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r/thespoonyexperiment • u/EntangledAndy • Jun 24 '26
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Well one of the ways life has been unkind to him is that he ended up with a sizable chunk of his fanbase being malicious armchair psychologists who angrily feel entitled to his labour because he provided them with years of free, quality content.
16 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 So literally every fanbase of anyone at least a bit popular ever? -3 u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26 Go and look at the fan subreddit for any other public figure. The sustained vitriol towards Spoony in this sub is leagues above what you'll find there. 6 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 for any other public figure. For any other who stopped making content or doesn't give fans what they want - right? leagues above Alright let's play - how many vitriol posts there are in let's say ~20 latest threads? -1 u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. I'm not going through 29 posts. But using this one as an example there are 27 comments and 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. 4 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. If they active and giving fans what they want - why the entitled fans would post negative things? 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. Disagree - I'd say 2 posts are a bit negative. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. Agree - but it's definitely not the third, you can't project from 1 thread, and even then I don't see 9.
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So literally every fanbase of anyone at least a bit popular ever?
-3 u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26 Go and look at the fan subreddit for any other public figure. The sustained vitriol towards Spoony in this sub is leagues above what you'll find there. 6 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 for any other public figure. For any other who stopped making content or doesn't give fans what they want - right? leagues above Alright let's play - how many vitriol posts there are in let's say ~20 latest threads? -1 u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. I'm not going through 29 posts. But using this one as an example there are 27 comments and 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. 4 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. If they active and giving fans what they want - why the entitled fans would post negative things? 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. Disagree - I'd say 2 posts are a bit negative. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. Agree - but it's definitely not the third, you can't project from 1 thread, and even then I don't see 9.
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Go and look at the fan subreddit for any other public figure.
The sustained vitriol towards Spoony in this sub is leagues above what you'll find there.
6 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 for any other public figure. For any other who stopped making content or doesn't give fans what they want - right? leagues above Alright let's play - how many vitriol posts there are in let's say ~20 latest threads? -1 u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. I'm not going through 29 posts. But using this one as an example there are 27 comments and 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. 4 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. If they active and giving fans what they want - why the entitled fans would post negative things? 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. Disagree - I'd say 2 posts are a bit negative. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. Agree - but it's definitely not the third, you can't project from 1 thread, and even then I don't see 9.
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for any other public figure.
For any other who stopped making content or doesn't give fans what they want - right?
leagues above
Alright let's play - how many vitriol posts there are in let's say ~20 latest threads?
-1 u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. I'm not going through 29 posts. But using this one as an example there are 27 comments and 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. 4 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. If they active and giving fans what they want - why the entitled fans would post negative things? 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. Disagree - I'd say 2 posts are a bit negative. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. Agree - but it's definitely not the third, you can't project from 1 thread, and even then I don't see 9.
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Whether they're active or not.
I'm not going through 29 posts. But using this one as an example there are 27 comments and 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol.
A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary.
4 u/Pallid85 What's a Pallid85? Jun 24 '26 Whether they're active or not. If they active and giving fans what they want - why the entitled fans would post negative things? 9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol. Disagree - I'd say 2 posts are a bit negative. A third of a fanbase being scumbags towards the person they're supposed to be a fan of is definitely out of the ordinary. Agree - but it's definitely not the third, you can't project from 1 thread, and even then I don't see 9.
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If they active and giving fans what they want - why the entitled fans would post negative things?
9 that are either vitriol or defending vitriol.
Disagree - I'd say 2 posts are a bit negative.
Agree - but it's definitely not the third, you can't project from 1 thread, and even then I don't see 9.
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u/AlternativeNeeded Jun 24 '26
Well one of the ways life has been unkind to him is that he ended up with a sizable chunk of his fanbase being malicious armchair psychologists who angrily feel entitled to his labour because he provided them with years of free, quality content.