I want to take just a brief moment to talk about one of my biggest pet peeves at Cons. Now this DOES tie into a bigger problem for me and with society in general ...but I will spare MOST of that for another time. I have been to a few Wizard Worlds over the years and among the cosplayers, fanboys, collectors, and children there is the presence of something that mocks our very existence. It represents a manufactured CORPORATE parody of our lifestyle that laughs AT us, not with us. Of course I am refering to
...The Bazinga Shirt.
Or anything that promotes that disgusting, hateful, vain television series. Without going FULLY into my thoughts about The Big Bang Theory, I do believe that supporting that show in any way is supporting bullying, alienation, and negative stereotypes. Which is why when I see a person show up to a con wearing something that promotes that television series ...I do not get the feeling they are there because they actually enjoy the stuff on display but more or less are there for the same reasons people go to a zoo. Of course it would not be fair of me to say that everyone who wears this shirt are like that nor that they get that it is a negative and not very accurate viewpoint of fan boys. But that IS where my mind goes to when I see people wearing something that proudly proclaims that we are weird, awkward people, that no one understands and no one SHOULD understand us.
Now I am sure there are many that disagree with this and I will be expanding more on my thoughts towards this show in a three or four part series that will be a compare and contrast to the departed Community on NBC. I probably do sound like an elitist when it comes to 'outsiders' which isn't the case. What I am saying is that they are not aware of the negative influence the show has been having on society and what supporting that show at a con says about the people at said Con.
I want to reiterate that this is MY opinion and you have a right to disagree with it. This is just something that personally bothers me and understand that there are probably a lot who do not see my point of view or do not think it is as serious as I am making it out to be. Though this should state my stand point to many on if they will read my editorials after this point or not as it's popularity is something that baffles and disappoints me.