“These aren’t real nerds! They make us all look dumb!”
Other than Sheldon’s quirks, I’ve always felt like the characters were just like my friends and I and this sentiment that permeated Reddit always just felt like people who very much are like Sheldon were the ones taking the most offense at the show.
Later seasons really flanderized some aspects of the characters, but I always fondly remember one scene where The Gang is assembling a new TV stand for Penny’s apartment and someone questions the airflow it offers. So they immediately start designing a water-cooling system for her TV.
While they have done some pretty unsavory things involving Penny being the butt of many jokes that border on sexist, I can’t think of a single example of homophobia from the show.
You can find them but most are pretty light hearted transgressions that would go otherwise noticed but since it’s LGBTQ folks are pretty sensitive to it.
It would be great if folks could chill their shit and enjoy being the butt of jokes, but I get why that’s hard.
I googled the transphobic thing yesterday seeing the comments in here about it for that reason (not trans myself, maybe I just didn’t notice) and all I even found was a few blogs and a 20 minute video essay all talking about a single joke made in the pilot episode.
This reeks of projection. You can’t dislike this thing I like if you do you are like that weird guy that is sexist on the show you don’t like!!!
You sir sound like Sheldon.
“These aren’t real nerds! They make us all look dumb!”
Other than Sheldon’s quirks, I’ve always felt like the characters were just like my friends and I and this sentiment that permeated Reddit always just felt like people who very much are like Sheldon were the ones taking the most offense at the show.
Bazinga!
Later seasons really flanderized some aspects of the characters, but I always fondly remember one scene where The Gang is assembling a new TV stand for Penny’s apartment and someone questions the airflow it offers. So they immediately start designing a water-cooling system for her TV.
I know people like that. I am people like that.
Your friends are sexist homophobes?
While they have done some pretty unsavory things involving Penny being the butt of many jokes that border on sexist, I can’t think of a single example of homophobia from the show.
That’s kinda surprising. The trans episodes are usually a double whammy on trans and homophobia
You can find them but most are pretty light hearted transgressions that would go otherwise noticed but since it’s LGBTQ folks are pretty sensitive to it.
It would be great if folks could chill their shit and enjoy being the butt of jokes, but I get why that’s hard.
I googled the transphobic thing yesterday seeing the comments in here about it for that reason (not trans myself, maybe I just didn’t notice) and all I even found was a few blogs and a 20 minute video essay all talking about a single joke made in the pilot episode.
This reeks of projection. You can’t dislike this thing I like if you do you are like that weird guy that is sexist on the show you don’t like!!! You sir sound like Sheldon.