fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #340 ]

⌈ Secret Post #340 ⌋

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Posting for Shahni! And early because I've got ~~pseuicide~~ class.

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 150 secrets from Secret Submission Post #049.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 3 4 ] broken links, [ 1 2] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 12th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
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Honestly, I don't like f_w either. I mean, setting up an entire community for the purpose of mocking other people on the internet - the entire concept just seems like such an asshole thing to do. Then they cover their asses by saying it's all for the lulz. 4chan and Encyclopedia Dramatica get away with asshattery like that because they go so far over the top that there's no way they can be taken seriously. f_w skirts too close to the line for my comfort.

And I'm just as much as a hypocrite as you on this one, because I still think that 'Elijah Wood, Moon God' is the fucking funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. f_w can be funny, but it's funny in the way that tripping someone in the cafeteria and then pointing and laughing is funny.

Aw, still butthurt?

If you mean the piece about me, I won't lie. I laughed at the post and then became increasingly annoyed at the fact that people took third-hand information and decided to laugh at my expense without having even seen the wank for themselves - and of course, because I'm not a member of the elite elite, I couldn't defend myself against any of it, either.

Yeah, I said some wanky things that were well deserving of mockery, but if I'm going to be mocked I wish it would be done accurately. (The entire thread about how 'the OP should play FFVI because it's full of strong females' and then the subsequent replies of 'oh, she's such a stereotypical sexist slash fan that she'd probably call Terra weak' made me want to slam my head into a wall. Seriously, I only praised Terra at length in multiple replies.)

At any rate, the part of f_w that gets me the most is that it's such a closed community. Whether that's a result of being on journalfen or not, it's always struck me as being, well, rather elitist.

We don't have to trip people.

Ugh, I knew someone was going to say that. My point still stands - all the humor is at the expense of other people, but it's excused because 'it's just a joke'. LOL, you're a retard! - no offense!!11

Most humor is at the expense of other people. The only difference is whether or not you realize it.

The thing is that people in fandom are in a sort of limbo. Politicians and celebrities are distant enough that they're fair game and making fun of your friends is all well and good when it's between buddies, but in fandom you're kind of stuck in the middle. :\

That aside, going so far as to say most humor is about making fun of others (and I'm not going to count fictional characters here) - no, I'd have to disagree.

Politicians and celebrities are distant enough that they're fair game and making fun of your friends is all well and good when it's between buddies, but in fandom you're kind of stuck in the middle.

Fandom: like Reservoir Dogs (http://youtube.com/watch?v=awMQC0-6RTM), in a way?

Heh, I support that comparison. :P

Maybe it makes me a horrible person, but I think that tripping someone in the cafeteria is fucking hilarious.

*too lazy to log out of RP journal, whut?*

It seems there's a misunderstanding here. (Not that that's much wonder. My opinion on f_w-like communities isn't what the secret was about.) I enjoy seeing people behave like asshats. It's why I was on f_w to begin with. I have nothing agianst its concept; the purpose of f_w is merely to do exactly the same thing that I and my friends do in IM, just in a community with many more people.

However, f_w as it is now is a shithole. Sorry. It needs to burn down; its expirations date has passed and it has begun to be more about what the wankas feel and think than it is about the wanking. It's inevitable, considering its age and structure. I just wish it'd die already so we could get a fresh one.

Oh, I see. I haven't lurked there long enough to see its glory days. The wiki and the classic wanks therein amuse me greatly (though I'm ashamed to say it) - if that's an example of how it used to be then maybe I'd move to the other side of the boat.

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