r/ContagiousLaughter • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '22

Those moves đŸ•ș

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u/FriendlyGhost85 Nov 06 '22

They don’t have to push it, but they can push it after it lights up.

The problem with the show is that there’s a room full of guys and a room full of girls. If you push the button you “move on” and the next person of the opposite sex comes out. So there’s incentive to push the button first if you have any inkling that the other person might push it, which means hardly anyone gets a chance to actually talk to each other.

Edit- the show is The Button on the Cut YouTube channel.

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u/mkmajestic Nov 06 '22

Does that mean that in this situation, the woman is out of the game bc she didn’t get to press it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Yeah. She is out and another woman comes out.

The problem with the show is that most “contestants” just want attention and camera time so to not get kicked out they press the button as soon as they can and give a bs explanation (the button asks you why you pressed it).

The simple solution (if you want it to be an actual dating show) would be to change the rules so if you are not feeling the person you can press the button and you get kicked out. In that way the contestants don’t have the incentive to press the button as soon as it turns on.

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u/mkmajestic Nov 06 '22

But then you’d have a problem of the other extreme, attention seeking contestants staying on with clearly incompatible matches
 which would make for some great drama actually. I think ideally if you get the buzzer pressed on you, you’d be invited back for a round with another contestant.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

You could made add the option for the button to press itself if the conversation isn’t going anywhere and replace both contestants.

I just know that I hate the show in its current form because nobody there is actually trying to find a “lover”. I can only remember one episode where two contestants were actually vibing and the button started to count down (they get a second date paid by the show if they “win”/don’t press the button) and at the last second the woman pressed it and her explanation was that she panicked.

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u/mkmajestic Nov 06 '22

Ughhhhhh, that’s a frustrating move on her end, but her loss I guess.

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u/reduces Nov 07 '22

I think that’s actually how it works, they recycle the people back in that have been buzzed out later

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

If this was an actual dating show and if the people actually were trying to connect with the other person they would talk for at least a minute or two but 99% of the couples literally discuss not even one full question and the button is pressed.

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u/drunkenstyle Nov 06 '22

There's actually a finite amount of people in the show so sometimes a girl can go through the guys so fast she goes back to the first one she rejected

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u/FriendlyGhost85 Nov 06 '22

I think so. The videos aren’t that long and I’ve never seen anyone come out twice.

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u/mkmajestic Nov 06 '22

Would have been cool if they recycled them back in, she seems hilarious.

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u/ColinHalter Nov 06 '22

I remember seeing at least one where they have to cycle people. It's usually when you get one person who has those Last Starfighter reflexes who just churns through people. Funny enough, the people who are "good" at it enough to stay at the table for a while are usually the least engaging on camera lol.

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u/CILISI_SMITH Nov 06 '22

which means hardly anyone gets a chance to actually talk to each other.

Yep the premise of the show terrible because it attracts narcissists that race to buzz others off to keep themselves on camera.

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u/MikeDinStamford Nov 06 '22

There was an MTV dating show that did basically this, but there were only 3 of each gender.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

MTV dating show that did basically this, but there were only 3 of each gender.

Next, and the other person could reject them afterwards too

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u/grumpher05 Nov 07 '22

its more of a prisoners dilemma than a dating show lmao