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[–] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (14 children)

So much hate for a show that was never meant to be a cinematic masterpiece of comedy? I don’t get it. It’s not supposed to be deep. I watched it for a while, it was funny in its dumb way, and then it just didn’t go anywhere so I quit watching. It was fun for a while. No need for the hate.

Edit: wow. Triggered some people who want to equate themselves to centuries-long oppressed minorities and slaves, over a TV show. Know what? Oppressed minorities will still be oppressed tomorrow, shot by cops, profiled, and live with systemic racism. You get to change the channel. Get over yourselves.

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  • [–] 43 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of people grew up being bullied, turned on a show that was supposed to appeal to them, only to be bullied again. 90% of the jokes are "hey look how fucking stupid these nerds are for liking nerd things." The remaining 10% is sexist or ignoring Penny's crippling alcoholism.

    It was an attack on a culture of people, rather than the celebration of that culture it pretended to be. That's why people hate it.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    The weirdest thing is it didn't seem to start out that way. I remember the first season actually having strong jokes. I specifically remember one about spherical chickens that was truely hilarious because it was a nerd joke on a prime time tv show. Then came season two, with it the show tried to become more relatable to the 'average viewer' and it was just bullying on TV.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    I mean it's nerd blackface basically if I'm being only slightly hyperbolic

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    There's no centuries-long systemic oppression and denigration of "nerds", blackface is a terrible word choice.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Clearly you've never watched a 80's-90's movie set in a highschool

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I’m gen X. I’ve seen them all. FWIW, the nerds usually emerge victorious.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I’m in my basement, with collected 80’s Robotech and Transformers toys, a 3D printer, a self-built watercooled gaming PC, a linux PC, boxes of decades of tech junk, a printed Darth Vader helmet I’m trying to finish so maybe I can go to a ‘con suited up, a backup of all of my favorite movies like Better off Dead and Princess Bride…. And I’m on Lemmy.

    Yeah. Total jock.

    But go ahead and make up whatever suits you.

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