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Topic	Why is Abed so beloved among nerds while Sheldon is so hated?
garan 08/06/21 6:08:25 PM #40:	UnfairRepresent posted... I mean they referenced Loom for Christ's sake. Someone on the writing team was a real nerd There's clearly some love there. Abed was all Nic cage and Farscape. You could tell the writers weren't nerds. This is maybe the most hilariously wrong opinion I've ever seen you give. A) Dan Harmon is a huge & vocal nerd. B) Community had entire episodes centered on 'nerd topics' like the gang getting together to play D&D, making jokes like Chang cosplaying as a Drow that only hardcore nerds would get. (Which is why idiots had it pulled from streaming) C) Or the entire episode that is a GI Joe cartoon that Jeff is hallucinating. D) Or the entire episode that revolves around the group playing a videogame to help Pierce get his inheritance. E) Those types of theme episodes go so far down the 'nerd' rabbit hole whereas TBBT would have... UnfairRepresent posted... Not only that, a lot of the jokes are literally just "Hey look! He likes something Nerdy!" with no actually funny humor or real punchline Done just that. Obviously there was a nerd or two they consulted with for TBBT, but the humor is clearly aimed at non-nerds. <cite>garan posted [p:956844190] in Why is Abe... [t:79599690]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote>I mean they referenced Loom for Christ's sake. Someone on the writing team was a real nerd There's clearly some love there. Abed was all Nic cage and Farscape. You could tell the writers weren't nerds.</quote> This is maybe the most hilariously wrong opinion I've ever seen you give. A) Dan Harmon is a huge & vocal nerd. B) Community had entire episodes centered on 'nerd topics' like the gang getting together to play D&D, making jokes like Chang cosplaying as a Drow that only hardcore nerds would get. (Which is why idiots had it pulled from streaming) C) Or the entire episode that is a GI Joe cartoon that Jeff is hallucinating. D) Or the entire episode that revolves around the group playing a videogame to help Pierce get his inheritance. E) Those types of theme episodes go so far down the 'nerd' rabbit hole whereas TBBT would have... UnfairRepresent posted...</cite> <quote>Not only that, a lot of the jokes are literally just "Hey look! He likes something Nerdy!" with no actually funny humor or real punchline</quote> Done just that. Obviously there was a nerd or two they consulted with for TBBT, but the humor is clearly aimed at non-nerds.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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