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shmokes:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 22, 2010, 12:07:17 am ---
it just seems that they are oblivious to how foolish they look, and I don't mean just their appearance but rather their behavior (being waaay to serious about their costume/persona or worse yet thinking that by doing a really poor imitation of the character they are being cool).
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I think what I said about sports is not too far off from what you said here. These sports guys are not being serious. They are serioius fanatics, of course. But they (most of them, anyway) are not remotely oblivious to how foolish they look. And they don't take themselves seriously. They are doing the opposite . . . they're being intentionally goofy.
But whatever . . . I'm honestly willing to concede the point rather than argue the distinctions. I don't think I would ever paint my face for a sports team unless my kid wanted me to. I'm willing to do all kinds of ridiculous things for my kid, so that probably doesn't count. If you are insistent that doing it for sports is just as bad that's ok.
Butsuggesting that getting really drunk is something you should never do? Meh . . . Loosen up. Life is way too short to be lived so conservatively.
JeepMonkey:
--- Quote from: Frigo on August 17, 2010, 06:03:40 pm ---If I wasn't depressed before watching that video, I sure as hell am depressed now.
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I must disagree. Watcing this video makes me feel much better about myself.
protokatie:
I think part of the reason why the star wars fans look at star trek fans as being "lesser" has to do with the basic mood of either franchise. To star wars fans (myself included, but only original trilogy) the star trek universe seems fake and unrealistic. This is possibly due to the mood of star trek being that of a future utopia, wear as star wars is of a dystopian struggle against oppression.
Negative feels more real, basically.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: shmokes on August 25, 2010, 03:18:07 pm ---These sports guys are not being serious. They are serioius fanatics, of course. But they (most of them, anyway) are not remotely oblivious to how foolish they look. And they don't take themselves seriously. They are doing the opposite . . . they're being intentionally goofy.
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Really? Mention the Cubs to a Sox fan or the Sox to a Cubs fan.
A sports fanatic will know every stat for every player and every score for every game, but they don't know a second language.
A Star Trek/Star Wars fan will know every character on every world in a fictional universe, but they'll also know math and stuff.
patrickl:
Another group of fans that seems to be going for "weirdest":
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