Question.

Kenbushway · November 22 2012, 05:24 PM

Simple question.
Does anyone here get offended or hates the way nerds are portrayed on Big Bang theory? Just thought I had to ask.

Professor Zoom · November 22 2012, 05:30 PM

Kenbushway wrote:

Simple question.
Does anyone here get offended or hates the way nerds are portrayed on Big Bang theory? Just thought I had to ask.

Simple answer: No.

They are comic characters. It's not a documentary. Not that there isn't a bit of truth in the representations... But, no. The portrayals don't rate being offended or hate.

It's not like they are doing blackface or something.

1001001 · November 22 2012, 05:38 PM

You mean, how they're portrayed as nice, decent people with good jobs, beautiful wives/girlfriends, respected by their colleagues, and who socialize with friends regularly around a variety of activities and interests?

Yes, I'm so pissed off...if I had my phaser right now I'd show those bastards a thing or two....

Gaith · November 22 2012, 08:27 PM

I haven't seen enough of the show to fairly answer the question... but from the bits and pieces I have seen, I can answer "yes" to the extent that I can't derive even mindless enjoyment from it the way I can, say, Friends, even if my interests might overlap more with TBBT's characters.

It might be more personal taste than objective criticism, but either way, every minute I've seen of the show has repulsed me.

@ 1001001: From what I've seen, Sheldon is quite the opposite of "nice" and "decent", an insufferable a-hole, and without the accompanying wit of characters like House. I see that the show's writers play coy about whether the character has Asperger's/OCD, maybe as a means of avoiding accusations that they're making fun of a mental condition, because he's definitely got something.

Spot's Meow · November 22 2012, 08:39 PM

No, it doesn't offend me. I find it fascinating because I know many people who are just like them in real life.

MacLeod · November 22 2012, 08:53 PM

Not really.

Now the real question is do people who see sports fans potrayed as a bunch of rabid rioters when there side loses get offended?

You can pick just about any potryal of a type of person and ask do people get offended.

Data Holmes · November 22 2012, 09:10 PM

Nope.

1001001 · November 22 2012, 11:01 PM

Gaith wrote:

@ 1001001: From what I've seen, Sheldon is quite the opposite of "nice" and "decent", an insufferable a-hole, and without the accompanying wit of characters like House. I see that the show's writers play coy about whether the character has Asperger's/OCD, maybe as a means of avoiding accusations that they're making fun of a mental condition, because he's definitely got something.

I have always assumed he has Asperger's.

Sure he can be insufferable, But Amy, Leonard, Raj, Bernadette, and even Howard are basically decent, hard working people. Successful in their fields, with friends and love interests.

Ethros · November 22 2012, 11:17 PM

A little bit yeah. Though from whenever I've watched, like and Two and Half Men, what most offends me is how popular it appears to be despite how godawful it is.
I can't stand US shitcoms where every single line spoken by any character has to be a joke or some zippy one liner. And yet despite that no one on the show ever laughs.

Jan · November 23 2012, 12:25 AM

Nope, not at all. The portrayals and humor seem good-natured to me.

Jan

gblews · November 23 2012, 01:46 AM

Kenbushway wrote:

Simple question.
Does anyone here get offended or hates the way nerds are portrayed on Big Bang theory? Just thought I had to ask.

No, it's just really unrealistic. It is a portrayal of what the mainstream thinks nerds/geeks are like.

Nerys Myk · November 23 2012, 02:00 AM

gblews wrote:

Kenbushway wrote:

Simple question.
Does anyone here get offended or hates the way nerds are portrayed on Big Bang theory? Just thought I had to ask.

No, it's just really unrealistic. It is a portrayal of what the mainstream thinks nerds/geeks are like.

Speaking as a nerd/geek I'd say they get a lot of it right. Does it exaggerate some elements? Of course it does. Are all people with similar interests exactly like the characters? No. Its a comedy.

If anyone should be offended, it's blonde wanna be actresses from Nebraska.

Australis · November 23 2012, 03:20 PM

I laugh at stuff on TBBT, then I realise I'm laughing because I know what they're talking about, which a lot of people wouldn't, and I realise all over again what a big nerd I am.

Offend me? No.

Greg Cox · November 23 2012, 03:38 PM

Nope. Speaking as a lifelong nerd, I never miss the show. It's a farce and not to be taken seriously. And, yes, I chuckle in recognition a few times.

nightwind1 · November 23 2012, 05:33 PM

Spot's Meow wrote:

No, it doesn't offend me. I find it fascinating because I know many people who are just like them in real life.

As do I.

Just go to any science fiction convention...

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November 22 2012, 05:38 PM	#3
1001001 Putting the F-U Back in FUN! Location: People's Gaypublic of Drugafornia	Re: Question. You mean, how they're portrayed as nice, decent people with good jobs, beautiful wives/girlfriends, respected by their colleagues, and who socialize with friends regularly around a variety of activities and interests? Yes, I'm so pissed off...if I had my phaser right now I'd show those bastards a thing or two.... __________________ “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.” - Isaac Asimov

November 22 2012, 08:27 PM	#4
Gaith Rear Admiral Location: Starfleet Command, The City that Knows How	Re: Question. I haven't seen enough of the show to fairly answer the question... but from the bits and pieces I have seen, I can answer "yes" to the extent that I can't derive even mindless enjoyment from it the way I can, say, Friends, even if my interests might overlap more with TBBT's characters. It might be more personal taste than objective criticism, but either way, every minute I've seen of the show has repulsed me. @ 1001001: From what I've seen, Sheldon is quite the opposite of "nice" and "decent", an insufferable a-hole, and without the accompanying wit of characters like House. I see that the show's writers play coy about whether the character has Asperger's/OCD, maybe as a means of avoiding accusations that they're making fun of a mental condition, because he's definitely got something.

November 22 2012, 08:39 PM	#5
Spot's Meow Vice Admiral Location: California	Re: Question. No, it doesn't offend me. I find it fascinating because I know many people who are just like them in real life. __________________ Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future. And time future contained in time past. —T.S. Eliot

November 22 2012, 08:53 PM	#6
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: Question. Not really. Now the real question is do people who see sports fans potrayed as a bunch of rabid rioters when there side loses get offended? You can pick just about any potryal of a type of person and ask do people get offended. __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.

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November 22 2012, 09:10 PM	#7
Data Holmes Admiral Location: Elitist Social Darwinist	Re: Question. Nope. __________________ Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything. -Willa Cather SHADOWS ON THE ROCK

November 22 2012, 11:17 PM	#9
Ethros Vice Admiral Location: 1123 6536 5321	Re: Question. A little bit yeah. Though from whenever I've watched, like and Two and Half Men, what most offends me is how popular it appears to be despite how godawful it is. I can't stand US shitcoms where every single line spoken by any character has to be a joke or some zippy one liner. And yet despite that no one on the show ever laughs.

November 23 2012, 12:25 AM	#10
Jan Commodore Location: ...is insane. --JMS	Re: Question. Nope, not at all. The portrayals and humor seem good-natured to me. Jan __________________ "[We have] no religion save for the sanctity of life; no law but one: be kind to one another." -Twilight Zone "The Wall" J. Michael Straczynski

November 23 2012, 03:20 PM	#13
Australis Writer Location: The Electric Age	Re: Question. I laugh at stuff on TBBT, then I realise I'm laughing because I know what they're talking about, which a lot of people wouldn't, and I realise all over again what a big nerd I am. Offend me? No. __________________ I will not accept tyranny, any tyranny, even that of Heaven - Terry Pratchett. Always choose cognac over cocaine. -- Jon Lord

November 23 2012, 03:38 PM	#14
Greg Cox Vice Admiral Location: Oxford, PA	Re: Question. Nope. Speaking as a lifelong nerd, I never miss the show. It's a farce and not to be taken seriously. And, yes, I chuckle in recognition a few times. __________________ www.gregcox-author.com