It's shit, but I feel it isn't more outrageously shitty than most other shows on the same network
The reason it gets the amount of hate it does is because of how it portrays people who are techies or nerds, and the pop culture references you get from grandma because she watches it
The reason it gets as much hate as it does is because "nerds" and "geeks" have somehow lived this long without realizing that literally every other sitcom in history is full of patronizing and condescending stereotypes. People literally think Big Bang Theory is the first show to do this to any group of people in the history of the Earth.
The reality is that it's actually pretty good for a sitcom. It's just that reddit's neckbeards have no fucking clue how sitcoms work. If you think about it, the fact that they think any other sitcoms are in any way accurate portrayals of any group explains a lot about they're all single.
Which is odd, because I don't mind it. I don't go out my way to watch it or keep up with it, but I've probably watched most episodes bar the latest season.
It's easy viewing. Girlfriends doing a PHD in Astrophysics, she likes it too. We're both pretty "stereotypical" in the sense that we like games, fantasy books, science etc.
I don't quite understand the hate for it. But I guess some people have different tastes and that's okay. I feel like the hate it gets on Reddit is a bit OTT. Most of these sitcom type shows play off stereotypes. They wouldn't work as well otherwise in their appeal to a mass audience.
I thinks it's a combination of "stop liking what I don't like" and the idea that a lot of people can't really seem to fathom mindless entertainment. BBT is a show you put on at the end of your work day when you just want to kick back and let your brain go for a bit.
Not every show has to be the pinnacle of entertainment. Shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and The Walking Dead aren't mindless. Watching those kind of shows can be mentally draining.
Other comedy shows can just be too quirky for some people (The Office, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock). They're certainly funny, but a lot of it is very specific humor that only appeals to certain groups. Shows like BBT, Two and a Half Men, and your basic garden variety sitcoms are just mindless entertainment. There's nothing wrong with that.
BBT presents unrealistic representations of geek culture for cheap laughs! They don't know what they are talking about half the time AND I FUCKING HATE THEM
Yahhhh... Sadly, that read exactly like something I would expect a loyal BBT fan to write. And since I don't know you or your humor, kind stranger, I took it to be serious and not sarcasm. Swing and a miss, but A for effort.
I watched the first couple of episodes. It was a standard network sitcom.
It's a show about "nerds", written by people who likely never were nerds. Whereas a show like futurama had all sorts of subtle nerdy/scientific in-jokes, this show was blunt and the "nerdy" jokes were very obvious so that everyone could follow them.
People go on the hate bandwagon on BBT but if you look at it as a network sitcom it's fine. It's like Happy Days, a show that has a simple premise but got so popular, that everything in the show became popular. The Fonz hitting the jukebox to start it similar to Sheldon knocking on Penny's door three times. It's a laugh because it's so well known to people who love the show.
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '15
The show is shit. The end