{"id":194,"date":"2008-11-10T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2008-11-07T17:02:31","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T21:02:31","slug":"poll-chuck-or-big-bang-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/10\/poll-chuck-or-big-bang-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: &#8216;Chuck&#8217; or &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/chuck_bang_poll.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck-Big Bang Theory Poll\" width=\"250\" height=\"381\" \/>Which TV show do you prefer, &#8216;Chuck&#8217; or &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;?\u00a0 It seems to me that there are two camps of geek TV watchers this season.\u00a0 After talking with a great number of people, I&#8217;ve noticed that geeks watch either &#8216;Chuck&#8217; or &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;, but not both.\u00a0 I realize both airs at the same time, but with DVRs and downloadables (heck, even old fashioned VCRs) it&#8217;s very feasible to be a fan of both.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please take a moment to answer the poll in the right-hand sidebar of this page.\u00a0 If you are reading this on LiveJournal, Facebook, an RSS feeder, or elsewhere, please visit the main site for my blog, <a title=\"Once Upon a Geek\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\">http:\/\/onceuponageek.com<\/a> to answer the poll question.\u00a0 Also, feel free to post comments explaining why you are a fan of one or the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;ve ever read my blog, then you know I personally prefer &#8216;Chuck&#8217;.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried watching &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217;, but after seeing the way the geeks act on that show I&#8217;m mildly offended.\u00a0 Using the <a title=\"Social Order Venn Diagram\" href=\"http:\/\/i80.photobucket.com\/albums\/j184\/jinexile\/social_order_venn.png\">Social Order Venn Diagram<\/a>, I feel the characters on &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217; qualify as &#8216;nerds&#8217; rather than &#8216;geeks&#8217;. I know several &#8216;normal people&#8217; who watch &#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217; and automatically assume that&#8217;s what life is like for me and my friends. 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