Fan Dumb/Quotes

This is a site populated by militant movie buffs: sad, pathetic little bastards living in their parents' basement downloading scripts and what they think is inside information about movies and actors they claim to despise yet can't stop discussing.

—Holden MacNeal, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Worst Cosmic Wars ever! I will only see it three more times... today.

—Comic Book Guy, The Simpsons, "Co-Dependent's Day"

Think of the most vicious, bitchy queen you've ever met. The worst of the fans are much, much worse.

—John Nathan-Turner, Doctor Who producer and Show Runner

A Trekker is a Star Trek fan, and a Trekkie is someone who insists you call them a Trekker.

—Luke Ski

The lesson behind this wall of text is: There are two kinds of people who read Warriors: People who like Warriors, and Warriors fans. If you happen to be the former, stay the hell away from any of the latter for the sake of your health.

—A troper, on the Unpleasable Fanbase of Warrior Cats.

I'm glad you are willing to admit how horrible the characters are. I also thank you for showing how much of a hypocrite you are. I shall continue to hate this video and every FF XIII video in existence. When XIII Versus and XV come out, I'll be there to destroy those games and expose them for what they are too. If you don't like it, go find another series to defend. Because I am more of a fan than you shall ever be. Go cry in a corner now and get into a university, jack-ass.

—YouTube video comment

But of course the FAN DUMB started arriving...

—Lester, a character in the Web Comic Housepets, who is a Monomaniac, Purist and Perfectionist about Anime.

ALWAYS obey the Word of God, or else you become part of the Fan Dumb.

—Warp That Aesop on Misaimed Fandom

I can't tell you how many times I have visited the Official UT2003 forums and have seen subjects such as "Suggestions for next patch" or "List of necessary changes or the game will DIE!” I find it funny that these self-proclaimed "game developer wonders" think that they know more than the guys that make a living out of this industry.

—Zenny at BeyondUnreal Capture, Be Like Baseball

It's not the band I hate, it's their fans...

—"Coax Me" by Sloan

Anon 1: How does /tg/ feel about the fact that the Augmetic Engine-Plate armour in Hostile Acquisitions almost perfectly matches the description of a Spartan suit from Halo?
Anon 1: Quote: "While hardly being designed for agility, engine-plate is extremely resilient, being composed of heavy ceramite-bonded plasteel plating over thick layers of vulcanised rubber and flakweave."
Anon 2: brigandine.jpg
Anon 2: Gee, it's not like composite armour made of different materials and then layered over one another to increase sum total protection is a new idea, right guys?
Anon 1: It's different. A flexible, protective rubber/mesh under heavy steel plates is basically exactly what MC wears.
MR. RAGE: ALSO "LITERALLY EVERY SCI-FI SUPERSOLDIER IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS," SO, THERE'S ALSO THAT.

— from a /tg/ thread on 4chan

"The thing about fandoms is that there is essentially no barrier to entry. Most regular hobbies have some requirement before you can join. If you want to join the guitarist’s social club, you need to be able to play the guitar. Fandoms have no such barrier, you just say “I’m a fan of X, so I’m in your club!” There’s really nothing that keeps the cancer out. Fandoms are how people with no social skills, talents, or literally anything else that would make them a part of something try to shoehorn themselves into a “community” that no one can say they can't be a part of. Whatever autistic crap they bring with them gets wedged into the box of the fandom, until it becomes an accepted part of it.

Many fandoms, especially geeky fandoms, are also major carriers of the Geek Social Fallacies. As such, they are very reluctant to expel anyone, because ostracizers are evil, friends should unconditionally accept each other, and the group friendship is more important than anyone else’s comfort. Because of this, what eventually happens is the group is held hostage by the must cancerous people in it, often to the point that their autism becomes the group identity, as the normals are scared away."

—Wallace, Kiwi Farms thread about a Steven Universe artist quitting Twitter over fan harassment

tumblr: "SAILOR MOON GIRLS ARE TINY PURE BABIES STOP SEXUALIZING"
the author: *literally draws them groping each other and in bunny outfits*

— BusterBeam on Twitter