Talk:Can We Pause? I'm So Confused/@comment-26485526-20190810155523

People Not Elaine: Celebrate that Rachel was eliminated

Elaine's Brain: I know Rachel was terrible to Winter... and to Kurtis... and Heather hated her... and it was pointless to save her... but that was all "circlejerk" strategy! Nobody can be that genuinely happy to see a hateful, spiteful person like Rachel go home! They shouldn't be celebrating like that, it's all fake!

Also Elaine: Fished for any excuse to save Rachel despite knowing everyone on the tribe hated her.

Hmmm... so Elaine's allowed to be fake with people, but nobody else is allowed to be happy that Rachel's gone? Maybe Elaine is an actual robot that has zero concept of emotion or any ability to sympathize with people whatsoever? Or Maybe Elaine is just that fake that she believes any statement made out there in either a congratulatory or complimenting manner must also be fake and therefore strategy.

Elaine needs to learn a little thing called "empathy." It's clear as day that although Rachel's words affected Winter the most, Winter was far from the only one in the game that was hurt by Rachel's comments. You had Kurtis, who Rachel started insulting and accused of being homophobic. There was also Heather, who Rachel tried to speak for and literally create a shitstorm on her behalf, and also actively attempted to sever any good feelings between her and Kurtis.

The mood was happy when people returned to camp, and humans (which I'm not sure Elaine categorically is anymore) are generally emotional beings, and we people feed off of that. It's clear to me that when people were celebrating with Winter when she thanked them for keeping her around, the tribe was picking up on that, and celebrating with her the elimination of someone that was less than pleasant to be around. As Calvin said in his confessional, that moment had nothing to do with strategy, but here comes Elaine bitching about the fact that everyone's not being a gamebot like she is, and claiming that they're all being fake. As for not getting rid of her for 26 days? That may very well be, but since Elaine was one of the ones most active in trying to save Rachel, it's completely disingenuous to blame everyone else for the fact she lasted that long.

I think it's interesting to see Nigel playing into Elaine's frustration, and I'm excited for the fact Calvin finally realizes the types of players Nigel and Elaine both are. Hopefully he does flip on them. <3