This is an apology, I hope whatever healthy thing you do brings you some joy in these dark times.

OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 677 points –

Things can be tough, let people enjoy the things they enjoy. It brightens there day as long as there healthy.

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nah im a certified hater

I am neutral on the show. I don't hate it, nor do I love it. can you explain to me what's so bad about it? it seems like a generally unremarkable show to me

The thing that always put me off on it is it's effectively a "nerd culture" show aimed at making fun of extremely over the top caricatures of nerds.

Many shows age with characters being overly exaggerated versions of themselves. This is called flanderization.

Right but it was seemingly that way from the start, like the whole concept of the show.

There is nothing particularly bad about it. It triggers Reddit-type people because it's a show about nerds where every joke is "haha, he's a nerd!".

yeah I did my own research on it (I clicked two YouTube videos) in the 3 hours since I posted that and now I kinda hate it for mysogeny and transphobia lol but I can kinda see the "haha, he's a nerd" hate too lol but tbh besides the transphobia and mysogeny I think it's a fine show tbh would put it on as something less painful to watch than the news when hanging out with my parents

Where's the misogyny and transphobia?

I'm not sure I'd call the whole show transphobic, however I only remember two or three times they mentioned transgender people on the show and it was always in a bad context.

One time Sheldon and Leonard were discussing how Penny was an improvement in almost every way over the previous tenant next door who was a tall muscular black transsexual (that's the word they used). Another time Howard told a story where he hooked up with someone only to find out that they were a pre-op transsexual, which got him an "Oooohh" of pity from the audience/laugh track.

Not sure about the transphobia, but it is definitely on the sexist side. The whole premise starts out with dumb hot girl being hounded by smart inept nerd and friends. This of course continues in various ways and lets not forget Howard.

I do wonder though, this was pretty much the point of the comedy. Shining a light on stuff like that.

Most older shows don't perform well with more current ideals in mind. Media should be viewed in the context of its time and people were generally less aware of how harmful certain portrayals could be.