Pink Floyd is my favorite band. Has been for decades. If you quiz me on the band members or the early albums? Nah not my thing. I love their work but it’s not a goddamn trivia contest. They were just some dudes who did awesome work and were in the right place at the right time.
“Oh you like Pink Floyd? Name every song!”
“Nice try, but you forgot Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict”.
So I thought you were joking with that title and… ugh. Good thing people grow over time.
I was stoned in a forest the first time I heard that song. It felt like all of the animals in the entire forest were participating in a religious ceremony. It was quite the experience.
Meddle is an incredible album.
Yup. Somehow that album was my go to sleep music for a few years. I don’t understand how those weird whale noises didn’t wake me up.
I didn’t know what that album was until I saw it for sale for 4$ at the disc store back in 2005 or so… can’t say if I was disappointed or not… it’s quite a trip to listen to!
It’s definitely an experience. It’s not something you put on while driving in traffic, or at least it isn’t for me. It’s more like something you lay down and listen to at full blast while stoned, once. I’ve only listened to that album a few times, but I’m glad I did.
That’s because you like the music, not the names of the songs or albums.
Music fans seem to be the hugest gate keepers, the sort that wants to cross examine you when you wear a band tshirt.
“Oh, so you like Nirvana ? Name 5 of their songs”
“What ? They’re a band ? I just thought it was a cool tshirt logo when I saw it at target”
That usually shuts them up 😁
Yeah sometimes lightning in a bottle happens, and a group of people are a conduit for something awesome.
I’m not against appreciating the work the people but into it, but. I guess no but. That’s fine, too. Just not my thing.
Like I don’t worship Carmack and Romero because of Doom, even though I’m obsessed with the game.
“I bet you don’t even know the name and story of this obscure character that appeared in the background for 2.7 seconds, so you actually are not a real fan of [name of TV show, movie, book, etc]”
That’s R3-T7 you’re thinking of lol
Yeah but gatekeeping sucks.
Gatekeeping is essential to keep non fans from poisoning what’s good. Like the Witcher show.
How exactly does some neck beard fuck on the internet calling somebody a fake fan for not knowing an obscure fact prevent us from ending up with the witcher show?
I’m saying gatekeeping is good, not that being pedantic and anal is the same thing. Keep fake fans out of your hobbies before they ruin it for the real ones.
What constitutes a fake fan? How do you keep them out without gatekeeping?
Somebody who actively hates the property and wants to destroy it from the inside. Say no to trojan horses.
That’s why I mentioned the Witcher.
That…happens a lot? People infiltrating forums and things to try and take down a show or a movie? Are these people in the room with us right now?
If by fake fans you mean trolls and others who enjoy pushing anger and outrage, I’m with you.
But if fake fans means people who hasn’t read the books and are okay with the changes to the show, then nah, I will not accept gatekeeping them. People are allowed to have different opinions. And us fans have a tendency to be blind to what works on screen because we each have favorite parts of the book we dont want to be cut away. We need the show-only fans.
Or the game and show but mostly the game fan uncleans like me 😁
I only consider Gatekeeping valid for people that are in charge of converting the material to a new form, they obviously should know the source material well. For fans though? piss off, they are allowed to like it without studying it. Having the same standards for regular fans than for show runners is very unfair.
O really loved it when yoda killed Captain kurk. Finally a Victory for Hogwards!
Then you must really love the fact that a space alien from the future, posted a message in our time, from the fastest man alive.
You’re allowed to ignore toxic people.
Well, achullaly…
Well, achullaly… I was only trying to keep the conversation going, on a subject that you brought up. I’m not great at making conversation. I didn’t know I’d bother you that much, or that you, given the opportunity to learn something, were going to be such a little shit about being wrong.
jk
Don’t discuss. Just consume.
What if you have a bad memory and blank when you’re put on the spot, so you like something but can’t remember why you liked it when someone asks
This happens to me when someone asks what happened in the book I just read.
“Idunno, people discussed things and stuff took place, I guess? 🤷”
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I met a band I really liked, and told them so. Dude got defensive and was like, “Yeah sure… name the album you like!?”
Motherfucker I stream music I don’t know album names. It was the first or second one, but now I nothing you. Still don’t remember it, now the band name. Vapor
Some people can’t tell the difference between liking a thing and hyperfixating
Wait. I’m allowed to like a book series without running the 2nd largest Discord community for them?
Fuck, I’m doing it wrong ig.
Which book series?
Dragon’s Justice of course!
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Only if you’re a dude. Fangirls MUST know every fact possible.
Rule.
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That’s really stupid and it also seems to be what some people think.
Just like stuff, you don’t have to prove to anyone that you like it by knowing a bunch of trivia. When someone asks you about obscure fact #278, ask them when they last got laid and fucking walk away. Those dipshits aren’t worth your time.
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My ex was crazy into motorcycles. She would go ballistic when I said I also liked motorcycles and would always turn my head if one was going by. Thank fuck that’s over
But I enjoy learning all about the things I’m into.
Right, but the point of the OP is that you don’t have to learn everything about something if you like it. You still can if you want to
You’re allowed to geek out or nerd out about anything too. People who tell you to “get a life” for showing your interests and passions are no better than the gatekeepers of fandoms.
That’s fine, just understand other people are allowed to like those same things without knowing everything about them.
I don’t want to share what I know about the stuff, I’m like a nerd knowledge dragon, hoarding my knowledge in a cave so no one else can see it.
Same with hate I guess
Its ok to hate people youve never even met
Isn’t fandom and being a fan just an abbreviating expression of being a fanatic?
A shorter version would be “you can like stuff without being a fan”
For example, I’d say that I’m a big fan of Iron Maiden, but also that I like synthwave.
Maybe etymological roots or whatever but most people mean they just like x thing so they are a fan of it
Yes. It was originally an idiomatic overstatement, like how not when people say they “Stan” someone they’re not literally rifling through their bins and sending vials of bodily fluids through the post. Mostly,
I like the tweet even though I don’t know the author of it
I love the Judas Priest logo and Electric Eye, but am just not a fan of metal in general. I have a Judas Priest shirt that feels really unfair to wear, because people will come to me thinking they’ve found a kindred spirit, but nah, my appreciation is as shallow as a fine fine crêpe
This guy is clearly not a real fan.
