# The Big Bang Theory 2/16--The Rothman DisintegrationSeason **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063 "2012-02-16T20:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063/41 "2012-02-19T21:34:44Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > And why on Earth redo the Rock-Paper-Scissors-Spock-Lizard things again? Especially if they don’t end up playing it? That was a bit Meta. Sam Kass complained on his webpage that his variant was used without attribution. They brought it up again in order to include the vet-the-top fawning namecheck. It’s funny because even people who play RPSLS at home generally have no idea who the hell Sam Kass is, and invoking his name (even without the hyperbolic praise) is not something that anyone would ever do. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063/42 "2012-02-19T21:52:20Z")
…here’s a [web archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20110715234840/http://www.samkass.com/theories/RPSSL.html) of his page, with the added complaint: > [@](#): > > Note from the author: > Above is the original Rock, Paper, Scissors, Spock, Lizard site from the mid-90’s. Recently the game has appeared on television (without permission) and across the Internet. But its origins are easy enough to verify, since I’ve had it up at this same URL for a dozen years. _All hail internet pioneer Sam Kass!_ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063/43 "2012-02-19T23:07:19Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > But just to play devil’s advocate here—would it change things any if Amy were hot AND didn’t have the personality of a Smurf with Asperger’s? If Amy acted more neurotypical, that would make it worse, since at least as it stands, she has the excuse of being unable to read people properly… As to her being hotter…no, it wouldn’t, at least for me. At the most there would be a bit more conflict if it made me more likely to 'ship them, but since I started doing so in the ‘bi-curious Amy’ phase, and this whole thing has pretty much crushed that… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063/44 "2012-02-19T23:34:08Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > …would it change things any if Amy were hot..? Maybe it’s the decades I spent pursuing nerdy girls with limited consciousness of their own attractiveness, but it seems to me that Amy _is_ pretty damned hot. The unfortunate glasses, the frumpy clothes, and the awkwardness… these are all trappings that have practically no in the sack. Mentally subtract all that and what’s left is a smokin’ hot girl - and there’s no heat like stealth heat. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063/45 "2012-02-20T00:20:24Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Dammit! I had the whole sentence mapped out in my head and I screwed the proverbial pooch. What I meant to say was “would it make any difference _for Penny and/or BBT’s faithful viewing audience_ if Amy were hot,” etc. Not for me. > [@silenus](#): > > They made some cutting remark about his mother most likely. Groan. > [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > …here’s a [web archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20110715234840/http://www.samkass.com/theories/RPSSL.html) of his page, with the added complaint:_All hail internet pioneer Sam Kass!_ _Hail!_ ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-2-16-the-rothman-disintegrationseason/613063/46 "2012-02-20T04:20:38Z")
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