Young Sheldon Silliest Moment Ever Is Actually Another Plot Hole

Having come as The Big Bang Theory prequel, Young Sheldon got all the high hopes from the original show’s fans who had their fingers crossed about finally learning the truth regarding Sheldon Cooper’s quirky nature, yet the prequel seems to have made things even more entangled.

Throughout its seven-season TV run, the show has been repeatedly blamed by fans for sometimes completely ignoring some facts stated in The Big Bang Theory. With already numerous plot holes that the prequel never cared to handle, there seems to be one more of them, and fans are just baffled again.

Years before Young Sheldon came along, The Big Bang Theory had made it pretty clear that Sheldon’s often annoying perfectionism was constantly accompanied by his paranoid fear of getting ill, showing that the quirky character could sometimes even refuse to step over the hospital doors just because he would get too panicked to get germs. Though his fear was pretty exaggerated, yet understandable to many viewers, things got a bit more complicated when Sheldon’s past was unveiled in Young Sheldon.

On Reddit, a user started a new thread posting a comment and saying that they found it hilarious that The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon was so scared of germs, while his younger self had no trouble drinking water from a public water fountain at his school. On top of that, the user also pointed out Sheldon’s firm principle to never hold hands even with his family members, let alone his friends or even more distant acquaintances.

Another user replied, adding that what made the whole situation even funnier was that Sheldon never got to understand that disposable gloves were a much better option for avoiding germs rather than his cute childish mittens.

However, another fan who joined the discussion made another interesting observation that was surely meant to become an argument in Sheldon’s defense. According to them, the younger character couldn’t help but notice the unhygienic habits of his family members, especially his father George.

He thus did everything possible to protect himself from any potential danger his parents or siblings might pose, but, still being typical Sheldon, he had no clue about the water fountain’s unhygienic nature and kept seeing no problem in drinking from it.