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I told you about the hugging
Those of us who predicted that Dave (or “Crazy Dave,” as Frosti called him) would be the next person voted out of Survivor: China were right, but just before Tribal Council, I thought maybe Sherea’s lack of effort around camp might have swung things back around in his favor. But his demise was cemented after he was kidnapped by Fei Long, and Zhan Hu realized they could get along without him. The day and a half without him constantly telling people their ideas weren’t as good as his gave his tribe mates a good enough reason to think they’d be better off without him.

Sure, they’ll miss his work ethic, but it wasn’t worth it to them to put up with his condescension and superior attitude. It seemed to me that Dave hadn’t lived around women much, because he didn’t know how to talk to them. Some of the things he said made me cringe so much I was almost embarrassed for him. The socially tone deaf hardly ever last long on Survivor, no matter how much wood they gather or fish they catch.

While he was gone from Zhan Hu, Dave managed to make a kind of nuisance of himself in a totally different way at Fei Long. I think he actually thought he was making friends with people, simply by hugging them, but he was making them noticeably uncomfortable. Todd called him a nut job, and Todd has to deal with the lunacy of Jean-Robert on a daily basis, so he knows from nut jobs.

For some reason everybody trusts Todd, even though he’s possibly the most diabolical schemer in all of China (or at least the part of it occupied by the Survivor cast and crew). Leslie shared the first clue to the hidden Immunity Idol with him, and Dave handed him the second and third clues. If he truly does know what and where the Idol is, he could be around for a long time. He won’t be one of the early targets, because people look at his size and don’t see strength. It’s not the same with James, who will keep winning challenges single-handedly for them, right up until they get scared and vote him out.

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