[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Maru

I'm OK with being labeled a prude. Doesn't bother me either way. I value intimacy and so things like privacy are important. It makes all experiences in life feel the more precious.



Oh, I agree. I've made some jokes but it's just my sense of humor. He has not done anything that's worthy of being destroyed publicly for. My current thought is he is auditioning for a role on another show (preferably a sexier one, it seems). I can't blame anyone for not feeling comfortable though, but it's also BB's fault for giving us 15-30 minutes of back-to-back cringe. It's like they want TVs to get smashed...

Here's hoping one of the women grow a pair and correct him at some point, because it's frustrating watching him get in so many attempts with not so much as a basic warning by the women, not even BB. But I'm not going to lie, in the vast majority of cases a person like Marcello I would just ignore or treat less seriously because it's the worst possible response to give to someone seeking to compel validation. In the house, it's a bit different because I'm sure they feel compelled to respond to his behavior in some way, even if they have no real urge to do so negatively yet, since they're all technically "playing a game". It is in some ways in their interest to absorb the behavior until a Limit Break is reached... then maybe the ultimate summons can be coordinated amongst the women and a nice show can then be had for all... sometimes in real life when dealing with these things isolated, immediately calling out can just backfire and only encourages the behavior... hard to explain that, but I feel like the reason people like Marcello and his pathology exists is because they're so used to rejection, they practically see it coming ... but there really should be a point where none of that crap matters anyway.

Oh that's more than fair.

I'm just saying that Marcello could never play the "you're a prude" card with me, as I think that I can cross boundaries for some people with my sexual comments, and yet even I think that Marcello is pretty out there with his conduct.

And there's nothing wrong with joking about a Housemate's behaviour, after all in this particular case Marcello has kind of brought a lot of the attention on himself, so he can't complain too much that people are joking about his antics.

And I think if I were one of the women in the house, I would have to tell Marcello to **** off.

But like you've said, he hasn't done anything so bad that it ruins his life.