Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on May 6, 2020 23:58:04 GMT -5
I was poking around the Endurance Wiki and found two curious things. First, all of the info on Garret's page was cleared and it was empty. The history of the page indicated Garret himself deleted it for privacy reasons. Second, Sarah E2's page was just titled "Sarah" whereas everyone else was first/last names. The history of the page indicated that a Fandom (the host site) administrator removed her last name by request due to privacy concerns.
These actions indicate that at least both Garret and Sarah have actively tried to distance themselves from their Endurance past. And I get it, if a potential employer or client Googles you, you don't want your teenage self who appeared on a couple episodes a TV show to be the first result.
It got me thinking about the greater impact of the show on the former contestants. The show lives on forever in film (and our hearts, lol) but to put it in perspective: Endurance was shot over a several week period, from 12 to 18 years ago. At the time, it must have seemed like the biggest thing in the world to the contestants since they were all teenagers going on a crazy adventure and having it broadcast to the nation. But so much time has passed, people change, they experience more of the world, they get more life experience and grow out of touch with their younger selves. What was once the biggest thing in the world is now probably nothing more than a fun fact ("Hey I was on a reality show once!") to a lot of former contestants.
It's kind of sad in a way but that's the reality. I don't think anyone could've expected that when they went on this show in 2004 they'd still have fans and people discussing it in 2020, even though they're so far removed from it themselves. Luckily, it seems that most players have a generally positive reaction towards the show but the fact that some of them shy away from it to the point of scrubbing it off of Google search history is... sad for the fans, but just the reality, and they're allowed to not want to be stuck in their teenage self.
These actions indicate that at least both Garret and Sarah have actively tried to distance themselves from their Endurance past. And I get it, if a potential employer or client Googles you, you don't want your teenage self who appeared on a couple episodes a TV show to be the first result.
It got me thinking about the greater impact of the show on the former contestants. The show lives on forever in film (and our hearts, lol) but to put it in perspective: Endurance was shot over a several week period, from 12 to 18 years ago. At the time, it must have seemed like the biggest thing in the world to the contestants since they were all teenagers going on a crazy adventure and having it broadcast to the nation. But so much time has passed, people change, they experience more of the world, they get more life experience and grow out of touch with their younger selves. What was once the biggest thing in the world is now probably nothing more than a fun fact ("Hey I was on a reality show once!") to a lot of former contestants.
It's kind of sad in a way but that's the reality. I don't think anyone could've expected that when they went on this show in 2004 they'd still have fans and people discussing it in 2020, even though they're so far removed from it themselves. Luckily, it seems that most players have a generally positive reaction towards the show but the fact that some of them shy away from it to the point of scrubbing it off of Google search history is... sad for the fans, but just the reality, and they're allowed to not want to be stuck in their teenage self.