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I only notice this in sitcoms. It's not like this in more serious tv shows.

  • 01.04.2013 6:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: XxExpungexX
Because smart people typically aren't good looking and modern society puts so much emphasis on looks.
says who?

Or is this that stereotype again?


I would easily say it's a stereotype. Too bad smarts AND good looks aren't encouraged at the same time.

They are but like I said, it seems you are the one with the flawed assumption that stupid behavior is cool. Stupid behavior only attracts other stupid people.

  • 01.04.2013 6:05 PM PDT

Sincerely, the voice inside your head for whenever you read things.

Jealousy.

  • 01.04.2013 6:06 PM PDT


Posted by: XxExpungexX

Posted by: aTALLmidget

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Posted by: XxExpungexX
Because smart people typically aren't good looking and modern society puts so much emphasis on looks.
says who?

Or is this that stereotype again?


I would easily say it's a stereotype. Too bad smarts AND good looks aren't encouraged at the same time.

They are but like I said, it seems you are the one with the flawed assumption that stupid behavior is cool. Stupid behavior only attracts other stupid people.


And there are droves of stupid people alive. I would go as far as saying outnumbering smart people in vast quantities, so it's no surprise that stupidity is something "cool".

  • 01.04.2013 6:08 PM PDT

+1 for you good sir.


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I find it's the other way around on the Internet.

  • 01.04.2013 6:08 PM PDT

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Wrong, sir.

The smart look down on the unintelligible.

  • 01.04.2013 6:19 PM PDT

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Because clever people are stoopid.

  • 01.04.2013 6:21 PM PDT

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Jealousy?
Stupidity?
Ignorance?

I agree.

Seems like the common answer to this thread.

  • 01.04.2013 6:36 PM PDT
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It's a stereo type. Also if you flaunt it all over the place, in an annoying way I can see why you'd be looked down upon. But you also can't deny that some really smart people are either book smart, or have nothing else to do but learn

  • 01.04.2013 6:45 PM PDT

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  • 01.04.2013 6:53 PM PDT

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  • 01.04.2013 7:18 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Could it be that people expect less from those who are good looking?

  • 01.04.2013 7:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Hylebos
The majority of people who watch TV aren't very smart and enjoy partaking in a fantasy where every smart person is antisocial and clumsy.


Indeed, common sense should tell you that smart people should know how to entertain and socialise with people and be very good at it.

  • 01.04.2013 7:20 PM PDT

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Could it be that people expect less from those who are good looking?
You mean he can read AND has a 6 pack?


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  • 01.04.2013 7:20 PM PDT

cause smart people are stupid.



wat

  • 01.04.2013 7:22 PM PDT

Cause it's tv

  • 01.04.2013 7:23 PM PDT

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  • 01.04.2013 7:23 PM PDT
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That's just TV, not really a big deal.

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
Why does the media perpetuate a myth that stupid people are cool and art guys are nerds?

Since when are artists associated with intelligence?

  • 01.04.2013 7:24 PM PDT


Posted by: thisguyCAMEO
cause smart people are stupid.



wat


No but they can do stupid things.

  • 01.04.2013 7:24 PM PDT

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  • 01.04.2013 7:27 PM PDT

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Well, what's the definition of smart really ? Is one smart to interact with others to achieve a goal of well-being ? Or is one smarter if one choses to work alone and to come to solutions for problems alone that he would never have gotten to had he had another mind working with him ?

Well it's your own definition that counts and honestly.

OT: Most TV-shows work with stereotypes, and the stereotypical normal dude is a stereotypical normal dude and the stereotypical nerd is a stereotypical nerd. It's easier to recognize characters if you just throw it's concept into a group of people that many already know a lot about.

  • 01.04.2013 7:29 PM PDT

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OT: Most TV-shows work with stereotypes, and the stereotypical normal dude is a stereotypical normal dude and the stereotypical nerd is a stereotypical nerd. It's easier to recognize characters if you just throw it's concept into a group of people that many already know a lot about.
This is another thing, why waste time/money on competent writers/character development when you can just chug out pre-written character models that people are already familiar with?

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  • 01.04.2013 7:30 PM PDT

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