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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

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@onestorymag

2 years

Huge congrats to @stephenfishbach , whose debut story "To Sharks" (OS 273), has won a Pushcart Prize! You can read the story in the 2023 edition of the Pushcart Prize Anthology, which will be published later this year.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 years

I played Dynamite by BTS so much during my wife's third trimester that it's now one of the best ways to soothe our baby.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

maryanne's best #survivor move was her amazing final tribal council performance, truly up there with the all-time best final tribals ever

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#Survivor Unbelievable to watch Tony win this season. He was the one guy nobody thought could do it, and then he played one of the best games ever against the best cast ever. He started off by trying to control himself, and then ended up controlling the game. What a ride.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

No matter what happens from here (and I assume he wins), Jesse is playing one of the top #survivor games of all time.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor 100% support @SandraDTwine 's decision. Makes zero sense for her to suffer and wreck her body for a month only to lose a challenge against some of show’s best competitors. Who cares about optics – she has nothing to prove to anyone!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

Last 10 minutes of tonight's #Survivor episode should have been a montage of Sandra sipping mai tai's by herself at luxury resorts throughout the South Pacific.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

28 days

Jeff should have pulled out a gun and shot the rice bag this time. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 month

The frustrating thing about #survivor mergeatory is that Venus was totally right, she shouldn't just gratefully go along with the vote while the self-annointed power players generously spare her until next week. In a pre-41 season that would be bad gameplay, and she'd have the

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

I told you we should vote him out.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

Devastated to hear about Keith Nale passing. Hard to think of a purer spirit on Survivor. He was always a delight, had great humor, told hilarious stories and found so much joy in life. We were never once aligned but he couldn’t have been nicer. He taught me to pluck a chicken.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 years

#survivor Ricard trying to flush Xander's idol with all the subtlety of Amanda Kimmel

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

This is the funniest scene in modern #survivor “What do you mean people like us,” Carolyn fully ascending to legend status.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

bring back the ponderosa videos you cowards #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#survivor the way maryanne presented her unplayed idol was far more impactful than any actual 'move' - she gave it dramatic significance and made it powerful in the jury's eyes

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#Survivor Tony doesn't really answer the jury's questions. He just sets up his funny stories of all his wacky strategic antics. Kind of a brilliant FTC strategy.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 months

My controversial #survivor opinion is that hot people make the best players. Hot people are more willing to take risks (for good or ill), they're more confident (for good or ill) are often more socially astute & physically fit. We need to go back to hot person Survivor!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Assuming Maryanne wins #survivor , she’ll have one of my favorite winner edits ever - complex, showing her worst and best qualities, not just highlighting her as a flawless strategic god.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

If you count the legal votes, I easily won Survivor. If you count the illegal votes, then JT won. I won massive victories with Sandy, Spencer, Sydney, and Carolina. If you count the votes that came in late - Brendan, Tyson, Sierra, Taj, Debbie, Coach and Erinn - then JT won.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Say what you will about #Survivor , but NO other show on television has the audacity to spend 10 minutes of its premiere talking about how great it is!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor Only 3 women have won in the last 15 seasons. All 3 of them were in the final 4 last night. Their relative placement was the order in which they played.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

THE signature challenge of #Survivor is - how do you vote someone out in such a way that they'll vote for you to win. Chris never had to deal with that.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

"If you want to talk about classic #Survivor , then it's surviving 39 days. It's not getting voted out on day 8 and coming back on day 35." My guy @gavin_whitson bringing the fire!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

The #survivor loved ones visit is a reminder that no matter how tough the contestants look on screen, they’re really all a bunch of loser crybabies.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 years

#survivor Naseer single-handedly defeating not just Ua but also half his own tribe.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

28 days

100% chance there’s a #survivor confessional next week from Q claiming this was all strategy. Whether we believe him is a different question….

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

jeanine like #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

This is somehow back and it’s only been like a month i hope to some day meet my doppeldancer so we can have an epic dance off ending with the absolute collapse of the cartilage in my knees

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@moonIightmonet

2 years

Isn’t he from Survivor?

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

"I didn't want to use me winning rice for the tribe as any sort of currency - however I will do this at literally every opportunity." #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#Survivor Heather's rope

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Jackson, everyone watching #survivor was so touched by your story. You were out there for only 2 days but made such an enduring impact. Thanks for sharing your vulnerability with all of us.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Stone cold #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

…WHY DID CODY GIVE IT BACK???!! #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 months

is Cirie the most universally loved reality TV contestant ever? Who else even is in competition? incredible to be so good at deceiving lying and backstabbing and still be so beloved.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 months

cannot understand how that #survivor final 5 vote happened. zero coordination between anybody? Everyone left in the game was like "last vote of the game but eff it, you do you?"

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

There’s something that rubs me slightly the wrong way about the #survivor fake idol being something that production made. There should be some way for contestants to be able to see through it. Removes strategy/ agency from the players - why wouldn’t they believe it’s real?

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

This anti-mask movement is really the next level in societal idiocy. I thought anti-vaxxers were moronic but there IS something mysterious about injecting a strange substance into your child's body. Masks are literally putting a thin piece of fabric on your face.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

why do you literally force me to repost this?

Russell Hantz

@russellhantz

2 years

But would you quit survivor?Just kidding I know you’re not a quitter! You just get very emotional! Poor baby! …

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

my unspoiled #survivor prediction for boot order, tell me why I'm wrong: - Jaime tonight - Lauren (first finale boot hence her invisibility) - Carson (fire loss, we all know it's coming) - Heidi (0 votes?) - Carolyn (under appreciated goddess) - YamYam, icon legend winner

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

21 days

Hilarious that we exhausted ourselves trying to deduce Q’s hidden strategy and in his first confessional he’s like “yeah I was trying to quit.” #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

I think they introduced fire to save contestants like Gabler from being voted out at the final 4 by contestants like Jesse. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

Jeff Probst should be moderating this debate.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#survivor what a speech from liana.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Wow this MUST be the hardest season of #Survivor ever, it rained one night!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

best hate mail I've ever received

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 months

Potentially unpopular #survivor opinion - they should give people medical care, keep them on game-state food, and let them return to the game if/when they’re ok. Especially given that Randen didn’t have a spinal injury - they could have given him an MRI and brought him right back

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 months

For what it's worth, this seems like a #survivor challenge that a 6'4 goliath with incredible wingspan could have been really useful for.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

"mike played a more obviously strategic game but he didn't explain it in exactly the terms I wanted" is a pretty frustrating thing to tell a guy who just lost a million bucks #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

I don't know who needs to hear this, but trying to steal a vote can end disastrously for you.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

did we discount Gabler bc he was GABLER? The kooky older guy in camo? If it was a younger, handsomer person would more people have been attuned to him? On the other hand, I still can't get over him waking up his tribe to forcibly cover them in palm fronds. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

7 months

I think we may be in the 'handsome bro' era of #Survivor . Austin, Kaleb are playing the game better than anyone. There's no premium on nerds anymore. No nerd edge. What are the nerds even bringing to the table other than anxiety and meta-analysis?

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

Two weeks ago, Danny played an idol for Frannie. The following week, he leaves her out of the vote. Now he's trying to vote her out. Great use of an idol. A+. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#survivor Chanelle 5 minutes ago: "I absolutely cannot lose my vote. I'm in a split tribe where one of my allies already has lost his vote. My vote is crucial to this moment." Chanelle RN: "Eh, f*ck it."

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

My summary of this #Survivor season. "Joe, Aubry, Kelley, David." "Devens." "Devens Devens." "Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens Devens" “Chris!”

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor "Jeremy, how DARE you not let us vote you out??!!"

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

27 days

My controversial #survivor opinion is that people should not vote out their allies.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#Survivor Tyson wins reentry challenge! Jeremy wins merge immunity! Sophie gets edit credit for the boot! IT'S A GOOD WEEK ON #SURVIVOR FOR MY FRIENDS.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

Great way to make a predictable boot absolutely emotionally fraught. Awesome job #survivor , what a misdirect.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 months

once again the exact thing that dee wants to happen is the thing that happens #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

7 months

crazy that NOBODY in the at-risk 6 threw out a safety vote. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

This is the culture war matchup America has been waiting for #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

This was rob’s smart observation in our podcast - that gabler won by arguing he was everybody’s sidekick and lil buddy, whereas Cassidy’s argument rested on her agency which threatened the jury’s self-perception.

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@deepfriedcouch

1 year

@stephenfishbach The more I digest and read I think that jury felt a little bitter/bro-y/eager to assert their importance on a game they think they’d have won. I think a minimum of 4 believed they could’ve won vs. anyone and were salty that they were no longer the main character.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

Kane seems like a different degree of nerd than Carson. Kane’s the kind of nerd who plays tabletop war games. Carson’s the kind of nerd who’s seen all the Marvel movies. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

I'M PROUD OF BEING IN THE CLUB WITH YOU @TULANEOWEN #Survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#survivor These bracelet shenanigans are truly phenomenal. The stakes of the whole episode riding on this silly little thing. It involves every tribe member's personality. It's a perfect character moment/ strategy moment/ advantage moment. Give whoever thought of it a raise!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

Who could have imagined that electing a race-baiting real estate scam artist president would have less than optimal results?

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#survivor Voce watching at home “33.3 percent.”

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

who's winning #survivor ? - omar - hai - drea - mike - a wildly under-edited woman

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 years

Such an enjoyable #survivor episode and had almost nothing to do with advantages.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

17 days

So many of the most miserable hours of my life were spent fretting between 2008 and 2015 about whether I would get to return to #Survivor , watching my girlfriend and best friends go off to Heroes vs Villains (I was generously allowed to blog),

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

7 days

Honestly that was the most shocking #Survivor boot of the season. Would have wagered a lot that [eliminated player] was in the final 3.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

Wait really? That’s idiotic. Who is saying that. If anybody “took out Jesse” it was Cassidy by winning immunity and sending in a silent assassin to slay him in fire. Gabler was the agent, not the decision maker.

Gordon Holmes

@GordonHolmes

1 year

Based on exit press, it's pretty clear that whoever won the fire challenge was going to win "Survivor 43."

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 years

#survivor I LOATHE this advantage “The player cannot lie”???? Do you even know what show this is???

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 months

#thetraitors Dan in confessional: “I know the heat is on me but I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve that are going to blow all their minds” Dan at the round table: “guys I’m not a traitor I’m a faithful”

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

17 days

Except for Carolyn. To her my blessing is that she start 3d printing some puzzles.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

“Which is worse, balls separating or balls clanging together? Both give you that uncomfortable feeling. ” Most impressive part is that Jeff can deliver these lines with a straight face. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

GABLER ONE JAMES AWAY FROM A PERFECT GAME #SURVIVOR

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Jeff: "Jonathan, I've rarely seen an individual #survivor performance like that."

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor “Those are not moves, you found things.” Thank you, @TommySheehan22 !

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

Happy birthday @TysonApostol from the person who is proven by this picture to be the most important of your friends.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

13 days

In terms of returning #survivor contestants, Q has to be a lock right? He's my #2 after Carolyn, not sure who else I'd place before him.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

20 days

. @robcesternino completely whiffed about assessing Q's #survivor motivations last week. BIG MISTAKE. So I got a Cameo from the best person to tell him so. @QMB_4

Q Burdette for Rob

From Stephen. Connect with your favorite stars.

www.cameo.com

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor 4 consecutive tribals, 4 consecutive Villains voted out. And now the Villainpocalypse is complete.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

If Jonathan is voted out of #survivor bc of this hourglass twist, my vendetta against glass sand-containing objects will be endless.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

I want Devens on every season of #Survivor . He just adds so much joy and hilarity.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

7 months

Nicotine and Gabler are the heroes of the #survivor season.

Isaac Butler

@IsaacDButler

7 months

Another reminder that we have a woman with a crippling nicotine addiction to thank for Emily's presence on our televisions. #Survivor45

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor Dean - found an idol - got an idol nullifier - won immunities - won fire which gives him a bigger resume than Chris!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

28 days

Please let this happen i have been waiting so many years to podcast about Rob’s humiliating return to reality tv

allison 🍉‼️

@jurymgmt

28 days

NYT asking rob about traitors s3 I’M UP

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Iron sharpens iron.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

1 year

Danny’s one of those players you want on every season, who plays full-tilt, doesn’t take it personally, is always looking for his best move, and brings a lot of flair. Didn’t always agree with his moves but always loved watching him make them. 10/10 would watch again. #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

So bummed for rocksroy that watching back this beautiful #survivor moment will be marred by his wife’s fury

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

Hi friends - for the last 10 years I've written a weekly blog for @people analyzing #Survivor strategy. I've come to the decision that I just don't have the time anymore to keep writing that blog. Thank you all so much for reading and arguing with me every week.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

Okay this is from an hour ago but was Rocksroy gesturing at the fire makers to make a tepee? #survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

I love that there's only one athletic person in the entire #survivor cast. My people.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

#survivor everyone: [targets Romeo as decoy boot] Romeo: Is it me? everyone: Romeo is so paranoid!

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

#Survivor If the butterfly hadn't distracted Wardog, he might have won immunity. If Wardog won, Aurora would have been voted out. That means David Wright would still be in the game at the second vote - so Kelley likely wouldn't be eliminated. I call it "the butterfly effect."

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

2 years

This is an all-time great #survivor moment. Think of all the editorial care that's gone into making us get this.

SURVIVOR

@survivorcbs

2 years

And Shan’s song has returned.😅 #Survivor

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

#survivor I hate that they go to Adam for the laffo, look-at-this-nerd moments someone who knows the game so well, is being vulnerable, and playing as hard as hell reduced in the edit to class clown again, I am talking about Adam, and not working through something else

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

3 years

#Survivor Truly believe this is one of the worst twists in show history, including Medallion of Power. Forbidding the players from deceit cuts against the entire identity of the show. They CANNOT LIE? Who is making them tell the truth? It's like a stupid card in a board game.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

4 years

We should all take a moment to feel bad for the Trumpies who will have to endure at least 4 years of expanded healthcare, rising minimum wage, and scientific responses to the pandemic.

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Stephen Fishbach

@stephenfishbach

5 years

#survivor @robcesternino and I were actually asked to be on the Island of Idols but had to turn it down. Rather than give the contestants advice, we were going to endlessly criticize their decisions after-the-fact.

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