Board Thread:Season 33 - Sichuan/@comment-27904923-20160602005919

It’s really hard.

The longer this lasts, the harder it gets.

We all came expecting that it would be a good experience. We thought we’d connect deeply with others. You introduce yourself, expose your true self to them, and start playing with each other. Before you know it, you’re trying to reach the end together. You think you’re safe, that they will protect you, that you’ve hit the sweet spot. You try to keep yourself free from blemish, but of course no one stays pure forever.

We are all infected. This infection passes from person to person every time we hide the truth. It penetrates deeply to the core and from there, leaves a greasy film over parts that we would have preferred to keep quiet. But you can’t keep it quiet. Eventually the lie will be exposed.

You thought you played it all right. You thought if you back-doored us that you could pretend nothing happened. You thought that half a millimeter of latex would save you.

On the day it hits us, some of us are good enough to tell there’s something wrong. People look at you funny. There’s a funky smell in the air. Our intuition tells us that something is wrong and we pull ourselves out before we can be exposed. Others never see it coming, and the scars can last for years.

We all play the game differently. Some of us are more guarded, some of us open up quickly. Others prefer to play with no cares, the harder the better.

Both of you have your own ways of playing, I’m sure. What’s important is that no matter the motion of your ocean, you come away clean.

So why are we bitter? If we played hard and fast, why should we be surprised when it gets us in the end? Because the person we trusted the most was the person that betrayed us. They take part of us with them, the good part, and leave behind something nasty.

Is this the byproduct of trusting too much?

Was I too open?

Was I too easy?

But of course, I’m not talking about Survivor.

I’m talking about Chlamydia.

Approximately 3% of the world is infected with it. 2.8 million new cases are discovered each year in the U.S. alone. It is a nasty disease that can ruin your weekend, cause a fracture with your FWB, and take the Tinder right out of your fire.

Here is some more information on the disease and its treatment.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> If you play Survivor unprotected, you will get Chlamydia…and die.

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<p class="MsoNormal">To survive this disease, you have to do more than outlast. You must outwatch, outtest and outwrap. My vote will go to the player that can best answer the following:

<p class="MsoNormal">1. Are you currently or have you been infected with <span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">(Chlamydia) and do you plan on being infected in the future?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">2.During the game, how did you prevent or contribute to the spreading of Chlamydia?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">3.If you win, with the platform you will inherit as sole survivor, how will you ensure that there are more survivors of Chlamydia?

<p class="MsoNormal">Bonus if you can compare yourself, a jury member, or myself (preferably) to a venereal disease.

<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for taking this issue seriously. Our lives, our futures, and our genitalia depend on it.

<p class="MsoNormal">I have only one more thing to say to you all.

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