[ SECRET POST #2177 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2177 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Having people say shitty misogynistic things to you and mouth-breathers judging your every move, of course!

Seriously, though, from the way people talk you'd think there were armies of fake geek girls just waiting to overcome the poor, defenseless geek boys. I think that occasionally you get people who feign interest in things because they want to impress someone (and those people are both male and female), but it's a lot less common than people make it out to be. And honestly, you can only feign interest for so long before it turns into either genuine interest or you get tired and move on to other things.

It's kind of a self-perpetuating cycle, though, since so many "true geeks" have gone through the bs with people testing whether or not they're a real fan of something when they start out in fandom, so some people internalize that and think that they need to repeat the same shitty behavior with other fans. Tiresome all around.

[diet_poison]

This, yep. And part of the problem *is* the overall idea that we have to give newcomers to fandom/geekdom some kind of litmus test. Why do people care so much if someone turns out to be fake? Like, that's a serious question, I just don't get it.

One thing, though...what is it with people using the phrase "mouth-breathers"? Isn't that kind of rude? And also a stereotype?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really get it either. If somebody has even a casual interest in something and just wants to pop in and have fun with it, why do I care? It's not like there's a finite amount of fun that can be had with a particular show, game, book, movie, or band, and we need to carefully ration it out so nobody uses it up...

(And I prefer using "neckbeards" to "mouth-breathers," because unlike breathing through your mouth, which is often done out of medical necessity, having a neckbeard is almost always done out of laziness, and is a very easy problem to fix.)

[diet_poison]

Haha I like that. "No, fake geek girl! STOP! You are stealing all my fun! WAAAH"

100% agreed re: mouth-breathers and neckbeards. I say "neckbeards" a lot too, but I don't like using "mouth-breathers" as an insult because I've seen people say they have to breathe through their mouth, or it's way more comfortable for them, for medical reasons (like you said) and they get made fun of for it. =/