Hello all. Dixie here. Due to Stella recently giving birth to her first child, she has taken some time away from blogging to focus on her new mothering duties. Now, it would be rather unfair to you, the fans, to just leave you hanging while she figures out the new mommy thing. So, Stella has lined up some guest bloggers to entertain you while she is temporarily away from the blogging scene. (Actually, I think I'm the only one so far- so if you'd like to contribute, email obviousninjablog@gmail.com . For more information on being a guest blogger see the previous post, "Calling All Writers")
First, some background on who I am. I am Dixie, Stella's younger cousin. I am single and I live alone, so naturally I have a lot of time to watch TV. During my many hours of TV watching this summer (yes, I am fully aware of how lame I am), I have recently come across a show called "Naked and Afraid".
For those of you who don't know what this show is, it is a survival show. People volunteer for this show to prove their survival skills. One man and one woman, who have never met, are dropped off in some extremely remote wilderness completely naked! They are each allowed to bring one man made item with them, many choose something like a fire starter or a machete (obviously). Once they are in the jungle, or wherever it is they are dropped off, they have only each other and their one item each to survive for three weeks.
I can understand why someone might want to prove they have what it takes to survive with practically nothing, but come on, must they be naked?
I have discussed this issue with others who also watch the show and some say that more people will be interested in watching the show if people are naked. To this I say, everything interesting is blurred out anyway so it's not like you see anything. So that theory is out the window.
Someone else said that being naked makes withstanding the elements tougher. I can agree with that one to an extent. There was a guy on one episode who got so sunburned he couldn't move. Obviously, if he'd had clothes they would have protected his skin from the sun; however, I argue a pair of tightie whities would not have helped him. And then he wouldn't be naked.
I don't think that a simple pair of underwear and perhaps a sports bra for the woman would be that beneficial to their survival. It would provide minimal protection from the sun, and would not help keep them warm. I would not think any less of a survivalist if they survived while wearing only underwear as opposed to being completely naked. I mean, let's be honest, that's just gross and unnecessary.
Ladies, I know how good if feels to get home after a long day of work and take that bra off, but nobody needs those babies flopping around 24-7. And while I have never been a guy, I would suspect that they don't need their junk openly flopping around either. Plus, being completely naked leaves you vulnerable to anything crawling in and up any crack and crevasse you didn't even know you had!
Bottom line is that there is absolutely no reason for the people in that show to be completely naked. No reason.
Thank you.
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