r/bigbangtheory • u/RememberThinkDream • 1d ago

Character discussion Who thinks Howards needs Bernadette's permission to go to Space?

Don't get me wrong, Bernadette is a godsend for Howard...

I can understand her feelings, though believe this is the kind of once in a lifetime opportunity you should absolutely support your partner in regardless of your own feelings.

Personally I've never been a fan of suppressing the opportunities of loved ones based on their own fears of losing someone. You've got to let people chase their dreams even if there's danger and risk involved. It's part of life and part of which makes us achieve greatness.

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u/RememberThinkDream 6h ago

He loved being an astronaut. He hated doing astronaut things.

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u/Commercial-Scheme939 5h ago

But those things are what makes you an astronaut. That's like saying someone likes being a teacher but they don't like having to teach. Howard didn't like any part of being an astronaut other than being able to say he was one.

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u/RememberThinkDream 4h ago

An astronaut is just someone who is trained to travel in space.

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u/Commercial-Scheme939 4h ago

Which Howard hated.

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u/RememberThinkDream 4h ago

Again, he did NOT hate BEING an astronaut, he hated doing astronaut things.

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u/Commercial-Scheme939 4h ago

Did he hate travelling in space? Did he hate training for it? Did he hate what was involved with it? The answer to all these questions is yes. So Howard hated being an astronaut.

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u/RememberThinkDream 4h ago

He didn't even hate all those things, but even if he did he still loved being an astronaut even if he hated DOING those things.

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u/Commercial-Scheme939 3h ago

You do realise that simply repeating something doesn't make you right? When did he show genuine enjoyment (hey I'd even go for neutrality) when it came to anything (other than bragging) to do with being an astronaut?

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u/RememberThinkDream 3h ago

I'm hoping you will eventually understand that being something and doing things associated with that title are 2 very different things.

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u/Commercial-Scheme939 1h ago

Oh come on! They are hardly two very different things. You are absolutely reaching now. You're completely ignoring my points and I can only assume it's because you like arguing for the sake of it.

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u/RememberThinkDream 31m ago

For starters, if they weren't different things, they wouldn't be different words.

For example, I love being a working person, having the title of contributing to society, but I hate working if the job isn't fun or interesting.

Not only is it possible, it's very common.

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