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ThisIsMrAbapo t1_ja332zo wrote

A classic example of a History Channel show. Some people interact with a historical site or object and creates theories that reaches so hard that you forgot what was the original point of the show.

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not every show applies in that description, tho, but you get the idea

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Yowomboo t1_ja51r2h wrote

Coming up next, it's Monster Quest. Arrgghh! Followed by Hairy Bikers. Gyuh!

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habits0 t1_ja6prwx wrote

You misspelled Harry, right?

...right?

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Scott_A_R t1_ja31ujz wrote

A couple of people I know raved about this show and said to watch it. I couldn't make it past the first 20 minutes.

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salohcin513 t1_ja34dmm wrote

When it first came out I was a bit intrigued and figured it was gonna be like a mini series that was one season and that they'd find the treasure by the end of it, that was when i was in high school lol. I can't believe it's still going on with the same carrot being dangled in front lol

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qbande t1_ja3cspt wrote

I was like 'fuck man, that shows been on for 25 years!?' and then i realized we probably aren't the same age.

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Scott_A_R t1_ja36g9e wrote

That's the other part: not only was I bored by the first episode, I saw that (at the time) it had been on for seven years and apparently absolutely nothing had been found. I couldn't figure what the attraction was. I wonder if the people behind it go out for drinks and a laugh, saying "I can't believe we're still getting away with this."

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salohcin513 t1_ja3e9k9 wrote

Yea in like 2018 I seen an ad for the show online and decided to see what, if anything, had been updated or found and had I not known it wad a new episode at the time i would've just thought it was one from an earlier season I missed.

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I-AM-Savannah t1_ja7u78s wrote

> "I can't believe we're still getting away with this."

"I can't believe the History Channel is still paying us for this BS!!"

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Paleodraco t1_ja3gvu1 wrote

Yeah, its such an interesting site and I'd love competent archeologists to do some investigating.

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dingo1018 t1_ja3q0aq wrote

Isn't that a bit like asking time team to excavate the main stage at Glastonbury?

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moonbunnychan t1_ja7bvj5 wrote

I don't know how interesting it even is. Pretty much everything they've found is just stuff you'd find at any site that has been occupied by humans at any point.

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gozba t1_ja7fcwu wrote

Admitedly I watched a few shows as well. But I hate the 4 minutes of footage spread out into a 30 minute show.

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tablepennywad t1_ja57o8d wrote

This carrot stick is much much older, over 200 years old, i read about it in 5th grade, that is why it is so intriguing even if its nothing. But they are finding some weird bits and pieces for an island in the middle of nowhere canada.

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blakevac t1_ja4w440 wrote

There’s a different one where some other people Explore an old military base and they actually find gold been waiting a year for another season I hope Someone remembers what it’s called it was on Netflix

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jack2018g t1_ja4a0l2 wrote

My father watches it religiously… drives my mom and I beyond insane listening

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robpaul2040 t1_ja4c1ht wrote

It's the editing of these kind of shows that kill me. Half of any episode is a recap, including stuff that just happened, then it's prep to the next episode.

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AdmiralAckbar86 t1_ja4iifl wrote

No joke, i don't know how i used to be able to sit through a lot of those discovery shows before the ability to fast forward. The worst are when they open the shows with a 2 minute preview for the episode we are about to watch and it shows all the spoilers for the episode.

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Riegel_Haribo t1_ja5g3pn wrote

No, it's the narrator: "Could it be, that "(random bullshit)? "And if so..." (even more bullshit)? <<shocking music>>

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tablepennywad t1_ja57tqz wrote

It cured my insomnia like nothing else could pop in a an ep and i fall asleep within a minute.

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I-AM-Savannah t1_ja7vs8h wrote

^^^ THIS!! I "sort of" enjoy the show... if you use that term loosely, but all of the recaps REALLY gets to me. What could be, or should be an interesting show (history of the island) is just finding sticks and doing recaps of the sticks.

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Syke_qc t1_ja31dyp wrote

But we found wood.

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J3lf t1_ja370hi wrote

For a bunch of old men, finding wood is just like treasure

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Mattmandu2 t1_ja44ppy wrote

It’s not the wood we found but the wood we got during the journey that truly counts

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I-AM-Savannah t1_ja7w869 wrote

We're happy we can still get wood. We were all young men when this started. Now we're not.

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BrianWonderful OP t1_ja3b22r wrote

How else can you explain finding wood on a forested island?

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Syke_qc t1_ja3c97j wrote

Yeah, but still, you have to admit, wood, chopped 400 y ago, at 150 ft deep...

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AlternativeUse t1_ja3w8h3 wrote

*coconut fiber

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Syke_qc t1_ja3weki wrote

Yeah, still cant explain that one

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PuzzleheadedProof223 t1_ja47i9x wrote

The narrator must hold the world record for most hypothetical questions asked in a lifetime.

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Capable-Site-301 t1_ja39u1l wrote

The History Channel is on the same path as The Learning Channel about 10 years ago.

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tangcameo t1_ja5dhck wrote

Try about 23 years ago. Used to sit my butt down when they had Great Books marathons. You can find oak island on streaming or dvd but nowhere can I find Great Books except on some grainy YouTube

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Dash_Harber t1_ja3wjwb wrote

"This is the season finale, so we need you to stare off into the sunset while we play a monologue of you telling us how you know you have almost solved the mystery and how determined you are to finish the job no matter what. Don't worry, we'll supply the sappy, nervous, but cautiously optimistic theme under your speech"

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Rappareenola t1_ja32sty wrote

Could this be..... a joke...... about oak island!?

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qbande t1_ja3cxj8 wrote

Next season, on Joak Island!

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s-mores t1_ja4c3jn wrote

I dunno. Have to dig a bit deeper I think.

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rancidcat t1_ja4jint wrote

I watched this show for the first couple of years as the island did intrigue me, but i slowly began to realise that Martin was only funding it to try and pull Rick out of his crippling depression and give him focus or thats how it looked to me.

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Artifex75 t1_ja35htk wrote

I read a story about it in Rolling Stone years ago and I was psyched to see a show about it. At first it was fascinating, then the narrator's "could it be Templar?!" stuff was funny. Now it's just wild theories and filler. Finally gave up last season.

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wldmn13 t1_ja5kyh4 wrote

I was drawn in by a national geographic article that had to be at least 35-40 years ago and excited to hear about the show. I've learned zero new information from that shit show, other than maybe reality TV contracts was the real treasure all along

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asp7 t1_ja6i0h3 wrote

the In Search of episode with Nimoy

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wldmn13 t1_ja6lcor wrote

No it was definitely a magazine article I found it going through stacks of national geographics in my grandfather's back tool closet

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fappyday t1_ja5fllr wrote

The real treasure was the fortune we made along the way.

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Gangstalyn t1_ja3zttr wrote

The story of oak island is interesting. Like 3-5 paragraphs about it you’re like “oh that’s pretty cool” and move on.

Why the fuck did anyone think a tv show with multiple seasons was a good idea

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Muggi t1_ja4w9q9 wrote

Heh this thread is a prime example of why someone thought it was a good idea: people will watch!

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asp7 t1_ja6i4we wrote

people have lliterally been watching 3 guys standing around an empty hole

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I-AM-Savannah t1_ja7wmql wrote

>3 guys standing around an empty hole

This show has been going on so long that now it's the three guys and their son and nephew. In a few years, they will have their grandsons helping them stand around that empty hole.

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socksandsoup t1_ja5btdl wrote

History channel’s Seinfeld. Show is about nothing

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Dependent-Outcome-57 t1_ja5z3jl wrote

Yep, this type of speculative BS is really mudding the waters between fact in fiction thanks to all the people who can't see through the nonsense and the people who exploit them.

One of my friends is into the Oak Island idiocy, and he totally believes all of it - Templars in the new world, etc. Anything that is said with the usual "Well, maybe this happened" he believes literally happened.

I recall stopping by his place some years back and the History Channel had some other idiotic show on that was "proving" how some random lake in some impoverished nation was full of sea monsters or evil mermaids or some clickbait. Why? Because some people went missing years back and the locals had legends of "sea monsters." That's not proof of anything. There was another one I saw briefly where some similar channel was claiming that Tesla had invented "free electricity" - total violation of the laws of physics - because the skyscraper he lived in had a metal frame, which clearly means it was actually a huge antenna he had made to send out free electricity, but the government stopped him?! If I recall, there was even one where they tried to "prove" that super volcanos were actually Russian earthquake weapons or something. These stupid shows would be funny, except for all the people who believe them.

It's just exhausting dealing with the fallout of these speculative nonsense shows. I really wish they had to put the phrase "this is all made up BS" or something similar on the screen at all times so gullible people might stop falling for their nonsense.

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pauliewotsit t1_ja3b1wc wrote

Seriously, why haven't they just dug up the whole island? It would have been cheaper and quicker

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BreandyDownUnder t1_ja3pere wrote

I call these shows non-science shows. Pronounced nonsense. One thing I do like is the loud whoosh and bang noises in the soundtrack. That's there to distract you from the "could it be aliens?" Narrative.

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asp7 t1_ja6icea wrote

really hate that in docos or guys shouting to make it sound interesting.

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SomeOneOutThere-1234 t1_ja4sfwk wrote

At some point the history channel claimed that there is a room underneath the sphinx that existed since the dawn of the civilization and Egyptian authorities don't want us to know about it. As the episode continued, it became clear that the script was so bad and poorly written, that even the episode's core point, the secret room that "Egyptians keep secret", loosely stood up after just five minutes of watching.

And this is one of the many reasons that the History Channel isn't a good source for information regarding history. It is full of misinformation, conspiracy theories that look fake even from the first glance and lots and lots of "proof".

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Hoosier_Daddy68 t1_ja5azzc wrote

I haven't watched History in quite a while and was unaware this show was still on. They been digging that damn hole for years now. How the fuck are they still going and more importantly why are people still watching?

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JordanJP t1_ja3cisf wrote

dumbest fucking show ever

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SmashertonIII t1_ja4bjlg wrote

Somebody needs to make a film of every time some expert claims something, a discordant sound happens, and the camera shows a reaction face.

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Pabst_Malone t1_ja4q1k5 wrote

If they’d found something it would be headline news. So, why watch the show? It’s just dudes pissing away their life savings.

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harrismdp t1_ja4citf wrote

I had an opportunity to work on this show a few years ago and turned it down. I've never turned down so much money with zero regret. This show is an example of what's wrong with History and Discovery. I used to go to those channels to learn, and now they exist to make you dumber while shoving a gratuitous amount of commercials down your throat.

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revnto7k t1_ja5iwoz wrote

Stupidest show ever, just dragging and dragging and dragging it out. I watched a bit of it but very quickly realized nothing ever happens and just lost interest quickly.

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remo100 t1_ja3t41o wrote

It's getting boring now mud 'n' wood

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jaxintheb0x t1_ja3tssb wrote

I see this a lot…what does [OC] mean? Original content? Oral consent? Orange County?

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Training_Ad_4790 t1_ja3z41a wrote

Original content. At least that's what I've been going with

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BrianWonderful OP t1_ja4lyh6 wrote

That's right. Original content, as in the poster is who created it. Some subs allow you to tag it.

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spiritbx t1_ja3xr33 wrote

Reality is not nearly as interesting as what people imagine.

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cote112 t1_ja4vepc wrote

They got me for 2 episodes before I knew they weren't discovering anything other than rubes willing to watch nothing.

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Blzeebubb t1_ja58xgg wrote

Templars are the lizard people of the literate (able to read the occasional book) conspiracy theorists.

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[deleted] t1_ja5fhd4 wrote

They gots more rusty nails than Jeebus.

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phatbandit t1_ja5iodp wrote

Lol spot on. if you watch the show on demand and skip the commercials its only like 15-20min of show and half of that is just re talking about stuff they already found. That being said I love seeing the treasure hunt filmed and they finally after 10 seasons are building a mine shaft to actually go underground.

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Electrical-Village68 t1_ja5kcm4 wrote

The gold is in telling the story of Oak Island, regardless if they find anything or not. I like that they have taken a serious and methodical approach to everything.

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Zornocology t1_ja5numm wrote

To be fair, that's been the game plan and narrative of Oak Island since long before the tv show.

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UB_edumikated t1_ja5zkgg wrote

Omg I watched this show for the first time about a week ago.

First episode I watched (was when COVID first hit apparently) and I was kind of intrigued.

By the second episode I watched I just felt the dick tease vibes way too hard.

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Endersouza t1_ja62co2 wrote

I just listened yesterday to a 2015 episode of SYSK titled “is there treasure on Oak Island” - odd how that keeps happening

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Hamiego t1_ja6iwe3 wrote

My dad's official last episode of this show was where they were counting down discoveries to the best one with the most impact, they spent the whole episode building up the number one discovery, only to be like, "I haven't found it yet."

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brettmjohnson t1_ja7cckl wrote

Producers: "We got nothing, but we could still produce 5 year worth of content."

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Lothleen t1_ja8ol13 wrote

Only reason i care is because my mom was from nova scotia and she told me about oak island when i was a kid. Watching it once in a while reminds me of her.

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RedWolfe715 t1_ja5qsgg wrote

In all honesty the templars stuff sounds vaguely possible

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