• Peruvian_Skies@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          I enjoyed many parts the show but didn’t love it obsessively like some people. I think that it’s popular because

          1. it’s geeky and fourth-wall-breaky - which is where the “high IQ” idea comes from,

          2. it’s actually completely accessible to low-IQ people, as evidenced by the fact that it’s popular with people who brag about having a high IQ,

          3. it’s silly and slapstick, which when combined with point (1) creates

          4. constant reversals of expectation, which are a very effective form of humor,

          5. it’s in-your-face and edgy, which appeals to people who like to think of themselves as rejecting the mainstream, despite still being very mainstream, and finally

          6. it is extremely memeable.

          A winning formula regardless of the writers’ creativity. And some episodes had a pretty creative premise. The Microverse Battery episode could stand side by side with The Simpsons before The Simpsons turned into a parody of itself.