How Reality TV Houses Are Built to Break People

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• JB

  @jbshiva865 · 1 year ago

  I will point out that with 'An American Family' the producers purposely screened for a family that was on the verge of falling apart without them realizing it.

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• ON

  @OneEyedmm · 1 year ago

  When I worked on reality tv, one of the rules was “no speaking unless cameras are on”. So during filming breaks, someone may accidentally bump into someone, but can’t say “sorry”… then we take them aside and ask them on camera “so she bumped into you and didn’t even say sorry? wow, what is her problem with you?” Then we let them stew on that for a few hours. Then we put them alone in a room together with cameras so they can fight. <br><br>I hated what we were doing to people. None of it was real. We just tortured people for entertainment

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• RE

  @RealBenAnderson · 1 year ago

  Amazing how “let’s torture people for our own entertainment” is an idea from so many movies and books, but we actually do it in real life. It’s like today’s version of gladiators in the Roman coliseum.

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• SW

  @SweeteaRex · 1 year ago

  “No room to get away from the other contestants” “no privacy” “provokes conflict” sounds exactly like my house LMAOO😭😭😭

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• KI

  @kirknay · 1 year ago

  At this point I feel architects and interior designers need a Hippocratic oath. These sets are terrifying.

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• GI

  @Giantkiller130-t · 1 year ago

  You know, as fucked up as this was, stripping aside all that, when I think about the amount of thought and studying and observation that went into planning some of these houses... it actually gives me a new appreciation for architecture and psychology. I didn&apos;t realize how big of an impact that sort of thing had, and then intentionality of the sets themselves.

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• SU

  @sunandshadow6593 · 1 year ago

  Thanks for this tutorial on how to make new houses in The Sims!

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• JO

  @johann8040 · 1 year ago

  Love Is Blind specifically also did a lot of questionable shit in Season 1 that amplifies all of this. He mentioned there&apos;s alcohol everywhere, and some of the contestants said that food and water wasn&apos;t readily available, even though the alcohol was. The sleeping quarters were communal bunkrooms that no one wanted to use, which led to people sleeping on the couches in the communal space, or falling asleep in the pods during their &quot;dates&quot;. It&apos;s up for debate whether these were intentional choices made to create more drama for the show or simple negligence on the part of production, but either one sort of seems like a crime.

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• KA

  @katdroidd · 1 year ago

  I practice feng shui, and back when Big Brother was just starting I heard that they had hired a feng shui consultant to deliberately reverse it and create bad feng shui. There was one room with giant Fu Dogs facing into the room, which was symbolic of that.

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• EX

  @ExceptionFatale · 1 year ago (edited)

  Wow, I remember reading about the importance of self isolation/alone time in Psych 101 in my freshman year of college. <br><br>Essentially, the book said that alone time was a necessary thing for mammals. When toddlers were overstimulmated with activity essentially denying the alone time they&apos;d usually get, they&apos;d observe the toddlers start sneaking off to hide under their jackets to get away from the group. So even as young children, without the ability to really voice that we need to be alone, we seek it out if it&apos;s not offered to us. <br><br>You&apos;re right. These buildings are designed to be (emotional) torture chambers. Yikes.

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• NO

  @NorthernDruid · 1 year ago

  The bit about hidden spaces in the house that you&apos;re supposed to ignore reminded me of servant&apos;s passages in feudal mansions and such concepts.

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• IM

  @ImNotHere222 · 1 year ago

  Reality TV should have died in the early aughts, but here we are. It&apos;s more insidious and uninspired than ever. Thanks for the interesting insight into something very niche.

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