Dragons are nerds

it’s Saturday morning so I drew the world’s worst pun

In a Hollywood Reporter guest essay published immediately after the show aired on the West Coast, Smith relived the moments after Varner's question.

"I sat blank, almost in a trance, unaware of what happened around me, trying to form a plan," he wrote. "'Survivor' had spun out of control. That’s the risk you take when you dance in the ethical borderlands, where you’ll betray a friend, swear on your mother, and lie to a priest all before you eat whatever meager crumbs count as breakfast. In 'Survivor' much is permissible which is typically objectionable, but there are limits, as there should be on a family-friendly reality show on network television.

"It’s one thing to lie about someone sneaking off at night to search for hidden advantages," Smith continued in his essay. "It is quite another to incense bigotry toward a marginalized minority."

As Varner left the group, the two men exchanged a handshake and a hug and an "I'm sorry" and a "We'll be OK," but Smith said that he's struggled since that moment to forgive his former castmate.

"While I can reconcile the personal slight of him outing me, I continue to be troubled by his willingness to deploy such a dangerous stereotype on a global platform."”

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The idea is to put Templeton in the cart so I won’t buy so many plants…apparently I found a way around that.