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      I…don’t understand this sentence at all

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        “Jennie is my favorite member of BlackPink, but I dislike being a fan of this group because it’s so toxic”

        I did have to look up ‘bias’ to make sure I was using it right. Kpop fandom is… it’s own little microcosm of slang and conceptual worldviews. Very weird phenomenon to look into, I highly recommend it.

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          Isn’t it just bronies that moved from Japan to Korea?

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            Oh no, it’s way bigger than the bronies ever were. BTS ARMY (the group name for the fans of the group BTS) (depending on source) either equals or exceeds the Swifties (taylor swift fans) in sheer numbers. It’s nuts.

            Edit: BTS alone is projected to be responsible for fully ~0.5% of SK’s GDP

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          Jennie (an Idol) is my Bias (Favourite Idol) from BP (the group names Blackpink), but this fandom (another word for fan base) is a prison (a place of holding prisoners, used here metaphorically)

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      All the Blackpink members come from wealthy families. I don’t know why people keep trying to portray them as self-made🥴

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        Delusional fans who think their idols made it through sheer talent and work ethic. Sure, there are some who actually come from ordinary working-class families, but this particular group is far from it and one of the worst to use as an example.

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        ikrrrrr, and it’s not just BP, most k-pop stans wanna make their Biases look self made/like them, which is literally like so parasocial