Well, okay true lol

As an Aussie, I can say the trope of “everything wants you dead” is highly overhyped. I’ve seen three venomous snakes in the wild in my life (and I’ve mostly lived in rural areas) and there’s a couple of venomous spiders, but none that will kill you (unless you’re very young, very old, or very sick). Blue-ringed octopuses, crocodiles and sharks exist, but rarely cause human deaths. You know what we don’t have? Bears. Alligators. Cougars. Wolves. Very few carnivores trying to eat humans here, it’s mostly creatures with excellent self-defense mechanisms.

The American version failed miserably in so many ways.

I like Reggie Watts but he was either the wrong choice for Taskmaster or he just didn’t understand the role. It didn’t help that Alex Horne reprised his role as an assistant and there was just…zero chemistry. The NZ and Aus versions have a different dynamic than Greg/Alex but they do seem to get along. Alex seemed very out of place with Reggie…almost like a British butler stereotype. I don’t know how to describe it.

I thought the cast choice was bad, too. There was no one notable and their personalities weren’t quite as varied as other series. I won’t say who but there was also one who I consider to the worst contestant of any series ever by a wiiiide margin. Didn’t have an opinion on them before but now I can’t stand them.

Lastly, the pacing felt so…off. The episodes were half as long and while you’d think that might make for tighter comedy, I remember being so bored watching it. There was basically no banter at all. You never “got to know” the contestants and I didn’t feel the desire to look them up like I did with a lot of the UK/NZ/AUS cast.

It’s not even worth watching to understand what I mean. I strongly encourage you to just forget it exists.

Yeah I mean I’m a woman so the fact he wants to end abortion rights once and for all alone makes me want to leave…

it’s probably not as bad as you think.

Why the panic mode?

Socially it is moving pretty fast to the right in many places. They still have trains and healthcare. For now. Most US cities are as left leaning as Europe is.

The US is moving to the left?

If by Eastern Europe you mean Belarus and Hungary, maybe.

This isn’t the impression that I get about the US at all.

The conservative movement is stronger than ever. Half the country wants to install a conservative dictator?

Youth have always been left leaning. For every Gen Z vegan pouting about climate change there’s a thirty something that just bought their own home and decided that things are “ok just as they are”.

Since the advent of social media politics across the globe has been sliding to the right and I don’t see that trajectory changing in the imminent future.

Well I like beer so doesn’t that make me German deep down? :p