Cant understand the BBT hate. Show is fantastic. After season1 it toned down the nerdiness. The guys play version of D&D, Multiple scifi guest stars, constant fantasy references, comics etc. One of the best comedies and I would say accurate
I can only speak for myself naturally, and while I didn't hate the show, a turn off for me was how unrealistic and patronizing it was. It was no different than literally every other TV show and movie out there in the context of "Male nerds can be average looking, but all female nerds have to be supermodels." Arguably the least attractive female on that show that played a girlfriend at some point was Mayim, and she is still attractive. All of the others (Kaley, Melissa, Laura, Kate, Aarti, Lauren, etc are all extremely attractive). Kevin Sussman was the only average looking guy, and he was always an outlier friend and not part of the "main" group. Putting glasses and a geeky t shirt on a good looking guy doesn't make them a nerd*. Again, not an issue limited to this show, but every show. I think Sussman and Posehn (only infrequently appearing) look like the people you'd see in a gaming store on any given day (and are gaming geeks in real life). Are there good looking nerds? Sure. I'm one of them

. But these shows always seem to
only have models play the roles, especially for women, and that's always bothered me. So to me, the representation was a big miss and kept me from truly relating.
*Edit Admittedly this gives me flashbacks of about 10 years ago, when geek started to become chic, and you saw all these super attractive people put on glasses and call themselves nerds or geeks without actually having any nerdy or geeky hobbies or interests, so I have a sour taste about it.