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Fandom and self-image

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That seems like one of those "no duh" studies.  Also, what's a "fanboi?"

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TV's Frink said:

Also, what's a "fanboi?"

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timdiggerm said:

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/users-treat-criticism-of-favorite-brands-as-threat-to-self-image.ars

This felt related to the pro-SE stuff we've seen on bluray.com and TFN, etc.

Same reason people get upset when you challenge their religion, political ideology and...

Crap. I'm still not in the politics thread.

 

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-Kreia, Jedi Master and Sith Lord

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TV's Frink said:

Master, what is a "fanboi?"

 I think it's french.  "fanbwah".

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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TV's Frink said:

That seems like one of those "no duh" studies.  Also, what's a "fanboi?"

A fanboy.

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Ric Olie said:

TV's Frink said:

That seems like one of those "no duh" studies.  Also, what's a "fanboi?"

A fanboy.

 

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twooffour said:

Wrong Picture.

The hell is that supposed to mean?  If you're trying to use the meme, you're doing it wrong.

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Oh, I thought you'd omitted a picture in reference to my earlier hotlinking failures.
But I guess "Ric Olie" is already funny enough, so yea, nvm.

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Please imagine that I used an image editing program to splice an oscillating fan in place of the head of a small boy.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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