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7/22/2025, 2:10:23 AM
>>149496473
>You see redditors showing off their (sealed) omnis that they bought on recommendation but they're just looking for acceptance not enjoyment. I feel like fandom itself has become part of the problem now.
For years people moaned about fake nerds, usually along culture war lines, but the fake nerds tend to be the consumerists attempting to buy into an identity or fandom. A person with a shelf of 10 books they have read is more of a fan than a person with 100 unread books. All these interests, even seemingly solitary ones, have a sense of community or perceived tangential benefit that people seek out. The collection for the sake of collection mindset is really bad and collected edition communites are all of these people. It is all a waste. (And as someone who has done a house clearance recently, it is rather a depressing waste.)
>>149496527
The honesty part comes from the admittance of why you liked something. Admitting why you liked something, even if that is for shallow purposes, is far more honest than obsfucating, lying or just liking or hating something for vague reasons or following specific narratives. People don't want to give true opinions and rely too much on extremes because they are fearful of being honest. If you can say you think something is good because you're nostalgic for it, that is more honest than appealing to a bunch of hype or rec lists even when you don't believe in those things.
>You see redditors showing off their (sealed) omnis that they bought on recommendation but they're just looking for acceptance not enjoyment. I feel like fandom itself has become part of the problem now.
For years people moaned about fake nerds, usually along culture war lines, but the fake nerds tend to be the consumerists attempting to buy into an identity or fandom. A person with a shelf of 10 books they have read is more of a fan than a person with 100 unread books. All these interests, even seemingly solitary ones, have a sense of community or perceived tangential benefit that people seek out. The collection for the sake of collection mindset is really bad and collected edition communites are all of these people. It is all a waste. (And as someone who has done a house clearance recently, it is rather a depressing waste.)
>>149496527
The honesty part comes from the admittance of why you liked something. Admitting why you liked something, even if that is for shallow purposes, is far more honest than obsfucating, lying or just liking or hating something for vague reasons or following specific narratives. People don't want to give true opinions and rely too much on extremes because they are fearful of being honest. If you can say you think something is good because you're nostalgic for it, that is more honest than appealing to a bunch of hype or rec lists even when you don't believe in those things.
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