[kohanz]

> Big Bang Theory

Oh how I loathed that show, especially at height of its popularity. I got so tired of smiling and nodding (or rolling my eyes, depending on who it was) as non-technical people at work and even my mother-in-law made it clear they thought of me when they watched that show (simply because I was the "smart engineer", so obviously a huge nerd with no social ability). None of these people were my age though, they were all signficantly older and Silicon Valley would have likely been much too sophisticated for them.

[humanrebar]

> ... I was the "smart engineer", so obviously a huge nerd with no social ability...

> I got so tired of smiling and nodding (or rolling my eyes, depending on who it was)...

> ... Silicon Valley would have likely been much too sophisticated for them.

Not to get personal, and I'm sure you're more empathetic in real life, but your frustrations might seem like geeky egotism to your coworkers.

[kohanz]

I'm being a bit over-dramatic, truth be told (I never had the courage to roll my eyes at any of them). I put "smart engineer" in quotes because that was really just a label (for my MIL, it meant I was the only engineer in the family, for people in the company, I was one of many smart nerdy folk). I'm primarily a self-deprecating guy with a healthy bout of impostor syndrome once in a while.

My strong dislike from BBT comes mainly from people associating me with a show that I find wholly unfunny. Not because it makes fun of geekdom and I don't like that, but simply because I don't find it funny at all. I saw a lot of parallels in the type of comedy on BBT and that on "2 and a half men" and could never understand their high ratings.

[noir_lord]

Best description I've ever seen for TBBT is "geek blackface".

[smsm42]

You know, I was fine with them making fun of the geeks (essentially me) when it was funny. When it stopped to be funny - which is by now years ago - it just became a silly pointless caricature.

[buboard]

did the authors of that show ever apologize?

[toyg]

Chuck Lorre? He’s utterly apologetic... all the way to the bank.

[wingerlang]

Apologize to who?