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That's like saying it's devious and manipulative to point out that anyone who floats will survive longer. Lydia may be stating the obvious to try and sway people to nom the same way she does, but that's not really manipulative. Manipulative would be convincing them outright to never nom her for some bs reason. She's stated facts, and conjectured on how the public will receive those facts - and so far, she's been accurate.

I don't think she's an evil mastermind, only your average message board/ social media using reality show viewer with more brain cells than a box of corn flakes. She hasn't yet pointed out anything that hasn't been pointed out ad nauseum in any given season of any reality show with a social game.