# The Big Bang Theory 10/4-- The Decoupling Flucutation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735 "2012-10-04T19:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/41 "2012-10-05T23:30:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Amy hiding her right hand got obvious after a while. And AFAIK, the sleeping chambers on the ISS don’t have windows. Speak for yourself. When I get there I’m claiming the [cupola as my personal quarters](http://www.ucdavis.edu/local_resources/images/hpbg/2012/march/hpbg_caldwell_dyson.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/42 "2012-10-06T00:16:05Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Yeah, but the image of astronauts gluing an alien mask onto one to scare the crap out of Howard was the funniest moment of the show. Yeah, I got a chuckle out of the imagery so I made a [crude photoshop](http://i48.tinypic.com/2cyl754.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/43 "2012-10-06T02:45:04Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > equating MIT to art college. Some of us went to both. And guess which was harder. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/44 "2012-10-06T02:53:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Some of us went to both. > > And guess which was harder. I’m guessing MIT. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/45 "2012-10-06T19:36:45Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I’m greatly disappointed that “astronaut screaming for nine minutes” isn’t actually on youtube - how hard would it have been to put up a mask in a window and get Wolowitz to scream?\ I went to look as soon as I watched it on tv, and I did find a video. [There is also this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGqHEZBP0E) 😃 One of the biggest surprises this season is how hot Howard is with a beard. Colour me pleasantly surprised! Speaking of LeVar Burton and Twitter, I got a response from him for one of my tweets! I tweeted, “Is it just me, or is anyone else kind of surprised when they see LeVar Burton has eyes?” and he responded, “Constantly!” ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/46 "2012-10-06T19:44:38Z")
So cool re Levar Burton, Cat Whisperer! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/47 "2012-10-06T23:27:09Z")
I thought so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/48 "2012-10-07T07:23:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Speaking of LeVar Burton and Twitter, I got a response from him for one of my tweets! I tweeted, “Is it just me, or is anyone else kind of surprised when they see LeVar Burton has eyes?” and he responded, “Constantly!” Nerd celebrities are awesome. I got into a focus group? which ended up as a phone discussion with Neil deGrasse Tyson (5? years ago) regarding new PBS science shows. It was crazy that “Neil” and/or his producer was interested enough in my opinions to actually call me. I actually take a little bit of credit/pride that I am partially responsible for Neil’s recent meteoric rise. My complaints about PBS’s new science shows were that they weren’t “inspirational” enough. They had removed too much of the science and were speaking to far too low of an intelligence. As opposed to previous Novas, Natures, Scientific American Frontiers, Jacques Cousteau, etc. where they gave the science in action. I think the recent David Pogue pieces about “what matter is” or some nonsense like that is the epitome of what I was railing against. Show us the science not some moron’s journey of enlightenment (this also goes for the crocodile hunter BS- whereas talking to someone who had studied reptile and cold-blooded animal metabolism and studied its limitations would have been awesome). Sorry for the tangent, but I think it is why Dopers are turning against BBT, they are dumbing it down and removing dimensionality from the characters- but celebrities can be awesome! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/49 "2012-10-07T15:38:39Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Sorry for the tangent, but I think it is why Dopers are turning against BBT, they are dumbing it down and removing dimensionality from the characters- but celebrities can be awesome! This has been my complaint against BBT - that they explain shit they shouldn’t. When Howard called Katie Sackoff by her _full name_, during his _sex fantasy_, it totally blew it for me. Just refer to people as you really would and let the viewers get the joke or not. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/50 "2012-10-07T23:53:55Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > \ > Sorry for the tangent, but I think it is why Dopers are turning against BBT, they are dumbing it down and removing dimensionality from the characters- but celebrities can be awesome! I agree - think of your target audience and aim for them, not trying to be all things to all people. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/51 "2012-10-08T00:20:21Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Berating MIT grads as being stupid is _funny_. It isn’t serious commentary on the world. While Sheldon may think it, I don’t think you need to be told that taking Sheldon’s world view to heart is… not the point. One time my father and I were hiking in the High Sierras, and we met a hiker at the top of a pass who was hiking in the opposite direction and stopped for a few minutes to BS. Somehow the conversation turned to electrical engineering, and when the hiker and my father realized that they both had backgrounds in E.E., the hiker offered that he had graduated from MIT. The hiker then suddenly realized that this could be construed as being boastful, and somewhat embarrassingly asked my father where he had received his degree, to which my father replied “Caltech.” The hiker paused for an uncomfortable few seconds, and then said in a hesitantly deferential tone “uh, well—that’s a _good school_ too.” ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/52 "2012-10-08T00:45:04Z")
There is a long traditional of ribbing rival schools. I went to Vanderbilt myself. When a guy told me he graduated from Georgia Tech, I commented that I’d heard that it was a fine trade school. Actually hatred is reserved for Tennessee graduates. I don’t know where Sheldon actually got his degree from. He mentioned having 2 PHDs and he did some of his graduate work overseas. He seems to look down on engineers in general, not just MIT graduates. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/53 "2012-10-08T00:59:12Z")
There is a long traditional of ribbing rival schools. I went to Vanderbilt myself. When a guy told me he graduated from Georgia Tech, I commented that I’d heard that it was a fine trade school. Actually hatred is reserved for Tennessee graduates. I don’t know where Sheldon actually got his degree from. He mentioned having 2 PHDs and he did some of his graduate work overseas. He seems to look down on engineers in general, not just MIT graduates. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/54 "2012-10-08T01:14:43Z")
Leave it to a Vanderbilt grad to double-post. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/55 "2012-10-08T13:38:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Some of us went to both. > > And guess which was harder. If you say art school, them I’m guessing you were Course 15 at MIT. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/56 "2012-10-08T14:14:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > One of the biggest surprises this season is how hot Howard is with a beard. Colour me pleasantly surprised! I think the fact that he’s wearing a hat helps a lot, too. Aside: Simon Helberg was much more attractive in _Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip_. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/57 "2012-10-08T16:48:14Z")
Very non-geeky episode, BBT is getting too much like 2 1/2 men. Whiny Howard, spineless Leonard, wishy-washy Penny, and what are they going to do with Stewart when Howard comes back? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/58 "2012-10-10T21:33:17Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I disagree. “Please don’t hurt my friend” was possibly Jim Parsons’ best line reading of the entire series so far. Not the funniest, of course, but one of his best in-character moments. 100% agree. It even choked me up a little. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/59 "2012-10-11T15:26:59Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I think the fact that he’s wearing a hat helps a lot, too. > > Aside: Simon Helberg was much more attractive in _Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip_. I think Helberg’s new look IS really attractive, but his wearing of a baseball cap on the ISS is REALLY bugging me…unless it had a chinstrap ( and I checked, it doesn’t seem to) it wouldn’t stay on his freaking head in zero gravity. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735/60 "2012-10-11T15:28:53Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think Helberg’s new look IS really attractive, but his wearing of a baseball cap on the ISS is REALLY bugging me…unless it had a chinstrap ( and I checked, it doesn’t seem to) it wouldn’t stay on his freaking head in zero gravity. I believe baseball caps are held on your head by friction, not by gravity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-4-the-decoupling-flucutation/636735.md?page=4)