I've expended all the knowledge I have on Nina and her implants.

Literal Survivor After Dark:

Yes. She has special coverings for them. Before water challenges, she goes over to production and puts them on.

Yeah, I think she's wrong about this specifically, but 100% right in that Dan is probably the type to do anything goofy for the cameras. Up to and including wearing a thong in the first place and insisting on calling them "manties".

I honestly believe that within this tribe, Nina's bigger handicap was age. It's a tribe that skews young and she has trouble relating.

I'm not opposed to people voting Vince out. I'm saying that Vince had more to offer me in terms of entertainment.

They get points for randomly choosing the right name. It happens.

It's actually not even about the waves. Nina has to cover up her cochlear implants when in water to keep them from getting wet.

There was some with blue collar, with enough time to build the rest. But white was obviously safe.

Samoa: Jaison. US National Water Polo player.
That might be the list.

I wanted more. We're all playing up how "dangerous" he was, but he wasn't really. So I'd have like to have seen that dynamic play out a bit more. We were denied seeing an outmaneuvered Vince go back to camp after losing Nina. THAT would've been gold.

Jeff swears up and down that he sees nothing about camp life and hears very little of the interpersonal stuff (more about the stuff he might need to make a decision on as producer, like a tribe is out of food). FWIW, I believe him. It's really not that hard to get to the bottom of interpersonal dynamics if you ask…

"Might have been she was legitimately being excluded, might have been a terrible overreaction."
It can be both.

I say no. Will didn't vote split, he voted out Vince. Will stole the point from Joe.

There may have been some of that, but truthfully, it's quite clear that Joe is a tremendous athlete and you don't want to burn that kind of asset this early on in the team phase of the game.

This is true in life, but it is especially true in a zero sum game where people are looking to eliminate those that don't serve their purposes. So maybe in a real world situation, the more compassionate thing is to make an extra effort to help someone overcome some of the difficulties of their situation. But this is…

Agreed. The proper order is Jenn > Vince > Nina. As stupid as it was, had Joe's plan worked, it would've worked out best for us viewers.

She can't read lips. The Cochlear implants do the hearing for her, but they struggle with competing noises.

Better move: going off alone on a mountain to meditate or getting people to leave you alone due to nudity?

Shocked that they went with the "black man can't swim" stereotype, but didn't try out he "let the black guy do the basketball simulation".