barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
Definition 5) the midget I pay to follow me around in Bermuda shorts and wave scented palm fronds over my head.
"Yo! Fanboy! Getting hot over here!"
"Yo! Fanboy! Getting hot over here!"
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Defining "fanboy"
- Thread starter Kahuna Burger
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Dark Jezter
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I think Dreeble nailed it with his post.
Definition #1: Fanboy
Definition #2: Stalker
Definition #3: Delusional
Definition #4: Snob
Definition #1: Fanboy
Definition #2: Stalker
Definition #3: Delusional
Definition #4: Snob
reapersaurus
Explorer
I'd love to show how some quotes from the LotR thread match definition #1, but I don't think that would be allowed here. 
Kahuna Burger
First Post
Pants said:
oh, I know exactly what quotes they were and they weren't disagreeing with me...
There's a reason that thread spawned this one and it wasn't just the use of the word fanboy, it was the demos.
Kahuna Burger
EricNoah
Adventurer
But there is no need to call folks out by name or quote "live examples" from our community. I think we've established that it's a derogatory term and we're not going to go around calling each other names. I've already deleted out one such post from this thread, so let's not have any repeats of that.
stevelabny
Explorer
those definitions all suck for fanboy.
and fanboys and fangirls are very different creatures.
fangirl implies slash fanfic or lines like "spikey goodness"
for whatever reason fangirls are more sexually-charged than fanboys.
a fanboy is a SPECIFIC geek.
i'm a well rounded geek. rpgs, video games, board games, sci-fi fantasy books/movies/ tv, comics, wrestling, fantasy sports, etc etc. geek means i'm TOO into my hobbies. i collect the merchandise, I watch religiously, I quote stuff, I know trivia.
if a geek is only into ONE geek thing, s/he is a fanboy.and it is sometimes used derogatorily because if geeks already get carried away, fanboys REALLY get carried away, usually to the point that they repulse all other living creatures.
Dreeble, do I know you? I ALWAYS use the "no difference between comics, wrestling and soap operas" line back from when I actually used to religiously follow all three.
and fanboys and fangirls are very different creatures.
fangirl implies slash fanfic or lines like "spikey goodness"
for whatever reason fangirls are more sexually-charged than fanboys.
a fanboy is a SPECIFIC geek.
i'm a well rounded geek. rpgs, video games, board games, sci-fi fantasy books/movies/ tv, comics, wrestling, fantasy sports, etc etc. geek means i'm TOO into my hobbies. i collect the merchandise, I watch religiously, I quote stuff, I know trivia.
if a geek is only into ONE geek thing, s/he is a fanboy.and it is sometimes used derogatorily because if geeks already get carried away, fanboys REALLY get carried away, usually to the point that they repulse all other living creatures.
Dreeble, do I know you? I ALWAYS use the "no difference between comics, wrestling and soap operas" line back from when I actually used to religiously follow all three.
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Eosin the Red
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I find that FANBOY is about as dispariging as GEEK. I wear both titles with pride...often commenting that "If I don't do X I will get my Geek License revoked." I am a well adjusted man with a wife, three children a home, two cars and I make enough money that my wife does not have to work. I am a fan boy of B5 but can understand how others don't grok it. I am a fan boy of GRRM but understand he is not for everyone. I was a big time Fanboy of the Wheel of Time (including a 200 page website for the RPG) but his last book really turned my stomach....I can only hope he turns it around with book 11 
Why do people who paint their bodies for football teams call Vampire people freaks? Why do people who think GRRM is worthless think that people who like GRRM will find their opinion to have any merit? Why do baseball geeks put down Gamers? Why do gamers call LARP'rs names? Why do gamers make fun of fanboys?
What is wrong with being 11 in your heart and really loving something. What is wrong with choosing to ignore the negative side of something and look instead to the positive? What is wrong with enthusiam and camping all night to see Star Wars with your buddies just like you did in highschool?
What is better about a condescending hateful attitude that can never cheer, only boo and hiss? What is so wrong with someone that they may not build up something but instead can only tear down the things that others find joy in?
I am a geek. I am a fanboy. I have fun. For a minute I get to forget that when I leave a movie theater or the gaming table or turn off the B5 DVD that I will go to work, put on my scrubs and talk to a man who has just lost his wife of 50 years to a heart attack or a father who has lost his 16 year old son in a car wreck or a son who has lost his mother to breast cancer. I don't have to think about the 17 year old with the sheared spinal colum who keeps telling me that she will be Ok. I love to be a fan boy. I love to believe in good things and in great stories. I choose to see the good in things and ignore the bad when I can. There are enough terrible things in this word that I don't need go looking for things to tear down.
Yep....Fanboy. That is where I want to be. Seems like a darn fine place to me. Just like Geek or Gamer or Nerd, all titles that I have earned by sacraficing my time and energy towards something that I enjoy that others do not understand and would rather tear down than leave alone.
I just find it funny that gamers so quickly use the same tone and attitude with others that hurt us as kids.
Why do people who paint their bodies for football teams call Vampire people freaks? Why do people who think GRRM is worthless think that people who like GRRM will find their opinion to have any merit? Why do baseball geeks put down Gamers? Why do gamers call LARP'rs names? Why do gamers make fun of fanboys?
What is wrong with being 11 in your heart and really loving something. What is wrong with choosing to ignore the negative side of something and look instead to the positive? What is wrong with enthusiam and camping all night to see Star Wars with your buddies just like you did in highschool?
What is better about a condescending hateful attitude that can never cheer, only boo and hiss? What is so wrong with someone that they may not build up something but instead can only tear down the things that others find joy in?
I am a geek. I am a fanboy. I have fun. For a minute I get to forget that when I leave a movie theater or the gaming table or turn off the B5 DVD that I will go to work, put on my scrubs and talk to a man who has just lost his wife of 50 years to a heart attack or a father who has lost his 16 year old son in a car wreck or a son who has lost his mother to breast cancer. I don't have to think about the 17 year old with the sheared spinal colum who keeps telling me that she will be Ok. I love to be a fan boy. I love to believe in good things and in great stories. I choose to see the good in things and ignore the bad when I can. There are enough terrible things in this word that I don't need go looking for things to tear down.
Yep....Fanboy. That is where I want to be. Seems like a darn fine place to me. Just like Geek or Gamer or Nerd, all titles that I have earned by sacraficing my time and energy towards something that I enjoy that others do not understand and would rather tear down than leave alone.
I just find it funny that gamers so quickly use the same tone and attitude with others that hurt us as kids.
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