there may be a flaw in the text editor, because it seems it just started happening about 3 weeks ago. It is kind of random too, in that, sometimes it works the first time.

[anders332]

If Matt goes up (well he just went up) Kathy is going home. They are not getting hit this week.

This seems to be the general consensous - that Kathy is getting put up. I wouldn't be shocked to see Matt do something completely unexpected. Enzo would be my target.