swearing on a living family member's life (and lying) while on a reality show?
Does it cross a line, or is a necessary evil sometimes?
While I know the family member won't actually drop dead, I always found it to be an odd thing to do. There are many ways to sway someone onto your side, without bring your family into it.
If i went on a show I would do it like every day. I would swear on the lives of everyone I knew, and when I was lying I’d make sure to always swear on the life of someone I didn’t like tbh
I thought of Tony Vlachos in the FTC when Trish destroyed him
To me it does cross a line, it puts a gambling energy and perhaps a cloud (if you will) on a loved one's existence and i wouldnt ever be able to live with that tbh.
If you cant find any other way to sway a player to your side, then you arent very smart. However, its easy for us to say when we're not there and players do get so caught up in the game they forget theres a reality outside. Its tough.
honestly, it's creepy to me. Like for one thing, if I saw my sister or whoever on a reality show and heard her say to someone "I swear it on my sister Cherita's life" and then she was lying I would feel very upset and hurt by her.
I also just feel like it's bad energy and stuff. The same reason I am not comfortable with people saying stuff like "this relative died/is in the hospital/whatever" to get out of doing something. I do not want to put that energy and idea into the world.
Anyone who wouldn’t swear on their family’s lives to win a million dollars which will change their lives forever for the better is a pussy who shouldn’t be cast in the first place
I don’t care at all. Whatever it takes to win. Actions speak louder than words. I think people stand on a moral high horse and judge others without knowing their intent behind what they’re saying. There’s a difference between swearing on a family members life and going back on your word to win $500,000 and if a kidnapper had a gun to a family members head and you swear on their life then don’t follow through with the ransom request.
It’s a LIE. It’s not true. And I strongly judge people who judge people for doing it. And I think what bothers me the most is that people who take the stance of “I would never do that. People who do are selfish, don’t love their family, blah blah blah”. It’s a load of crap for certain people to try to make themselves morally superior when they are anything but.
And I don’t think it’s a weak move either. Now, you have to understand your jury so if you have a lot of Heroes/teacher pets in your game, then maybe lying on a family member isn’t the best course. But if you can tell the game is cutthroat then sure.
100% its fucked up and maybe even “wrong” but… i just cant see myself being pressed at someone for doing what they have to do for a life changing amount of money
if any of my relatives swore on my life while on a tv show id be laughing from home
If i went on a show I would do it like every day. I would swear on the lives of everyone I knew, and when I was lying I’d make sure to always swear on the life of someone I didn’t like tbh
Sent by tyleror,Oct 22, 2022
To add to my answer, the reason I would have zero problem doing it is because, in my opinion, they're just meaningless words. I personally do not believe in karma, nor am I religious, and neither are my family. Because of that, I know my family would not be offended at all, which would give me the assurance I'd need in saying such things. More so, if I was ever fortunate enough to be cast on a show I'm such a fan of, my drive would not only come from my own desire for the title but largely from the desire to win money to give back to my family. Therefore, if swearing on something or other in the moment is actually going to give me the ability to dramatically improve the quality of life of those people in the long-term, I'd 100% do it, no question.
I do however recognise, both by responses on that blog and by seeing it play out in real situations in Survivor and BB, that people's views on this differ greatly, just like with most things, and that's OK. I see how someone may perceive it as me weaponising something that means a lot to them that they consider to be bigger than the game. Because of that, though I wouldn't feel guilty doing it myself, I would feel guilty doing it to another player whom thought that way - but I'd still do it. Essentially, because I'm swearing on something of my own, not theirs, and to me, those are rules I am comfortable playing by. If another person believes that’s crossing a line, and doesn’t respect my game, that's just a consequence I'd have to face in a jury vote and post-game.
This works both ways too, as there are lines I wouldn't cross and hence things I wouldn't respect as a juror either. For example, I would not partake in bullying another player to advance myself in the game. I would not use any form of harassment as a way of unifying a group to strengthen my position in the game. I would not lie about having cancer to win the game. These are all things that mean something to me and therefore build my values and consequent rules I wish to play the game by. If someone else wants to partake in these things, I can't stop them. I can disagree with it, but at the end of the day they’ve chosen those actions based on their own values and rules, just as I have my mine, and that's something they will have to face the consequences for too - again both in and out of the game.
I suppose that’s why these shows are so fascinating. They bring a group of different people with different beliefs into an environment with so little rules. He thinks that’s wrong, but she thinks it’s fair, she thinks that’s wrong, but he thinks it’s fair - who’s right? Well, nobody. Whatever the group collectively decides is what goes, as seen in every season. It’s why Tony won and Dan lost. Was the Cagayan jury full of assholes or was the BB14 jury just bitter? Well, neither. Those outcomes are just a mere reflection of what those juries did and didn’t respect. I believe every jury is different and every jury is right. We’re all different and that’s the beauty of it all!
I'm not gonna lie I would swear on a lot of family members because idgaf about them. Bitch my second cousin in law Bernice from Wales who I met once at a Christmas dinner? She can hit it.
That being said I am probably on the far end of agree for the statement "I could give less of a shit about my family" so I am really not the one to ask. Like I would do it mostly because I have very few family members who are actually important to me
I mean, I wouldn't do it for no reason but it literally doesn't do anything. There is no such thing as "karma", nothing will happen if you do it, its just something you do to prove your trustworthiness to someone.
