Originally Posted by Aerik
Tonight's episode of mythbusters included an experiment to test if Tory and Grant would use more gas when driving stressed than relaxed.
In the experiment, they are primed with either relaxation or stress before driving a set-out course.
Tory's relaxation: watching the director's cut of bladerunner while getting a massage from a woman. An older, 'homely' looking woman.
Tory's stress: he enters the "torture" tent where he gets a massage from a man ("madd matt's man massage"). And no alternate movie watched.
So without even having to watch a movie he hates, just getting a massage from a man is not only stress, but is literally called torture.
This bigotry against homosexuals is intolerable, and should not be condoned in such a manner by either Mythbusters or the Discovery Channel.
There were additional bigotries in tonight's episode. It seems every time they cook something, Adam Savage has to do this really lame stereotypical French accent. I like my science without xenophobia, thank you very much.
Then Tory had to catch himself from saying "x is a bitch" in front of Kari. If it's wrong to say it in front of a woman, it's wrong to say it at all.
Misogyny, homophobia, and xenophobia, all in one episode.
