we have to deal with baspingo until 2017

[Charu]

Okay ilikexd

[choof]

i kinda feel for dev tho, i was the stereotypical nerd in high school too but personal computers were being used more and more so being able to fix them got me protection

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by choof

if a sitcom had authentic nerdism (rofl), it wouldn't stay on tv for more than 5 episodes

It might not, it is only at episode 3. I can see this being considered pretty awful by a lot of people. Although the creator also did Office Space and shows like King of the Hill and I think those did well.

Should at least watch episode 1 and see for yourself.

[choof]

no ty

[Wafles]

I used to hate on this show and everyone who watched it then I realized I was being a colossal prick for judging what other people like.

oh well
to each their own

[devonin]

I just don't think that anybody who self-identified as "ditzy and a space cadet" would suggest that Phoebe on Friends is an actual slap in the face to them because the spacey stuff she did proc'd the laugh track.

All of the characters on Friends or Seinfeld had personalities, and the personalities were what were played for laughs. The characters on BBT are nerds, but also have personalities, and when their personalities are played for laughs (Say, when Raj gets drunk and says something offensive, or when Sheldon takes something super literally that wasn't literal) there's no real problem. It's when they are doing actually non-funny standard "This is how nerds actually are" stuff, and we're supposed to laugh, that it is a problem.

[dAnceguy117]

is it a problem? or is it weak humor that caters to a certain audience that doesn't include you or me

[choof]

Originally Posted by Wafles

I used to hate on this show and everyone who watched it then I realized I was being a colossal prick for judging what other people like.

oh well
to each their own

you ran and are currently running a stepmania pack called yolomania

[choof]

ZIMBABWE

[Cavernio]

Originally Posted by devonin

All of the characters on Friends or Seinfeld had personalities, and the personalities were what were played for laughs. The characters on BBT are nerds, but also have personalities, and when their personalities are played for laughs (Say, when Raj gets drunk and says something offensive, or when Sheldon takes something super literally that wasn't literal) there's no real problem. It's when they are doing actually non-funny standard "This is how nerds actually are" stuff, and we're supposed to laugh, that it is a problem.

I completely and utterly fail to see how making fun of someone's disability is somehow ok and more acceptable than making fun of someone who ensconces themselves in make-believe.

Also, I'm absolutely certain that someone with a brain who identifies strongly with who they are, get upset when they are poked fun of. Like, I'm sure there are some MRAs who would be insulted to have Raj get laughed at when he says something sexist. (edit: this point is just fodder...not really helping my argument at all)

edit: And certainly not every nerdy thing they do gets made fun of. If it's a nerdy thing that's a part of their careers it's not made fun of, like going to space, and it's a serious plotline in an episode when Sheldon is passed up on the opportunity to see the hadron collider.

[Cavernio]

From some wiki:
"We're working on giving Sheldon an actual problem that he's going to be working on throughout the first season so there's actual progress to the boards ... We worked hard to get all the science right."

Of course I don't know why Sheldon would be working on something that's already be solved...

[Guest15937]

I'm a self-proclaimed nerd, and I actually like this show...

[devonin]

Originally Posted by Cavernio

I completely and utterly fail to see how making fun of someone's disability is somehow ok and more acceptable than making fun of someone who ensconces themselves in make-believe.

While it is widely assumed that Sheldon has an Autism Spectrum Disorder, that is not in any way canon. At the moment he is just incredibly intelligent, and very socially inept.

[choof]

boopenguin

[gold stinger]

scromingas

[Cavernio]

Oh so now someone must be diagnosed with something in order to accept the person as they are, or else it's totally alright to make fun of the person? Don't get me started on that, this thread may never die :-p

[TC_Halogen]

Originally Posted by devonin

Yeah, because man, I know growing up, being the nerd absolutely put me in the TYPICAL crowd that got to insult or laugh at other people.

Where the hell did you grow up? Being a nerd got me beaten up, mocked, and made fun of for my entire childhood.

holy shit, the only person in existence

I was going to give a legitimate response but given my background and what I put up with between the ages of 10-14 and 17, the bolded area legitimately hurt me really bad so I'm just going to stop there.

P.S. you're not the only one, and i'll leave it at that

[Dynam0]

blaziken

[devonin]

Originally Posted by TC_Halogen

holy shit, the only person in existence

I was going to give a legitimate response but given my background and what I put up with between the ages of 10-14 and 17, the bolded area legitimately hurt me really bad so I'm just going to stop there.

P.S. you're not the only one, and i'll leave it at that

Well, if you're coming from a place where your being a nerd subjected you to as much abuse as it did me, I don't understand how you could possibly say what you said earlier.

The idea that there is a hilarious double standard behind "The status quo as it has been our whole lives, where we're treated like crap for who we are bothers me" is mind boggling.

[XelNya]

Originally Posted by Wafles

I used to hate on this show and everyone who watched it then I realized I was being a colossal prick for judging what other people like.

oh well
to each their own

You know what's really funny though? Everyone fucking does this.