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Going by the episode listing- it was around season 15 I gave up on the show. That's where I stop recognizing episodes by titles. I've seen MAX 10-15 episodes after that.
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raditts posted:On The Price is Right, people outbid other people all the time by adding a dollar to whatever the last bid was, but I think today is the first time I've ever seen someone bid a dollar less than someone else. Drew Carey was speechless, like he wanted to tell the guy how loving stupid that was but he wasn't allowed to. As someone with only a passing familiarity with the show, can someone explain why this is a boneheaded thing to do? I love dumb game show bets and I want in on this one.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:07
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ninjahedgehog posted:As someone with only a passing familiarity with the show, can someone explain why this is a boneheaded thing to do? I love dumb game show bets and I want in on this one. The goal is to be the closest to the price without going over. Being one dollar below someone means it's impossible for you to win unless you guessed it exactly right.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:09
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ninjahedgehog posted:As someone with only a passing familiarity with the show, can someone explain why this is a boneheaded thing to do? I love dumb game show bets and I want in on this one. Because how The Price is Right works is that you're trying to bid on an amount without going over, so bidding one dollar UNDER someone else's bid means the only way you can win is if you're exactly right. The two dick moves are bidding one dollar over someone else or just bidding one dollar.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:09
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ninjahedgehog posted:As someone with only a passing familiarity with the show, can someone explain why this is a boneheaded thing to do? I love dumb game show bets and I want in on this one. The trick is to guess as close to the price of said washer/dryer/deepfryer/what-have-you without going over. Guessing one dollar higher than the previous high guess "claims" all the space above you, infinitely. Guessing one dollar below a person's bid means that literally the only time you win is if you are exactly correct.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:10
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ninjahedgehog posted:As someone with only a passing familiarity with the show, can someone explain why this is a boneheaded thing to do? I love dumb game show bets and I want in on this one. You want to get closest to the retail price without going over. If the price of the item is 800 dollars, and someone bids 750 bucks, you have guaranteed yourself a loss if you bet 749 bucks. The odds of you being correct are not good at all. Which is why in those situations, people always bid a dollar more to shut that person out.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:11
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Four contestants are asked to bid on an item (A Bike for example). The person who gets the closest without going over wins the prize and makes it to the next round. Contestant 1: $500 Contestant 2: $700 Contestant 3: $950 Contestant 4: $949 What are the odds contestant 4 will win?
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Aug 18, 2014 23:11
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I think he got it
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Aug 18, 2014 23:12
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Thanks for the multitude of explanations, guys and gals. 
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Aug 18, 2014 23:13
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I'm never the fast one, this is a new experience for me.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:13
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Ok so imagine you're allowed to choose X slices of a delicious deep pan pepperoni pizza. But other people want that pizza too and they're going to be choosing slices as well. Now the pizzeria is poor and can't afford to give you a whole pizza. They only have Y slices to give. Now in order to maximise efficiency they're going to give those Y slices to the person who's X is closest to Y. But! If they're X is above Y then they're going to be disappointed and the pizzeria can't have that so they get no pizza. In the end if someone else chooses X slices and you choose X-1 slices you only get pizza if the pizzeria's Y slices is the same as your X-1 slices. Simple, really.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:17
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Rarity posted:Ok so imagine you're allowed to choose X slices of a delicious deep pan pepperoni pizza. But other people want that pizza too and they're going to be choosing slices as well. Now the pizzeria is poor and can't afford to give you a whole pizza. They only have Y slices to give. Now in order to maximise efficiency they're going to give those Y slices to the person who's X is closest to Y. But! If they're X is above Y then they're going to be disappointed and the pizzeria can't have that so they get no pizza. In the end if someone else chooses X slices and you choose X-1 slices you only get pizza if the pizzeria's Y slices is the same as your X-1 slices. I didnt get it until this one
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Aug 18, 2014 23:21
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I can only understand life through pizza metaphors. Somebody explain Lost to me.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:26
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Remember when Ana Lucia died and nobody gave a poo poo
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Aug 18, 2014 23:29
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Imagine four balls on the edge of a cliff. Say a direct copy of the ball nearest the cliff is sent to the back of the line of balls and takes the place of the first ball. The formerly first ball becomes the second, the second becomes the third, and the fourth falls off the cliff. The Price Is Right works the same way.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:30
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MrAristocrates posted:I can only understand life through pizza metaphors. Somebody explain Lost to me. So, last week you ordered Pizza from a brand new store. It was amazing. The restaurant did everything right. Then, this week you ordered from them again and as you excitingly pay the delivery boy your mouth is salivating - it's going to be amazing again and... WHAT THE gently caress!? This time it's just an empty box. That's lost.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:31
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MrAristocrates posted:I can only understand life through pizza metaphors. Somebody explain Lost to me. Imagine that you spent six years telling people how amazing your pizza tasted. And not just telling them, you let them come into the kitchen and watch you make it, sample the ingredients, be amazed at the dough tossing skills of your chefs, the whole nine yards. Everything that goes into making a great pizza. And then they sit down to eat it and it's terrible. You then explain to them that you're not a pizza place, you're an Italian bistro which gives people a once in a lifetime experience that is far more important than any mundane pizza. All I wanted was loving double pepperoni with garlic.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:34
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Does it stop doing the kinda uncomfortable 'her friend's life is trash' thing? Like, I get she's the new Shawn but we constantly saw that Shawn had a decent dad despite his flaws and even though they were low class his trailer park was mostly decent people and all. Not really but the most recent one kinda sets down the same path with her mom.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:35
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PriorMarcus posted:So, last week you ordered Pizza from a brand new store. It was amazing. The restaurant did everything right. Then, this week you ordered from them again and as you excitingly pay the delivery boy your mouth is salivating - it's going to be amazing again and... WHAT THE gently caress!? This time it's just an empty box. Make this the OP of the Lost thread
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PriorMarcus posted:So, last week you ordered Pizza from a brand new store. It was amazing. The restaurant did everything right. Then, this week you ordered from them again and as you excitingly pay the delivery boy your mouth is salivating - it's going to be amazing again and... WHAT THE gently caress!? This time it's just an empty box. Nailed it.
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Aug 19, 2014 00:30
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Lost was great and if you don't like it you suck. That is all.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:21
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Deadpool posted:Lost was great and if you don't like it you suck. That is all. Imagine getting a pretty good pizza but your  friends hate it because it isn't Chinese delivery.That's Lost.
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Now that I'm back from being deep in work-hell (We passed our 5 day audit in 3 days with no exceptions, thank you for asking) I updated the Summer Toxx thread and there's several of you who haven't checked in on progress of your Toxx. If you haven't taken a look over there in awhile, please do so. Thaaaaanks! Also, this. Deadpool posted:Lost was great and if you don't like it you suck. That is all.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:33
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I stopped watching Lost part way through Season 2 because of ABC's terrible schedule.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:34
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It's a good show to binge. Just wait 3 months between season 1 and 2 to understand how loving frustrating that was. Best of Both Worlds type poo poo.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:36
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Is Adam "Edge" Copeland in fact a WWE superstar?
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zoux posted:Is Adam "Edge" Copeland in fact a WWE superstar? Well, not anymore. He was before he hosed up his neck so bad he had to either retire or probably die.
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Aug 19, 2014 01:57
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Deadpool posted:Well, not anymore. He was before he hosed up his neck so bad he had to either retire or probably die. Right, I just mean that's a fair statement? He could've been the lowliest wrestling man for all I know. Just want to make sure the credits of Haven aren't lying to me.
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zoux posted:Right, I just mean that's a fair statement? He could've been the lowliest wrestling man for all I know. Just want to make sure the credits of Haven aren't lying to me. He won the Championship if that means anything to you. Also 
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zoux posted:Right, I just mean that's a fair statement? He could've been the lowliest wrestling man for all I know. Just want to make sure the credits of Haven aren't lying to me. I'm pretty sure that "WWE Superstar" is the official generic term they use for WWE wrestlers.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:07
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muscles like this? posted:I'm pretty sure that "WWE Superstar" is the official generic term they use for WWE wrestlers. It is, but Edge was a pretty big deal for a long time until his forced retirement.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:15
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Big deal to the misanthropes who watch professional wrestling, maybe. But your average person would have a had time naming any wrasslers besides Hogan, The Rock and maybe that one chick everybody hates.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:23
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I don't know poo poo about wrestling, but I know of Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Andre the Giant, the Ultimate Warrior, and John Cena.
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Mu Zeta posted:Remember when Ana Lucia died and nobody gave a poo poo It's true. I didn't give a poo poo when she died. Mr. Eko though. 
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Aug 19, 2014 02:44
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Remember it wasn't the writers choice for Mr Eko to die.
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Deadpool posted:Lost was great and if you don't like it you suck. That is all. Lots of Lost was great. To call it great as a whole is something I can't get behind. It really, really fell apart toward the end. And again, this has poo poo all to do with the straw man "not answering mysteries" garbage. Irish Joe posted:Big deal to the misanthropes who watch professional wrestling, maybe. But your average person would have a had time naming any wrasslers besides Hogan, The Rock and maybe that one chick everybody hates. Dr. Tracksuit is the only wrestler that matters.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:50
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I saw a youtube of a dude crashing another dude's father's funeral and dragging the coffin around and now I think I need to see about getting into wrestling.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:57
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Deadpool posted:Lost was great and if you don't like it you suck. That is all. Definitely. Also if you don't like or get the ending you are an idiot.
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Who do I report to if the mod's the one making GBS threads up the couch chat thread with Lostchat
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GreenNight posted:Remember it wasn't the writers choice for Mr Eko to die. Why did they make him die? I remember I got bored of it at some point and then randomly watched it again later on and saw Eko's stupid, stupid loving death scene.
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