The Curse of Oak Island and other History Channel

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shows. Those guys on Oak Island have been digging for years now and they find a chunk of wood or something every year, give me a bresk. This morning I turn it on they are looking for Lost Gold from WWII somewhere, a major find a Korean coin from the 1970s. I don't think WWII was in the 1970s. Then there are The Ancient Alliens they think there is a secrect alien base in a mountain in Italy, we have airplanes today I would think someone would have seen the entrance by now. There is a huge hole in the ice in Antartica they have another base down there. Well Ancient Alien Theorist always say yes. I wish they would get back to f---g history instead of this crazy s--..

[LakeArenal]

1. Yes I have a friendly feud on Oak Island

I don’t understand the draw after all these years. They have the same narrator as Aliens.

“Could it be?...”

“Is it possible?”

Perhaps it’s....?

“Or MAYBE...!”

[GemDigger]

2. That channel lost me a long time ago for all of those reasons.

[mjvpi]

3. Please take on MTV and Headline News once you have fixed the History Channel

[doc03]

8. I haven't watched MTV in probably 20 years

[mjvpi]

12. Same here. Reality TV now

[Aristus]

4. Don't forget Noah's Ark.

If there was something up there, what with all of our modern technology, don't you think we would have found the damned thing by now?

Or would giving up looking for something that probably never existed mean the Trumpvangelicals would have to admit how much of their beliefs are fantasy that makes Tolkien's writing look like an IBM technical manual?

[doc03]

7. Then we have the Pawn Stars. I have been in their

shop, I didn't see any of the (stars) around. Someone brings something in and they always have to call in an expert. Rick's laugh is iritating. Chumle seems to be the most intellengent of the bunch.

[underpants]

19. Tonight! On the History Channel! Did Confederate ghosts influence Hitler?!????!

That was my brother’s spot on take on the History channel from years ago.

[Srkdqltr]

5. It is amazing how much is expended

For no ' treasure ' . The Oak island thing is strange . They have talked about so many things that could be there and nothing substantial has been found. Same with the other shows. Huge waste of time and money. Bui I watch anyway.

[Iliyah]

6. Majority of the shows that search for treasure . . .

rarely find the mother load nor baby load, but I do find pleasure watching The Curse of Oaks Island tho.

Same with paranormal shows, which I really do like

These shows are funny, maybe not realistic, but entertaining. They are an outlet from all the evils and bullshit, and non-caring reality that for now exist in this world.

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10. I don't know how many different locations they

claim hold the Ark of the Covenant, how many of those were their anyway? They must have come off an assembly line.

[captain queeg]

9. They ought to get those ancient alien guys to look into drinking Chlorox and injecting Lysol

Use the same guys and the same format. Could it be? Republicans and Fox need think so...

[doc03]

11. Ancient Alien Theorist say "yes"

[NCjack]

13. History Channel is responsible for a big part of the stoopit in Ammerika.

[jberryhill]

14. They are monetizing mental defects

Half the population, by definition, has below average intelligence. A significant chunk of the population suffers from mental illnesses that may make them susceptible to manipulation.

Basically, what capitalism allows one to do is to exploit those people mercilessly, and not only be rewarded for it, but be admired for it.

[underpants]

16. I've been fascinated by Oak Island and started watching the show

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It seemed like a short run series as the one brother had a set amount he was willing to spend. The search continues because the show funds it. Slightly different than your take but yes that’s why they have viewers.

It is a fascinating story. Lots of people have take a shot at it. Including FDR.

[jberryhill]

20. Yeah, it was one of my favorite pieces of 'weird stuff' growing up

I was into all that crap as a kid.

I just think we need to stop rewarding abject nonsense which is passed off as fact.

[SoCalNative]

15. I remember when History Channel

actually presented programs about history. And A&E actually did present arts and entertainment.

That being said, I am hooked on Curse of Oak Island.

[underpants]

17. Discovery was the documentary channel

Then it became the welding network.

National Geographic is now the “watch miserable people almost freeze to death channel” ...or its Discovery- they all blend together now.

I’m quite interested in Oak Island too but this show became its own funding source for the search now.

[SoCalNative]

18. Pretty much

because Discovery owns most all of them now, so they just keep shuffling the same programs across different channels.

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21. Then there is the Forged in Fire show. I don't know how anyone would get into

watching those guys make knife blades every week. I worked 40 years in a steel mill I certainly don't want to see
any damn hot metal. Maybe they could come up with a contest to see who can make grass grow the fastest. We
can just sit and watch grass grow for an hour for entertainment.

[panader0]

23. One of my good buds was on that show.

He is a highly skilled knife and sword maker. Much of his work features
his home made Damascus steel with beautiful patterns he learned how to do.
He was put up in a hotel in NYC for Forged in Fire (twice) and has gone to conventions
in Vermont and Argentina. Some of his knives are quite expensive, polished
mesquite burl handles and copper sheaths.

[doc03]

24. I guess it is a good art form for some. I watched

glass blowing in St. pettersburg, interesting but i wouldn't watch it all night on TV.

[panader0]

25. Glass blowers rule number one: Don't inhale.

Yeah, I can't watch that stuff either. I only checked it out because my
friend was on. Where did you do your steel mill work?

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26. 1970 to 2010. Hated the work but it paid well

and I have a good pension. We had 2 choices if you didn't go to colege coal mine or steel. There is no way I could work in a coal mine. I get clautropgbic in an MRI. They is movie on Netflix Mine 9 I had trouble watching it.

[Kingofalldems]

22. Well they have yet to say aliens buried something there.

They may. They use the same voiceover guy from all the UFO shows.