• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I know nerds who love the show. Well, they’re people who made being a nerdconsuming pop culture their whole personality. Not terribly great at analyzing said media though.

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      Ungh I had some professor give me a bad grade on a paper for ripping to shreds the portrayal of specific characters (it was entirely appropriate for the class). They were like “maybe you just don’t understand, its supposed to be kinda offensive, but these are great representations of (thing)!”

      BBT, turns out, was prof’s favorite show, like you said, their personality.

      No. Absolutely no. In fact, quite the opposite of good portrayals. I lost all respect for their opinions or teaching credentials, as both are clearly worthless.

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        23 hours ago

        What’s annoying about the ones I know is that they’re holier than thou “woke” types that like to remind you about how problematic your media is, but have huge blind spots for the things they like. How do they not pick up on the issues with BBT?