When I was still a bachelor, and living with, at times, six to seven fellow bachelors in a tiny two-bedroom apartment in San Antonio Village, Pasig, the other tenants in the apartment complex we lived in referred to our unit, in honor of the second installment of the popular reality tv show Survivor, as the "San Antonio Outback". At that time, none of us took offense with the nomenclature because we did pride ourselves on the rugged, wilderness feel of our very manly apartment.
Flash forward seven years, and we have The Onion producing articles such as this:
The article reads:
INDIANAPOLIS—Dr. Thomas Draker's announcement Monday that his patient Sarah Ross, 32, had successfully built up an immunity to bee stings was the first instance in five years that the word "immunity" has been uttered outside the realm of reality television. According to official records, since 2002's use of the word during an eighth-grade civics class, the term has been used an estimated 13,546,873 times, solely by reality show viewers and contestants while discussing the possibility of being protected from elimination during an upcoming challenge. After being informed of her immunity to bee stings, Ross reportedly asked her doctor if that meant she could safely move on to next week's round of allergies.
Mildly entertaining snippet or harbinger of the apocalypse? All I know is that it made me chuckle. Enjoy!
Picture of Survivor: The Australian Outback comes courtesy of A Guide to Current DVD.
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