Fads/Fandom You Never Understood

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

I just saw that someone started a Sailor Moon thread. I remember around the mid 1990s or so a bunch of my friends liked it, but I always thought it was pretty f***ing lame. Now, your turn.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Glee. I've only heard the songs, and they are unbearable.

[Turd Ferguson]

Jul 22, 2011 14:59:06 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Glee. I've only heard the songs, and they are unbearable.

Came in to post this.

[Allie Kitsune]

I don't really understand fandom, period. I'm not really personally the type to be fanatically devoted to much of _anything_.

[Perpetual Nirvana]

Madison Rayne. I really do not get what is so special about her.

[Wolf Hurricane]

Chikara. No offense, but it seems kind of... childish, for lack of a better word.

[Johnny Truant]

My Little Pony.

[H-Virus]

World of Warcraft.

[B'Cup x]

Jul 22, 2011 15:40:04 GMT -5 Wolf Hurricane said:

Chikara. No offense, but it seems kind of... childish, for lack of a better word.

I cannot stand Chikara. Yes, Kayfabe has pretty much been dead for over a decade, but I find "invisible hand grenades" and "sprinkles" to make a mockery of the sport.

I'm also left completly lost by this whole My little Pony fad x

[The Line]

Ponies

[Citizen Grimm]

Jul 22, 2011 15:42:51 GMT -5 Johnny Truant said:

My Little Pony.

What I came in here to say. I've seen the show and as a 22 year old male I enjoy it.

That said, I really don't know how its gotten as popular as it is now.

As for Glee, I was a big fan for the first season.....and I really can't explain why. The show just grabbed me and took me for a fun ride. Well that and there's an episode where Neil Patrick Harris sings Aerosmith's Dream On.

That was pretty badass too.

[Deleted]

Jul 22, 2011 15:42:51 GMT -5 Johnny Truant said:

My Little Pony.

[Legion]

Another vote for the current massive fandom of My Little Pony

[Johnny Truant]

Jul 22, 2011 15:57:34 GMT -5 Citizen Grimm said:

Jul 22, 2011 15:42:51 GMT -5 Johnny Truant said:

My Little Pony.

What I came in here to say. I've seen the show and as a 22 year old male I enjoy it.

That said, I really don't know how its gotten as popular as it is now.

As for Glee, I was a big fan for the first season.....and I really can't explain why. The show just grabbed me and took me for a fun ride. Well that and there's an episode where Neil Patrick Harris sings Aerosmith's Dream On.

That was pretty badass too.

I can understand someone enjoying the show, even if I've seen a few episodes and it just isn't for me. However, the extent of it is just...I can't even put it into words. Bizarre, maybe? It doesn't make a lick of sense.

[forgottensinpwf]

I'll say it once, because I've derailed threads like this before, and come off as a bad guy for it. I'd rather not have that happen again.

if you REALLY want to ask why, as in a legitimate question toward it's popularity, then I emplore you. PLEASE go to the actual thread to ask. If you're just hating to hate it, then never mind.

As for fads I don't understand, The fandom for any of those awful Disney sitcoms.

[B'Cup x]

Jul 22, 2011 16:04:06 GMT -5 @forgottensinpwf said:

I'll say it once, because I've derailed threads like this before, and come off as a bad guy for it. I'd rather not have that happen again.

if you REALLY want to ask why, as in a legitimate question toward it's popularity, then I emplore you. PLEASE go to the actual thread to ask. If you're just hating to hate it, then never mind.

As for fads I don't understand, The fandom for any of those awful Disney sitcoms.

I can only speak for myself, but I've no interest in having it explained to me, as to be honest, I still likely wont see the appeal. I'm not hating in the slightest, I just don't and likely never will understand the appeal, despite having watched some episodes myself. It's not a bad thing, I like plenty of 'aqquired tastes' the most obvious of which should be apparent from me posting on a WRESTLING message board with a POKEMON in my sig x

[Young Game]

Jul 22, 2011 14:58:03 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

I just saw that someone started a Sailor Moon thread. I remember around the mid 1990s or so a bunch of my friends liked it, but I always thought it was pretty f***ing lame. Now, your turn.

I know why I liked Sailor Moon.....for the chicks.

[Push R Truth]

For all the "buzz" and stuff about Big Macs, I've always felt they are very lackluster.


And I love Thousand Island on a burger... so in theory, I should love a big Mac.

[Yami Daimao]

Jul 22, 2011 15:57:34 GMT -5 Citizen Grimm said:

Well that and there's an episode where Neil Patrick Harris sings Aerosmith's Dream On.

That was pretty badass too.

I don't like Glee, but that's probably the ONLY exception. He freakin' nailed it.

[Deleted]

Jul 22, 2011 16:02:33 GMT -5 Johnny Truant said:

Jul 22, 2011 15:57:34 GMT -5 Citizen Grimm said:

What I came in here to say. I've seen the show and as a 22 year old male I enjoy it.

That said, I really don't know how its gotten as popular as it is now.

As for Glee, I was a big fan for the first season.....and I really can't explain why. The show just grabbed me and took me for a fun ride. Well that and there's an episode where Neil Patrick Harris sings Aerosmith's Dream On.

That was pretty badass too.

I can understand someone enjoying the show, even if I've seen a few episodes and it just isn't for me. However, the extent of it is just...I can't even put it into words. Bizarre, maybe? It doesn't make a lick of sense.

Once again, for us, it's only the current incarnation we like (mostly). Everything before Friendship is Magic is crap, honestly.

As for FiM, it's actually very well-written, with lots of references only adults would get.

And me, on a more personal level, it has allowed myself to escape reality for 30 minutes at a time and enjoy myself for once, what with all the crap I've had to deal with for about 5 years now.