realitybug
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Nov 17, 2024 22:33:33 GMT -4
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Post by realitybug on Sept 27, 2005 11:41:10 GMT -4
That. Is. So. Messed. Up.
Sometimes I feel bad for celebrities...
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Post by Auroranorth on Sept 27, 2005 13:43:25 GMT -4
Gee, one wonders why? If a total stranger tried to sit at my table and the restaurant wasn't crowded, I'd be annoyed. Considering that the poster considered nachos bell grande to be an intro and MT could easily guess why this weirdo was approaching, I give MT credit for not running screaming out of the place.
This thread has one positive effect; anyone who reads it in its entirety will be very glad they're not famous.
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monkeypox
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Nov 17, 2024 22:33:33 GMT -4
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Post by monkeypox on Sept 27, 2005 13:50:05 GMT -4
Please tell me this is satire. Because if there really are people out there like this, society needs to step in before they decide to breed.
True. It also reassures me that even though I think I get a little too involved in my fandom of choice from time to time, I'll never get this bad.
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Post by Auroranorth on Sept 27, 2005 13:54:31 GMT -4
This thread is the dividing line between sane fans and the rubber room. If you have to ask, "Would this show up in Y'All Jus' Jellus?" then you need to step away from the fandom with your hands in the air so we can see what you're up to.
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mostlyharmless
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Post by mostlyharmless on Sept 27, 2005 16:27:16 GMT -4
A quick test: If you follow someone's career, maybe watch any movies/TV series they do, check their IMDB forum every now and then? Fan.
If you know their birthday and the name of their dog? Careful now...
Lurking in their attic with some handcuffs and a roll of duct tape? Oxygen is wasted on you.
Buying a taco bell and thinking that's a "connection", that's somewhere between 'scary knowledge' and 'attic hideage'.
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huntergrayson
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Post by huntergrayson on Sept 27, 2005 18:17:07 GMT -4
That's so so screwed up. It's beyond a question of celebrity fandom, it's about basic courtesy and decency. Would you pull that on a random stranger? No, of course not. Maybe it's because it's in Ohio, but if you tried that crap on a stranger in any city, they would probably kick your ass. Did they ever find Margaret? |
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Post by Hamatron on Sept 28, 2005 0:10:19 GMT -4
Damn. And they wonder why so many celebs are paranoid...
My friend's boyfriend seems to run into celebs randomly from time to time. He likes to pretend to be really into them as celebrities, but really he's just mocking them (I'm more of a double-take, leave them be type person so this can grate). I really hope that person is exaggerating in her post, because otherwise, creepy.
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Post by Neurochick on Sept 28, 2005 19:55:04 GMT -4
Damn. And they wonder why so many celebs are paranoid... My friend's boyfriend seems to run into celebs randomly from time to time. He likes to pretend to be really into them as celebrities, but really he's just mocking them (I'm more of a double-take, leave them be type person so this can grate). I really hope that person is exaggerating in her post, because otherwise, creepy. When I read stuff like this, it scares me but it doesn't surprise me. Years ago there were not so many "entertainment" TV shows and magazines out there. I think there is a lot more lonliness than there used to be and people watch TV for comfort and then become attached to the "stars" they see every day. 10 years ago I was involved with fandom where some of the members were really insane. The cast of this particular TV show were very friendly to the fans and most of us were respectful; but the insane ones changed that, through an ugly incident surrounding privacy; after that this person was no longer open with their fans. |
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monkeypox
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Post by monkeypox on Sept 28, 2005 20:54:43 GMT -4
Okay, I'd put myself somewhere between "Fan" and "Careful now." I try to keep my Freak-O-Meter well calibrated. I save the handcuffs and duct tape for close, personal friends. j/k
To be fair, though, it's kind of hard not to know stuff like birthdays or names of dogs/kids. Depending on how big the celeb is, that stuff is plastered everywhere. I blame it on the tabloid culture that thinks we're all dying to know what so-and-so bought his wife for Christmas or or what so-and-so bought at the grocery store. I also blame it on my talent for being able to retain completely useless information whether I want to or not. ;D But if given the choice, I'd be overjoyed not to know a single thing about my fandom object's personal life. It just shouldn't matter.
Speaking of tabloid culture, I wonder if it has done anything to contribute to certain obsessions. When celebs put their lives on display the way they do, they're opening themselves up to all kinds of wierdness.
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dwanollah
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Post by dwanollah on Sept 28, 2005 21:27:24 GMT -4
Neurochick, I think I know of which you speak (if it's related to a telly show), and yeah, a friend of mine was one of the people who got burned by the whole mess. And got her tires slashed by one of the people involved. Admittedly, I prolly know as much about the members of Duran as I do some family members. Twenty-plus years of fandom'll do that.  But there are some scary-ass Durannies out there, y'all. One of my friends calls a certain, uh, subculture of them "Ouija-Board Durannies" because he knows of MULTIPLE different fans who claim to talk to/get messages from various members of the band via their ouija boards... and none of the bandmembers are dead, I might add. Some of my bestest friends and some of the greatest people I've met in the world are Durannies, but the fandom -- like any fandom -- harbors a lot of jealousy. Two of my friends have working relationships and/or friendships with bandmembers, and some of the bullshit I've seen from disbelieving and jealous fans is terrifying: crank phone calls, computer hackings, drive-bys (not shootings, just driving by and screaming shit out car windows!), slashed tires, blackmail threats, trashing via message boards and email groups, public confrontations, even fans contacting the band to tell them that said person is evil and twisted. Yeah. The pettiness is hard to fathom, sometimes, and the lack of logical thought is equally as problematic. I've heard fans shrieking like harpies about so-and-so getting backstage and what a PSYCHO she is... when three weeks previously, one of the same shrieking fans was bragging about going through so-and-so's trash or saying she was inviting John Taylor to her college graduation. It's beyond pot-and-kettle. The Husband-Type Man and I actually met through a Duran fan club, and when we got hitched, the friend of ours who's friends with John Taylor sent the then-members of the band our wedding invitations and asked the guys to write us some well-wishes. They did, and we have 'em framed and displayed 'em at our wedding. Groovy, huh? Yeah, but a couple times, a fan has gotten a bug up his/her butt and decides that this is the most obvious display of psycho-fandom EVER. Because a friend who is actually friends with the band asking them to write notes on our invitations -- when we met via their fan club -- is analagous to us, like, inviting all the band to our wedding and expecting them to come or something. Then again, there are also a couple of fans who have said that they KNOW I only married THTM (or was it that THTM married me...?) in order to get his record collection. Right. Absolutely. That's it.
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