Traitors is a negative influence on society

[Listenup99]

The TV show Traitors is an example of society breaking down not just a bit of fun entertainment. It glorifies and rewards deceitful behaviour. I can’t actually believe so many people watch it and encourage their kids to watch it as if it is a good thing.

I played Monopoly at Christmas. I've now demolished my house and I'm building a hotel.

You worded your original post in a way that suggested you thought the traitors were excluded from winning the money.

As for all other stuff, well yeah. That’s the game. It’s two teams competing against each other and they’ve been purposely pitched as a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ team. That’s where the entertainment value lies. But they’re all competing for the same thing.

We all absolutely love it in our house.

Maybe we're bad people.

I have reread and I think it’s quite clear to anyone who understands the game. Glad you understand what I was trying to say now 😊

We watch it to see how people who want to be on TV can be made to do batshit crazy crap for the chance of a bit of cash and 15 min fame.

Here... sit in a box... then answer a question... back in the box...

I understand the game but your post was poorly worded. But hey, that happens 🤷🏼‍♀️

Golden Balls has been mentioned a few times. I didn't watch the actual programme when it was on but I have seen clips of one particular final a few times and it's brilliant.

There 32 and 31, should I surrender them to SS?

Most definitely. It’s the only option.
Mine is only 11 and does have particular interest in military history and world politics but maybe there’s time to turn it around?

On the app and didn't realise how many unread post were left on the thread. Didn't see that this had already been posted. Sorry!

@MasterBeth

But does 'The Traitors' actively celebrate those things or simply publically highlight them?

There's a difference between celebrating something and simply showing it. I would argue that The Traitors does the latter.

OMG...you are so right!

It's just like how the board game operayion has led to so much illegal organ removal!

You might want to strap on a crash helmet if you ever stray onto Love Island, OP. 💐

I don't think the first one did, but S3 definitely had the same set-up.

I'm assuming everything they spoke about their real lives was true. Faraaz, for example, repeated what the audience had already heard from him.

The Celebrity series had a dinner party, which I thought was when they'd all talk about their chosen charities instead, but they didn't (which I'd have been quite miffed about if I'd been one of the charities 🙃). Instead the Hapless Traitor spent the entire time attempting to mark someone for murder...

@Listenup99 shall we ban chess as well? That can be a bloodbath with (at times) actual treason!

I've never watched Traitors.

But couldn't you say something similar about Would I Lie To You?

I’d say it’s far more problematic to be unable to differentiate between a game and real life. If adults and children are watching. TV and unable to discern where deceitful behaviour capitalising on misplaced trust (Monopoly, anyone?!) is harmless and appropriate, and where integrity, honesty, and the collective good are more important, then Claudia Winkleman and her crew are the least of their worries.

And if you think Traitors is bad, allow me to introduce you to 90% of the literary canon…

As an autistic person who is also a people watcher rather than social participant I find it fascinating. Watching the two faced behaviours has been really validating for me because it confirms what I’ve felt all my life about people when I have tried to interact socially with groups. Obviously the tv show is highly concentrated but it reveals human behaviour and clamour for popularity and power to manipulate others.

As a social experiment it’s fascinating. These behaviours have always existed among groups of people and for so long by everyone denied it. To someone like me who is a pattern spotter it was like gaslighting being told so and so is lovely you’re wrong when you’re fairly sure you’re not. This just gamifies the whole
scenario and lays it bare for us all to consume.

Will it glorify the behaviour? no! It’s already human nature.

Absolutely agree about the love island etc shite. I don't understand the draw of watching people eat the face off someone they don't know in front of the world. Never watched it but seen the adverts.
Don't have any interest in The Traitors and never seen it.

Totally right op, I learnt this the hard way, I've got 1 child who was a cluedo fan slaughtering friends with lead piping in our conservatory and another leaving the house every night dressed in black lycra pretending he is a bat..... oh wait, no, because those are pretend, and people know the difference between games, stories and reality.

We don't 'congratulate' the most duplicitous one - we admire the winner, who hasn't necessarily been deceitful at all. They are playing a game and it's fun. You are taking it far too seriously.

If you don’t like this sort of TV or just aren’t a fan of this show that’s perfectly fine. It’s not my bag either. But it’s a bit of a stretch to say it’s damaging to society. Most of the people watching it are responsible adults who aren’t likely to have their view of the truth swayed by a TV show! And by the time kids are old enough to even understand and be entertained by this show their understanding of truth vs lies should be pretty much set.

It's a game though and people usually can tell the difference between a game and and reality. Take Monopoly for example, it's one the of nation's favourite board games and has been for decades. It's also a game of deceit, taking people's property and money and leaving them with nothing. doesn't mean we will do this to people in real life. Lots of games have similar themes. What about Who Dares Wins? that's savage!

I bet you’re fun at parties!

Not if playing pass the parcel, that just leads to heaviness!!