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<blockquote data-quote="Super Pony" data-source="post: 6120839" data-attributes="member: 6669292"><p>People can behave awfully toward one another. Singling out the reasons is an effort in futility. Those same kids might get harassed or bullied for any number of reasons. I'm not advocating bullying in any way or saying that people should accept being abused as part of "doing it right." If I came off as anything close to that in my previous post I fully apologize for that. No one should ever have a hand laid on them in anger. What I AM saying in this post is that Big Bang Theory t-shirts are just as likely to draw negative attention as wearing any other geek culture shirt. That show doesn't advocate for bullying anymore than Captain Kirk does.</p><p>That's unnecessary prodding there bub. Let's not start spinning intention or opinions of other people into gruesome shapes. I honestly get sick in the stomach when I hear about people being physically bullied. I wouldn't wish that on another person.</p><p>This isn't really something that can be debated though. One person's "omg load up my DVR" show is another person's "why would anyone watch this?" I still think it is fine to not like Big Bang Theory, the IT Crowd, The Guild or any other show that doesn't seem to be written well to you or portraying the culture properly to you.</p><p>Again, people will act poorly. I'm not suggesting that you need to stand for being insulted. I <em>am</em> saying that people will insult you regardless of what you do in life or what you like or what you watch or what they watch or read or hear. Take it as it comes, and react as you will. But does the fault lie at the feet of the pop cultural entities that supply these new lines of derision? I don't personally think so. I think the problem lies between the insulter and the insultee. Not the subject matter of their negative interaction. I'm a bald dude...people could insult me for being a truly hairless ape...I'm not going to ask that Lex Luther be shown with hair because I tire of the comparison. If the comment bothers me I'll address the source of the comment...not the comment itself. Again, I'm not trying to debase your opinions Leviatham. You've just brought up an interesting topic so I got all chattery in the fingers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>What is the metric of that respect though? If you want your hobbies to be seen as having the same worth as another person's obsession with Fantasy Football leagues that won't translate across the board. There will be people that see either thing as a "waste of time." I guess that's more where I was coming from. I wasn't trying to insinuate that you want to be bowed down to like Alice Cooper in Waynes World (though that would be awesome, not gonna lie). My Ivory Tower comment was overly flippant. Like I said...I got chattery <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I'm all for more and better. I'm just not sure we'll agree on whether or not the journey to more and better is just as good as actually being more and better...yeah that confused the cripes out of me too but I'm leaving it there because untangling that comment may either drive people mad or give them super powers.</p><p></p><p>Cheers mate,</p><p></p><p>Supes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Super Pony, post: 6120839, member: 6669292"] People can behave awfully toward one another. Singling out the reasons is an effort in futility. Those same kids might get harassed or bullied for any number of reasons. I'm not advocating bullying in any way or saying that people should accept being abused as part of "doing it right." If I came off as anything close to that in my previous post I fully apologize for that. No one should ever have a hand laid on them in anger. What I AM saying in this post is that Big Bang Theory t-shirts are just as likely to draw negative attention as wearing any other geek culture shirt. That show doesn't advocate for bullying anymore than Captain Kirk does. That's unnecessary prodding there bub. Let's not start spinning intention or opinions of other people into gruesome shapes. I honestly get sick in the stomach when I hear about people being physically bullied. I wouldn't wish that on another person. This isn't really something that can be debated though. One person's "omg load up my DVR" show is another person's "why would anyone watch this?" I still think it is fine to not like Big Bang Theory, the IT Crowd, The Guild or any other show that doesn't seem to be written well to you or portraying the culture properly to you. Again, people will act poorly. I'm not suggesting that you need to stand for being insulted. I [I]am[/I] saying that people will insult you regardless of what you do in life or what you like or what you watch or what they watch or read or hear. Take it as it comes, and react as you will. But does the fault lie at the feet of the pop cultural entities that supply these new lines of derision? I don't personally think so. I think the problem lies between the insulter and the insultee. Not the subject matter of their negative interaction. I'm a bald dude...people could insult me for being a truly hairless ape...I'm not going to ask that Lex Luther be shown with hair because I tire of the comparison. If the comment bothers me I'll address the source of the comment...not the comment itself. Again, I'm not trying to debase your opinions Leviatham. You've just brought up an interesting topic so I got all chattery in the fingers :-) What is the metric of that respect though? If you want your hobbies to be seen as having the same worth as another person's obsession with Fantasy Football leagues that won't translate across the board. There will be people that see either thing as a "waste of time." I guess that's more where I was coming from. I wasn't trying to insinuate that you want to be bowed down to like Alice Cooper in Waynes World (though that would be awesome, not gonna lie). My Ivory Tower comment was overly flippant. Like I said...I got chattery :-) I'm all for more and better. I'm just not sure we'll agree on whether or not the journey to more and better is just as good as actually being more and better...yeah that confused the cripes out of me too but I'm leaving it there because untangling that comment may either drive people mad or give them super powers. Cheers mate, Supes [/QUOTE]
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