"Big Giant Swords"

[mudbuttjones]

Discovery, TLC, History and NatGeo have a habit of taking terrible ardous jobs, that pretty much anyone on the entire world is eligible for if they were so inclined, and making shows about them.

Anyone can apply for a kitchen job, work a pipeline, an oil rig, a ranch, a fishing job, a repo job, a pawn shop, a tow truck job etc. Those are really difficult mundane jobs. Maybe it's appealing to people with even more boring office cubicle jobs I dunno.

they could come to the cheese factory I work in and make a dumb show called Cheese Masters: the final frontier or something stupid. They could dramatize how logistics and shipping screw stuff up, build up anticipation waiting for raw Ingredients to come in. Show guys from quality swabbing equipment for pathogens and abruptly switching to commercials. Show guys almost getting crushed by equipment like some dumb osha safety video, and abruptly cut to commercial, and sadly everything is ok.

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[mudbuttjones]

On the next episode of cheese masters; oh no! The box machine is jammed and we ran out of tape! Will rick and marty lagina find whats in the bottom of boring hole 100x?

Stay tuned for more wild speculation and disappointing anticlimactic commercial breaks that will keep your simple mind coming back for 11 seasons

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On the next episode of cheese masters; oh no! The box machine is jammed and we ran out of tape! Will rick and marty lagina find whats in the bottom of boring hole 100x?

Stay tuned for more wild speculation and disappointing anticlimactic commercial breaks that will keep your simple mind coming back for 11 seasons

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LOL Hey, I actually do want to see what goes on in a cheese factory

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

Every single reality show uses this technique, not just the Alaska shows

The difference is something exciting/climatic might actually happen on other shows

Ayo cheese factory would be cool. I got a friend who's sister had her arm amputated cuz of an accident at the cheese factory about 6 months ago


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[xraycer]

They make nothing literally overly dramatic.

Every single reality show uses this technique, not just the Alaska shows

The difference is something exciting/climatic might actually happen on other show

Then we're in agreement to an extent

 

[mudbuttjones]

The cheese factory is actually a pretty dangerous job. Alot of the bulk (non retail) cheese is packaged in wooden crates in 640lb blocks, those are fun to move. Most machines weigh more than cars or trucks and have to be physically pushed around like a bunch of Egyptians building pyramids haha

I mainly am responsible for chemicals, and testing chemicals for sanitation and equipment setup. I was a natural, the testing kits are remarkably similar to API freshwater test kits. Lol. The chemicals are by far the most dangerous thing in the factory. I get hurt daily with physical trauma but nothing compares to chemical burns/inhalation. I wear a rubber suit and I have to dilute extemely hazardous chemicals from 50 gallon drums and get them into concentrations that are safe for food contact surfaces, but still strong enough to disenfect. You haven't sweated bullets until you move around a barrel of 70% hydrogen peroxide on a forklift and position it, open it, and hook up pumps. Then mix the stuff with water, all in open containers. Stuff will kill ya.

As far as the Alaskan wilderness goes, there are dangers, but while watching the shoes I just go "meh" the stuff is so played out. Anyone who's spent any amount of time outdoors would agree.

On my boundary waters trip we went near the quetico national park in Canada on the Us side. We had to leave a detailed log and trip plan with an outfitter and US forest service. If we weren't back with in 3 days they send a search party, seaplanes flew over head every other day/night scanning for distress signals. We crossed huge expanses of open water with hundreds of pounds of gear, my bags water proofed and strapped to the canoe cross member incase we capsized, as we took on small white caps and high winds. The outfitter told us nobody had been on the particular lake we were going to In 3 years, there was a documented bear attack near by also. I brought my s&w .357 on my hip with some buffalo bore 180g hardcase loads. We saw bears, we saw moose.. I never even thought to unholster it or shoot such amazing animals. They left us alone, we left them alone. When I go back, I probably wouldn't even bring a gun, but I would bring a bottle of yukon jack again. It was useful for starting fires and sterilizing lacerations. Plus it tasted good with lakewater and koolaid. That I would bring back again.


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I'm a big outdoors guy myself, so that's why the Alaska shows really appeals to me. Its not about the drama, but rather the hunting and gathering lifestyle that sets off a deep down desire of wanting to do the same thing. But, for me its just a fantasy not a reality I would set off to pursuit. I know these people have a hard way of life and the romance of it would wear off really quick when you're cold, hungry and busting your humps out in the bush.

 

[mudbuttjones]

I'm a big outdoors guy myself, so that's why the Alaska shows really appeals to me. Its not about the drama, but rather the hunting and gathering lifestyle that sets off a deep down desire of wanting to do the same thing. But, for me its just a fantasy not a reality I would set off to pursuit. I know these people have a hard way of life and the romance of it would wear off really quick when you're cold, hungry and busting your humps out in the bush.

I agree. I used to be a big time survivalist before I moved out on my own and lost that "disposable income". I went on wild hiking and canoeing trips all the time. But by the beginning of week #2 the adrenaline wears off. I want a shower, I want a cheeseburger, I hate mosquitoes, I'm sick of washing my self and doing laundry in a lake. I wanna drink a cold beer, do my business in a real toilet, sit on the couch, listen to some tunes and stare at my fish.

I basically go out in the sticks once a year just to prove I can do it so I can stomach my complacent, comfortable life of pointless consumerism.

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[ballinouttacntrol]

See, what you like draws me in but the BS manufactured drama turns me off. It don't matter how cool Alaska is of you ruin it with complete nonsense and interrupt that non sense with commercial breaks. I would watch it if they choose to use it as an documentary style educational show instead of following the reality TV script. It makes no sense in this instance to manufacture drama. It's a BEAUTIFUL countrywhere a lot is happening. Its a good idea to do a show documenting lifestyles that most of us only experience for a weekend or week at a time and they're pretending a track presents danger? Pretending if they don't get this cow to cooperate their entire existent could be doomed? Pretending time is always running out? Pretending they're always on the verge of starving? It's just too over the top all the time. I'd rather flip through national geographic then have you try to fool me


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I basically go out in the sticks once a year just to prove I can do it so I can stomach my complacent, comfortable life of pointless consumerism.

Weekend warrior syndrome LOL That's me too.........and I'm ok with that