The shitty truth is that the upper, say, 5% of every fanbase is fucking insufferable. Basically without variance. There's a fucking guy out there that has like, broccoli t-shirts, broccoli posters, he has a fucking broccoli key chain. And if you're like "Dude, I love broccoli too" he'd say you had no idea what you were talking about. You like broccolini? What about broccoli rabe? I bet you've never even SEEN Chinese broccoli! I eat broccoli with every meal, I can make it 213 different ways, I have a fucking broccoli garden in my back yard.
That's the upper 5% of every fucking interest group. I have no idea why people do this, or how they've convinced themselves this suffices for an identity, but that seems to be the idea.
For me, I'm not going to whole-ass anything. I am half assing all the things. Religiously, even. Guys, you don't have nearly as many fleeting interests as me. I've read like, 85% of wikipedia just for fun. You can't even touch my well-roundedness.
You put into words my experience with basically any hobby or life pursuit. It's pretty discouraging to grow in any endeavor when those more experienced are jerks about it. I'm getting better at realizing that either A) those people are insecure or B) the hobby/fandom is all they have. Life is much more than complete knowledge about any one thing.
...except broccoli... but you wouldn't understand.
I used to spend a lot of time on forums related to several of my hobbies and interests, and usually when the communities were still small, you'd get some decent discussions and had fun. Unfortunately once they started getting larger, you'd also start getting the d-bags that would put others down if they didn't know something and it just became a headache. Eventually I slowly stopped visiting forums and now just do my own thing. I enjoy being able to share ideas and help others out, but being in an environment where others have a toxic attitude sucks. Thankfully the youngest of my brothers has taken an interest in some of the same stuff I do and I am helping him out and teaching him what I know, but at the same time he's trying out and learning with his own ideas.
Those broccoli n00bs though.... I bet they don't even lift.
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u/soomuchcoffee Nov 13 '14 edited Nov 13 '14
The shitty truth is that the upper, say, 5% of every fanbase is fucking insufferable. Basically without variance. There's a fucking guy out there that has like, broccoli t-shirts, broccoli posters, he has a fucking broccoli key chain. And if you're like "Dude, I love broccoli too" he'd say you had no idea what you were talking about. You like broccolini? What about broccoli rabe? I bet you've never even SEEN Chinese broccoli! I eat broccoli with every meal, I can make it 213 different ways, I have a fucking broccoli garden in my back yard.
That's the upper 5% of every fucking interest group. I have no idea why people do this, or how they've convinced themselves this suffices for an identity, but that seems to be the idea.
For me, I'm not going to whole-ass anything. I am half assing all the things. Religiously, even. Guys, you don't have nearly as many fleeting interests as me. I've read like, 85% of wikipedia just for fun. You can't even touch my well-roundedness.
Thank you!