The best way I've heard it described as is "nerd black face". Like it's just the worst stereotypes of what studio executives and writers THINK a nerd would be. That being said, he'll laugh his ass off at it like the gigantic hypocrite he is.
Why do some nerds hate Big Bang Theory?
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I like the show, but at times it can be just plain offensive. Still I would be lying if I said I never had some of the arguments they had in that show.
I'm not really sure, I've met plenty of people that like and plenty that don't. Honestly, I do like it. I don't think it's very funny, but it's entertaining, and yes, it's a little over the top with the nerdiness, but look at most shows. Very few are realistic portrayals anyway. It's a matter of opinion.
I never quite understood the intense hatred some people hold to this particular show. To me it's just really a boring show, and I've always had a problem watching shows that use a laugh track, simply because it annoys me to hear the studio laughter over and over every time something that can be seen as funny is said. Me, I don't like the show because so many of the jokes... really aren't jokes at all. It's kind of comparable to how the jokes on a lot of other shows, like Family Guy, has nothing to do with the episode at all, it's just a completely random clip thrown in there to make people laugh more.
Aaand it's also that I don't even like the characters. Their portrayal of geeks is really weird, and I can't imagine it being accurate at all. I'd expect a show about geeks facing the real world being more awkward than funny to be honest.
Aaand it's also that I don't even like the characters. Their portrayal of geeks is really weird, and I can't imagine it being accurate at all. I'd expect a show about geeks facing the real world being more awkward than funny to be honest.
Because when you strip away the stereotypical nerd references it's just another vapid and uninspired sitcom that relies on the same stupid humor. I stopped watching after just a few episodes. The breaking point for me was when half of the jokes in an episode consisted of "oh a woman's upset, she must be on her period."
Also, for a show that's supposedly about "geek culture," it's surprisingly out of touch ("memory cards" for a Nintendo 64? 'Da fuck?).
Also, for a show that's supposedly about "geek culture," it's surprisingly out of touch ("memory cards" for a Nintendo 64? 'Da fuck?).
I don't hate it, but I certainly don't find it hilarious, either. As everyone else has mentioned, the laugh track is incredibly annoying (why do they still exist? WHY?), and I've always found The Big Bang Theory's humour to be equal parts patronising and pandering.
"Look, look! We made a Schrodinger's cat reference! We're geeks, just like you! Love us! LOVE US!"
That's the impression I get, anyway.
"Look, look! We made a Schrodinger's cat reference! We're geeks, just like you! Love us! LOVE US!"
That's the impression I get, anyway.
A lot of the science stuff they talk about makes no sense. Yes it's right, but they just jam random words and facts about physics in and it makes no sense to actual science geeks. That and they overdo a lot of their jokes.
I haven't watched it but from what I heard it makes nerd jokes that only non-nerds can laugh at.
it,s basically nerdsploitation.
it,s basically nerdsploitation.
The hate this show gets it's unbelievable, the way some people talk it's like enjoying this show is some great betrayal to everyone else. What really annoyed me was when College Humor had a list of the "worst" fans and they said about the show "The way people's faces light up when they talk about Sheldon's latest wisecrack, you'd think they're talking about something their own kid did, or at least that it happened on like Mad Men or something" So there you go people, according to College Humor your not allowed to enjoy a TV Show unless your talking about something they like, such as Mad Men or Breaking Bad! I hate people like this more then I hate shows like Glee.
I mean it's just the way they talk, as if their so dumbfounded by the enjoyment some people get from certain shows. It's amazing how angry people liking something they hate makes them.
I mean it's just the way they talk, as if their so dumbfounded by the enjoyment some people get from certain shows. It's amazing how angry people liking something they hate makes them.
