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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 7650686" data-attributes="member: 4936">Big Bang Theory is often pretty funny, but lets face it...it's not a geek-friendly show. Never has been. Its portrayal of D&D is not out of character compared to its portrayal of most other facets of "geek life." Maybe at the end of the day it gives more mainstream folks a kind of psychological handle to think about geeks more positively...but it's not a show that tries to challenge stereotypes in any way.And there probably are groups where the DM throws the dice. It strikes me as something a younger-skewed group might do, but...eh. Most non-gamers consider RPGs to be something people normally grow out of, so it's not shocking to see that kind of neoteny, I guess.A little irksome, agreed, but hey, it's some measure of progress. Check out Mazes & Monsters with Tom Hanks. He goes psycho from playing a roleplaying game, nearly commits suicide and becomes eternally lost in an imaginary reality.Progress.</blockquote>