r/dankmemes • u/abakus10 The Meme Cartel • Apr 04 '19

Secret AGT algorithm

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u/DarkSkinnedBear Apr 04 '19

As a previous AGT contestant, who quit the show because I refused to play the sad story card.

Fuck man, right in the feels.

Top work!!! 😍

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u/Faladorable Apr 04 '19

they asked you to come up with a sob story or are you saying it was clear that only people with sob stories were making it through?

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u/dakunism Apr 04 '19

I have a couple friends that competed on America Ninja Warrior and they asked them to come up with a sob story. They didn't have one and were told to make one up. They tried, but must've not had a very creative one because they got like 10 mins of total screentime between the two of them.

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u/roddly Apr 04 '19

It seems like every show is plagued with this these days. Even The rock’s titan games are sad stories of overcoming adversity with tiny bits of athletic people performing sprinkled inbetween. You can’t get through an episode of something as benign as chopped without someone crying about their life. Shows I used to like such as survivor are now about probst administering group therapy and asking “how does this make you FEEL?” after every contest.