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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7783144" data-attributes="member: 18182">I've been subjected to geek-shaming, and love TBBT. Hell, the characters on the show deal with bullying issues, sometime for laughs, sometimes for feels.Don't remember which, but a previous poster in the thread suggested geek-shaming is a lesser problem than others . . . . there is no competition on which type of traumatic experience is &quot;worse&quot; and whatever trauma we each have endured in our lives was impactful to us, unchanged by potentially &quot;worse&quot; things we could have experienced. I was teased and bullied as a kid for being weird, a geek, a nerd, a dork, somebody different. And what I went through still impacts me and causes pain for me today, sometimes in ways I think I should be able to just let go, but can't. I know others have suffered worse, but that doesn't change the fact that I suffered.Still, while I acknowledge the characters on the show as (mostly) stereotypes (and also think, &quot;Duh, sitcom&quot;), when I watch the show I sometimes laugh at the characters (and myself, and my fellow geeky friends) and sometimes laugh with them as they struggle through each episode. I don't see the show as geek-shaming or exploiting negative stereotypes, and I'm continually surprised (but shouldn't be) by nerds who HATE the show. I mean, I don't have a problem with folks not liking the show, but the reasons given in threads like this leave me shaking my head.Lighten up, learn to laugh, both at others and at yourself (good-naturedly). Hell, I see the show having a positive effect, &quot;normalizing&quot; geeks the same way that Will &amp; Grace normalized the LGBQT community.I'll also push back at the poster who claimed the show is simply bad, stereotypes or not. Again, if you don't like something, fine. But another Chuck Lorre hit that has lasted nearly a decade? TBBT is not a bad show, it's a great show with a dedicated audience, just because that audience doesn't include you doesn't make the show bad. It's more than a bit arrogant to feel that the many folks who love the show are somehow deluded or have poor taste.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7783144, member: 18182"] I've been subjected to geek-shaming, and love TBBT. Hell, the characters on the show deal with bullying issues, sometime for laughs, sometimes for feels. Don't remember which, but a previous poster in the thread suggested geek-shaming is a lesser problem than others . . . . there is no competition on which type of traumatic experience is "worse" and whatever trauma we each have endured in our lives was impactful to us, unchanged by potentially "worse" things we could have experienced. I was teased and bullied as a kid for being weird, a geek, a nerd, a dork, somebody different. And what I went through still impacts me and causes pain for me today, sometimes in ways I think I should be able to just let go, but can't. I know others have suffered worse, but that doesn't change the fact that I suffered. Still, while I acknowledge the characters on the show as (mostly) stereotypes (and also think, "Duh, sitcom"), when I watch the show I sometimes laugh at the characters (and myself, and my fellow geeky friends) and sometimes laugh with them as they struggle through each episode. I don't see the show as geek-shaming or exploiting negative stereotypes, and I'm continually surprised (but shouldn't be) by nerds who HATE the show. I mean, I don't have a problem with folks not liking the show, but the reasons given in threads like this leave me shaking my head. Lighten up, learn to laugh, both at others and at yourself (good-naturedly). Hell, I see the show having a positive effect, "normalizing" geeks the same way that Will & Grace normalized the LGBQT community. I'll also push back at the poster who claimed the show is simply bad, stereotypes or not. Again, if you don't like something, fine. But another Chuck Lorre hit that has lasted nearly a decade? TBBT is not a bad show, it's a great show with a dedicated audience, just because that audience doesn't include you doesn't make the show bad. It's more than a bit arrogant to feel that the many folks who love the show are somehow deluded or have poor taste. [/QUOTE]

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