The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 hours agoIs there something wrong with it?media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1321arrow-down110
arrow-up1311arrow-down1imageIs there something wrong with it?media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareMuehe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·18 hours ago You don’t have to have blind devotion to something to be a fan of it. Fan was originally short for fanatic, so it does actually imply blind devotion. Etymologically at least.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoThank god language evolves so that now a fan is someone interested in a thing
minus-squareAbsolutelyClawless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoIt evolved through the years. The actual fanatics who don’t accept any criticism for their favorite show/movie/actor/singer/whatever tend to be labeled as stans. At least IME.
Fan was originally short for fanatic, so it does actually imply blind devotion. Etymologically at least.
You know I will.
Thank god language evolves so that now a fan is someone interested in a thing
It evolved through the years. The actual fanatics who don’t accept any criticism for their favorite show/movie/actor/singer/whatever tend to be labeled as stans. At least IME.