History Headscratchers / TheBigBangTheory

** Going back to the original point, instead of debating Sheldon's morality, never mind their reputations, how the hell did those three keep their jobs? I don't know how much an arctic expedition costs but I assume it is quite a lot, and they deliberately sabotage it. And if they, or anyone, tries the "Sheldon was an annoying A-hole" defense; They know him, Leonard has lived with him for several years, and Howard and Raj have speant much of their free time with them since he moved in, They know how difficult he can be, particularly when things don't go his way, and they know how much he annoys them, in the episode before the expedition they debate the possibility that they would struggle to deal with 3 months in isolation with Sheldon and ''decide'' to go with him anyway. Ultimately if they had refused Sheldon would've had to either pick a new team or decline, they weren't being forced into this and then they sabotaged the whole expedition. Frankly, for all the debatable morality of Sheldon as a character, the only way I can see that they weren't fired, is that Sheldon must've covered for them.

** My father who is now deceased was also a university professor in LA County working on a cure for colorectal cancer. He only made middle-income while working on machines that cost $500,000 each and his university's president only promised him money in the ''7 figures'' if he successfully materialized said cure.

** My father who is now deceased was also a university professor in LA County working on a cure for colorectal cancer. He only made middle-income while working on machines that cost $500,000 each and his university's president only promised him money if he successfully materialized said cure.

** In another, he loans Penny a wad of cash that he keeps in a novelty can of snakes (not to mention "a couple of fifties in GreenLantern's ass" as Leonard puts it to Howard). He explains that he makes more money than he spends and just has extra thousands lying around that she's welcome to. That brought the question to mind of why he would want a roommate, since he seems to be so annoyed by people and doesn't need any help paying the rent, which seems more glaring than why there are occasionally money worries in the cast.

** 90% of '''sane''' Franchise/StarTrek fans hate Wesley the '''character''' and like or don't care about Wheaton the '''actor'''. Sheldon is the exact opposite for reasons set out in the [[MagicTheGathering Magic: The Gathering]] episode.

** It's just a riff on ultracommon/really weak cards in those sorts of card games. Basically crap cards they can stuff booster packs with to keep people buying them because "Oh crap not another enchanted bunny!" And like the troper above said it probably has a few combos where it's theoretically powerful. If Mystic Warlords of Ka'a is anything like the game it most obviously parodies ( MagicTheGathering ) I guarantee you someone out there has an Enchanted Bunny Deck that obliterates other decks just to prove it can be done.

** Roommate Agreement. He HAS to watch what Sheldon wants to watch.

* We see Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, Howard and Penny eating junk food all the time. They eat lots of unhealthy cuisine such as pizza, cheeseburgers, fries, Chicken Nuggets and Chinese take-out food. How are they not all obese?

** They're researchers, not professors. And researchers make crap money (unless you're Brian Greene or Stephen Hawking). The money that research gets in most universities goes into their projects, not their pockets. From my post-collegiate years (admittedly as a mathematician, not a physicist, but they're pretty much the same thing when it comes to product) I lived like a pauper. I'm shocked that they have as much disposable income as they do. The episodes where Raj gets mentioned in People, and the Korean kid pretty much epitomises how the academic research world works. It's bragging rights for the institute and they'll pay to keep you around.

** Sheldon has been shown a few times to have more money than he needs. He simply doesn't ''care'' about money.

** 52% of fast food workers in the United States gain social welfare benefits such as food stamps and subsidized housing. Maybe Stuart gets treated fairly by the government like a [=McDonalds=] crew person.

** Perhaps his apartment was being decorated or there was some pest elimination in progress. Or more likely, the show did not have a set for Raj's apartment just yet.

* They spend money on stupid things. Raj spends on fancy foods, self-care products, alcohol, and his dog. Howard...well, look at his room in his mom's house! Satin sheets, huge figurines, light-up lightsabers, models upon models ([[StealthPun though not the kind he'd like best of all]]), etc. Leonard splurges on things like time machines, probably has to pay extra for gas since he drives Sheldon everywhere, and has massive piles of collectible comics. The guys are often seen at the comic book store, so that just exacerbates their spending.