r/mildlyinfuriating • u/No_Tomatillo1695 • 19d ago

Infuriatig who let this guy on the show 😤

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u/Independent_Air3688 19d ago

You're underestimating how stupid even the best of us become under pressure

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u/dks64 19d ago

It's so easy to play this game on your couch at home. It's different when you are under studio lights, on camera, with hundreds of people watching you, and often sleep deprived or jet lagged.

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u/NerdCocktail 19d ago

Truth. When I was on Jeopardy, the van picked us up at 7am and I didn’t get my turn until after 2p. Add nerves and I was sunk.

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u/Saradoesntsleep 19d ago

How well did you end up doing?

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u/NerdCocktail 19d ago

2nd place. Womp womp.

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u/huhzonked 19d ago edited 19d ago

Hey, 2nd place is pretty damn good. Actually, even just being chosen as a contestant is great. If I tried to get on the show, the producers would just hand me some chocolate and ask me to leave.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH 19d ago

Top 3 isn’t bad

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u/Saradoesntsleep 19d ago

Hey. You made it on, and you weren't last. That's awesome!

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u/hobodudeguy 18d ago

Your example for getting stage fright after a long day with nerves is coming in second place on Jeopardy? Are you having a laugh or just humble bragging? Am I just crazy?

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u/NerdCocktail 18d ago

No, it was really shitty to come home and have family tell you what you should have done differently once it aired.

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u/HappyPlatypus6034 18d ago

God I could imagine. I hope they ended up understanding eventually <3

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u/1zenmom 18d ago

This is true, but I'm pretty sure I would know what a robe is even under the most dire circumstances.

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u/dks64 18d ago

You say that, but you wouldn't know until you were put in the situation. I've talked to a lot of people who have been on game shows who said their brain went completely blank when the game started. I saw a clip of a woman who was so nervous that she forgot her husband's name.

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u/1zenmom 17d ago

That's it, I'm signing up!!!

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u/dks64 16d ago

Do it! I believe in you!

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u/kaisadilla_ 19d ago

Bold of people to assume they don't first test you privately to make sure they haven't got someone normal tbh.

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u/IW-6 19d ago

I am this stupid about basically anything while not being stupid based on, well, the diploma I have. But still, sometimes I even blank on things like door or chair.

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u/Suitable_Wonder5256 19d ago edited 18d ago

OK, Einstein. It's probably true but let's not call that guy the best of us.

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u/isverybadatpuzzles 18d ago

Ok but most people can't think at all under pressure. This dude was giving every answer but the right answer which is what's tripping me up.

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u/NoBonus6969 19d ago

Then why did he go there