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I was listening to the Survivor Historians podcast awhile back, and Mario Lanza told a story about Survivor All-Stars (the original, Season 8). He was talking about how he used to write a column online about Survivor each week and it was really fun for him. He was really excited for All-Stars. But before All-Stars (a heavily spoiled season) had aired, someone sent him an email. They asked him, "Would you still be excited about All-Stars, even if Tina were the first boot?" Mario (who is a big Tina fan) said, sure. And the guy replied, "Really? Are you sure you would be?" all knowingly. He basically gave away to Mario that Tina was the first boot.
And Mario said how he ended up quitting writing because people used to do that to him and it made it less fun for him.
I'm not saying Outsider is doing the exact same thing in michel's thread (because he's obviously not). But that's the reason why I said something to him earlier this season, because I didn't want the whole exercise inadvertently ruined for michel. I just wanted us to be careful and less obvious about it.
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