Guy Lies About Biggest Fear On Game Show, Ends Up Winning Car

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mattstaff
Oct 25, 2019 5:00 PM EDT

This guy went on a game show, which decided to put its contestants through the rounder when it came to confronting their biggest fears. As it turns out, he wasn't completely honest about his biggest fear. He said it was something to do with creepy crawlers, and ended up walking through a room filled with cockroaches. 

Alright, that sounds pretty terrifying to me. Regardless, it wasn't his biggest fear. He ends up winning the game show, and with that victory, a car. Sounds like his family was a little split on whether or not that was a genuine victory, or if he's a jerk for lying about his biggest fear. I'm thinking the dude walked through a room of cockroaches and absolutely deserves a car. 

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    Text - r/AmltheAsshole JOIN u/iwonacar 11h AITA for lying about my biggest fear on a quiz show and subsequently winning a car and making other contestants lose? This is a hot topic in my family at the moment, live on an obscure little island near the UK. we have a local quiz show that's aired on the telly that I appeared on a few years ago. The premise of the show is that you can win prizes for doing challenges. Some of the challenges were physical, some psychological, and some requiring problem
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    Text - I thought of a believable lie before I entered the show (we had to list 5 things we were afraid of) and I put down all the things I'm not scared of. I listed spiders, cockroaches, snakes, scorpions, and wood lice. I literally couldn't care less about any of these creatures. I grew up in rural landscape and I've had to pretty much deal with creepy crawlies my entire life so it's not an issue. My actual fear is a bit more obscure and I really honestly knew l'd fail if I was put in a room wi
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    Text - I told my family this recently on a drunken night when we were all at a get together, and although everybody found it uproariously funny, my family are split into 2 camps- some people think I cheated and was ethically and morally wrong, and other people think the other contestants deserved to lose if they listed their actual fears. I'm obviously in the latter category, but genuinely wondering what others think.
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    Text - am_very_old 11h Idk if it makes you an asshole, but I guarantee the show made money off you and the other contestants either way, so I wouldn't feel too bad about it.
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    Text - kiplinght 11h Certified Proctologist [23] NAH. It's a "reality" show. The producers knew exactly what could happen. As long as it was good TV then you just played the game
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    Text - Cheeriodarlin 11h Professor Emeritass [99] NAH. The TV producers are producing entertainment. You provided entertainment. Sucks that people lost, but its a windfall, not an entitlement.
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    Text - ProfNo 11h NTA shows like that are all about how entertaining you make it and someone needs to win. Did you make it entertaining? Probably. Honestly bet even the show itself wouldn't care after the fact
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    Text - pamela271 10h Partassipant [3] NTA. In any game, strategy is key. Planning ahead is an important part winning. I look at it as you were simply being strategic.
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    Text - AreWeAllSims 11h Partassipant [2] NAH You played the game. It's not your fault nobody else had the idea.
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    Text - showmethepokemon 11h This is probably gonna be split into 2 different camps on here too. I'm gonna say NTA. No one was hurt as a result of your actions. Slightly underhanded, yes. But one could also argue you were just being crafty and playing to win. Depends where your moral compass lies Just out of curiosity, did it happen to say anything like 'you must tell the truth on this form blah blah'
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    Text - philmcruch 10h NTA im sure most of the contestants didn't give their real fears, most game shows aren't actually how they seem and im sure this one was no exception, you still had to do something pretty gross to win the car i have to ask though, what is your REAL fear? im curious and did you at least ACT like you were scared of the cockroaches?
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    Text - KnottaBiggins 5h I'm going to go against popular opinion and say YTA - you cheated in order to win. Doesn't matter if "everyone else did, too." In you heart you know you won by cheating the game. If you can't win honestly, it isn't worth even playing the game.
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    Text - xWolf 10h NAH I am highly inclined towards saying YTA because I agree that it's cheating and morally questionable but it's a reality show and you were told to list your fears KNOWING full well what they would do with that information. That is a very flimsy setup at best and I don't doubt a lot of people provide false information too in that sense. I doubt you're walking into a den of full-hearted, honest to goodness participants there, so no... I guess I feel your actions are somewhat fai
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    Text - moosigirl 10h Pooperintendant [55] NAH. Mostly just want to know what your actual fear is.
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    Text - lanturn_171 8h YTA because you cheated and in doing so, gained something while others didn't, by being unfair. That stated, everyone had fun and no one got hurt. So being the asshole here isn't anywhere near as bad as the other OPs in this sub.
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    Text - VOxplutonia 5h Partassipant [1] YTA for being deliberately dishonest. You DID cheat. You knew the game was being in a room with something you're afraid of, and you told them things you aren't afraid of. You gave yourself an advantage over the other contestants. But it's been a few years, so i dont know what being mad about it is going to do, but people can still judge your character for it.
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