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What shows have aged horribly for you? (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 10 hours ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee

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What shows have you grown out of, or has society grown out of? Were they popular in their time? Were they not so much? Why do you feel like they've aged? I'll leave mine below

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.cafe 16 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

My girlfriend is rewatching the Big Bang theory. Not a fan of the laugh tracks, but even beyond that the humor seems quite dated and offensive due to using a lot of negative stereotypes: ableism, sexism, racism, etc

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

This was a hard one for me, the show definitely started as "Let's laugh at the nerds", and for me I was like "Oh great, let's just normalize my bullying growing up". Then they had to pivot because thanks to Marvel now nerdy stuff was cool, and then haha isn't it fun being nerdy?! I never got over that. These guys make a ton of money and are incredibly smart, but the laughable thing is they like Star Trek. Swap out nerds for other groups of people and you quickly realize how offensive it can be. "Lets make a show that shows _____ group of people and laugh about their love of ______ because it's not normal"

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Hey now, they did not make a ton of money. The only one living alone had wealthy parents. I'm pretty sure they covered the whole research doesn't pay well thing a few times. You're right about the early seasons though, they were very much insulting nerd culture. The later seasons seem to be more a generic dating sitcom with the occasional nerd joke.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.cafe 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, definitely agree. My girlfriend is aware about those issues, but she knows the show so it's just a way for her to unwind after work

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, definitely what I still do with sitcoms. Ignoring the obvious flaws as a way to unwind

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I found the show offensive when it started because I don’t care for how they made fun of the neurodivergent. It grew on me but I never became a big fan. Betting it didn’t age well

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

My brother in law loves that show but I’ve always thought it was pandering at best and outright stupid most of the time.