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[liptonrm_backup]

Fandom is full of the dumbest smart people evar, I swear. Or maybe just the most pedantic. It's an endemic problem when you get a bunch of literate, opinionated people together who write their problems out and feel a lingering sense of guilt that they're not out there solving the Big Issues. And every time I think I've reached the Fandom Zen point that is beyond aggravation fandom proves, once again, that I have not yet achieved that rarefied state.

Tangentially: If I hear/see another person talk about Joss Whedon as if he were the greatest person to ever be born I will cut a bitch. Poor Joss, he doesn't deserve even a fraction of the ill will I have towards him seeing as the vast majority of it was spawned by his fans.

But then I'll do something like watch an episode of South Park where Kyle and Stan are Guitar Hero celebrities and there's a montage to 'Carry on My Wayward Son' that still has me laughing and my equilibrium will be reattained. Man do I love that show. Except when it talks about poop. That's one guy fascination that I'll never understand. But otherwise it's a surefire antidote for when the world is taking itself too seriously.

So apparently Aqua Dots convert to GHB and kids have been harmed by them? What I would give to be the lawyer working on that products' liability case. Hopefully if these kids and their families sue enough and the other people who have been harmed by faulty Chinese-manufactured products sue enough we'll see American manufacturing pull its head out of its ass and realize that non-regulated factories are not good even if they are cheap. Personal injury law gets a lot of bad press but this is what it's all about, making sure that people are held accountable for their negligent acts. The lawsuit is a very powerful tool.

OMG, when did I become such a huge law dork? No, don't answer that, I'm pretty sure I know. ;-) *rolls eyes* I always knew I was a dork but this is taking it to whole new levels. And I imagine it'll only get worse before it gets better. Watch out.

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[obeliamedusa.livejournal.com]

Go, law dork! :P

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know that I have friends who are willing to support my lifestyle choices. ;-)

[hiyacynth.livejournal.com]

I accidentally started talking about bibliographic records today. In public. It was embarrassing.

Also? What are Aqua Dots?

Also, also? Joss. ... Nah. Not gonna go there. You already know what I'm gonna say. In sum: We'd agree with fandom if it were right.

TOMORROW!!

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

Aaaah, grad school inspired embarrassment. Why do I have a feeling it's only going to get worse from here on out?

Aqua Dots are some toy where you drop these bead things onto a pattern and when you spray them with water they hold that shape. I only know this because, ummm, I might be known to watch Nickolodeon in the middle of the afternoon.

If only fandom were as right as we are there would be no more world hunger. *snerk*

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Fandom is making me especially sick this week. Are we talking about the same thing?

I will never understand the Whedon worship. It's it the same inexplicable class as Rowling love. I don't get it.

The poop thing on South Park is one of the few things I always find funny. Although they DO drive it into the ground.

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

If it's the whole, 'Dean is a homophobe' thing then yes, yes we are. Either way, fandom has been making me rather edgy lately and that's never a good thing.

I've never understood why anyone feels the need to prostrate him/herself before any creator. I mean, I love Tolkien and I truly respect his work but I don't worship at his altar or anything like that. The, 'so-and-so can do no wrong' mentality is simply anathema to me.

It's just, I find poop to be inherently disgusting in a completely irrational way. It's kinda like fungus. I hate fungus, the very thought of it makes me shudder, so seeing Mr. Hanky jumping around getting crap all over everyone makes me a little bit nauseous. I'm a little neurotic, I know. ;-)

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's the "Dean's a homophobe" thing, and the way it was handled over at Television Without Pity, which was basically for the recapper to post a needlessly ugly collection of Dean/Jensen insults for the sole purpose of pissing off the supposed "Deangirls." Though I'll admit that there are few things funnier than a bunch of self-righteous fandom dorks thinking they're saving the world by posting on a frigging message board. Riiiight.

Come on, Bono being grown out of a giant turd was funny!

[liptonrm.livejournal.com]

There are so many, many reasons why I avoid TWoP like the plague and this is now one of them. And there fandom goes again trying to change the world one message board at a time. *rolls eyes*

Dude, Bono being a giant turd was fucking hysterical. As was the "couric" system of measurement. I hope Matt&Trey never stop getting high in their hot tub and making Very Special "Emmy Award Winning" Episodes.

[shanghai-jim.livejournal.com]

I've never been a fan of fandom per se. I like sharing interests in creative works and I like correcting or extending canon (that's my euphemism for what I do in fanfic.) It always seems that eventually, it's going to stop being fun.

My cousin's absolute adoration of Kevin Smith is disturbing. He memorizes entire podcasts and will perform them for you, with voices, at the drop of a hat. I haven't the heart to tell him I am utterly uninterested.

That said, Whedon, who has driven X-fans mad with his glacial production of the supposed premier title Astonishing X-Men, has finally given a payoff that made this Cyke fanboy squee. So I shall not speak of my ever-growing disdain for showrunners and writer-creator "deities". The closest I currently will say is that I maintain that I am a student of Professor Tolkien, despite not writing in the genre he inadvertently spawned.