re: 11 Reasons Geeks Hate the Big Bang Theory

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I'll give you that the jokes on BBT aren't clever or thinkers, but I don't think it's remotely low brow or crude

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When I say low brow, I mean doesn't take much thought to get. They do a lot of fart jokes (Leonard's lactose intolerance is basically joked about every show), sex jokes, and just other easy to get humor.

I like the show, but anyone who says its for geeks is kidding themselves.

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As a geek, my main beef with BBT and other geek programs is the stereotype of the geek that can't get a date

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The stereotype is the reason all the shows go with it. Really, if a show came out where the geeks were the ones getting all the tail, there'd be a bigger outcry about how "unrealistic and stupid" it is for a show to have such a thing. It's the society we're a part of, we point out the stereotypes and yet it's what we expect.

And frick that article, Bazinga is great.

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11 Reasons Geeks Hate the Big Bang Theory

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I can give you 10 reasons why I don't give a shite what geeks think

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I've spent enough time at cons and in comic shops to know the different levels of geekdom. All fun to watch, but only in small doses.

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I used to collect Starting Lineup sports figures. A friend who also collected them took me to a Star Wars toy con. Of course people attending were dressed like characters and they had character look-a-likes and some production people lecturing there. Yes, it was entertaining but once was enough.

I went with him to a guys apartment that made The Forty Year Old Virgin character's place look like Otter from Animal House's pad. This guy had the figures covering all of the walls in a one bedroom apt. He had shelves in his living room and dinning room with the big space ship models. He also had them hanging from the ceiling with fishing line. He had opened some of the toys and had two big scale models of scenes from two of the movies, one in the living room and one in his bedroom. This was before 40 year old virgin came out but the possibilities of the guy never dating went through my mind immediately.

I worked with a guy who dressed in a Star Trek uniform every Halloween. He named his fantasy football team Photon Torpedoes. He came in one Monday talking about meeting George Takei. I guess went to a Star Trek con.

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Cash=women

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So true and many of the guys that got laid a lot when they were younger are settling for the worst women out there because they never bettered themselves to have any cash.