I had it figured out a long time ago. I just would rather not acknowledge it because it doesn't make a difference to me in the long run, and some people just aren't worth it.
That's fair. Saying "I now know" suggested otherwise, tho. All I'm saying.
I understand. Believe me. I could've chosen a better set of words to get my point across.
I'm not going to be made to be embarrassed about it, though.
Nor should you be. The primary reason people are throwing shade at you about it is because you'd already made the bed in the past ridiculing Millionaire contestants who similarly crashed and burned with (at the time) no clue as to what the actual experience was like. So you might understand how some people might find the taste of schadenfreude satisfying.
So it is. But I would argue I do that more to Jeopardy! contestants than Millionaire contestants, only for accuracy's sake (doesn't excuse it either way, but I stand for accuracy dammit
). I did sort of acknowledge I did that, though, when I was in studio (I forget if it made the final cut) and I admitted that if I was sitting at home and not staring down the big blue screen I would probably be yelling at the TV with the right answer and criticizing myself for not doing something a certain way. I find myself, when I watch now, still playing along and still talking to the TV but I'm more "don't do it, be smart, don't do what I did" than "what the hell were you thinking you moron, that was so easy." I don't know if you'd consider that better, but it does kinda change the perspective once you've been there and done that.
And certainly Travis is right. Eventually my bringing it up will subside, if only for the fact that I'll eventually tire of it. If you don't like the fact that I'm still doing it you may feel free to do that. I'm not gonna fault you for it. But don't allow that dislike to justify being an ass. I don't appreciate it when Don keeps bringing up that stupid heat-of-the-moment statement I made and I'm gonna be even less appreciative when someone craps on me talking about my experience because it wasn't as profitable as it could've been. I've seen some pretty stupid things said in regards to it, with my favorite being the idiot who posted a comment on the original upload (which has since been taken down- the comment, not the vid) saying "I bet if the questions were about Doritos and Twinkies he would've won the million" (irony, considering what did me in...?) and a close second goes to the idiot who linked me to an article about a guy who shares my human Wikipedia nickname and who is definitely more deserving of it trying to make me feel stupid and say I'm not deserving of the nickname (instead I'm now following the guy on Twitter and admiring what this guy knows).
Bottom line, I say again: I got there, I got in, I got paid, I got on TV, I got my dream. All positives, all that needs to be said. And if I keep saying it it's only because it still feels surreal to me after all this time.