Mal ,'Ariel'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
A new reality TV show is aiming to pull off the biggest hoax in TV history - by persuading a group of Britons that they have been blasted into space
WOW. I must watch this.
[eta: But really, would what they're describing work on anyone who's ever been in a plane before? I mean, the total lack of cabin pressure change would be kind of a major tip-off.]
WOW. I must watch this.
But.... but it's Wrong!
But you know, if you know anything at all about space travel you'd know it was a hoax.
And you've found reality show contestants generally to be the educated and astute types?
WANT: [link]
And you've found reality show contestants generally to be the educated and astute types?
Well yeah, but how many people don't know that you're weightless while in earth orbit?
It reminds me of the parody of Playboy that a guy in my dorm thought was real. Lady Di was the nude centerfold. I mean, c'mon. If you think of the implications of Lady Di posing nude for Playboy, you'd realize it didn't happen.
But.... but it's Wrong!
Sometimes Wrong Things must be Watched. It's just the way they are.
Bubbles confuse the hell out of my cat.
Bubbles confuse the hell out of my cat.
You should send it into space and sell the footage to Channel 4.
Gah, look at all the pretty colors! [link]
My cats are mildly interested and then disgusted by the wet.
The bubbles are very pretty, but I'm fixating on the idea that the colour goes away with a) friction, b) exposure to water or c) exposure to air.
That's so damned specific and cool.