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Name (Age): Lyle Yang (28)

Current residence: Renton, WA

Occupation: Social Media Manager

Inspiration In Life: Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Noah Glass, and Evan Williams, founder of Facebook and co-founders of Twitter respectively. Both of those social media platforms have changed the world immeasurably and have created the digital age that the entire world, especially North America, is now immersed in. There's also the fact that without those people, I wouldn't have a job, so... yeah. (chuckles)

Pet Peeves: People that deny the existence of global warming or the findings of science. You know you're a prick when you still can't admit you're wrong when presented with fact. Gun enthusiasts also get under my skin because your "right to bear arms" should totally take precedence over the lives of children. Misogynists as well because I consider myself to be a proud feminist and it's true that women are being held down in society, so to deny the need for feminism is to deny the need for women's rights in my book. Oh yeah, and who can forget the judgy conservative and religious nuts that think that some book written 2,000 years ago that praises intolerance should have any bearing on the lives people live today?

3 Words to Describe You: Liberal, forward-thinking, free-spirit

Reason for being on SURVIVOR: Growing up, I was bullied quite a bit for being this skinny, socially awkward, theatre kid that was into art, science, and politics. Ever since then, I started working out, and I surrounded myself with like-minded people and have become a much happier person. I want to prove to people, especially the ones that have bullied me, that I'm a much stronger person than I was, and I also want to show people that are being bullied that things do get better as long as you don't let people's perceptions of you define who you are.

Why Do You Think You Will Survive SURVIVOR: I will win SURVIVOR because I will rise above the hate. I know that I'm likely going to ruffle some feathers because I am outspoken about my views now, and I don't care. I know who I am inside, I'm a confident person, and I stand up for what I believe is right. At the end of the day, I'm never going to give up and I will keep pushing and pushing myself until I win this game and the million dollars.

More About Lyle: Lyle grew up as the child of two liberal, atheist, and socially active parents. He is the youngest of four children (he has 2 older sisters and an older brother), he was quite literally the runt of the litter, both within his household and on the playground, often getting picked on by other kids for being short, skinny and socially awkward/socially unaware. Upon entering high school, he grew tired of the bullying and one of the few friends he did have convinced him to start working out, promising this would help him gain some confidence and get his mind off of things.

About four years before Lyle's freshman year of high school, his parents divorced, though Lyle didn't mind this because his parents fought constantly towards the end of their marriage, and he saw it coming. Two years later though, his father began dating another woman, who happened to be very conservative in her views, angering Lyle's mother, who would rant about and vilify Lyle's father and girlfriend whenever she got the chance. As Lyle is quite close to his mother, he sat through and listened to most of her rants. Lyle's father then married this woman when Lyle was in his sophomore year of high school, pissing off Lyle, who grew to hate his step-mother, viewing her as having brainwashed his loving father.

Lyle's strategy coming into the game is to hopefully surround himself with like-minded people and create a tight-knit alliance. Lyle plans on playing a very loyal game and is very much aware that people may want to use him as a shield, being the outspoken person that he is, which he claims to be okay with. Lyle states that he is willing to work with anyone in the game that takes the initiative to reach out to him, though he will not hesitate to cut them loose if he thinks they're coming after him, or if he feels wronged by them in some way.

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