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David Appreciation Thread

David's beard said:
I'd go in, but instead of being 'Chloe' I'd be myself, and I'd tell David the truth about everyone and everything, then I'd cuddle Ned and Kelly, put a chocolate on Dave's pillow, and itching powder in Slye's undies, then sprint past security, on my way out.
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I'd do exactly the same, but I'd probably grab the blue Bonds shorts (and snatch David's beard in a bag as I flew past), tuck Ned under my arm, and then sprint out shrieking "David for the win bitches! Weeeeee!"

They really wouldn't want me to enter this competition. :laugh:
 
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Connoisseur said:
I doubt he is in game mode 24/7 no matter how much he claims to the contrary, it is near nigh impossible to keep that act up for 60 + days. I think it's safe to assume we've seen the 'real' Dave plenty of times over the duration of the show.
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We saw the real Dave during his spa fight with Lisa.
 
AM_092 said:
If you think about it, people like David, Priya, Ryan and Skye are very particular. They have a certain taste in people, and a direction that they think in and will confidently veer towards that trajectory alone. That's absolutely fine. But it's very closed and doesn't help to make friends.
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I see what you are saying and I agree to a certain extent. However we are basing their way of making friends on a very small group. In the real world they have their own hangouts, hobbies, interests etc. They are more likely going to be surrounded by people who are like minded than in a house where people have been carefully selected to create chaos, drama and clash with each other.
 
I like David friendship with Ryan a lot personally. Watching David so isolated for the first half of the series was difficult to watch. I admired the hell out of the way he handled it like a trooper and didn't dwell on it but you could tell things were sucking for him in there. When he became friends with Ryan though his whole demeanour changed for the better. He suddenly just seemed so much brighter, he was being funny, getting more involved with the house, etc.

I've always thought that the worse kind of lonely is when you're surrounded by a bunch of people but none of them actually want to make any effort to include you. It seems from that extended video of David and Priya's task that Ryan told David that he got him and where he was coming from and sometimes something like that can make all the difference in terms of someone not feeling so alone.

Sure they both probably benefit from the friendship in there but that doesn't mean they don't genuinely enjoy each other's company. If they didn't they wouldn't appear to spend so much time together and other HMs wouldn't be commenting on how tight they are. I know a lot of people don't trust Ryan but when he's done absolutely nothing to make us question his motives since they became tight I prefer not to dwell on it. I've learnt through previous series that if you worry too much about trivial things BB becomes more a hassle than the entertainment it should be.

I'm sure David is fully aware of Ryan's popularity. In the two last times they were both up Ryan got announced as most saved and in the second they were both in the top 4. He seems to be of the view though that if he has to lose he wants it to be to Ryan...and frankly I feel the same because Ryan is one of the few (apart from Leo or Priya) that I wouldn't mind seeing win either. If Skye wins I think i'll probably give up on the series for a while.
 
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Connoisseur said:
Well the housemates need some social game so as to not get perennially put up for eviction (the more mates you have the less likely you'd be up for eviction every week) as well as having a platform ( via their clique) to paint themselves in a positive light to the voters.

It's close to being impossible for a lone wolf to win this game, the closest was Estelle and in the end the producers plotted against her out of fear the accurate accusations of bullying would come back to bite them in the arse like it should have.

So in summary yes you do actually need to make friends if you stand any chance of winning otherwise it becomes an insurmountable goal.
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I do believe that David has made friends. He's just not there to kick back and have a holiday and his personality won't appeal to everyone and he knows that. He's not some smooth talker who will always say the right thing - he can be awkward and non politically correct and makes his calls based on his own thoughts, not because everyone else may feel the same way and that's what I like about him.

I don't necessarily think that friends will win you BB but you do need to show the voting public exactly who you are and by nature, that's not always going to be perfect. Connect with enough people and you will get there. We'll see though, everyone has different aspects of people that they like or don't like.
 
Sweetgeek said:
I see what you are saying and I agree to a certain extent. However we are basing their way of making friends on a very small group. In the real world they have their own hangouts, hobbies, interests etc. They are more likely going to be surrounded by people who are like minded than in a house where people have been carefully selected to create chaos, drama and clash with each other.
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I agree with this 100%.
On the facebook page for David for instance there are multiple posts of support from real life friends and family and I'm sure both his sisters can attest to the fact that he is well liked.
People keep going on about his issues with women and now saying he'd be difficult to be friends with - I think people forget that his best friend in life is, in fact, a woman.
 
Connoisseur said:
Well the housemates need some social game so as to not get perennially put up for eviction (the more mates you have the less likely you'd be up for eviction every week) as well as having a platform ( via their clique) to paint themselves in a positive light to the voters.

It's close to being impossible for a lone wolf to win this game, the closest was Estelle and in the end the producers plotted against her out of fear the accurate accusations of bullying would come back to bite them in the arse like it should have.

So in summary yes you do actually need to make friends if you stand any chance of winning otherwise it becomes an insurmountable goal.
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It's like having to pretend to like people you work with but clearly more intense as they are together 24/7 in the house. Not being able to get away from someone who annoys the crap out of you (and visa versa for them) would be a huge mindfuck. It is a game about survival of the fittest though (psychologically), so "making friends" with someone, who in the real world you'd never CHOOSE to engage, is vital.
 
marsha brady said:
why do you think this?
ive seen this opinion posted frequently in the past week or so, and i am am curious.... why?
ryan has survived how many evictions? 2? skye and david have nearly 3 times as many under each of their belts. how about travis? wouldnt travis be a bigger threat than ryan?

2 evictions, guys!
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I'm going by a few things.
History repeating itself with the "nice guy" Logan's, ben, Peter
Also every housemate that has been evicted has talked him up to be some great guy
Young girls think he's cute
He has a bit of a d grade celebrity following .

I don't want to feel like this. I don't want him to win .
 
Insomniac said:
I agree with this 100%.
On the facebook page for David for instance there are multiple posts of support from real life friends and family and I'm sure both his sisters can attest to the fact that he is well liked.
People keep going on about his issues with women and now saying he'd be difficult to be friends with - I think people forget that his best friend in life is, in fact, a woman.
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I was thinking about this yesterday when I was defending another hm when they were called a tramp. The response to me was that their upbringing was different to this and behaving that way was not something they were used to. I mean this is a different situation entirely, but it made me think of the other hm's and their upbringing and their little community and what is the norm for them. Just going by daves sisters on here and the small snippet of his mum on one of the eviction nights, you can tell they are upfront and just say what's on their mind directly. I'm assuming they have grown up with like minded people like this. So I can't say it would be difficult for him to make friends and have them too. Look at his fanbase too, we like this about him and many of us are quite direct too. In the house unfortunately there is only one type of him so I can see why people think that he would be difficult to befriend.
 
Sweetgeek said:
I was thinking about this yesterday when I was defending another hm when they were called a tramp. The response to me was that their upbringing was different to this and behaving that way was not something they were used to. I mean this is a different situation entirely, but it made me think of the other hm's and their upbringing and their little community and what is the norm for them. Just going by daves sisters on here and the small snippet of his mum on one of the eviction nights, you can tell they are upfront and just say what's on their mind directly. I'm assuming they have grown up with like minded people like this. So I can't say it would be difficult for him to make friends and have them too. Look at his fanbase too, we like this about him and many of us are quite direct too. In the house unfortunately there is only one type of him so I can see why people think that he would be difficult to befriend.
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Bravo! Good post!
 
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