Reality TV and gameshows. When it comes to wasting time that probably could've been used productively, few things match the efficacy of those two things. Imagine if every hour ever spent throughout history watching reality TV had been spent working towards better medicine, solutions to the growing global hunger crisis, making clean water universally available... Imagine what could be! ... But alas, that time was not spent in such a way. Instead, a crap-ton of people watched a crap-ton of the popular show "Wipeout."
Wipeout will allow pretty much anyone who qualifies and signs a waiver onto the show, but on occasion they like to have their contestants fit a theme. Recently, that theme was athletes. In order to combat the vicious stereotype that National Simulation Football League kickers lack physicality and athleticism, Dean Jackson signed up for the show. Now, no other professional athlete was (at least this time) stupid enough to sign up for such a potentially dangerous show, and as it turns out, even with kickers being arguably the least athletic position in professional football, "least athletic" in comparison to pro football players is still pretty dang athletic. For this reason, Dean Jackson was able to make it to the finale, but unfortunately he lost to a Ex-Marine/Yoga Instructor from the worst place imaginable: Orange County, California.
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Wipeout will allow pretty much anyone who qualifies and signs a waiver onto the show, but on occasion they like to have their contestants fit a theme. Recently, that theme was athletes. In order to combat the vicious stereotype that National Simulation Football League kickers lack physicality and athleticism, Dean Jackson signed up for the show. Now, no other professional athlete was (at least this time) stupid enough to sign up for such a potentially dangerous show, and as it turns out, even with kickers being arguably the least athletic position in professional football, "least athletic" in comparison to pro football players is still pretty dang athletic. For this reason, Dean Jackson was able to make it to the finale, but unfortunately he lost to a Ex-Marine/Yoga Instructor from the worst place imaginable: Orange County, California.
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