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I found the first few seasons entertaining enough, but it really just dragged on far longer than hamfisted "look guys we're so nerdy and awkward!" jokes could carry it, and I lost interest.

Clench281 posted...

I don't see the problem here

It's mostly that they just cram all the nerdy things into every one of the characters. The whole "nerd blackface" critique perhaps goes a bit far in that it's not nearly as hurtful and doesn't have nearly the same discirminatory history of actual blackface, but it's not inaccurate: They made the characters by cramming as many nerdy stereotypes and pop culture references in as possible, which - as somebody who is actually nerdy and knows plenty of nerdy people - is just too unrealistic to be anything but cringy, more often than not. It's largely a matter of trying to appeal to a mainstream audience that will say "lol, what a nerd," just like blackface is trying to appeal to a white audience that will say "lol, what a *redacted*." That's not to say it can't be funny to play up stereotypes like that, but the novelty wears off pretty quickly if there isn't enough other interesting content to prop it up and/or if it's too hamfisted.

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