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2 days ago
Originally Posted by Captain Steel
This is weird, but despite everyone I know assuming I would be the biggest Big Bang Theory fan based on who I am and stuff I like, I never really got into the show.

For all "intensive purposes" I SHOULD be the biggest fan: I'm a nerd, I'm intensely interested in science, I love everything to do with NASA, astronomy and spaceflight, I'm a huge Star Trek fan along with all things science fiction, and as most of you know I've been a comic book geek since I was 10 years old (and have even had related work stints in the industry) - I have everything in common with the characters on the show (including some mild social phobias similar to Sheldon) - yet although seeing some episodes & finding them mildly entertaining, I just never had the desire to follow it as I have some other shows.
Yeah there's no direct connection between a hobby and a show to watch. I was in a D&D group that everyone else hates Big Bang Theory, and they're more interested in the comic books and Star Trek and all of that than I ever have been. Oh I love video games and movies and some nerdy stuff like that, but I don't do superheroes or comics or toys and some others that don't come to mind.

For comparison, just because it occurs to me, I'm as athletic as a bush, and I used to love to watch baseball and football. Not so much anymore, though for a while it was almost religious. "My team is playing? Okay that's my next three hours sorted." My Sundays from September through February are just NFL all day, and I can't play at all.

I get the reasoning behind what you described. It's just interesting to me the discrepancy in interests and what we watch.

It occurs to me. Someone I knew hates football and enjoys football movies. I enjoy football and hate football movies. Just another oddity. None of this is meant as a slight to anyone. It's just how I've observed the correlation.
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2 days ago
Originally Posted by Captain Steel
This is weird, but despite everyone I know assuming I would be the biggest Big Bang Theory fan based on who I am and stuff I like, I never really got into the show.

For all "intensive purposes" I SHOULD be the biggest fan: I'm a nerd, I'm intensely interested in science, I love everything to do with NASA, astronomy and spaceflight, I'm a huge Star Trek fan along with all things science fiction, and as most of you know I've been a comic book geek since I was 10 years old (and have even had related work stints in the industry) - I have everything in common with the characters on the show (including some mild social phobias similar to Sheldon) - yet although seeing some episodes & finding them mildly entertaining, I just never had the desire to follow it as I have some other shows.

A friend of mine is very similar to you in that he's been a comic book geek since he was a little kid, he's loves science, sci-fi, and has just about everything else in common with the guys on The Big Bang Theory, including the fact that he has a genius level IQ.

But he has never watched an episode of the show, and he refuses to watch it. He says that the show "hits too close to home" for him, and he feels like they are making fun of him. I've tried to get him to at least give the show a chance, but he refuses to even watch a single episode.
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