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  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    I can't believe it took everyone this long to see that
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    TBH i assumed BBT was just supposed to be poking fun at nerds.

    i didn't realize nerds were the intended audience.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    wheres lana
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Yarrun said:And lo and behold, it was the tealdeer post to end all tealdeer posts.


    You think
    that's tealdeer

    Come on man

    I thought TBBT was a mainstream show, you know how much CBS loves the mainstream.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    judes here

    cool

    she's playing...candyland.

    k
  • edited 2013-01-17 00:53:30
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    ^^^ she's not on right now
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    a8 said:

    TBH i assumed BBT was just supposed to be poking fun at nerds.

    i didn't realize nerds were the intended audience.


  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Kexruct said:

    What I'm getting at is that they're just sitcoms. They're not designed to be great, just for a few cheap chuckles. There's really no reason at all to think about them too hard. It's like having Roger Ebert review a home movie.

    Has it occurred to you that perhaps what a society chooses to laugh at for entertainment may be indicative of and/or reinforce that society's values and prejudices?

    Just sayin'.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    hard to tell if BBT is a parody or not anymore
  • Yarrun said:

    Viani said:

    I feel so horrible for laughing at that example. While one part of me understands your point of view, the other half wishes that show was real. It would be like the Tyler Perry Show, except hilarious.

    Honestly, I sometimes want a show where everyone is a stereotype, except it'd be taken off the air so quickly.

    That, and it'd probably only be funny for like a week tops.
    I'm pretty sure you want Glee. I haven't heard much about it, but I do know that they made a leprechaun joke about an Irish student.


    Viani said:

    who the fuck is Tyler Perry

    If you see a fat black woman anywhere it's most likely Tyler Perry
    Correction: If you see a old-looking, silver-haired, slightly-crazed black woman, it's probably Tyler Perry.

    Can't be confusing him with Martin Lawrence or Eddie Murphy. You lose your cred if you do that.
    Kexruct said:

    The Fresh Prince of Bel Air had  a lazy but street smart black lead with a pompous rich uncle who has strayed from his roots and a smart but lacking in common sense cousin.


    This is a show with a cast full of stereotypes and as a result is terrible.
    Alright, I misspoke.

    Such shows should avoid negative stereotypes and focus on more positive aspects.

    Fresh Prince has a black family that's generally well-off, well-educated and respectable. The Prince himself, while a troublemaker, is shown to recognize his mistakes. It portrays the black family in a positive way, despite the use of stereotypes. BBT, in contrast, doesn't celebrate any of the positive facets of nerddom. It just portrays stereotypically nerdy activities and puts a laugh track behind them. If anything, it's encouraging the mockery of nerddom rather than helping it.
    I've never heard of anyone who has been bullied because of BBT.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    i miss fresh prince
  • And there's also the fact that it's a more or less sympathetic mockery. It's as much a condemnation of nerds as Ed Wood is a condemnation of Ed Wood.

    That was a terrible analogy.
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    Two Face said:

    wheres lana

    here
  • Kexruct said:

    What I'm getting at is that they're just sitcoms. They're not designed to be great, just for a few cheap chuckles. There's really no reason at all to think about them too hard. It's like having Roger Ebert review a home movie.

    Has it occurred to you that perhaps what a society chooses to laugh at for entertainment may be indicative of and/or reinforce that society's values and prejudices?

    Just sayin'.
    Point
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Kex, you like a crappy show, might as well face it
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    also what CA said
  • The sadness will last forever.
    omg angel of death as a room mate lol
  • edited 2013-01-17 00:59:18

    Kex, you like a crappy show, might as well face it

    Well, if it's already at that point in the argument I figure it's time for me to go to bed.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    broccoli
  • The sadness will last forever.
    lana winters
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    Kexruct said:

    I've never heard of anyone who has been bullied because of BBT.

    It is now my duty to bully nerds. I hope you're happy.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Well, I know it's time for me to go to bed.
  • edited 2013-01-17 00:59:45
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Good night Kex.

    And Imi.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    pepper is so funny and weird
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    night
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    red dwarf
  • is now on netflix
  • The sadness will last forever.
    touhou
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    toehoe
  • a8 said:

    TBH i assumed BBT was just supposed to be poking fun at nerds.

    i didn't realize nerds were the intended audience.

     they have a Comic-Con booth.
  • As far as I know, nobody's gone and bullied Arabs because of their depiction in Zero Dark Thirty. And yet, this happenned.

    I'm not saying that BBT causes people to go and find nerds to mock. I'm saying that the depiction of nerds in BBT, along with other assorted depictions of nerds in media, teaches America that nerds and geeks are to be laughed at. Our president was shot while wielding Link's Shield, and yet we're still taught that it's laughable when a girl walks into an arcade or a guy digs up an N64 from their closet.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    good night Imi
  • Aaaaaand, Kexy went to bed.

    Well, now I can use my night off for things that aren't internet arguments

    Night, Imi.
  • edited 2013-01-17 01:08:49
    Yarrun said:Aaaaaand, Kexy went to bed.

    Well, now I can use my night off for things that aren't internet arguments

    Night, Imi.


    To my knowledge most people lurk for at least fifteen minutes before
    actually going to bed.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Yarrun said:As far as I know, nobody's gone and bullied Arabs because of their depiction in Zero Dark Thirty. And yet, this happenned.

    I'm not saying that BBT causes people to go and find nerds to mock. I'm saying that the depiction of nerds in BBT, along with other assorted depictions of nerds in media, teaches America that nerds and geeks are to be laughed at. Our president was shot while wielding Link's Shield, and yet we're still taught that it's laughable when a girl walks into an arcade or a guy digs up an N64 from their closet.


    Nitwits on Twitter were saying racist things about Asian people after the
    Red Dawn remake came out too

    I hate how social media has created this desire in people to broadcast their every thought 24/7

    Also these things about BBT sound weird to me

    Like some kind of parody

    And I'll have you know that my N64 is still prominent among my consoles :P
  • "Zero Dark Thirty" is also the title of an Aesop Rock song and I was very confused for a moment

    what's this movie.

  • Yarrun said:As far as I know, nobody's gone and bullied Arabs because of their depiction in Zero Dark Thirty. And yet, this happenned.


    There is a
    huge difference between the portrayal of Arabs in Zero Dark thirty and the portrayal of nerds in BBT.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    "Zero Dark Thirty" is also the title of an Aesop Rock song and I was very confused for a moment

    what's this movie.

    It's about the mission to hunt Bin Laden
  • The sadness will last forever.
    oh mah gah!
  • The sadness will last forever.
    hmm..
  • Just.

    Augh.

    You guys know how I am about this kind of stuff. This is all giving me a headache.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Yarrun said:

    Well, now I can use my night off for things that aren't internet arguments

    But this turns out to be a tragic mistake.

    You see, what people don't realize is that Internet arguments actually serve a vital purpose.  The uniquely potent nerdrage and butthurt they generate drives the vibrations of tiny subatomic particles called ragetrons, the fundamental basis of matter.  When the Internet arguments stop, the universe begins to unweave itself at its very seams.

    In any case the N64 is awesome, so there.
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    Oh baby, please don't have a headache, my poor little baaaaaabyyyyyy~. Mama loves you, Kexy, let mama kiss your headache away
  • Oh baby, please don't have a headache, my poor little baaaaaabyyyyyy~. Mama loves you, Kexy, let mama kiss your headache away

    aaaaaaaaagh i feel like an idiot now
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    Don't, mama's McMacho's just bored.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    a8 said:

    Yarrun said:

    Well, now I can use my night off for things that aren't internet arguments

    But this turns out to be a tragic mistake.

    You see, what people don't realize is that Internet arguments actually serve a vital purpose.  The uniquely potent nerdrage and butthurt they generate drives the vibrations of tiny subatomic particles called ragetrons, the fundamental basis of matter.  When the Internet arguments stop, the universe begins to unweave itself at its very seams.

    In any case the N64 is awesome, so there.
    The N64 is badass

    I wish Centie played more N64 games
  • ~*tasteless*~
    大學的年同性戀毛皮

    aaaaa
    You sure have been wishing a lot of Centie related wishes, Anonie
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Is that bad?
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