Why do some nerds hate Big Bang Theory?

[GigaHz]

Personally, I don't care with those nerds think.

They are probably too uptight to enjoy a show like this in the first place. I actually didn't like this show when I first watched it, but I gave it another chance and it grew on me. It's really not too bad of a show all things considered, at least in my humble nerdish opinion.

 

[FallenTraveler]

I feel pandered to, and I also think that the writers only know about half of what they are talking about. Their characters are completely stereotypical and so, at least to me, it feels like I'm agreeing with Fox news or something...

 

[Imper1um]

#1: It requires the suspension of disbelief that a theoretical scientist that understands string theory and a actual scientist will live in the same $900-1350/mo apartment. Anyone with that IQ is usually offered a $250k+/yr job in physics, although see #5.

#2: It requires the suspension of disbelief that a woman the much lower IQ would put up with the antics and talking down to of the higher IQ male leads.

#3: They keep on talking about inside references that people laugh at if they understand it.

#4: Awkward moments as funny only work if it's once every 35 minutes, not once every 35 seconds. Take Borat for example: The nude scene was funny for about 20 seconds, then they kept going, and went into more and more poses. After 60 seconds, you were kind of disgusted, after two minutes, you were annoyed, and after three minutes, you looked at your watch wondering when the movie was over with. After five minutes, you were asking yourself if you could leave politely and make it look like you were going to the bathroom.

#5: They never seem to learn anything, and they just seem like...assholes. They act like cute nerd kittens, but to those that understand their babble, they just come across as unworkable assholes.

 

[Hatchet90]

Eh, there's a few moments of laughter every now and then, but it's a crap show all in all. I don't like it because the show isn't made for nerds, it's made about nerds. And in that regard, it's an old stereotype to make fun of. Hell, one of the characters is the typical "basement" dweller. I don't remember which one... it's the jew right? The story is paper-thin as is the character development, but hell it's just another dime-a-dozen American sitcom.

You know what show IS awesome? Breaking Bad.

 

[Romblen]

Mainly because it's just a few stereotypical nerds doing painfully forced nerdy things.

 

[Eggbert]

I'd like to chip in here, as one of those nerds who loathes this show with an unhoy passion. First up, the "nerds" in the show are blatant stereotypes. They're not there to appeal to nerds, they're there so other people can laugh at the common conception of nerds. One sticking point for me was a clip where Summer Glau shows up, in show, playing herself. She sits at a table, and our "nerds" proceed to flip their shit collectively, and silently. They're freaking out in the worst possible portrayal of fanboyism, combined with the standard "nerds can't talk to girls" stereotype, with a dash of "nerds are social rejects with no self esteem". And it is spectacularly, painfully, condescendingly obvious that this tripe is supposed to be funny (the laugh track is a subtle hint), but it isn't even remotely entertaining. In fact, it's more like gradually having your soul drained into the hands of whichever moron decided to exploit some of the most generic and uninteresting stereotypes in existence.

In conclusion, I find the show exists to make other people feel superior to nerds by portraying "nerds" in the worst possible light, and making use of every. Damn. Stereotype. In existence, without any form of clever writing. The time spent on this show would have been better spent on more Arrested Development, but I doubt any of the writers are anything more than talentless hacks.

This whole thing was fuelled by rage, so sorry if it doesn't always make sense.

 

[Castratikron]

It's because it reinforces negative stereotypes.

 

[Nopenahnuhuh]

I found the show demeaning. Im a nerd and i know lots of nerds who are not as weird and socially awkward as they are

While I too am a nerd who know lots of nerds who are just as weird and socially awkward as those guys, and they were the ones to introduce me to the show claiming it to be one of the funniest they've ever seen. And believe me when I say this, one of those guys is in his early 40s, he's a biology teacher who still lives with his mother, knows pretty much any RPG book and rules by heart and is quite the writer (in fact his script for "highlander 2" was a killer).

It varies from person to person, I'm one of those people who go "it's funny 'cause it's true" whenever I watch it.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

I personally love the show Big Bang Theory, but some nerds I have spoken to, when I mention the show, show utter contempt for it. Why is it? I think it's a very funny show that depicts nerds in a fairly positive light, despite all the jokes. Is it because it's a popular show that give sit a sour taste?

If a show's only real shtick is poking fun at a demographic, I can work with that. Most of The Chappelle Show was that, and I thought it was hilarious. But Dave Chappelle didn't end his shows with a moral lesson about how black people are real human beings like the rest of us. From what I've seen in Big Bang Theory, it's essentially that: nearly every 'nerd' character acts like they're aliens alien crammed into human bodies, comically unfamiliar with our human ways. Most episodes have Penny being driven to the brink of insanity (and with good reason) by behavior that would get most people sectioned, and she only stays because something towards the end of the episode reminds us that nerds occasionally have moments where they act like us 'normal' people, or make themselves useful somehow.

So yeah. Basically that. It takes people who are certifiably insane, adds a few lines for them about Star Trek or comic books, and calls them nerds for it.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I always found it patronizing and trying too hard to make the characters fit with the steriotype.

And its not my kind of humor at all. "Sexsexsexsexsexiwannagetlaidsobadsexsexsex" was never funny to me.

 

[Dense_Electric]

Most of the people I've found who don't like it are the same sort of incredibly pretentious people who hate anything that goes mainstream (also known as "hipsters," but they'll deny that label for being too mainstream). Oh, a few people may legitimately not like but, but pretty much everyone I know who doesn't have a stick jammed up their ass thinks it's at least decent. Personally I think the show is great, downright hilarious at times.

Also, that bit with removing the laugh track is BULLSHIT. I could do that with virtually any sitcom and the result would be exactly the same.

 

[Thomas Bingham]

Because it is in the same time slot as Community, which is the much better show.

Hellz to the Yeah.

 

[The_Echo]

because their audience laughs at every sentence and half the jokes are just technobabble the average person wouldn't understand.

also stereotyyyypes

Yes.

I only watch The Big Bang Theory offhandedly, but the last time I saw it, I really noticed all the inappropriate laughter. It was really awkward, knowing that whatever was said was neither meant to be a joke nor funny despite.

 

[phatty500]

I stopped liking it halfway through season 2 when leanords doctor girlfriend disappeared with no explanation. I didnt stop watching until the last episode of season 2 when i realized every character was an unlikable jerk.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

It's a shitty show. That's why we hate it.

Bingo. I'd add to it, but this was already said. It's horrible. That's why.

 

[tehroc]

I REALLY dislike David, ever since Roseanne.

 

[Jarlaxl]

I stopped liking it halfway through season 2 when leanords doctor girlfriend disappeared with no explanation. I didnt stop watching until the last episode of season 2 when i realized every character was an unlikable jerk.

That's why everyone said It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was funny, though.

 

[ThisIsSnake]

Because it's the poor man's IT Crowd and the broke man's Spaced maybe?

 

[TheAbominableDan]

Because it plays on the worst stereotypes about nerds. That's why I hate it. This is a show that has a character who is literally incapable of talking to women. I find it pretty insulting.