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Has anyone ever watched "30 Days", the show on FX? It's created by the same guy who made the documentary "Super size Me", where for 30 Days, he ate nothing but fast food. I've watched it on and off. I like it when people are put in whole new situation where they have to live a different life for 30 days. Like in one episode, a Right wing Christian has to live 30 Days as a Muslim. After that 30 days, his viewpoint really changed.

So, what 30 Days situation would you like to see? For me, I'd like to see someone live as a handicapped person for 30 Days. I'd also like to have someone from a Republican or Democrat live as a Libertarian for 30 Days. I'd also like to see someone live with someone they don't love but have to for financial reason for 30 Days.

So what do you guys think, do you like the show and what 30 Days scenario would you like to see?

I'd like to see a leading politician work as an aid worker to repare a foreign country for 30 days, that or as a homeless guy in some run down area of a poor city.

I wouldn't say I watch such shows (I have seen it on but supersize me was boring)

30 days of a libertarian living on welfare could be good possibly also 30 days as a woman because that could have some consequences

I'd like to see a leading politician work as an aid worker to repare a foreign country for 30 days, that or as a homeless guy in some run down area of a poor city.

what about a homeless guy living as a rich guy for 30 days and we can see what it will teach him:D

Fred Phelps lives the life of a gay man in Brighton for 30 days!

Steve Jobs spends 30 days with only Microsoft products.

I've seen that show a few times and thought it was pretty good.

I would like to see living blind, that could be interesting.

30 days illiterate. Think they could pull that off?

30 days illiterate. Think they could pull that off?
htwag aggaeys vagryjk :)



30 days with AIDS could be a classic ep.

what about a homeless guy living as a rich guy for 30 days and we can see what it will teach him:D

I reckon he'd just take the money and run, that's what i would do.:)

I reckon he'd just take the money and run, that's what i would do.:)

Hell, I would do that too! Hell, it wouldn't take me 30 Days. It'd probably take me 1 day. *evil laughter*

htwag aggaeys vagryjk :)



30 days with AIDS could be a classic ep.

How can you live with AIDs for 30 days....?

I reckon he'd just take the money and run, that's what i would do.:)

but I want to see his face when they take all his money a throw him out of the street :(

Hell, I would do that too! Hell, it wouldn't take me 30 Days. It'd probably take me 1 day. *evil laughter*

I would try and make the production go over budget...or do enough drugs and hookers to kill myself before 30 days

whatever comes first :)

I'd also like to have someone from a Republican or Democrat live as a Libertarian for 30 Days.

How the fuck would that work?

I'd also like to see someone live with someone they don't love but have to for financial reason for 30 Days.

You realize that countless people do this all the time, and it's not that unusual. They're called "roomates"

How can you live with AIDs for 30 days....?
AIDS. Not AIDs.

AIDS. Not AIDs.

Um...still lost...

How can you live with AIDs for 30 days....?

they give him the cure after 30 days duh ;)

How the fuck would that work?

He'd have to go to Libertarian rallies, go on fund rasier, get the Libertarian newsletter (the same one that I get), and basically learn about the Libertarian values, and political ideology.



You realize that countless people do this all the time, and it's not that unusual. They're called "roomates"

True, I'll give you a point on that one.

Um...still lost...I was just correcting my pet peve. As for the suggestion, your guess is as good as mine.

He'd have to go to Libertarian rallies, go on fund rasier, get the Libertarian newsletter (the same one that I get), and basically learn about the Libertarian values, and political ideology.

so basically just a giant recruitment ad for your ideology?

I would try and make the production go over budget...or do enough drugs and hookers to kill myself before 30 days

whatever comes first :)

Trust me, if they have me living as a rich person, and give me access to that kind of money. By the time they start filming day 2, I'd be gone. Along with millions of dollars. :D

so basically just a giant recruitment ad for your ideology?

Basically, yea.

How can you live with AIDs for 30 days....?

Very carefully.

so basically just a giant recruitment ad for your ideology?

Well obviously the next episode would involve Wilgrove joining the republican party for 30 days.

How can you live with AIDs for 30 days....?
Anti-virals, obviously.

Trust me, if they have me living as a rich person, and give me access to that kind of money. By the time they start filming day 2, I'd be gone. Along with millions of dollars. :D

running away to an island paradise with millions of dollars actually sounds like what a rich man would do in the first place;)

course all you would need to do is borrow some Russian mafia/pirate money and any escapes should sort themselves out

Basically, yea.

cunning.

homosexuals also recruit maybe you could make a deal with the producers ;)

Well obviously the next episode would involve Wilgrove joining the republican party for 30 days.

why something boring like republicans? why not the Nazi party or better yet the Richard Simmons fan club :eek:

why something boring like republicans? why not the Nazi party or better yet the Richard Simmons fan club :eek:

Well I do feel fabulous sometimes. :D

It'd be interesting to see someone straight and somewhat homophobic have to convincingly pass themselves off as the opposite sex for 30 days (like, switch places with a TG person).


It could go very well, or horribly wrong...like most things of interest.

That would suck. I've carefully designed my life to be exactly as I like it. Why would I give that up for 30 days?

Furthermore, why haven't other people done that?

Well I do feel fabulous sometimes. :D

but can you do stretches in scandalously tight shorts? ;)

It'd be interesting to see someone straight and somewhat homophobic have to convincingly pass themselves off as the opposite sex for 30 days (like, switch places with a TG person).

isn't it the plot to look 100+ movies?

That would suck. I've carefully designed my life to be exactly as I like it. Why would I give that up for 30 days?

your in hell? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tC2rDq-WaT0)

Live with the T-Virus for thirty days. Zombies are always butchered in the media, it's time they got proper respect!:mad: :p

Live with the T-Virus for thirty days. Zombies are always butchered in the media, it's time they got proper respect!:mad: :p

The Brainiest show on TV!

does anyone else think of something else when they hear T-virus?

The Brainiest show on TV!

does anyone else think of something else when they hear T-virus?

Nope. And:

Zombies are people too!

Nope.

I've forgotten what T-bar bikinis are (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Beautiful_Buns_in_beautiful_string-bikinis_part_II.jpg) :(

I have the mental image but finding a decent pic is impossible these days

I don't have FX.

How can you live with AIDs for 30 days....?

Pretty easily.

The longer the time period though, the harder it gets.

How about President Bush has to live as a mentally challenged person for 30 days?

Oh, wait....

30 days as a sex worker.

30 days as a sex worker.

30 days as a New York Governor. ;)

30 days as a sex worker.

Sex workers tend to see men as clients regardless of their gender. What gender are you?

Steve Jobs spends 30 days with only Microsoft products.

His head would catch on fire. Or implode.

They used to do a similar program in the UK that was fairly amusing, well at least the one show I caught was fairly funny.

They swapped a seriously yuppie couple from London with a farmer couple from Wales. The yuppie couple actually learned quite a lot once they'd got over their distaste for living without all the mod-cons and probably came out with a better perspective on life.

The farmers spent the entire time open-mouthed with the remote control for the curtains in their hands, open, close, open, close.

The swap was for a week.

I think a billionaire and I should switch places for 30 days, to see how the other lives. Actually, I don't think 30 days would be long enough: three months.

Come to think of it, even that wouldn't be nearly long enough to get a feel for the other's life style. Thirty years ought to do.

I think a billionaire and I should switch places for 30 days, to see how the other lives. Actually, I don't think 30 days would be long enough: three months.
Come to think of it, even that wouldn't be nearly long enough to get a feel for the other's life style. Thirty years ought to do.

How long does it generally take to set up an offshore bank account?

30 days of living as a transexual.
um...
30 days as a prositute
30 days as a mental patient
30 days as a US Soldier in Iraq or Afganistan

Fred Phelps lives the life of a gay man in Brighton for 30 days!

Been done. Well, it was a generic right-wing conservative straight guy, living in a predominantly gay area of SF. It was lulz.

I wouldn't say I watch such shows (I have seen it on but supersize me was boring)

30 days of a libertarian living on welfare

That sounds hilarious.

30 days of a hippy trying to live as a soldier. I'm not pro or anti-military. But I am pro-lulz.

30 days of living as a transexual.
um...
30 days as a prositute
30 days as a mental patient
30 days as a US Soldier in Iraq or Afganistan

See this is where you made your mistake this is about what you want to see someone else do, not a list of what you've already done.
:p

Yeah, 30 Days is a sweet show. And Morgan Spurlock is from my home state (West Virginia)!


Whoever mentioned the handicapped episode: I believe they're doing that in this upcoming season (which starts tonight, now that I think about it. w00t)

I wouldn't say I watch such shows (I have seen it on but supersize me was boring)

30 days of a libertarian living on welfare could be good possibly also 30 days as a woman because that could have some consequences

Spurlock and his wife did the first episode of that show by living on minimum wage, IIRC. Very telling, that show.

Fred Phelps lives the life of a gay man in Brighton for 30 days!

FTW. It may have already been done, but with the Phelpmeister, it'd be epic.

How about President Bush has to live as a mentally challenged person for 30 more days?

Oh, wait....

Fixed.

My scenario:

Radio pedant Lars Larson is forced to spend 30 days in an atheist household to discover that they're people, too.

Most Boring 30 Days Episodes:

30 Days as an atheist. "Ok, um, now we go grocery shopping. After that we pick up Jenny from soccer practice. Then we have dinner. Then it's bath night, and then the kids go to bed. That's pretty much it. Just, um, don't pray to anything, I guess?"

I love that show. :)

Hmm, 30 days.. oil tycoons in Gitmo?

Oh, what about 30 without electricity?