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Post by Timmy8271 on Jan 3, 2011 23:22:36 GMT -5
Anyone else watch this show? Tonight's episode might be the worst ever and that's saying something. This Hanna woman that kept all those poor chickens in buckets and even hoarded dead animals while living in pure filth in a trailer with no heat. I wanted to turn away but I just couldn't. This show has had some winners (Sir Gary, the Doll lady, The lady with cat feces up to her roof) but this was the worst by far.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 23:32:14 GMT -5
Can't stand that show. All it does is exploit peoples' issues.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 3, 2011 23:39:42 GMT -5
I cannot watch it. I found out the hard way that my mother had become a hoarder. She called me and told me goodbye because she took all of her pills to commit suicide. I hopped in my car, drove the nearly 800 miles to her house in record time, and then could not get the doors open to her house to look for her because the doors were blocked. It was not good.
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Post by FrankGotch on Jan 3, 2011 23:44:39 GMT -5
I cannot watch it. I found out the hard way that my mother had become a hoarder. She called me and told me goodbye because she took all of her pills to commit suicide. I hopped in my car, drove the nearly 800 miles to her house in record time, and then could not get the doors open to her house to look for her because the doors were blocked. It was not good. Sorry to hear that. Just out of curiosity though why didn't you call the local police department in her area, or the EMTs right after she hung up?
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Jan 3, 2011 23:53:24 GMT -5
I've been curious about the show. But sometimes I wonder how real it truly is.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Jan 4, 2011 0:01:09 GMT -5
I've never even heard of it but since I've worked with animal shelters for so long I have a lot of experience with hoarders. I also know that with my mental illness I'm very predispositioned to become a hoarder (and in the past have had hoarding issues). I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable watching a show about them.
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Post by FrankGotch on Jan 4, 2011 0:05:47 GMT -5
I always thought it would be funny to pee in a jar everyday, and then save it in a big storage container. Then once I die my family, and friends would open up this big mysterious storage container and only find boxes and boxes filled with jars of piss. I don't know why but the thought of that makes me laugh every time.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 4, 2011 0:35:18 GMT -5
I cannot watch it. I found out the hard way that my mother had become a hoarder. She called me and told me goodbye because she took all of her pills to commit suicide. I hopped in my car, drove the nearly 800 miles to her house in record time, and then could not get the doors open to her house to look for her because the doors were blocked. It was not good. Sorry to hear that. Just out of curiosity though why didn't you call the local police department in her area, or the EMTs right after she hung up? I did. They somehow got in, but they did not find her while I was on my way. The impression that they had was that she was not at home but rather somewhere else as their records showed a car registered to her was not at home. As it turned out that car was long gone. The cops met me at her home not long after I got there and literally half of the sheriff's department searched the house to find her hidden in the mess. Personally, I am glad that they asked me to wait outside so that I was not the one to find her. I had to clean out the house in order to sell it. I literally had 7 tons taken to the landfill, 5 tons recycled, and burned what was probably another 5 tons in a burn pit. You cannot possibly imagine how hard it is to haul that much out of a house, especially after driving 13-14 hours to get there every other weekend.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 4, 2011 0:37:43 GMT -5
I always thought it would be funny to pee in a jar everyday, and then save it in a big storage container. Then once I die my family, and friends would open up this big mysterious storage container and only find boxes and boxes filled with jars of piss. I don't know why but the thought of that makes me laugh every time. Yeah, that is not funny in the least. Apparently there was a period where my mother did not have a working toilet. I accidentally kicked over that bucket. That was not funny at all.
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Post by FrankGotch on Jan 4, 2011 0:45:13 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. Just out of curiosity though why didn't you call the local police department in her area, or the EMTs right after she hung up? I did. They somehow got in, but they did not find her while I was on my way. The impression that they had was that she was not at home but rather somewhere else as their records showed a car registered to her was not at home. As it turned out that car was long gone. The cops met me at her home not long after I got there and literally half of the sheriff's department searched the house to find her hidden in the mess. Personally, I am glad that they asked me to wait outside so that I was not the one to find her. I had to clean out the house in order to sell it. I literally had 7 tons taken to the landfill, 5 tons recycled, and burned what was probably another 5 tons in a burn pit. You cannot possibly imagine how hard it is to haul that much out of a house, especially after driving 13-14 hours to get there every other weekend. Man that sucks hard, I'm sorry to hear she didn't make it. On a semi related note did she have anything worth keeping? My great grandmother was a selective hoarder. Mostly She just saved crazy things like styrofoam trays old bottles and things like that. However when cleaning out her house we did find some awesome things, like boxes and boxes filled with old magazines that dated back to the 1910s, and they are all still in excellent condition.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 4, 2011 1:09:56 GMT -5
I think that it possibly exploits them, but on the other hand, I think it might provide a service. There are a lot of people who turn a blind eye, or keep in constant denial, of hoarding and don't do something about it until it is too late. Perhaps shows like this might open their eyes to possible consequences of their actions.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 4, 2011 1:41:13 GMT -5
I did. They somehow got in, but they did not find her while I was on my way. The impression that they had was that she was not at home but rather somewhere else as their records showed a car registered to her was not at home. As it turned out that car was long gone. The cops met me at her home not long after I got there and literally half of the sheriff's department searched the house to find her hidden in the mess. Personally, I am glad that they asked me to wait outside so that I was not the one to find her. I had to clean out the house in order to sell it. I literally had 7 tons taken to the landfill, 5 tons recycled, and burned what was probably another 5 tons in a burn pit. You cannot possibly imagine how hard it is to haul that much out of a house, especially after driving 13-14 hours to get there every other weekend. Man that sucks hard, I'm sorry to hear she didn't make it. On a semi related note did she have anything worth keeping? My great grandmother was a selective hoarder. Mostly She just saved crazy things like styrofoam trays old bottles and things like that. However when cleaning out her house we did find some awesome things, like boxes and boxes filled with old magazines that dated back to the 1910s, and they are all still in excellent condition. Not really. More or less everything of real value that had been on the property had been stolen by one of my uncles over the years. He apparently thought that we lived in some ancient civilization where the oldest son got everything when the father died and since he did not get it all he stole it.
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Post by boolz on Jan 4, 2011 4:30:31 GMT -5
My wife watches it more than I do. When I do all I can think is how close that could be me. I mean I got this thing about cardboard boxes. I just can't throw them away, they're too friggin' useful. And with two kids in diapers. Oh man those Huggies boxes are prime.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Jan 4, 2011 4:46:52 GMT -5
That's the thing, it's rarely anything interesting. It's always paper cups, or fast food wrappers. I mean, these cats, these be some cool ass hoarders: yardsales.lizndom.com/search/label/best%20ofYou can say they're not hoarders per se, but really, what else can you call non-commercial individuals with over 100 NESs? And that's before we get to their other systems.
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Post by FrankGotch on Jan 4, 2011 5:16:15 GMT -5
I always thought it would be funny to pee in a jar everyday, and then save it in a big storage container. Then once I die my family, and friends would open up this big mysterious storage container and only find boxes and boxes filled with jars of piss. I don't know why but the thought of that makes me laugh every time. Yeah, that is not funny in the least. Apparently there was a period where my mother did not have a working toilet. I accidentally kicked over that bucket. That was not funny at all. I have to disagree. What happened to you was horrible I'm sure. However the thought of storing thousands of labeled jars of pee in a mysterious storage bin for years, just for the LULZ is still hella funny to me. I guess this is just a situation where you would need to know me my friends, family, and the kind of evil elaborate pranks we play on each other all the time.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 4, 2011 6:07:57 GMT -5
Yeah, that is not funny in the least. Apparently there was a period where my mother did not have a working toilet. I accidentally kicked over that bucket. That was not funny at all. I have to disagree. What happened to you was horrible I'm sure. However the thought of storing thousands of labeled jars of pee in a mysterious storage bin for years, just for the LULZ is still hella funny to me. I guess this is just a situation where you would need to know me my friends, family, and the kind of evil elaborate pranks we play on each other all the time. I would do something a little more morbid, such as purchasing human skulls I wish to have buried with my own body. That way, if anyone ever excavates my grave for one reason or another, there will be several heads present. Real skulls can be acquired legally, but it's very expensive, and I think generally limited to medical and dentistry work.
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 4, 2011 7:57:08 GMT -5
I only saw the last 15 minutes of the show last night and yeah it was pretty bad. The one with all the cat skeletons was pretty damn bad as well.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Jan 4, 2011 12:15:00 GMT -5
Last night's episode was one of the worst I've seen. Not so much in their hoarding, but in their attitudes. That old lady was maybe the meanest person ever on there. She had 16 kids, 10 of them living, and those were taken away from her as kids because they were being abused. They didn't even know how to talk to each other without screaming at each other. The people from the show were trying to help her, and they even helped her make animal control leave, but she still yelled and cursed at them. She was just a horrible, horrible person. Also the guy with rabbits was such a jerk, he acted like he was a 5 year old when he didn't get his way.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 4, 2011 12:21:54 GMT -5
I can't get enough of that show. In fact, our DVR is totally full of episodes, I never delete them.
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