Ten Australians are dropped off alone in separate areas of remote academic wilderness where they must deal with the forces of nature, hunger, and loneliness.
You are making my life better, Hamish Clark. Also, the vending machines can be reliably found in the foyer or basement of the Engineering building. Any engineering building.
Looking forward to the next episode - hopefully there will be a new 'system' written by someone who speaks in IT labels, that needs to be mastered urgently and doesn't align with any other similar systems and has a password reset with a combination of x special characters, but you can't find out how many, or which ones, until you've incorrectly typed in half a dozen that don't conform and that aren't pre-used!
Thanks for the tip - I'll be dialling 411 the next time I am halfway through a week-long simulation and get a warning notification for an impending IT-mandated shutdown 😤😂.
Having never worked in Academia but being an avid Alone watcher, I am struggling to gauge how close to reality this is. Knowing you, I suspect very close. Your previews of some of the challenges these contestants will encounter also made me shudder more than any challenge on any season of Alone in any country. I think I would rather slowly suffer muscle wastage over 100 days of loneliness while barely surviving on foraged algae and the occasional mouse than wade into the treacherous waters of Academia. I salute, and worry for, you.
I expect that you're a contestant Hamish. Get the 'inside' story !
Psst. Keep it to yourself Mike!
You are making my life better, Hamish Clark. Also, the vending machines can be reliably found in the foyer or basement of the Engineering building. Any engineering building.
thanks Kate, that is high praise indeed. And an invaluable tip for our contestants.
Looking forward to the next episode - hopefully there will be a new 'system' written by someone who speaks in IT labels, that needs to be mastered urgently and doesn't align with any other similar systems and has a password reset with a combination of x special characters, but you can't find out how many, or which ones, until you've incorrectly typed in half a dozen that don't conform and that aren't pre-used!
sounds like you've appeared on this show before Mel
I've never watched "Alone", but I definitely dig the vibe!
It's good viewing. We started with season 2 (by accident)
Thanks for the tip - I'll be dialling 411 the next time I am halfway through a week-long simulation and get a warning notification for an impending IT-mandated shutdown 😤😂.
There's no shame in tapping out!
Having never worked in Academia but being an avid Alone watcher, I am struggling to gauge how close to reality this is. Knowing you, I suspect very close. Your previews of some of the challenges these contestants will encounter also made me shudder more than any challenge on any season of Alone in any country. I think I would rather slowly suffer muscle wastage over 100 days of loneliness while barely surviving on foraged algae and the occasional mouse than wade into the treacherous waters of Academia. I salute, and worry for, you.
I am willing to listen to all offers of alternative employment (so long as they include 5% FTE for extending the Hammer and Vyse collection)
Haha, Brilliant, shocking. How long can they possibly survive??
(although hmm, that de-identified academic institution looks awfully familiar) :)
I knew I could count on your forensic skills to crack that code