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Thera Pitts is a mild mannered reporter by day, katana wielding zombie hunter by night. When she’s not blogging about movies she can be found keeping the mean streets of Rancho Cucamonga safe from flesh eating prowlers, rescuing orphans from burning buildings, or seeing what’s on the TV. Read her words and prepare to be blown away, or at least mildly diverted in some way. 11 Comments
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Love it!
Although I'm surprised that there was no entry regarding physical hygiene.
I think that is an article unto itself…
I Concur! Love the article
Great article… but…. any comment about mac fanboys??
That sort of falls into the rivalry category. the Mac Vs. PC rivalry is one of the most irritating longstanding rivalries in recent years. I can't believe I forgot to mention it.
Hmm…. I may have to rethink my default self-labeling as a fangirl. I try really hard not to do some of those things, and can't really imagine doing others. Why is it one-or-the-other among so many fandoms? I can like or dislike both for their own merits.
It has to be a testosterone level thing. Makes a person crazy and overly aggressive and emotional.
rivalries are fun. it's a thing.
Well, there's a difference between doing rivalries in a fun way, and rivalries as done by the fanboys talked about in this piece – which I LOVED, by the way, and thought was dead-on.
Patton Oswalt wrote a piece recently for Wired (I think) about how Geek Culture has to die so that it can be reborn again. It kind of infuriated me. Thing is, he was coming from a "fanboy" place where "everyone" being a geek is somehow a problem. I hate it when geeks perpetuate exclusivity. Just because you were abused doesn't give you the right to hit your kids. Know what I mean?
i mean i do agree. some fans get overzealous. and about not wanting stuff to get popular, i agree it is pretty silly. though it is the classic punk rock reaction, which I at least respect.
On the other hand, you have to give some credence to the fact that the mainstream culture has a tendency toward bastardizing sub-cultures they adopt. In this respect, it is somewhat understandable for someone to be protective over something they care about.
I totally agree with this, Comic-con for instance was way more fun before it got too popular (notice the use of the word "too," too much of anything is a bad thing). What bugs me are people who act all high and mighty for being into underground stuff and disregarding people who enjoy it just as much simply because they were late to the party. It's like, "sure other people like it now, but I still liked it first, therefore I'm still special." No you're not, the person who made it is. You have to take the good with the bad, sure I'm glad I was one of the few to appreciate Firefly when it was still on the air, but if others had adopted it it wouldn't have been cancelled, so it would make me a total dick to feel proud that it never got past a cult following.