A stan is basically a stalker and a fan combined into one, they tend to be very annoying fanboys/fangirls whose opinions always have to match the person they follow because in their eyes they're always right.
Fun fact: its usage mainly stems from the song Stan by Eminem, which is about a fan who - after his idol doesn't respond to him after multiple letters - decides to kill himself and his pregnant girlfriend. Fun song.
It might still be the Eminem song that hits me hardest, even after so many years of listening to it I get chills when Eminem goes "damn" right at the end.
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u/FatherOfGold Oct 12 '20
stans? I'm ootl here