The Big Bang Theory

[Agent Sandwich]

Bazinga!

[Dissension]

This thread's kind of off to a rocky start, but as long as it doesn't get spammy, it's fine.

[exranio]

So are we talking about the show or the (as far as I'm concerned) ridiculous theory.

[Dissension]

I'm pretty sure it's about the television show.

[Tiggy]

TBBT

Best television show ever.

At least in the comedy field.

In my opinion |3

[Sleet]

The original post is a reference to the show. But this is the benefit of posting more to start a thread. *giggles*

This is the kind of show I'd probably like, but my tendency to not watch live action TV kinda prevents me.

[Tiggy]

Watch it on zhe internet somewhere!

maybe..xD

[Kitela]

I've seen a couple of episodes, pretty good show. Though, I don't watch TV enough to get into it.

[Tiggy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlhHTdDqoBc <--- I laughed so much at this it's stupid XD

[Liam]

Watching this and other sitcoms I wonder if writers have forgot how human beings work or if it has just become mandatory to populate your show entirely with stereotypes.

the (as far as I'm concerned) ridiculous theory.

Well, in its defense, it is the model that describes reality the most accurately according to the scientific evidence collected in the last 100 years.

[44R0NM10]

I've never actually watched a full episode of the show before. From what I've seen, it's really funny, hehe.

[exranio]

Its supposed to be a show about people with autism right? I have autism. I feel respected.
Well Asperger's syndrome actually. I forget which the guys on the show are supposed to have.

[Tiggy]

What? Where did you hear that?Oo

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

Its supposed to be a show about people with autism right? I have autism. I feel respected.
Well Asperger's syndrome actually. I forget which the guys on the show are supposed to have.

no, it's just about antisocial geeks. (well, Sheldon may have something going on in the Asperger's department)

as for the stereotypes, they tend to make for fairly good comedy. would it be that funny if it were two average geeks living together next to a blonde who never acts dumb? I don't think so.

[Beagle]

I love the Big Bang Theory! It's one of my favorite shows!

.......Also, is it bad that my parents compare me and my friends to the characters off the show?

[theblackcateyes]

I love the Big Bang Theory! It's one of my favorite shows!

.......Also, is it bad that my parents compare me and my friends to the characters off the show?

Hey, my parents do that too!!!

[Beagle]

I love the Big Bang Theory! It's one of my favorite shows!

.......Also, is it bad that my parents compare me and my friends to the characters off the show?

Hey, my parents do that too!!!

Haha, yeah! *hi-five*

I get compared to Leslie Winkle because I look a lot like her. Personality wise, it doesn't match very well.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

Sadly, I get compared to Sheldon. he's my favorite character, but I don't want to be like him. T_T

[Liam]

as for the stereotypes, they tend to make for fairly good comedy. would it be that funny if it were two average geeks living together next to a blonde who never acts dumb?

It would be if they a) got into funny situations and b) cracked jokes about it. You know, like a situation comedy is supposed to. Or was, given the current trends among their typing monkeys department.

Stereotyping is pretty bad for any kind of fiction (and outside of it, too, come to think of it), 'cause it's bad, bad writing that at the end of the day appeals to the audience's basest instincts. Back in the days you laughed about greedy Jews and lazy Blacks, nowadays about those always-and-ever socially dysfunctional geeks and, if I understood Two And A Half Men right, those subhuman objects called women.

It's just lazy, vacuous and occasionally ethically questionable writing.

But then, I'm just one of those ever-cantankerous, backwards-minded die-hards who just don't get the new wave of comedy that such luminaries as Seth McFarlane with his "Oh look! Random, needless 80s reference! LOL!!1" and Parker & Stone with their "Oh look! Cripple embryos in concentration camps! LOL!!1" *cough* "humor" heralded in.

You know, one of those backwards-minded guys who think such turd building only on offensiveness and intentionally invoked bad taste is sick and twisted, treats even stuff like the Holocaust as comedy material, thus downplaying the hellishness of the various subjects and creating a social climate in which it's far more likely people will eventually perceive them as equally innocuous as portrayed and is therefore an honest-to-goodness active force of social corruption.

TL;DR The Big Bang Theory, Two And A Half Men, Family Guy, American Dad and Southpark are violently unfunny, garbage and bad for you as well as everybody else, so you shouldn't like them.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

TL;DR: statements that are insulting the sense of humor of other forumites, which wouldn't be so bad if you hadn't gone into as much detail as you did and left it as "I find these particular shows offensive, so I don't watch them." or you could have just ignored a thread about a show you object to and not posted at all.

Though I respect your opinions, Liam.

I like it because the comedy isn't derived exclusively from the main character being a complete idiot, like a lot of sitcoms. They make intelligent jokes.

[exranio]

I can understand your dis taste in the that kind of humor.

However sense of humor isn't logical. What makes you laugh makes you laugh and there is no way around it. Whether its millions of people dieing or a pie to the face. Its just what makes you laugh. I understand the depravity of old disasters of human life, but I also understand that the past is the past and I move on.

Maybe it is the sense of comedy that has driven me into such an uncaring attitude. Its not that I don't think 9/11 was horrible because I do and it was. However that's not gonna stop me from laughing when some one puts the GAME OVER YEAH from that one sega game over it. So I do care, but I don't care enough to let it affect my emotional state. Lack of moral? Maybe. I do think its better to be unaffected than to be sad and distraught.

Then the jokes about women, geeks, and races and all that I just don't care. They can say the cruelest most insensitive thing and I don't care. Simply because I know it doesn't actually mean anything and is only played for the laughs of those who either don't care or can get over it.

End.

[RandomGeekNamedBrent]

I agree with the above post. but let's get back on topic before Diss comes in here.

I like that the anti-social geeks we've been discussing are able to have somewhat normal relationships. Even Sheldon has Amy. and Penny isn't stereotypically shallow like most pretty girls on TV. in short, the show is simultaneously perpetuating and going against these stereotypes.

[Liam]

Don't get me wrong, I (sometimes) like crude humor like many others, too. It's just that it can go from crude, yet harmless to sick and twisted in no time, and then things might turn out ugly in the long run.

Also, don't read "[X] is bad" and parse it as "[Y] who like [X] are bad" or "[X] can make you go daft" as "[X] makes [Y] definitively go daft", at least not with me.

So right, back on topic. Don't hit me, Diss.

[Dissension]

So this thread just about got closed. :)

We'd do well to remember some forum rules, specifically those relating to creating an inflammatory environment and the lesser regulation of chat speak including "too long; didn't read" statements which encourage members not to read the entirety of longer posts.

[Liam]

Ten four, Diss.

At least Kaley Cuoco essentially reprises her character from King of Queens (just apparently somewhat more down to earth), which is a thing in its favor.

[Agent Sandwich]

It's even better when you understand the nerdy jokes (eg maths and physics jokes) Sheldon tells.

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[Anthroguy101]

This is my most favorite show ever. They're going to do a furry episode. It's inevitable.

[Tiggy]

...they are?o.o

[Coatl_Ruu]

Wow. I had no idea my favorite TV show besides Doctor Who was so controversial. XD

...they are?o.o

Seems unlikely, if you ask me. But you never know.

[Agent Sandwich]

This is my most favorite show ever. They're going to do a furry episode. It's inevitable.

I doubt Sheldon and Penny are furries. But I guess Rajesh and Leonard are, I'm not sure about Howard though. I just wonder whether this will be a clean episode. I hope it is lol! Don't want anymore hating after the CSI episode......

[angelusbr]

this show is awsome. this is one of my favorite moments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kov2G0GouBw

[Anthroguy101]

This is my most favorite show ever. They're going to do a furry episode. It's inevitable.

I doubt Sheldon and Penny are furries. But I guess Rajesh and Leonard are, I'm not sure about Howard though. I just wonder whether this will be a clean episode. I hope it is lol! Don't want anymore hating after the CSI episode......

Well, the show is about geeks, and furries are the ultimate geeks, so chances are they're somehow going to run into them.

[Dissension]

Please don't use spoiler tags unless you're actually spoiling something.

[MartinSS]

I remember the episode with the friendship algorithm, I actually copied it down.

[Beagle]

It's even better when you understand the nerdy jokes (eg maths and physics jokes) Sheldon tells.

Oh God, yes. I literally busted out laughing at one of the nerdier jokes when I was watching it with my parents. You can imagine their faces: o_O;

This is my most favorite show ever. They're going to do a furry episode. It's inevitable.

When is this?! *prepares to watch*