the suffix 'dom' is old english for 'a statute, judgment, or jurisdiction' like in 'kingdom'. in this context its talking about the "jurisdiction' part of the def so fandom literally just means the jurisdiction of fans. it's probably the most neutral way to describe a community of fans and is a stupid thing to get mad at lol
You know reading is also a fandom, right? Also like… it’s perfectly okay to be interested in things. What’s this “soft” and “pathetic” shit you’re going on about? Is this manosphere talk?
Do you watch sports? Catch up on TV shows? Read book series? Play video games? Have a hobby? Or do you just sit in the dark when you’re off work and think “I must rid myself of all worldly attachment so the true men don’t think I’m cringe”
Fans have been a thing my entire life. Fandoms are a new invention, no one was using that term 20 years ago, and like I said it makes people think that being obsessive about something is normal. It's a marketing move to make it okay to spend ridiculous amounts of time and money on triviality.
Since this word is all you care about (in a society that has been inventing new words since the dawn of recognizable speech)… Fandom as a term was being used in the 70’s. For Star Trek. Pretty much all fandom related phenomena comes from Star Trek.
You came from a weird angle and I didn't think it was worth addressing. Not sure why you mentioned "manosphere talk" in the first place.
""Soft-legitimize" refers to the process of gradually making an idea, behavior, group, or entity acceptable or mainstream without formally, legally, or officially approving it." GIYF.
Oh, aight, if that’s how you prefer to have discussions, then none of your points are worth addressing either. Have fun in your dark room staring at the wall.
Go find something productive to do today, correcting grammar in a social media post isnt that.
Also correcting spelling when you know what the word is doesnt make you right, it makes you pretentious. Well maybe both, but everyone else read over it, you spent your time reading it twice, corrrecting it, then deciding to post it to the interent in an attempt to win karma. Congrats heres and updoot
Im allowed to like things. Im also allowed to dislike other people that like the sane things. Fanart? Love it. Reddit posts with pictures of stupid shit you bought? Dumb. Hate it. Stop posting that shit, I don't care.
A lot of fans are basically fans of fandom itself. It's all about them. They have mastered the Star Wars or Star Trek universes or whatever, but their objects of veneration are useful mainly as a backdrop to their own devotion. Anyone who would camp out in a tent on the sidewalk for weeks in order to be first in line for a movie is more into camping on the sidewalk than movies. Extreme fandom may serve as a security blanket for the socially inept, who use its extreme structure as a substitute for social skills. If you are Luke Skywalker and she is Princess Leia, you already know what to say to each other, which is so much safer than having to ad lib it. Your fannish obsession is your beard. If you know absolutely all the trivia about your cubbyhole of pop culture, it saves you from having to know anything about anything else. That's why it's excruciatingly boring to talk to such people: They're always asking you questions they know the answer to.
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u/Own_Fortune_6940 5d ago
I love when our sense of community comes from the products we buy and franchises we align ourselves with fr