# The Big Bang Theory 12/13--The Santa Simulation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961 "2012-12-13T21:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/21 "2012-12-14T15:57:00Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Sometimes I wonder how Bernadette walks upright. She’s got quite a rack on a tiny frame… They are impressive, indeed. But it sure seems they avoid profile shots on her- that is one enormous nose she has on her. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/22 "2012-12-14T16:16:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > OK, I admit that I laughed over the double entendres that Raj kept saying. But I’m not sure that I buy that five-year-old Sheldon thought that Santa could bring back his deceased “Paw Paw.” I think he was the kind of kid who didn’t believe any fiction from a very young age. Or that’s where the skepticism started. Five years old is a pretty young age for Santa to die on you. It could leave one hell of an impression on a young mind. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/23 "2012-12-14T16:28:33Z")
I don’t think it was Santa that died, it was his ‘Paw Paw’ (Grandfather) and he asked Santa to bring him back and he couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/24 "2012-12-14T16:40:06Z")
Yeah, I get that. I saw the episode too. I was roughly referring that special time in a young child’s life when it discovers that Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the soul cake duck, what-have-you, doesn’t exist. It’s just your dad in a red sweater and sweatpants. You could say that (well, I could say, and in fact did just that) is when such childhood gods “die”. Sorry for the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/25 "2012-12-14T19:37:23Z")
When Amy told her woeful story of waking up after a frat party “with _more_ clothes on”, the camera cut to Penny, and Kaley Cuoco just about lost it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/26 "2012-12-14T19:59:53Z")
How come the other guys didn’t get upset that Raj brought his girlfriend to play D&D? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/27 "2012-12-14T20:03:22Z")
‘Seriously, say these things in your head first.’ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/28 "2012-12-14T20:07:06Z")
“Sometimes my left hand tries to ‘cop a feel’…and I let it” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/29 "2012-12-14T20:08:54Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > “Sometimes my left hand tries to ‘cop a feel’…and I let it” That was hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/30 "2012-12-14T20:18:25Z")
I missed the final minute, how did the show end? Last thing I saw was Santa with the cannon. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/31 "2012-12-14T20:19:58Z")
Boom! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/32 "2012-12-14T20:26:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > But it sure seems they avoid profile shots on her- that is one enormous nose she has on her. I’d be willing to look past that. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/33 "2012-12-14T20:41:29Z")
Or below it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/34 "2012-12-14T20:59:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I missed the final minute, how did the show end? Last thing I saw was Santa with the cannon. There was a boom and Sheldon sat up in bed (i.e., it was only a dream). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/35 "2012-12-14T21:18:31Z")
This episode had a lot of laughs and some excellent eye candy, so I’m certainly not complaining. But I do wish there’d been a stronger payoff to the Raj/Girl’s Night Out story line. It just sort of petered out at the end. Maybe, though - just maybe - a night of bonding with the girls will help Raj get over his selective mutism, which stopped being funny about 4 seasons ago. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/36 "2012-12-14T23:03:16Z")
Raj doesn’t have a girlfriend because he’s a douchebag and asshole around women he is interested in. He had a deaf girlfriend for a while when Howard translated sign language for him. Howard filtered out a lot of Raj’s bad behavior. Maybe Raj uses his mutism as an excuse because he figures he is “not himself” when inebriated. In that case, I prefer he would just stay quiet. Or better yet, the less he appears on the show, the better. I don’t really care about his character. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/37 "2012-12-14T23:34:21Z")
IIRC, the deaf girl that Raj dated turned out to be gold digger Raj told her that if he married a ‘white’ girl, he would lose his inheritance. She left. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/38 "2012-12-15T01:15:11Z")
My complaints about Raj: [ul] [li]He didn’t used to be such a jerk in the first seasons[/li][li]He didn’t used to be such a loser[/li][li]He didn’t used to constantly spout phrases that scream “I’m gay”, while having the producers insist he is not gay (most specifically via the whole Bernadette dream sequences and his “Yep, I’m definitely not gay” statement)[/li][/ul] I remember he was a lovable but shy guy who had trouble talking around women. They have now turned him into a rich ambiguously gay douche bag. Why, writers, why? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/39 "2012-12-15T01:37:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There was a boom and Sheldon sat up in bed (i.e., it was only a dream). Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961/40 "2012-12-15T03:27:57Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Thank you. You can also watch it here: [http://www.cbs.com/shows/big\_bang\_theory/video/](http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/video/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-12-13-the-santa-simulation/643961.md?page=3)