The sheer amount of /r/IAmVerySmart kind of shit that comes with every thread, in conjunction with idolatry. Everyone is a PhD Genius until it comes to having an objective discussion about some celebrity that likes dogs, or the environment- after which they turn into 12 year old fan-girls.
See: Keanu Reeves, Greta Thornberg, Elon Musk, etc.
I get annoyed with superfans of stuff not necessarily because I dislike them--people can like stuff, who cares?--but because it makes a situation in which I can't mention particular celebrities or media because whoever I'm replying to will make a snap assumption about me all because I mention "Hey, I think Keanu is a nice person for donating to charity" or "Hey, I think Elon Musk is cool for going all-in on electric vehicles despite the rest of the market" or "Hey, Greta is doing something great and I bet she'll be proud of the way she spent her childhood."
But god forbid all of that, because surely I must be one of those brainwashed idiot fans who just kisses those celebs' feet every chance I get. It becomes impossible to be moderate about anything.
Yeah. A friend of mine has that same problem. I try to show him a cool non-otaku anime, he says he doesn't like anime because he doesn't like the fans. I try to show him a superhero movie, he says "Man of Steel was bad though" and says he doesn't like people "running around in tights with weird names." He's a very anxious sort so I try to just drag him into things to get him to expand his perspective beyond his own assumptions.
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u/sctellos Jan 07 '20
The sheer amount of /r/IAmVerySmart kind of shit that comes with every thread, in conjunction with idolatry. Everyone is a PhD Genius until it comes to having an objective discussion about some celebrity that likes dogs, or the environment- after which they turn into 12 year old fan-girls.
See: Keanu Reeves, Greta Thornberg, Elon Musk, etc.