Burst
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Post by Burst on Nov 27, 2012 8:31:07 GMT -5
I didn't want to complain about this in the Motorsport thread again, so I thought I'd open it up to discussion for other fandoms too. What fandoms do you know where it seems like more of the fans are interested in hating the product and hoping it fails rather than actually being fans?
I say that because I keep on tricking myself into reading comments sections and forums of supposed fans of the Indycar series, and 90% of the comments seem to be either people that never got over the CART/IRL split or people that are convinced that Indycar died in 1996 and has been a shambling zombie ever since.
They'll also tell you that anybody that still supports Indycar is lying to themselves and will gleefully lap up any scraps the George family throws their way, and that safety regulations be damned, the new car sucks sucks sucks and the old Champ cars are infinitesimally better. They yearn for F1 to completely displace Indycar in the US and seemingly have the mindset that if they can't play the game they want to play, they're going to break the Nintendo so no one else can play either.
I honestly cannot find a fandom more full of self-hatred than American open-wheel racing, but I'm sure other people can.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 8:51:09 GMT -5
Wrestling seems to be a good one. Personally, I don't really make it a secret that I watch it, but you do tend to get plenty of people who complain about shirts that look too obviously like they're based on it, or about having to cut the Authentic Wear tags off of them (personally, I leave those in), or whatever.
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Ben Wyatt
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 27, 2012 8:53:41 GMT -5
wrestling.
No group of fans gets more worked up and angry at the silliest things.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 8:54:36 GMT -5
Was going to post IndyCar but you've got that covered.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 27, 2012 9:36:09 GMT -5
Eagle's Fans.
The very week they were going to the Superbowl, all I heard from them was about how they were going to suck it up and lose terribly.
A Good Portion of the fanbase thinks that everything is awful, their wins are always based on luck and they keep looking for that physiological banana peel so they can continue to fail and blame it on somebody.
Yet they always tune in, keep buying those tickets and lots of small, compact objects to throw at people they don't like.
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Allie Kitsune
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Always Feelin' Foxy.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Nov 27, 2012 10:34:43 GMT -5
Eagle's Fans. The very week they were going to the Superbowl, all I heard from them was about how they were going to suck it up and lose terribly. A Good Portion of the fanbase thinks that everything is awful, their wins are always based on luck and they keep looking for that physiological banana peel so they can continue to fail and blame it on somebody. Yet they always tune in, keep buying those tickets and lots of small, compact objects to throw at people they don't like. That's because most Eagles fans hated themselves for a ton of other reasons. Becoming an Eagles fan was only natural at that point. I speak from experience. Wrestling fans are different. It's not so much self-hatred as "Every other fan but me is too stupid to get it the right way!" as the prevailing sentiment among wrestling fans. |
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Post by Toxik916 on Nov 27, 2012 11:32:50 GMT -5
Wrestling fans sadly. Sometimes I feel like people are actively rooting against the WWE. It just seams like whatever the company tries to do people find a way to shit on it.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Nov 27, 2012 11:50:21 GMT -5
Wrestling fans. They've especially allowed the business itself to tell them that they're the dumb ones and not the ones destroying their bodies. And people believe it. And how dare forums like this one even exist.
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DXKramer
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Post by DXKramer on Nov 27, 2012 11:51:34 GMT -5
Sonic the Hedgehog fans, because they think every game after Sonic Adventure 2 was terrible.
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Bo Rida
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Pulled one over on everyone.
Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Nov 27, 2012 12:16:55 GMT -5
Fans of porn, they seem to loathe themselves so much they often talk about self-abuse.
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Nov 27, 2012 12:40:48 GMT -5
The closet Twilight fans. The ones who enjoy it simply because of how silly it is.
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Post by xCompackx on Nov 27, 2012 15:15:44 GMT -5
Sonic the Hedgehog fans, because they think every game after Sonic Adventure 2 was terrible. Ha, was just about to say that. Even with how good Colors, Unleashed, and Generations have been it's still "Sonic 2 is better because it's 2D!!!" |
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Post by DSR on Nov 27, 2012 15:25:06 GMT -5
Don't know if this is still the case, but a lot of Walking Dead fans during season 2 would watch the show religiously then hate every action the characters took
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