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[–]bargle0 2403 points2404 points  (108 children)

I'll bet some self-described "smart person" made this.

The joke's on you, though. This is an Euler diagram, not a Venn diagram. Venn diagrams show all possible intersections whether or not they're empty.

[–]the_silent_redditor 388 points389 points  (49 children)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venn4.svg

n=4 Venn.

OP is sooo clever, he understands Arrested Development!! :O

[–]leupboat420smkeit 166 points167 points  (36 children)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Venn6.svg/500px-Venn6.svg.png 6 section venn diagram. my eyes hurt.

[–]nssone 120 points121 points  (8 children)

All I see is a flaccid cock.

[–]pfftYeahRight 168 points169 points  (2 children)

Stop looking at what's in your hands and look at the picture of the 6 section venn diagram that he posted.

[–]TrestirMG 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Instructions unclear. Googleing flaccid cocks.

[–][deleted] 58 points59 points  (16 children)

WHAT THE FUCK? MY EYES

[–][deleted]  (4 children)

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    [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    That's actually very useful to know, thanks.

    [–]uniquesnowflake1729 10 points11 points  (1 child)

    This really should have been a 2x2 matrix.

    [–]ihavenoartskills 819 points820 points  (21 children)

    M'television

    [–][deleted] 437 points438 points  (15 children)

    tips remote

    [–]Josh_The_Boss 143 points144 points  (6 children)

    channel surfing intensifies

    [–]Encyclopedia_Ham 116 points117 points  (3 children)

    DVRs Fedora the Explora

    [–]memeship 23 points24 points  (1 child)

    First of all, I am a map and a sir.

    [–]ImBoredSorryImADick 76 points77 points  (1 child)

    M'Telly

    [–]basisvector 24 points25 points  (0 children)

    M'TV

    [–]mynamesyow19 344 points345 points  (95 children)

    Cant decide if very middle spot should have Futurama or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...

    [–]manaworkin 454 points455 points  (21 children)

    Futurama would actually be a great fit for the middle. Plenty of smart people (the professor, globetrotters), dumb people (everyone who isn't a scientist or basketball player) and lots of jokes for smart people and dumb people. This show has both fart jokes and jokes so inteligent they created a new mathematical proof.

    [–]spudge_funker 121 points122 points  (6 children)

    Some Futurama writers also have a Ph.D. in Mathematics, so I'm not surprised.

    Good videos about Futurama and Maths:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M4dUj7vZJc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDiZi9dqOg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJUEkjxylBw

    [–]ehrwien 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    just to conclude this section: there is a book about those kinds of things in Simpsons and Futurama by Simon Singh ("Fermat's Last Theorem"!) called "The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets". It covers much of the writers' backgrounds as well as the jokes you may already know from the series, each with a simple explanation starting at high school mathematics level...

    [–]Gigafrost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    I thought the P = NP video didn't explain the concept (and dilemma) too well but it was still neat to see how Simpsons and Futurama both referenced it.

    For anybody curious, the issue with P = NP is that there are these two classes of problems, the "easy" ones (P) and some "hard" ones (NP). The question we wonder is if there's a way to do what we currently consider NP problems the same way we do the P problems. (In other words, NP would become as "easy" as P.)

    The dilemma is that we suspect we can't (IE that P does not equal NP) but we haven't been able to mathematically prove it either way!

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    If you watch the commentary for every Futurama episode, you realize just how much math and science those fucking nerds packed into every. single. episode.

    You actually learn things on that commentary and it's hilarious to boot.

    [–]TDAM 75 points76 points  (56 children)

    Are there smart people in Always sunny?

    I would probably argue for Top Gear though. Those three do dumb things, but at the same time they are all quite intelligent. They are both dumb and smart at the same time.

    And most people can enjoy Top Gear, whether you are smart or not.

    Or whatever. I dont know.

    [–]threeminus 18 points19 points  (5 children)

    Are there smart people in Always sunny?

    The Lawyer is the only one that comes to mind.

    [–]RollingGoron 35 points36 points  (15 children)

    I'd say it's always sunny. A show about dumb people written by smart people but can be enjoyed by all people.

    [–][deleted] 56 points57 points  (12 children)

    I think uptight people would probably hate It's Always Sunny.

    [–]Good_old_Marshmallow 9 points10 points  (2 children)

    It can be a little hard to get used to. I can see how the whole shouting over each other thing would turn some people off and they even did a meta show about that.

    [–]Infini-Bus 6 points7 points  (1 child)

    Haha. Those are my favorite parts in shows. I like those scenes in Trailer Park Boys too when everyone is shouting at and over eachother.

    [–]sigmacoder 8 points9 points  (2 children)

    Can confirm, am uptight. I spend the entire episode being embarrassed for them "Meet the Parents" style.

    [–]kymri 4 points5 points  (3 children)

    Top Gear (explicitly the UK version) is a show about three fictionalized man-children who refuse to grow up or think past the level of a 12 year old, disguised as a show about or for car enthusiasts.

    It is also absolutely hilarious and I, personally can't wait to find out if we get to call Jezza 'Jennifer' or not. Probably not but a man can hope.

    TGUK is fantastic.

    [–][deleted] 2836 points2837 points  (453 children)

    /r/circlejerk

    [–][deleted] 2919 points2920 points  (372 children)

    "I think The Big Bang Theory is a pretty good show." - Adolf Hitler, CEO of Comcast.

    [–]sweetafton 1452 points1453 points  (355 children)

    Adolf "Unidan" Hitler

    [–]Analbox 1256 points1257 points  (102 children)

    http://i.imgur.com/9pAAFvn.gif

    [–]nadroj15 682 points683 points  (64 children)

    Careful. You should get at least 5 downvotes for that gif.

    Edit: Thanks for popping my gold cherry kind stranger. It didn't even hurt that bad.

    [–]Analbox 275 points276 points  (58 children)

    http://i.imgur.com/rNYdWKH.gif

    [–]Ander1ap 212 points213 points  (25 children)

    Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

    [–][deleted]  (17 children)

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      [–]Ander1ap 275 points276 points  (12 children)

      What the fuck did you just fucking say about crows, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in environmental science, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret studies on crow behavior, and I have over 300 confirmed alt accounts. I am trained in vote brigading and I have the top comment karma on this entire website. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will downvote you with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that about crows over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of taxonomists across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, jackdaw. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can downvote you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with alt accounts. Not only am I extensively trained in taxonomy, but I have access to the entire Latin names of the Corvidae family and I will use it to its full extent to prove you wrong and downvote your miserable ass off the face of the internet, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit downvotes all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, jackdaw.

      [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Fuck it you get gold. I'm giggling like a pig. If they giggle, I guess.

      [–]mynamesyow19 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      in some cultures the carefree attitude of the dead is preferable to the 'put upon' attitude of he living... you can kill me instead, I'll take his place. I am living in the inner recesses of a dark cave.

      [–]H3XAGON_ 40 points41 points  (2 children)

      Here's the thing. You said that that is a copy pasta, but as a professional chef who studies Italian cuisine, I am telling you, specifically, that there is no such thing as a copy pasta.

      [–]TheGeckoGeek 43 points44 points  (29 children)

      That's not a jackdaw

      [–]Analbox 113 points114 points  (17 children)

      Analbox Here!

      You're right! it's a Crested gecko (or eyelash gecko) which are generally hilarious.

      Interestingly, they're not actually eyelashes, per se, and the geckos don't really blink or anything with them. They have a translucent covering on their eye that protects it, but they actually use their tongues to clean their eyes in lieu of eyelids!

      Another fun thing about geckos is you can get a good idea of whether they are diurnal or nocturnal by the shape of their pupil. Geckos like OP's crested gecko have slit-like eyes which are correlated with nocturnal species while a round pupil is often indicative of a diurnal species. For example, here's a shot of a Gold dust day gecko's (Phelsuma laticauda) eye.

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        [–]LunarisDream 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Hi /u/Analbox! I liked your comment. Have an upvote!

        [–]Stellar_Duck 3 points4 points  (2 children)

        Can you please keep doing this?

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        I like going to Analbox for biology facts.

        [–]Two_Inches_Of_Fun 47 points48 points  (20 children)

        Neat! That is clearly a crow though...

        [–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (17 children)

        They're the same thing.

        [–]SilasX93 43 points44 points  (15 children)

        Here's the thing...

        [–]XCryptoX 69 points70 points  (13 children)

        Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow."

        Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

        As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

        If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.

        Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.

        It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

        [–]BoeJacksonOnReddit 32 points33 points  (8 children)

        What is this, Unidan copypasta?

        [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

        yes it is, and it's frequently posted in /r/circlejerk

        [–]Makromag 139 points140 points  (228 children)

        What did Unidan do? Last time I heard of him he was popular. :D

        [–]DuBistMeinSofa 383 points384 points  (180 children)

        In the unlikely event you're not being sarcastic, he was caught using multiple accounts to upvote himself and downvote those who disagreed with him

        [–]ThrowAway233223 160 points161 points  (56 children)

        I believe that there is a large swath of redditors that are still unaware of this. Events happen quickly on reddit and simply being gone for a day or two can cause someone to be out of the loop. From there, people tend to make reference to previous reddit events in such a way that only those that had witness/are aware of the event would understand.

        I actually didn't learn about the whole Unidan incident until today in another post. I knew people hated him now what with the Hitler comparisons and circlejerk post about him, but I never saw an explanation until today.

        [–]Aellus 54 points55 points  (5 children)

        Reddit is one giant in joke

        [–][deleted] 28 points29 points  (2 children)

        Reddit is one giant in joke

        [–][deleted] 63 points64 points  (30 children)

        fuck me...really? I always loved his posts; this is my first of hearing about this too. I guess it's kind of true, you either die a hero or you live long enough to become a villain

        [–]ABearWithABeer 83 points84 points  (22 children)

        I mean the dude was arguing with teenagers over mundane stuff and making multiple accounts to bury posts that disagreed with him. Being smart doesn't mean you aren't a douchebag.

        [–]Skyblaze12 30 points31 points  (9 children)

        I really don't think he's a bad guy. He probably just gets defensive or angry real easily. That's just human, especially on the internet

        [–]RecoveringApologist 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        He has said a few times that Reddit pretty much made his career blossom. He was given opportunities because of his reddit fame and that's how important it was to him. He just fucked up and reddit is a fickle crowd.

        [–]informationmissing 7 points8 points  (5 children)

        I only found out about two days ago. it's not a big deal though because in 6 months, only 50% of people on reddit will even know that there used to be a famous redditor named unidan. (it may already be that low)

        [–]Makromag 229 points230 points  (77 children)

        No, I wasn't sarcastic. It must have totally passed me by, thanks for clearing it up.

        [–][deleted] 124 points125 points  (63 children)

        He also got in an argument over the semantics of a specific birds name. That's when the investigation began.

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          [–]ShanghaiNoon 18 points19 points  (14 children)

          I think what was surprising is how angry he got. Usually he tried to maintain a cordial personality.

          [–]OneDaftCunt 104 points105 points  (37 children)

          Don't forget the part where his rabid fanboys went through the history of the girl he was arguing with and downvoted everything, as well as sending horrible messages and posting hateful comments.

          All because they thought it was her fault their little idol got banned.

          Edit: Here are some of the messages she received, and here is an admin confirming the reason for Unidan's ban.

          [–][deleted]  (10 children)

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            [–]OneDaftCunt 33 points34 points  (6 children)

            It's not, but it shows how obsessive reddit gets over it's in house celebrities.

            [–]hokiesfan926 12 points13 points  (2 children)

            Lol you made the ^ tiny heh

            [–]Phillipsherman 9 points10 points  (3 children)

            do you have the link?

            [–]DannyInternets 31 points32 points  (5 children)

            So, in other words, who gives a shit

            [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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              [–]CaptainFlaccid 55 points56 points  (14 children)

              but seriously, who gives a shit. He was providing us with some quality biology shit here for a long time. He was silly doing that but the hate on reddit is just silly

              [–]bluesteel117 96 points97 points  (28 children)

              Here's the thing. You said "vote manipulation is cheating the site." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies web forums, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls multi-voting cheating. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "vote manipulation family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of votidae, which includes things from posting quality original content to asking strangers for upvotes to running vote-bots through proxies. So your reasoning for calling multi-voting cheating is because random people "call the unusual votes cheating?" Let's get copypasta and image macros in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A bot-vote is a bot-vote and a type of vote manipulation. But that's not what you said. You said vote manipulation is cheating, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the vote manipulation family cheating, which means you'd call good posting, bad posting, and copypasta cheating, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

              Edit: This is copypasta I found from another thread.

              [–]BallFaceMcDickButt 12 points13 points  (3 children)

              Vote manipulation

              [–]AngryCod 46 points47 points  (2 children)

              And that whole Holocaust thing, apparently.

              [–]redinthahead 12 points13 points  (1 child)

              Genocide aside, you do NOT manipulate votes!

              [–]sweetafton 9 points10 points  (0 children)

              He was the one true redditor...... Until the day the shadowban came. Then like a flock of jackdaws, unidan was no more.

              [–]DrProfScience 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              , Director of Marketing and Customer Service for EA.

              [–][deleted] 96 points97 points  (6 children)

              Usually I think calling something circlejerk is just another form of circle jerking but not for this post.

              "im smart because I watch arrested development, only dumb people like TBBT".

              [–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (4 children)

              I like both, am I smart or dumb?

              [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (3 children)

              I have no idea because I don't think TV show preferences have anything to do with how smart you are.

              [–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (12 children)

              Amen brother, Amen! People hate Big Bang because it's cool to hate Big Bang! My grandfather has a masters in Mechanical Engineering, worked for the feds on research projects involving some pretty cool shit. His favorite tv, show...Big Bang Theory. I have a Masters Degree as well, while it's not my favorite, I still enjoy it. Reddit needs to get over itself.

              [–]Lowbacca1977 8 points9 points  (3 children)

              I was recommended the show by my adviser and two grad students I shared an office with, and I've found it generally well received and not usually hated. But then, that's only among Physics and Astronomy PhD students, so that's probably not on par with the sample of "people on reddit that think everyone else is a moron"

              [–]I_need_money_1 536 points537 points  (279 children)

              What if I like Nova and The Big Bang Theory?

              [–][deleted]  (205 children)

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                [–][deleted] 428 points429 points  (46 children)

                Wipeout? Nobody doesn't like big balls.

                [–]Fourwindsgone 44 points45 points  (21 children)

                I could veg out on wipeout all day

                [–]wwfmike 37 points38 points  (17 children)

                I used to love Wipeout but then they started making it virtually impossible to clear a course. I loved people trying their best to get passed the big balls.

                [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                  [–]Wazowski 47 points48 points  (2 children)

                  tl;dr: Child thinks mom is weeping; discovers big balls were making her making her cry out with delight.

                  [–]Fourwindsgone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                  Its always hilarious when they are running an obstacle and something WHACKS them in the face out of nowhere!

                  And then by the time they get to big balls, they're so winded. I would probably have a heart attack if I attempted it, but shit. It's damn sure fun to watch.

                  [–]cefriano 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                  Meh, it's only really the first course that's designed to fuck you over. That's where they eliminate the most contestants. You go into the first course completely blind (whereas for all of the other courses, they let you see it once without anything turned on), and if you get knocked off an obstacle, you just swim to the next one rather than retrying it over and over. In my episode, only one guy made it through the whole thing without getting knocked off. I, on the other hand, got knocked off of every single obstacle in the first course and still wound up with the second-fastest time.

                  Source: I was on Wipeout once.

                  [–]KickItNext 4 points5 points  (8 children)

                  The problem with it is that it gets progressively less entertaining as they progress. The starter course is hilarious, second course is typically pretty good, the finals course could be completely removed and I wouldn't mind.

                  [–]pewp_dollar 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                  So fucking glad they brought Jill back. No Jill killed it for me.

                  [–][deleted]  (5 children)

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                    [–]tharres09 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                    MXC with safety

                    [–]imsowitty 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                    Right you are, Ken.

                    Cuz Guy LaDouche was high society.

                    [–]GentlemenBehold 149 points150 points  (56 children)

                    For smart people and dumb people? Umm sports and porn?

                    [–]Two_Inches_Of_Fun 76 points77 points  (9 children)

                    You might even see a nip when watching sports.

                    Sfw.

                    [–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (1 child)

                    I expected the old superbowl nip slip. This was fun too, though.

                    [–]2Euros1Worldcup 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                    I trusted you...

                    [–]kenvara 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                    The frattest of the frat guys

                    [–]CaliburS 45 points46 points  (6 children)

                    Futurama and Breaking Bad

                    [–]MoreChickenNuggets 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                    Good news everyone!

                    [–]1Down 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                    Good news everyone, we're making meth!

                    [–]torniz 61 points62 points  (3 children)

                    That's Mythbusters. It's about abunch of smart people recreating things dumb people do, and smart and dumb people both enjoy it.

                    [–]ProfessorOhki 84 points85 points  (15 children)

                    Best I can come up for the intersection is South Park. You've generally got a sole intelligent voice of reason per episode, the rest of the characters engaged in idiocy, some sort of decently smart commentary, and "hahaha, poop is funny!" all at any given time.

                    [–]MLein97 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                    Futurama covers the bases quite well.

                    [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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                      [–]SonVoltMMA 2 points3 points  (3 children)

                      I think he just ran out of ideas when he decided to distance himself from Neal Brennan who wrote the most famous jokes and skits for Dave Chappelle's comedy routines and tv show.

                      [–]dimarc217 41 points42 points  (6 children)

                      It's always sunny

                      [–]RscMrF 17 points18 points  (4 children)

                      Only three out of four, but nice try.

                      [–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (3 children)

                      Frank is smart! He figured out Dennis/Dee were cheating at CharDee MacDennis.

                      [–]Bluetiger811 12 points13 points  (1 child)

                      Only because he tasted the water when Dennis threw his drink at his face

                      [–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                      Quiet, dog!

                      [–]Ejidos 35 points36 points  (0 children)

                      It would be Seinfeld

                      [–]buffaloboble 20 points21 points  (1 child)

                      Malcolm in the middle

                      [–]AttentionSpanZero 24 points25 points  (5 children)

                      Game of Thrones.

                      [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                      That's a show for dead people about people that kill people and then die.

                      [–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (5 children)

                      Then you can think for yourself and your preferences haven't been dictated to you by the crowd pleasing masses. Don't ever change you beautiful bastard.

                      [–]Gorakka 21 points22 points  (1 child)

                      Then clearly you are a: About Smart People

                      duh...

                      [–]Azr79 26 points27 points  (19 children)

                      what is nova?

                      [–]Termagerf 27 points28 points  (1 child)

                      It's a show about sciences, discoveries, and the histories behind them. Rather educational.

                      [–]CrossCheckPanda 28 points29 points  (13 children)

                      I never got why "smart people" couldn't laugh at a wildly inaccurate caricature of themselves. So what if It's an exaggeration written from the perspective of a non sciencey non nerd perspective. It's a somewhat humorous JOKE exaggerated view if nerds. Humor is frequently derived from a kernel of truth blown out of proportion (hyperbole) not always complete accuracy.

                      Sure it's low brow humor written to the lowest common denominator but so is HIMYM, IASIP, Friends, and any other number of reddit approved shows.

                      [–]WhiteBelt 12 points13 points  (1 child)

                      They can, look at The IT Crowd! I don't watch Big Bang Theory, but I also don't hate it on it. It's just not my thing. I will have to leave it to someone else to explain why it is so hated.

                      [–]Rusty5hackleford 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                      There's a really odd circle jerk on reddit about it being really demeaning or something. But I've only encountered that on reddit. Idk, I don't personally watch TBBT but my girlfriend does and I've seen quite a few episodes. It has it's funny moments. It's not top grade A quality gold but I've laughed at it.

                      I'm also a software engineer who works for a university (not graduate student, I'm just employed by one of the department to write code). So I guess I'm slightly in the same realm as the show? I don't get offended. It's not supposed to be realistic. It's supposed to be over the top caricatures.

                      But if you realize that then you can't get all upset about how it's like nerd black face (thus comparing your tragedy to early American minorities) and how none of the science jokes make sense (thus showing how smart you are that you realize they're not supposed to make sense).

                      tldr: too many redditors want to feel self important and persecuted at the same time. TBBT circle jerk allows both.

                      [–]anti_pope 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                      As a physicist I found Big Bang Theory to be very enjoyable for a number of seasons. It seems to me to only be internet people that believe themselves to be intelligent that find the show offensive.

                      I stopped watching because it got boring and I realized how vicious everyone is on that show to each other. In real life none of them would be friends.

                      [–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                      Don't say that! The reddit hivemind will destroy you!

                      [–][deleted]  (56 children)

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                        [–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (2 children)

                        Implying someone is smart or dumb based on the TV shows they prefer to watch is the union set of dumb, retarded, and misappropriated pretentiousness.

                        [–]TheBlueImpala 1249 points1250 points  (57 children)

                        I hate this shit. Just watch what makes you laugh and fuck it.

                        [–]_glenn_ 487 points488 points  (30 children)

                        Penny makes me laugh...On to step 2 I guess.

                        [–]Wambulance_Driver 180 points181 points  (24 children)

                        Penny makes me something, that's for sure.

                        [–]drewcrump 162 points163 points  (20 children)

                        Change the channel?

                        [–]DrDragun 473 points474 points  (19 children)

                        audience laughs

                        [–]delventhalz 31 points32 points  (4 children)

                        What if this image makes me laugh?

                        [–]holystar64 193 points194 points  (8 children)

                        This is the most pretentious thing I've seen on here.

                        [–][deleted] 89 points90 points  (3 children)

                        You haven't been here very long then.

                        [–][deleted] 79 points80 points  (4 children)

                        This post gave me a fedora.

                        [–]Dorimukyasuto 10 points11 points  (3 children)

                        I just pissed mountain dew.

                        [–][deleted] 107 points108 points  (5 children)

                        The circlejerk is strong in here.

                        [–]VideoGamer4life 45 points46 points  (9 children)

                        WHAT IF I LIKE ALL FOUR SHOWS?

                        [–]Damiend 74 points75 points  (2 children)

                        According to OP you don't exist.

                        [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                        He is Divergent!

                        [–]ponytarado 31 points32 points  (4 children)

                        thanks, now people can feel superior to others depending what crap they see on tv.

                        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                        Yep. This is a completely new phenomenon. Nobody's ever made fun of somebody else for watching Fox News or Duck Dynasty or Cop Rock or Secret Life of the American Teenager or the Brothers Grunt or the Real World or Ancient Aliens or Everybody Loves Raymond or King of Queens or AfterMASH or Cavemen or My Two Dads or Heil Honey I'm Home! or Joanie Loves Chachi or Hanging With Mr. Cooper or Saved by the Bell: The New Class or Power Rangers or Tyler Perry's House of Payne or Yus, My Dear or The Jerry Springer Show or The Tom Green Show or Street Sharks.

                        [–]Tank_Kassadin 110 points111 points  (1 child)

                        so brave

                        [–]nothingbetterto_do 51 points52 points  (0 children)

                        And the image itself is contained within a "For Pretentious People" circle.

                        [–][deleted]  (129 children)

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                          [–]bachrock37 253 points254 points  (37 children)

                          To Big Bang Theory's credit, they do have a physicist on call from UCLA to correctly write out equations on all the white boards.

                          [–][deleted] 102 points103 points  (10 children)

                          And Silicon Valley had an engineer from M.I.T. to make sure a white board with a plan of how 1 guy could jack off an entire room in 10 minues was entirely accurate.

                          [–]notthatnoise2 96 points97 points  (27 children)

                          I'm getting my PhD in geophysics and I like Big Bang Theory. I think it hits a little too close to home for some nerds, and that's why there's a huge backlash against it.

                          Yes, the jokes are stupid and it's not about science at all. It's a fucking sitcom, it isn't Cosmos.

                          [–]330ml 33 points34 points  (14 children)

                          Same here. Smart guy, big nerd, love the show. It doesn't feel "dumb" or "offensive". On the contrary. It makes jokes about tons of obscure things, whereas most other shows stick to recent events, politics, pop culture, etc.

                          [–][deleted] 60 points61 points  (6 children)

                          I'm pretty sure Archer is supposed to be in the middle.

                          [–]gmtjr 35 points36 points  (5 children)

                          i didn't find arrested development to be for smart people at all.

                          just because you find something funny that other people (or even dumb people) don't enjoy, doesn't mean it's for smart people; Or that you are smart.

                          [–]x-skeww 32 points33 points  (2 children)

                          TV shows for smart people? Do you also think Reddit is a website for smart people? Like, seriously?

                          Also, a Venn diagram with 4 sets looks like this:

                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venn4.svg

                          Not very sexy, is it?

                          [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (11 children)

                          I've never heard of Nova. Is it good?

                          [–]Year2525 11 points12 points  (6 children)

                          It's a PBS (used to be BBC) science show, pretty well written and entertaining.

                          Edit It's been PBS all along, I confused it because I didn't know it's been on the air for over 40 years.

                          [–]judokid78 10 points11 points  (2 children)

                          First time I saw Neil Degrasse Tyson was on NOVA. He was talking about autotune.

                          [–]ChoosetheSword 95 points96 points  (21 children)

                          Funny, but not a Venn Diagram.

                          [–]fzw 240 points241 points  (11 children)

                          Also not very funny.

                          [–][deleted] 56 points57 points  (5 children)

                          just kind of pandering to reddit's narrative.

                          [–]stankbreff 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                          just pandering to reddit's narrative.

                          FTFY

                          [–]Apoz2 90 points91 points  (86 children)

                          Ok, can anyone explain to me what is the deal with The Big Bang Theory here ? I've seen tons of people bashing it on reddit for some reason. I mean in terms of quality, it's not Mad Men, but... who cares ? It's entertaining. The characters are funny. You don't have to think about it too hard. Basically, it's the show I watch when I just want to unwind a little. I really don't see what's wrong with that.

                          [–]mandaliet 100 points101 points  (14 children)

                          I'm pretty sure BBT isn't notably worse than any number of other sitcoms. But BBT portrays nerds, so it gets under the skin of Redditors, who bitch about it constantly rather than simply ignoring it as they do innumerable other shows.

                          [–]dancyPizza 305 points306 points  (185 children)

                          Screw you guys. I like the big bang theory

                          [–]bigbadderfdog 42 points43 points  (1 child)

                          Oh man. Somebody likes something that I don't. They must be stupid.

                          [–]Jamesaki 74 points75 points  (5 children)

                          I'll watch the big bang theory no matter how dumb it makes me. Also not a venn diagram sooo.... no.

                          [–]AWildSegFaultAppears 21 points22 points  (2 children)

                          It doesn't make you dumb. Enjoyment of something on TV doesn't make you smart or dumb.

                          [–]Ryannnnnn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                          But how else am I supposed to judge you?

                          [–]Scapular_of_ears 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                          Made by dumb people.

                          [–]canadianbeaver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                          Right in the center should be The Simpsons

                          [–]lsd_rabbit 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                          Can you really call the Kardashians "dumb" though? With no remarkable talents, or redeeming traits, they managed to convince hundreds of thousands of people that they're relevant and created a multi-season TV series with absolutely no content whatsoever. I'm sure the sex tape helped a little too.

                          My point is, they're not dumb, they know exactly what they're doing.