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[AlleeCat]

Tv (not only in the US) is pretty terrible at depicting subcultures, foreigners or anything for that matter. I'm always happy if the germans=nazi jokes on US-tv are at least funny or if they come up with stuff I hadn't heard yet (30 Rock had some really good ones). That show "Happy Endings" had a gay dude who wasn't overtly effeminate (by tv-standards) and seemed a bit more than a "I'm gay"-caricature. Got cancelled though.

If we can talk about movies for a second, IIRC Kiss Kiss Bang Bang had a gay character that wasn't a stereotype as well. I remember being kind of amazed at the fact that they had a gay character who was out and not outwardly gay.

[XXSockXX]

I'm thinking specifically about The Big Bang Theory, which gets more popular the more misogynistic, homophobic, and racist it becomes.

I may be watching way too much US-tv for my own good, but I can tell you all Chuck Lorre shows are like that, mostly worse. Try watching 2 and 1/2 Men and Big Bang Theory will look way better.

If we can talk about movies for a second, IIRC Kiss Kiss Bang Bang had a gay character that wasn't a stereotype as well. I remember being kind of amazed at the fact that they had a gay character who was out and not outwardly gay.

I don't know that movie. I've seen some films that had relatively normal gay characters, but if it's not played for laughs, it's about their problems. Gay characters as pretty normal dudes that happen to be gay seem rare.

[Vector]

Oh crap, I didn't even know he'd written that show, too.  Kind of explains a lot.

[AlleeCat]

If we can talk about movies for a second, IIRC Kiss Kiss Bang Bang had a gay character that wasn't a stereotype as well. I remember being kind of amazed at the fact that they had a gay character who was out and not outwardly gay.

I don't know that movie. I've seen some films that had relatively normal gay characters, but if it's not played for laughs, it's about their problems. Gay characters as pretty normal dudes that happen to be gay seem rare.

Well this character is actually just that. A normal character that just happens to be gay. They make some jokes about it but he rolls with them and the movie is otherwise pretty respectful. You should see it, it's Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer, and this was before RDJ was all that famous, too.
Also, since everything is a circle, Michelle Monaghan was in it, and also in L&O:SVU.

[XXSockXX]

Oh crap, I didn't even know he'd written that show, too.  Kind of explains a lot.

I think he writes all CBS comedies. I prefer the NBC stuff, like 30 Rock, Community or Parks and Recreation, which I think is the funniest show on TV right now.

Well this character is actually just that. A normal character that just happens to be gay. They make some jokes about it but he rolls with them and the movie is otherwise pretty respectful. You should see it, it's Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer, and this was before RDJ was all that famous, too.
Also, since everything is a circle, Michelle Monaghan was in it, and also in L&O:SVU.

Gonna check it out, haven't seen a decent comedy movie in a while now.

[Mr Space Cat]

I once saw a squirrel run across the road and into a car. It bounced about two feet off, and ran back.

This one time there was a squirrel who was basically ambling slowly and casually across the road. We had to come to a complete stop to wait for it to cross, when with most squirrels you could just slow down enough so they can run across.

Nope. This squirrel would take two steps, stop smell something, take two steps, stop, flick his tail, and repeat. It's like it had no idea what a road was.

Then there was the time a dove flew out into the middle of the lane and landed and just sat there staring at nothing for about ten seconds. It did this while there were cars approaching it. Again, we had to come to stop, with several other cars behind us, all because a bird decided to play chicken on the road. There wasn't even any reason for it to fly out into the road in the first place. It simply flew out randomly onto the road from a nearby tree and stood there.

Wildlife can be so awesome...but then it can be pretty stupid.

[Frumple]

... maybe they were infested with one of those suicide brain worm things? Do they have those for stuff bigger than ants?

[Bauglir]

I know toxoplasmosis gondii does something similar to mice (and can infect humans).

Incidentally, don't click through that link if you don't like reading about diseases. It's not an especially bad one, but even the most benign ones occasionally go to crazyland and have terrible symptoms listed.

[Bdthemag]

I'm thinking specifically about The Big Bang Theory, which gets more popular the more misogynistic, homophobic, and racist it becomes.

If it actually pulled off misogynistic, homophobic, and racist humor well (Or even at all, since from what I remember it was never particularly racy.) I'd actually watch it. But really, it's only terrible in the sense that it has horrible writing and panders to the lowest common denominator. When I think of TBBT, I don't think "Egad! That's a horribly misogynistic and offensive show!

[Xantalos]

I know toxoplasmosis gondii does something similar to mice (and can infect humans).

Incidentally, don't click through that link if you don't like reading about diseases. It's not an especially bad one, but even the most benign ones occasionally go to crazyland and have terrible symptoms listed.

Naturally, it's associated with cats.

[MonkeyHead]

Iain Banks dies of cancer. I knew this was coming since he declared it a few months back, but even so its kinda sad that I now own everything he will ever write, and there will be no more great works from him.

[Vector]

If it actually pulled off misogynistic, homophobic, and racist humor well (Or even at all, since from what I remember it was never particularly racy.) I'd actually watch it. But really, it's only terrible in the sense that it has horrible writing and panders to the lowest common denominator. When I think of TBBT, I don't think "Egad! That's a horribly misogynistic and offensive show!

Uh, okay.

[Tellemurius]

AGGGGHHHH MY HOME SERVER CROAK, THAT THING WAS ONLY THREE MONTHS OLD T_T

[Willfor]

Oh crap, I didn't even know he'd written that show, too.  Kind of explains a lot.

I think he writes all CBS comedies. I prefer the NBC stuff, like 30 Rock, Community or Parks and Recreation, which I think is the funniest show on TV right now.

That's because Parks and Rec IS the funniest show on TV at the moment. Excepting its first season, which wasn't really the best first season.

[XXSockXX]

That's because Parks and Rec IS the funniest show on TV at the moment. Excepting its first season, which wasn't really the best first season.

Yeah, season 1 is not that great, but it's only a few episodes. Seasons 2-3 are the most consistently funny stretch of episodes I can spontanously think of.