I’ll alway remember the time I was hanging out with my GF at her parents house and she mentioned that she was going to play D&D later and her moms boomer-ass friend just immediatly started cackling about how “it’s just like big bang theory!!”.
There was no joke or anything just “oh, yea I’m going over to xxxx’s house to play D&D later”. That was enough for me to never bother with that show.
but that a stupid person liking something isn’t a reason to reject the thing
Historically I’ve found that to be a very good indicator that I’m not going to like something. I’ve learned to trust my gut and I’ve seen enough clips of it since then to know my gut was right.
Yes, big bang is dumb, but just to pull a famous example Paul Ryan likes Rage against the Machine, sometimes people can feel a beat even if they can’t hear the lyrics.
Call it whatever you want I’m not changing my opinion. There’s plenty of shit that people I actually respect like and have recommended to me for me to watch. I don’t need to waste my time on slop that was created for morons.
I get you, but as someone who just started with the litrpg genre because i avoided it due to the people who liked it, I’m just saying that sometimes you may be missing something you love because most of the people who like it are dumb and most of the genre is garbage.
yeah, theres lots of litrpg trash, but most is certainly an overstatement. Also lots and lots of great novels. Not being bound by a publisher can be a blessing and a curse at the same time.
I’m not sure why they were so weirdly hostile and yet kept engaging when they clearly didn’t want to have a conversation about it.
In any case, I agree. Idiots are all over the place and like a lot of different things. Unless you only want to consume works that use obtuse language to scare away dumbos, you’ll have to reconcile with that fact. That is, of course, assuming the person doesn’t find certain forms of idiocy agreeable.
A older person has heard of DnD because of a sitcom and laughed when they meet someone who plays? And thats why youll never watch the show? I finally gave dnd a chance after freaks and geeks. Which for me was after almost two decades of playing magic.
Dont get me wrong, ive seen a few episodes of big bang and yea nothing you need to watch. But seems an odd reason to write it off if you like sitcoms … which the more I think about it a lot of sitcoms were nerd comedy. Best dam line out of friedns was alwazy “Ill prove it like a therom!!” And Frazier… And while never as cool as Homer, Lisa was always miles above Bart…
Sorry most of that was not actually in response to your comment. Hope the campaign is going/went well!
A older person has heard of DnD because of a sitcom and laughed when they meet someone who plays? And thats why youll never watch the show?
I guess you had to be there. This was not a “laughing with you” situation, and it indicated to me that the show was mostly just making fun of nerdy people so I wouldn’t enjoy it. That was enough for me. I’ve seen enough clips of it since then to know I was right.
I’ll alway remember the time I was hanging out with my GF at her parents house and she mentioned that she was going to play D&D later and her moms boomer-ass friend just immediatly started cackling about how “it’s just like big bang theory!!”.
There was no joke or anything just “oh, yea I’m going over to xxxx’s house to play D&D later”. That was enough for me to never bother with that show.
That is the joke to them though. That’s literally what the show is like. It’s so bad.
[avengers “I get that reference”]
BBT is a bad show, but that’s not a good reason not to watch it, that’s just a dumb person who can only relate to reality through media references.
Just to be clear I’m not saying to watch it, but that a stupid person liking something isn’t a reason to reject the thing…
Historically I’ve found that to be a very good indicator that I’m not going to like something. I’ve learned to trust my gut and I’ve seen enough clips of it since then to know my gut was right.
Correlation vs causation.
Yes, big bang is dumb, but just to pull a famous example Paul Ryan likes Rage against the Machine, sometimes people can feel a beat even if they can’t hear the lyrics.
Call it whatever you want I’m not changing my opinion. There’s plenty of shit that people I actually respect like and have recommended to me for me to watch. I don’t need to waste my time on slop that was created for morons.
I get you, but as someone who just started with the litrpg genre because i avoided it due to the people who liked it, I’m just saying that sometimes you may be missing something you love because most of the people who like it are dumb and most of the genre is garbage.
yeah, theres lots of litrpg trash, but most is certainly an overstatement. Also lots and lots of great novels. Not being bound by a publisher can be a blessing and a curse at the same time.
I’m not sure why they were so weirdly hostile and yet kept engaging when they clearly didn’t want to have a conversation about it.
In any case, I agree. Idiots are all over the place and like a lot of different things. Unless you only want to consume works that use obtuse language to scare away dumbos, you’ll have to reconcile with that fact. That is, of course, assuming the person doesn’t find certain forms of idiocy agreeable.
Except that IS what passes as a joke in BBT. Just references to things without any humour except a laugh track.
A older person has heard of DnD because of a sitcom and laughed when they meet someone who plays? And thats why youll never watch the show? I finally gave dnd a chance after freaks and geeks. Which for me was after almost two decades of playing magic.
Dont get me wrong, ive seen a few episodes of big bang and yea nothing you need to watch. But seems an odd reason to write it off if you like sitcoms … which the more I think about it a lot of sitcoms were nerd comedy. Best dam line out of friedns was alwazy “Ill prove it like a therom!!” And Frazier… And while never as cool as Homer, Lisa was always miles above Bart…
Sorry most of that was not actually in response to your comment. Hope the campaign is going/went well!
I guess you had to be there. This was not a “laughing with you” situation, and it indicated to me that the show was mostly just making fun of nerdy people so I wouldn’t enjoy it. That was enough for me. I’ve seen enough clips of it since then to know I was right.
You’re correct