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minus-squarePowerbomb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoIsn’t fandom and being a fan just an abbreviating expression of being a fanatic? A shorter version would be “you can like stuff without being a fan” For example, I’d say that I’m a big fan of Iron Maiden, but also that I like synthwave.
minus-squarealp@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoMaybe etymological roots or whatever but most people mean they just like x thing so they are a fan of it
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes. It was originally an idiomatic overstatement, like how not when people say they “Stan” someone they’re not literally rifling through their bins and sending vials of bodily fluids through the post. Mostly,
Isn’t fandom and being a fan just an abbreviating expression of being a fanatic?
A shorter version would be “you can like stuff without being a fan”
For example, I’d say that I’m a big fan of Iron Maiden, but also that I like synthwave.
Maybe etymological roots or whatever but most people mean they just like x thing so they are a fan of it
Yes. It was originally an idiomatic overstatement, like how not when people say they “Stan” someone they’re not literally rifling through their bins and sending vials of bodily fluids through the post. Mostly,