@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoThe Last Of Us Part II Actor Says Fans Threatened Her Sonkotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@aeronmelonlink21•8 months agoFan was originally short for fanatic, but language changes over time and now it means someone who likes something or someone. These “people” do not like, they hate. They are not fans, they are fanatics. And even that term feels too kind.
minus-squareHyperrealitylinkfedilink4•8 months agoFans haven’t changed that much, just go visit any large fan community. Whether it’s Star Wars, Pc-gamers, Dungeons and Dragons, or Britney Spears - there are always plenty of lunatics among the more casual fans.
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoYou can’t deny their personhood, just because they’re horrible people.
minus-squareCarighan Maconarlink3•8 months agoOh sure they’re people. Otherwise there’d be no legal basis for jailing them and throwing the key away, so that’s an important aspect.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoGoodbye supposedly gradually derped off from ‘god be with you’ and that feels pretty different to me even when used for the same purpose
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoNo one refers to people who despise X as “fans of X” or “fanatics for X”.
No, fan is correct. We just forget it stands for “fanatic”.
Fan was originally short for fanatic, but language changes over time and now it means someone who likes something or someone. These “people” do not like, they hate. They are not fans, they are fanatics. And even that term feels too kind.
Fans haven’t changed that much, just go visit any large fan community.
Whether it’s Star Wars, Pc-gamers, Dungeons and Dragons, or Britney Spears - there are always plenty of lunatics among the more casual fans.
You can’t deny their personhood, just because they’re horrible people.
Oh sure they’re people. Otherwise there’d be no legal basis for jailing them and throwing the key away, so that’s an important aspect.
Goodbye supposedly gradually derped off from ‘god be with you’ and that feels pretty different to me even when used for the same purpose
No one refers to people who despise X as “fans of X” or “fanatics for X”.