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I didn’t get that far in the essay, but experience shows that people who take their fandoms maybe a little too seriously are healthier, and certainly less dange
by leephillips 5y ago
I didn’t get that far in the essay, but experience shows that people who take their fandoms maybe a little too seriously are healthier, and certainly less dangerous, than people who take their religions a little too seriously. At least most of them know that these worlds are fictional. I have strong opinions about TOS being superior to any Trek that came after, but I’m unlikely to start a shooting war over it, or strap on a suicide vest.
- TrainedMonkey 5y agoI suspect this strongly depends on a religion and a fandom. For example, fandoms that cause self-harm in a chase of some fictional perfection vs people who are heavily into Buddhism or derivatives.
- leephillips 5y agoI was forgetting about soccer hooligans.
- dylan604 5y agoor stalkers
- p1necone 5y agoI'd be interested in hearing a few bullet points on TOS vs TNG from you :)
- leephillips 5y agoProbably the most relevant bullet point is the year of my birth.
- prower 5y agoI wonder if it's safe to say that every religion started as pop culture.