Let's talk about anti-fanboyism

You're looking at it the wrong way

It's good to be different but it seems in this day and age any opposing view sparks outrage and a must be wrong....

Oh and its the Internet ......
 
People did this to me when I made a 'happy birthday world of warcraft' thread in GD... It got shut down after personal insults started flying left, right, and centre.
 
In some cases people feel a bit cheated when their secret pleasure becomes mainsteam.
It's like anything in life - obscure band only "you" know about, woman, little hideouts in the woods as kids... - the second you realise others have gained pleasure from it it begins to lose its specialness.
For instance someone I know was massively into the Chili Peppers in the mid-late '80's. He felt special. no one else at school had heard of them and he genuinely was obsessed with them and knew pretty much everything there was to know about them via books and magazines. Imagine his horror when decades later they are regularly played on the radio and his fiance's mother sings along to them whilst cooking. His childhood has become a mockery. Dark days.

Sometimes it's justified.
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
People are entitled asshats who think their own judgement is more important and, tellingly, more correct than everyone else's.
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Some people (this is not a pointed comment despite the bad blood between us) do seem incapable of expressing their opinion in ways that transcend, "You're wrong; I'm right. My Dad's bigger than your Dad."

I think that's the problem we have these days. Not that people disagree, which is normal. But that many people can't deal with disagreement except to basically be complete twits about to each other. Or can't be bothered.

Now am I guilty of this? Of course. I can have a short fuse like the best of 'em. But generally I like to think that I add some reasoning to my points of view. It aggravates me no end when people respond simply with: "You're so wrong. And ignorant." And that's it. It's hellishly frustrating.
 
jimjamuk said:
You're looking at it the wrong way

It's good to be different but it seems in this day and age any opposing view sparks outrage and a must be wrong....

Oh and its the Internet ......
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I don't think Diddums is on about that, opposing views are good for debate, what he's on about is people coming into threads and posting crap for the sake of it

eg
OP: Rip Lemmy
Poster: Who?

eg
OP: Red Hot Chili Peppers new album launch
Poster: Can I just say how much I hate this band (this was done by me)

They add nothing to the thread.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I don't think Diddums is on about that, opposing views are good for debate, what he's on about is people coming into threads and posting crap for the sake of it

eg
OP: Rip Lemmy
Poster: Who?

eg
OP: Red Hot Chili Peppers new album launch
Poster: Can I just say how much I hate this band (this was done by me)

They add nothing to the thread.
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Exactly. I respect anyone's opinion whether I agree with it or not, but this isn't about opinions.
 
Sliver said:
I think it's an affliction of youth. I've reached that age in life where being cool or even worse, trying to be cool, means nothing to me.
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But do you deliberately go out of your way to criticise those who are/try to be cool, to the extent where you make a point of being uncool in direct and open opposition to their coolness?
If so, then yes it's age related and you're only a grumpy sod to get attention... which I say because I'm dealing with several 'older' friends who are exactly like this. Most also work in 'media', so they get quite sn0wflakey about certain things.
 
Rimsy said:
For instance someone I know was massively into the Chili Peppers in the mid-late '80's. He felt special. no one else at school had heard of them and he genuinely was obsessed with them and knew pretty much everything there was to know about them via books and magazines. Imagine his horror when decades later they are regularly played on the radio and his fiance's mother sings along to them whilst cooking. His childhood has become a mockery. Dark days.

Sometimes it's justified.
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Why is that justified? I don't really see why his future mother in law likening something needs affect his enjoyment of it.

I guess it perhaps affects ticket sales/cost of seeing them live etc... but then again popularity helps the artists.

The other factor is perhaps that it is less cool to be a fan when something is mainstream, but I guess people concerning themselves with that is part of what the OP is criticising.
 
ttaskmaster said:
But do you deliberately go out of your way to criticise those who are/try to be cool, to the extent where you make a point of being uncool in direct and open opposition to their coolness?
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No. I find the whole concept of being "cool" boring. I like people who are down to earth, honest and have a good sense of humour.
 
Sliver said:
No. I find the whole concept of being "cool" boring. I like people who are down to earth, honest and have a good sense of humour.
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Who decides what is cool, though?
Aforementioned older friends often take this same stance, yet still think their own stuff is cool... just "properly cool", rather than the jumped up youth concept of it...
 
ttaskmaster said:
Who decides what is cool, though?
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No idea. I never give it much thought. I admire certain people, which you could interpret as me thinking they are cool but I prefer not use that word. An example might be Nelson Mandela, I admired him greatly, but would I say he was cool? Probably not as I think the word belittles his achievements.
 
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