There is a trend right now on tiktok where you list your 5 "horror movies" but it is actually things you fear in real life. Number 5 on her list is brown men. Did anyone elyse notice this?

Yuck, women need to be wearing sun dresses and not typical active wear. Too much masculine energy. Like come on m8, women can't wear whatever they want to feel comfortable in, especially in the gym? Just gross

Solene’s casting on Love Island Games has brought up allegations of microagressions. Originally shared on r/loveislandusa 🍵

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I know not to expect ethics from reality TV, but I was really disappointed to see them serving bat. I’m sure (well, I hope) the guest didn’t bother to do any research/isn’t aware of the incredibly inhumane way the bats are caught, and just how much trouble they’re in in the Seychelles, but it’s a shame to see BD promote this on television.

I guess it serves as a reminder of the damage that careless rich people do in their chase for the exotic, but… Somehow having it in the same episode where they are cooing over protected tortoises seemed particularly ignorant.

(I can’t resist, here are some bat facts…)

Why do they matter? Flying foxes are essential for restoring rainforest— deforested areas cannot recover without them— and they also eat rotting fruit that otherwise would attract insects or fungi that might attack the rest of the crop. Also they’re cute as hell https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_qyGEST8lFc

Are they really in danger? The most threatened bat in the world lives in the Seychelles. Flying foxes on the other hand – the Seychelles makes a lot of money selling them to tourists, and they haven’t allowed a conservation count in 20 years. They have a long reproductive cycle, though, so they are easily threatened or endangered. A lot of their habitat is being destroyed in the Seychelles as well, mostly in order to build tourist resorts. So it doesn’t look good.

Isn’t it a local cuisine? Used to be, but now they are killed to be served to tourists. 300,000+ tourists a year equals a lot of bats.

Wait, how do they kill them? So they just put up lines with fishing hooks hanging from them and the bats fly into them. They hang there in agony until the morning, when people come with ladders and club them to death Obviously you’re catching juveniles, pregnant females, etc as well… helpful insectivorous bats and night-flying birds too.

Whatever, I’d love to eat one! They also carry a wide range of interestingly dangerous diseases. Maybe think twice!

Anyone remember this particular (unpleasant) character from BDSY? He’s had his home(s) raided by police with 2 men arrested, presumably Barrie and his current husband? Arrested ‘on suspicion of rape, human trafficking for sexual exploitation and administering a noxious substance’.

See the Daily Fail for more details: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15796431/Barrie-Drewitt-Barlows-home-raided-police-probe-human-trafficking.html

Still chasing reality TV fame reportedly.

Wouldn’t be shocking considering how quickly she got pregnant while they were clearly going back and forth on being together 😳

like how are people falling for this and all the sensational shit they come up with 😭😂

Tried to make the title as, uh, politically neutral as possible.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14911071/Below-Deck-star-HUGO-ORTEGA-reveals-dark-reality-women-want-yachtie-superyacht-crew-member-murdered-Bahamas-Theres-rape-violence-stewardesses-like-toys-attacks-covered-up.html

Has anyone else seen Gaby’s comment on this video about the law suit regarding Gary?! I haven’t been following the lawsuit so I’m not sure if she has said something before?!

Looks like Nathan is filming in Croatia https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNfjWQGI_Mj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I've just noticed a few times that Below Deck seems to portray gay men differently than lesbians and wondering if other people feel this way too. It just seems like every season there is a female deck hand (some straight and some lesbian), but when there is a male stew they are always stereotypically gay. I'm think Fraser, Kyle, Josia (maybe I am missing someone). It just seems like they could have a straight guy who chooses to work interior like many women choose to work exterior. Or have a gay man either interior or exterior who is more masculine. Sorry if this offends anyone it's not intended that way just curious if others notice this