The "fight-or-flight response", also called the "hyperarousal" or the "acute stress response", was first described by Walter Cannon in 1929.
His theory states that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, priming the animal for fighting or fleeing. This response was later recognized as the first stage of a general adaptation syndrome that regulates stress responses among vertebrates and other organisms.
I'm over the double standards. Each person in the BB House has dished it out at one point or another. Some do it to your face. Some do it behind your back. The difference is how you are able to dish it out, and how you are able take it.
I see it like this. Rachel and Brendon have been confrontational since almost the beginning. The rest of the houseguests have basically just taken it. Except for Kristen who fought back. And that's where the double standard started. I think that Britney and especially Ragan have been pushed to their breaking point. Britney has always been catty, but it was mostly kept between her and Monet until Monet was evicted. Then she dialed it back to make sure she stayed in the house.
There's only so much picking, so much holier-than-though attitudes, so much bullying that one can take before they snap. I think Ragan has reached that point. I don't blame him at all. He has repeatedly mentioned how much he was bullied in high school. And I can imagine that the ones that were bullying him were the jock / athletic types (i.e. Brendon). I've been there and done that. I'm a grown man now, and I don't have to take it. And neither does Ragan.
The difference is that in the real world, you have the option to flee. In the BB House, fleeing is only an option for a limited amount of time. So, fighting is the natural response.
Rachel approached Ragan multiple times to "talk." He told her multiple times he wasn't ready. So finally when she asks again, he decides he will talk to her. He explained his reactions to people who are overly emotional. He explained that he sees every confrontation in the house has a common denominator, and that is Rachel. So naturally, being the drama queen she is, she apologizes for making their time in the house so miserable and storms off in a fit of tears, playing to her backyard audience like an Oscar winner. So like the "neanderthal" that he is, Brendon immediately moves in to defend his "woman's" honor. He verbally attacks Ragan and Britney while looming over them as if he was Godzilla attacking a small village. And then he stops mid attack to correct Ragan's pronunciation of neanderthal. WHO DOES THAT?!?!? I burst out laughing even before Ragan and Britney did. That was hilarious. (Oh, and Brendon, just an FYI, either pronunciation is acceptable in the English language.) I would have laughed in his face too. At that point, Ragan and Britney had enough of it. Because yet again, Brendon jumped all off in that kool aid without EVEN knowing what flavor it was. And then Brendon took it one step further with his apparent obsession with Britney's fiance, Nick. What is that?!?! And why the need to personally attack someone's family? That's a line that you don't cross. I lost any and all respect for BB9's Joshuah when he brought Amanda's deceased father into an argument. It was disgusting. Family and friends aren't in the house to defend themselves, so you don't bring them into the argument.
Brendon is worse than Ragan and Britney. Rachel is too with all of her antics, facial expressions during POV meetings, attacking people, bullying people, etc. So why is it that only a handful of people are seeing this? Could it be like my "Mean Girls" alliance of Michelle in Indiana and MsFitz suggest? Are there really two sets of feeds out there?
In regards to the house being boring once Rachel is evicted. Really? When the Brigade has to start targeting each other? You think that's going to be boring? I disagree.
A final message to some of the commenters that have been telling people that our way of thinking is wrong. STOP IT! You are more than welcome to have your opinion. So am I! You aren't going to change how I feel. Stop trying. It won't get you anywhere.
