[ SECRET POST #2448 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2448 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"I'm 44 and I have no intention of giving up things I find enjoyable just because a bunch of kids think it should belong only to them."

Because youngsters are the only ones who judge people's interests based on age, right? My parents constantly mock me for my Transformers collection and I'm only 17. Maybe the older generation should teach their kids that you are never too old to enjoy certain things instead of telling them to 'grow up' and start having hobbies that are considered "normal" or "mature" all the damn time.

Maybe then the younger generation wouldn't internalize that shit so much and react hostile when 'older' people are hanging out in fandom a.k.a. a place they learned to see as silly and childish.

[lirren]

So, the fact that your parents do that means all parents do that, and gives you the right to judge, is that what you're saying? Because none of the parents I know, both online or off, pull that kind of shit on their kids.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't judge people in fandom by their age, thank you very much.

You were implying it's mostly young people who pull this "you're too old for A or B" because they want fandom for themselves. And I brought up the parents because they're often the source for why young people see their own fandoms as childish and dumb and something you need to grow out of.
They have internalized what adults told them is "childish" and what is not and they are applying it to other adults. Big surprise?

[(Anonymous)]

Well that's a good point to make, but you could have made it without being so hostile. Your tone implied that you found her at fault for something.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the hostility and tone of the first comment pretty much killed any righteous indignation to be found here. Lumping together a whole generation is hardly proof of maturity.

[pkbitchgirl]

BAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, someone's picking on young people!

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it's hardly old people complaining about older people in fandom, is it? It this case, I think singling out youngsters for certain things in fandom is perfectly justified.

[(Anonymous)]

THIS. "I hope I have better things to do with my life than be in fandom when I'm that old" is NOT being said by older people.

[kirby_crow]

>>You were implying it's mostly young people who pull this "you're too old for A or B"

If we're talking fandom, I think it's a given that it's mostly young people pulling that. You certainly wouldn't have a lot of older people running around fandom yelling "Get out! This pool is too young for us! Leave!" XD I mean, if they felt that way, how would they even be there?

[(Anonymous)]

That's exactly what I'm going to do when I hit 40. It feels good to have a plan for the future! :) It's going to be fun.

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, it is mostly young people pulling the "you're too old for fandom" stunt, because old people aren't trying to eject themselves from fandom. That'd just be silly.

I know you're trying to make logical connections here (and maybe work through some of your parental issues) but you're not quite there in terms of sound reasoning.

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder how much of it is blamed on parents drumming that into their kids' heads when it's really the fact that some very vocal younger people just don't like the idea of older people having an interest in fanfiction or shipping, and thereby likely having actual sexual feelings. Disgusting! rme

[lirren]

The vast majority of them, IMO, considering the number of them that have said this exact thing to me.

[dazzledfirestar]

lol Exactly this. Even if they're not screaming from the rooftops that it's so gross, looking at the general shipping tendencies in most fandoms... well, there aren't a lot of folks over 40 getting a whole lot of play.

[(Anonymous)]

you sound so very, very 17.

[(Anonymous)]

yeah that is what I thought as well. So very very 17, so very very living at home with mum and dad.

[(Anonymous)]

Almost like they said it, or something!

[(Anonymous)]

Come on, anon. 17 is plenty old enough to not blame other people for your actions. Even if teens get mocked by their parents for being in fandom, that wouldn't make it right for them to turn around and mock older people for also being in fandom. Not only is that illogical, but that'd be alienating people who are ON THE SAME TEAM, people who are in a far better position to show people like your parents that some things are enjoyable at all ages.

[(Anonymous)]

Not all parents are like that.

Fuck, I'm just as big of a fandom geek as my kid. I grew up in fandom! For our family, it was a big dress up event to go see Star Trek the Voyage Home when it came out in the 80s, and I've continued the tradition with my own sprog. He went to his first comic con when he was only 14 weeks old!

Fandom is a love that not everyone shares, so of course there are going to be people, young and old, who will mock others for their love. Just shrug your shoulders and do what makes you happy.

Heck my fandoms aren't my kids fandoms, and his fandoms aren't mine; he has no interest in Doctor Who, I've no interest in Naruto, but when we cross connect - Harry Potter (and I do shamelessly make him go to the cons with me and dress up like Neville), Supernatural, Game of Thrones - it is wonderful!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, for goodness' sake. Not everything is your parents' fault, and younger people can be good and prejudiced all by themselves.