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* [[Rail Enthusiast]]
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'''The devoted hobbyists'''
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Examples of this include: ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'', [[Justin Bieber (Music)|Justin Bieber]], pretty much any [[Boy Band]], and pretty much anything from [[Disney Channel]] (such as ''[[Hannah Montana]]''... and [[Miley Cyrus]], for that matter).
If a form of entertainment is manufactured with this demographic in mind from the beginning, it is immediately shunned and becomes an object of ridicule, [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|often sight unseen]]. Even if something was liked and respected before it had fangirls, it is written off as valueless the moment the [[Squee|squeeing]] starts. Treating these series with anything other than total disdain (even indifference) can get you branded as a complete idiot who has no idea what [[True Art]] is, a brainless zombie who [[
* Forget teenagers, this includes media intended for girls of any age. Even media that only [[What Do You Mean
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This is often judged as profoundly [http://blog.timesunion.com/kristi/15814/men-and-cats/ effeminate] and bad (the two often overlapping due to homophobia).
* [[Right
* Men who don't like dogs often get this attitude as well.
** And pity the ''boy'' who doesn't like dogs. Barring allergy, there is apparently ''no excuse'' for a boy to not like dogs.
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'''Hobbyist musicians'''
They're not very good, but insist on inflicting their music on their friends, and probably on practicing in the middle of the night when their neighbours are trying to sleep. For bonus points, they either play an insanely loud electric guitar, or an instrument that sounds ''really'' discordant when played badly, such as the violin, the [[
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