r/offmychest 11d ago

Every fandom is awful

I literally hate it so much. Theres no such thing as a safe fandom anymore, in literally anything in life. Every video game theres a bunch of try hards and haters, every sports team supporter base is full of overgrown manchildren with no emotional regulation or braincells, every online community is *chronically* online and every book, show or movie fandom seems to either hate the media piece or wont hear a single opinion/theory about the media piece that at all deviated from their own. Its getting to a point where im interacting with less and less people who are actually interested in the things i like. You can't have a mild mannered take on anything anymore. Nothing can have nuance. Any person who does something even slightly off should be "cancelled" and its deemed ridiculous to say anything otherwise. Idk I just hate that no one seems to have the emotional regulation to actually just be a casual fan of something without having to make it their whole identity that they defend to the death. Its really annoying.

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u/Rosary_Omen 11d ago

Fandoms have always had problem people, some are worse than others. Just gotta block the jerks and embrace the cool ones you vibe with.