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Big Bang Theory.
Same, I don’t even like the show but my girlfriend watches it occasionally and it’s…fine, I laugh sometimes. The amount of people online who complain about it and vehemently hate it is tiresome. Yes, it has a laugh track, yes, there are much better shows to watch, and yes to a number of other reasons it is not a great show. But, the amount of time and energy people devote to complaining about something they don’t like is stupid to me. Cool, you don’t like this thing that most people (myself included) in this space don’t like either, we don’t need yet another post complaining about it again. Please move on and don’t let something so trivial take up so much space in your head.
I think the issue with BBT is that it was so ubiquitous, it was just massively visible for a long time for such a bland, cheesy show.
I think what often gets underestimated is that bland/cheesy/predictable can sometimes be exactly what people are looking for. Imo these kind of shows/movies are a bit like white noise, sometimes people just want to zone out or have some background noise. In that case a show being good or complex might actually be negative, since you might psychologically feel bad if you miss something.
This is the most backhanded compliment lol
Sure, but that's why people who have higher standards hate it.
Sounds to me like having high standards makes people miserable.
I mean, if you enjoy spending your life binging bland, low quality shit then I'm happy for you, current times must be a utopia.
You say that like there's a shortage of good/great media out there, that people that don't accept schlock just because it's there are left to wallow in anger without alternative. No, we just watch things that aren't garbage. It's not that hard.
There's a ton of great media out there, but whether or not something is good is an entirely subjective matter. If you don't like it, don't watch it. If you do, good for you. Judging people for what they like is shitty.
I hated it because people told me about this funny show for nerds! And I started watching it and it was about nerds (a caricature of them anyway) instead of for them. It's a dumb show, not a smart, which is fine, except for everyone telling me I should go watch it, I'd love it.
It was so rarely funny though. I watched a few episodes and there was just nothing. No characters, nothing funny, no exciting plot... I just never came back.
As opposed to something like Community.
"You commented on something I mentioned? Why are you so obsessed?!" 🙄
Note the past tense hated. I don't have the energy to care about anything anymore. I'm not complaining about it, just people who bothered me about it.
The show is what it is. If you want cheap laughs and to not think too hard it’s perfect. I liked it. It does get a bit two dimensional after a while, so we quit watching it. It was fine while we enjoyed it, so it served its purpose. No need to hate it.