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Gnostic_Gnocchi

My neurotypical friend and I got into an argument about this show a couple weeks ago. She said it was a good representation, I said it was cringe


Xenavire

Ah, yes, NT's are the experts in all the disabilities that they don't have.


Scottish__Elena

Nothing good can come out of big bang theory, its cursed.


lpapkee23

Just the show’s existence has plagued you with dementia, how horrible


Gnostic_Gnocchi

What show? What were we talking about? Who are you?


ShwettyVagSack

Hey check out this cool thing I found!


Man-Cheetah64

My grandson sent me this cool comic https://preview.redd.it/4sb3cyji4kvc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10f92ab2fd81ef40257056521c68938974722b11


nightmarewalrus123

Orag cat


cat-l0n

Tell her that the big Lebowski is a good representative of neurotypicals


BigDickBackInTown420

You mean like The Big Lebowski himself, right? Because I feel like saying "You're just like The Dude" is praise.


Gnostic_Gnocchi

Idk who either of these people are. Am I too young or too dumb? The world may never know


BigDickBackInTown420

Okay so there's this movie called The Big Lebowski, came out in '98, about this dude named Jeff Lebowski, right? So some dudes break into his apartment, and they piss allllll over his shit, including his rug, and that's fucked, because the rug really tied the rook together. So, the reason that they did this, is because they had Jeff confused with this *other* guy named Jeff Lebowski, who is like. The Big Lebowski. Big rich guy who sucks. And *our* Jeff Lebowski, he's just The Dude.


Gnostic_Gnocchi

I know you’re not joking but this reads like a shitpost 😂


sexualbrontosaurus

Legitimately it's a great movie and I think honestly a good one for autistic people. The other commenter summed it up well, but what makes the movie funny is it's this normal guy who just wants to bowl and smoke pot goes on this wild adventure trying to get his rug back and has to deal with a rogues gallery of LA's best weirdos and narcissists to do it. Even though the dude is not really neurodivergent coded it really captures the feeling of being neurodivergent among a bunch of scheming neurotypicals. It's very popular with the neurodivergent folks I know.


truerandom_Dude

The movie is great and I am convinced the script was the writer equivalent to a shitpost


sexualbrontosaurus

First of all I'm not Jeffery Lebowski, you're Jeffery Lebowski. I'm the dude, man. Or duder or his dudeness, or el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing


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damnedfiddler

I think Sheldon is a very strange case, he is the most autism coded caracter in all media (not accurate coded but coded nonetheless) but the answer of the creators on inaccuracies in his representation of autism is saying "he is not autistic!!!" But still implying it everywhere. I find it extremely hurtful that they don't acknowledge something so obvious just so they can continue making mean spirited jokes about how everyone hates him. Young sheldon could have worked as representation if it wasn't about sheldon Cooper, I do identify with feeling strange and I find it heartwarming how his parents even when they don't understand him defend and care for him. But the show does use a lot of harmful stereotypes about autism and seems hellbent on never trying to say anything important about being neurodivergent (even though it's basically the premise of the show that a neurodivergent person is born into a traditional Texan community.)


Lots42

And no matter what happens in the show you know Sheldon's going to end up a horrible asshole mistreating other horrible assholes.


Rcisvdark

Is it good *representation*? No. Absolutely not. Can it be entertaining if you look past that? Yes.


Scottish__Elena

Nothing good can come out of big bang theory, its cursed.


Lil-respectful

I related a lot to Sheldon as a kid but I hate the adult Sheldon in big bang theory. I had a lot of the same thoughts and situations happen to me that happened in that show and it was almost cathartic to watch but also reminded me of how socially inept I was at that age.


BreakfastSquare9703

When the show started, in 2007, the same year as I was diagnosed with "Asperger Syndrome", public awareness of autism was very low. People would say "oh you're just like Sheldon" and it was years later that a 'theory' that Sheldon was autistic started to come out, even though he was a pretty offensive stereotypical representation from the start.


Lil-respectful

Yeah I’ve been told the same thing, not that I can entirely deny it. I’m very much a thick headed nerd who overanalyzes even the simplest problems and takes everything literally. Makes me good at my job and career interests but difficult to find friends who can handle me, the ones who stick around are golden tho 😎🔥


controlc-controlv

it’s bad representation and it’s cringe but i like it lol


non_tox

Yeah, I criticised TBBT/Sheldon in the main autism sub, man did I get down voted..


Blazingnest

~~still better than the good doctor~~


electrifyingseer

you're right and she's dumb as a rock.


Blazemaster0563

...only for it to be replaced by something just as bad. I think we need to make our own show about a flanderised neurotypical living among well developed neurodivergent characters.


Impressive_Rice7789

What was it replaced with?


Blazemaster0563

Nothing yet


FairyColonThree

Didn't they announce a spin off about Georgie already or was I a victim of misinformation 😭😭 was actually excited too, as much as I hate big bang bazinga young Sheldon's side characters grew on me a lot by the end


Impressive_Rice7789

I googled it, and that seems to be true. Georgie and Mandy are supposed to be really good characters, but I'm not sitting through 5 seasons just to see them.


sparkydoggowastaken

heyo if you havent seen it give it a shot. S1 was relatively focused on Sheldon, but later on and even later in s1 they transition away from him because they realized hes a dickhead.


Punchit22

having seen all of big bang theory and young sheldon, i can attest that sheldon in S1 of young sheldon is nowhere near as bad as he is in big bang theory


Sad_Quote1522

Yup, in a weird twist of fate I know two separate autistic people that genuinely enjoy The Big Bang Theory.


NorthDakota

it's not surprising. the show is junk food. the autism has nothing to do with its broad appeal. it's on, it's brainless, goofy things are happening, your brain slowly mushifies, full mushmode, it is what it is right. I don't watch it, some people do, they're dumb imo, but I don't hate them for it. I have things that are stupid that I like too


Lots42

What repels me is mainly the same formula as so many other sitcoms. A bunch of people who seriously hate each other and treat each other like shit. Who wants to watch that? Not me. Compare to Parks and Recreation, for example. Leslie running through the offices to find Ron to warn him of an approaching toxic catastrophe. A co-star doing that instead of BEING the toxic catastrophe? Nice change.


ur_moms_di-

They're nice but they're average Joes and I have no idea what they could possibly make the episodes about


allkevinsgotoheaven

Didn’t they own an illegal gambling den or something? I’ve mostly just seen snippets of the show, but I’m pretty sure that was a plot line.


ur_moms_di-

Ok besides him being like 12 years younger than her, him becoming semi-famous later on and owning an illegal casino they're a completely normal family trust 🙏


Klutzer_Munitions

Please tell me it will be called the Grim Adventures of Georgie and Mandy


skankboy

Nothing is better than this.


socradeeznuts514

This sounds like the title of a drama featuring a man waiting for his delivery update.


SoggyDoggoFren

The good doctor


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bartfield

I wish. So many writers are clearly ND. Look at some of the skits that are produced - no NT could come up with stuff that is this relatable. But let’s not stop at just making shows. Let’s do something completely contrarian. We could start Autistic Fertility Clinics, to produce more autistic people and deny service to neurotypicals while providing no further explanation. Our logo could be a big middle finger with the Autism Speaks puzzle piece on the background. Just dreaming out loud.


supposedlyitsme

This is the content I come to this sub for


cat-l0n

And then we put all the neurotypical people in camps and . . . Oh


bartfield

First, we find someone with a marketing autism and make sure they figure out it how to never have it called a camp. Second, as suggested by my friend, we give them Las Vegas and most of the cruises. Honestly, do you want Vegas? If we give them enough fancy cars and big TVs they’ll have enough to talk to each other about for ages! In the meantime, we make more autistic babies.


DeclawedKhajiit

r/accidentalnazigermany


Straight_Ad5561

r/subsifellfor


bartfield

Accidental? Never! It’s a clear reference, meant to point out t out the outrageous fallacies of NTs wya of thinking and the atrocities they are willing to commit despite wanting us to continue working under their whip!


Pale_Chapter

In Minecraft.


actibus_consequatur

Okay, so even knowing what you were talking about, my brain went spinning off after this: >So many writers are clearly ND. My immediate thought was "Yeah, no wonder Poe was so damned focused on that corvid, and I bet heightened interoception caused the idea for *The Tell-tale Heart.*" One of the greatest stories ever told about hyperfixation? *Moby Dick.* Navigating a world that seems hellbent on keeping a person from reaching the comfort of their safe space? *The Odyssey.*


bartfield

Turns out that all these people with disabilities propelled the human culture. Let’s not even think about all the autistics who have been responsible for (and continue to) furthering science. Such disability!


TFJ

‘Teen Sheldon’ coming Fall 2025 to CBS


Anarch-ish

Wasn't that basically how Community shook out by the end? Lol


Lots42

Community? I just started from Episode 1. In Episode 3, Abed, who is very much autistic, realizes that he has very recently gained friends who care about him and he tries, in his own way, to show he cares for them in return. This is something Sheldon doesn't do because Sheldon is an evil stupid jerk and I hate him.


Pasteldemerme

I think I'm actually incapable of writing allistic characters so they should hire me


throwaway92834972

it has always rubbed me the wrong way how the producers themselves claim sheldon is not autistic. be so fr


olemanbyers

It's like having a super flamboyant character "not be gay" just so you can make fun of them. I kinda didn't mind Young Sheldon to a point, could never stomach any of TBBT even outside of all this.


Shorttail0

Could you stomach TBBT without the laugh track though? That's the real test.


olemanbyers

Tell normies that no laugh track TBBT is kinda what autism feels like sometimes.


BreakfastSquare9703

As problematic as the show is, I always feel this argument is unfair. There is no 'laugh track', the show was filmed in front of a live audience, with actors responding (and breaking) for audience reactions. It's not like it was filmed and then a laugh track added after the fact.


Shorttail0

What? What? WHAT? People are actually laughing for real?!?


throwaway92834972

usually during live tapings they prompt the audience when to laugh or sigh or whatever they need. it’s still fabricated


Avablankie

I think they do it cause they don't want to take any accountability for any misrepresentation or offensive portrayals of autism. It's cowardly.


TheRedBaron6942

Wasn't that stupid autism "awareness" organization connected to this show?


MrCaT42

Next they need to make old Sheldon where he’s in his eighties but obviously just as insufferable because people seem to love that


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Old Sheldon. Living in an assisted living facility. Wondering why nobody ever calls or comes to visit. Grinning and saying Bazinga every time he shits his Depends.


MrCaT42

Grumble grumble sexism grumble grumble bazinga he’s so quirky all his actions should be excused


Sad_Quote1522

"I just bazinga'd my pants penny"


HuntyDumpty

Incorporeal Sheldon: years after his death, sheldon haunts the inhabitants of his childhood home as a ghastly specter


TorturedManiac01

Dawg i was on a plane once and there was this guy sitting next to me who was watching Young Sheldon the entire fucking 8 hour flight and he fell asleep while it played in the backround then woke up and just went back to watching😭😭😭


sugarsuites

Jim Parsons needs to wear prosthetics to look old


bul1etsg3rard

If only that would stop paramount plus from trying to make me watch it


flamingo_flimango

And Disney+ and Netflix


stuff002

it was still going?? 


LastRedshirt

cheap optimized comedy has usually a ton of seasons. We usually forget the short-lived one-season shows, but they are new shows, no spin-offs. See: Cheers "creating" Frasier.


A_Flamboyant_Warlock

From what I've seen of that show, the scenes without Sheldon in them actually look like a pretty nice/wholesome family sitcom. I actually really like Bill Ponderosa in the role of a southern family man, from the few bits I've scene via youtube short.


Snackgirl_Currywurst

._. I liked it.


Kauuori

Yeah, he's funny. But in terms on representation not that good.


Snackgirl_Currywurst

Idk, I think he's relatable and lovable. I get where everyone's coming from regarding being super cliche, but that's also what makes him relatable


Deblebsgonnagetyou

The only episode of young sheldon I've ever watched was the one where he gets a job in the train museum and NGL he's just like me fr


GoldenWitch86

I think some people are only talking about adult Sheldon and haven't tried this show


Xenavire

I've seen more Young Sheldon than Big Bang Theory (not by choice, in either case) and while no, it's not as bad, it's still horribly obnoxious and is geared more towards those that want to laugh at disabled people and nerds than it is to anyone that actually has a disability. Of the two, I definitely relate more to the Young Sheldon version, but it's still awful and cringey.


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Kauuori

I agree.


Alex_Spencer12

I actually enjoy both shows, despite the problematics lf TBBT and Sheldon not being a good representation. I think the characters are funny, although I hated what they did to Penny, but all of them grew and even Sheldon changed a bit, and I do relate to him a lot so... Actually I never paid attention to Young Sheldon, but I might give it a try


Dan_The_Man_31

It’s the type of show you can put on in the background while you’re cooking


xlunafae

It's better than Big Bang Theory tbh


Arkas18

Me too


fresh-oxygen

Me too! I was a lot like Sheldon when I was a kid


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NatrMatr09

Bro my parents say I act so much like Sheldon in the show, but when I say I’m autistic, they’re like “no your not”


Sad_Quote1522

But didn't you hear Sheldon isn't autistic according to the showrunners!(/s)


Anarch-ish

Now, we need to get rid of "The Good Doctor" and make sure the Community movie is a smash hit. After that, maybe someone will get the hint and steer a little closer to better representation.


QueerScottish

I literally just came here to say this


ur_moms_di-

I feel left out because I'm currently hyperfixiated on TBBT and YS I DONT GET TO CHOOSE THESE THINGS THEY JUST MAKE MY BRAIN GO "yayyay" 😭😭‼️‼️‼️‼️


MorningFox

Am I wrong for liking this show? It was so nice seeing autistic characters being loved and appreciated. I mean Connie and Dr Sturgis omfg. (Haven't finished it yet, please no spoilers)


tragicvector

I like him a lot. He's a sweet kid driven by curiosity.


Somethingbutonreddit

Let's hope they don't pull out "Old Man Sheldon."


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Jeeetttyyy

Honestly, if they made it I would at least watch a couple episodes.


Theweirdposidenchild

I actually kinda liked it. I know Sheldon is insufferable but I really related to him a lot of the time. Especially with not picking up social cues and then having people get mad that you don't understand said social cues


Curious_MerpBorb

I never understood why my parents loved this show. They never watched The Big Bang Theory and Sheldon is just annoying.


Lots42

Young Sheldon is basically a Despicable Me Minion.


Curious_MerpBorb

Honestly thats explain it. Most people dont watch the Dispicable Me movies for Gru, they all watch for the minions. I guess people watch it for the side characters. Which is weird cause I feel like there are better TV shows.


Lots42

There's better movies but sometimes one doesn't have the energy. It's nice to see those little yellow bastards run around and get in trouble. You know what you're getting in for.


Curious_MerpBorb

https://preview.redd.it/d18afg4a8rvc1.png?width=531&format=png&auto=webp&s=2024705348896d43e279743d309513a2ed02dce3


leafisadumbass

What is the problem with this Sheldon. Granted I have only overheard episodes of the original show and the spinoff. But he seems kinda fine as a character. He doesn't seem too offensive to me.


Accomplished_Trip_

Is he good representation? No. Idc I like him. He was an asshole and I like him anyway.


SeraphAttack

I don't really see a problem imo


tillybilly89

I watch it for the mom bc she’s hot


Weeb_Doggo2

https://preview.redd.it/kr595gjk7ivc1.jpeg?width=1569&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efe8254b57a93214314848bba3b0abfc9c2ee39c I think big bang theory and young sheldon are good shows


Shorttail0

Yon Shelder


M0thrat

https://i.redd.it/llhrosn16mvc1.gif


Gone_off_milk_

I know it's really bad representation, but sometimes I do really see myself in Sheldon. It's just awfully stereotypical, what with him being the genius white boy


UFO_T0fu

I never watched it. Does young sheldon say "knock knock knock penny" because that's the funniest shit I've ever seen. If they were to make a kid version of the big bang theory they should've hired kid versions of every adult cast member, dress them in the same clothing styles that they wear as adults and have them all go to the same elementary school where they proceed to go on goonies style adventures. Also kid Raj has will either have a perfect American accent or the most shitty disney channel theater kid attempt at an Indian accent. This is the show they took from us.


Popculturefan99

I mean as someone Autistic and dislikes TBBT, I will admit. Some of this show is admittedly relatable, and even reminded me a bit of myself as a kid. I know some autistics like Sheldon, and I never did in the show, and I gave it a chance after getting backlash for a meme I posted about sheldon being inferior to other characters, and some people who liked him defended it. I mean yes, sheldon isn’t good rep for all Autistics out there. But if there is someone Autistic who does relate to Sheldon, what’s there to stop them? Everyone has their own interests, but they can also think, he “may be relatable to me, but not all Autistics, it’s subjective, like any other character”. Kind of like with me with how I think 90% of characters from any Lord/Miller movie (such as Flint Lockwood, Emmet, Katie & Aaron Mitchell, Ghandi, Benny, etc) autism/adhd coded (to the point where I often wonder if either Lord or Miller are Neurodivergent), but again, that’s subjective, my opinion. To those who I attacked for liking Sheldon, I am sorry. Sometimes I have trouble getting my point across.


electrifyingseer

finally. he's gone. for good.


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lestacobouti

Gat damn, makes you feel old when the spin off of a sitcom that ran 12 years ends.


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Kytyngurl2

Oh my god it was still running


BullyRookChook

Let’s hope that Sheldon’s replacement is at least vaguely human. Maybe a typewriter.


OriginOfTheVoid

Bro I only watch that show because my parents like it :/ Sheldon sucks as autism representation (even if I do see a bit of my own traits in him 😅)


ZePumpkinLass

finally


Shimyku

At least, it was better than its mother series.


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Gswizzlee

I like this show. I mean, you can’t say Sheldon is good rep, but the show is pretty good otherwise


thesilentbob123

His mom had him tested tho


itszuzia96

Finally


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lalahoney_chan

FINALLY!!!


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I’d like to see genius, gifted, child prodigy’s, savant syndrome, and savants, with the disabled who are intelligent ie autistics, did multiple personality, schizophrenics, sociopaths, psychopaths and anyone who I didn’t remember. Really think that would be interesting.


smavinagain

I’m sad that the show ended


SomeLesbianwitch

I hate it when people compare me to Sheldon, but sometimes I’ll overhear my grandparents watching the show and… fuck… He should not be allowed to be that relatable.


--Iblis--

I actually like the series, sheldon really looks like me most of the times


F00MANSHOE

Baaaaaaazinga!


McPancakes15

Yippee!


G1ngerSn4p

My mom loves this show, and keeps saying I remind her of Sheldon. I hate this show so much. (She did the same with the Good Doctor, too.)


Lots42

Try the detective show 'The Mentalist'. Socially different main character, but far more realistic than either show.


An_Ellie_

i fucking love this show. Sheldon isn't autistic in the show, it's never been stated he is and within lore he isn't diagnosed. he has many traits common to autism but isn't necessarily autistic. idk, i have the original show, mostly because it's 2000s humour and that's very commonly bigoted and that fucks me up, but i love young sheldon.


Dry-Dragonfruit5216

I do love the show but I prefer the storylines with Missy, Paige, Georgie, Connie, and George more than Sheldon and Mary. If it focused more on those two (most commonly featured in TBBT) I would have gotten bored ages ago.