# Lamest/most annoying fanbase? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558 "2005-10-03T12:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/101 "2005-10-04T22:42:04Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Do some Trekies actually speak Klingon? There’s a bible written in Klingon, which is strange as there’s no word for “Love” in Klingon. Or so I heard.(Seriously, I only know a single word of Klingon, and that’s the one they love to shout before battles in the show). ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/102 "2005-10-04T22:43:39Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > But my number one greivence… the Cult of Boba Fett. This weird mythos built around a character with three or four lines just puzzles the hell out of me. I mean he doesn’t do anything in Empire except stand around take orders and ask for his cargo. Big Deal. Oh wait, he and a few storm troopers take a potshot at Luke but really so what? Armor. Chicks dig the armor. But I agree with you. I think the armor is cool but that’s as far as it goes. I can’t understand the cult he has. And I really can’t understand what the hell people see in Darth Maul, other then his cool lightsaber. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/103 "2005-10-05T00:21:51Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > In what way are _Farscape_ and _Babylon 5_ remotely similar to the admittedly crappy, fanfic-ish Dark Horse “Vs” comics, tie-in novels, etc.? I haven’t seen _Farscape_ but I can’t imagine comparing _Babylon 5_ to those things. Even if if it’s not your personal cup of tea, what would make its fans “indiscriminate”? In the sense that they’re poorly and embarrassingly written, are predicated on ideas, plots, and concepts that have already been recycled to death in more popular film, book, and television franchises, and “brought to life” with computer animation and effects so poor that they recall the early days of the Sega Genesis and Microsoft Paint. These shows are there for you to watch when there’s nothing else on TV, not for you to preorder expensive DVD boxed sets of to own for eternity. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/104 "2005-10-05T06:45:36Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s a bible written in Klingon Please tell me you’re joking. > [@](#): > > Seriously, I only know a single word of Klingon, and that’s the one they love to shout before battles in the show). The only Klingon word I know is, “kapla.” I believe it means, “I have terrible gas.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/105 "2005-10-05T07:23:33Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > This one guy. Just him. > > He’s the only annoying fan base I can think of. > > He’s a guy I work with, who was born in Arizona. He’s a fan of college football (Notre Dame), basketball (Lakers) and pro football (Cowboys). > > Obviously he’s the ultimate bandwagon fan, rooting only for the teams who are advertised heavily and favored to win. Jesus, buddy, didn’t you know you can only jump on one bandwagon at a time? Robert Newton Peck once wrote that the very definition of a crashing bore is a Texan who was in the Marines \*and \* who attended Notre Dame. I don’t know about polo, but the fox-hunting crowd annoy me. I used to be a fan of Rita Mae Brown until she jumped on that bandwagon. Oscar Wilde was right about fox-hunters: “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/106 "2005-10-05T13:17:01Z")
Ceiling fans. God I hate 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/107 "2005-10-05T13:23:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Ceiling fans. But if you like them, you’ll be cool… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/108 "2005-10-05T13:28:54Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Ceiling fans. > > God I hate 'em. Not if you lived here you bloody well wouldn’t! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/109 "2005-10-05T15:41:36Z")
> [@KCSuze](#): > > Please tell me you’re joking. Believe me, I wish I were. > [@KCSuze](#): > > The only Klingon word I know is, “kapla.” I believe it means, “I have terrible gas.” That’s the one. I have no idea what it means. I just know it’s some sort of battle cry. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/110 "2005-10-05T16:42:47Z")
The New York Times did a story about the in-fighting the Klingon speakers went through trying to decide on which version of the Bible to translate. Priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/111 "2005-10-05T16:50:38Z")
I like horror fans but hate vampire fans. Vampires used to be scary and something to be feared, but now they’re a joke. They’re absurd fashion statements and runny eyeliner. They don’t inspire fear. They inspire lameness. They’re 300-lb women who wear tight corsets and frilly blouses and bulging cellulite and think they look sexy. They’re socially maladjusted jerks who wear dusters and annoy people in public with their deluded perception of coolness. I want to stab them with a crucifix stiletto dildo like Anthony Perkins used in Crimes of Passion. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/112 "2005-10-05T17:01:59Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > In the sense that they’re poorly and embarrassingly written, are predicated on ideas, plots, and concepts that have already been recycled to death in more popular film, book, and television franchises, and “brought to life” with computer animation and effects so poor that they recall the early days of the Sega Genesis and Microsoft Paint. These shows are there for you to watch when there’s nothing else on TV, not for you to preorder expensive DVD boxed sets of to own for eternity. I think you’re confused. That’s _Star Trek_ you’re describing. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/113 "2005-10-05T17:34:35Z")
fandom is just a god damm hobby vs. fandom is a way of life For me, this says it all. Any fandom is sad and annoying when they forget it is a hobby and a pleasure. Personally annoyed by Rocky Horror Picture Show Fans (they are about the saddest out there, though, thankfully diminishing as time goes by). Story about Dr. Who fans (Whovians?): During a combined convention of Dr. Who and Comics in the Americana Congress Hotel in July of 1980 something the air conditioning went out. This was bad as all the convention space was on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building, which was old and HOT – ungodly, I’m thinking about going home H-O-T-T hot! So, in their large brimmed heavy material hats, long heavy overcoats, and extra long woollen scarves, the Dr. Who fans did what any sensible person would do – they complained about how hot it was – never once doing anything like removing their heat intesifying garments. This to me is where the rubber meets the road – if you are blinded to reality by your fanatical devotion to something – get help, don’t try to take others down into your petty pathetic addiction. I like a number of the things listed here, will speak well of them (SCA, D&D, LARP, Whedon, Trek, and probably many others) but they are entertaining, not life defining. As Bill Shatner once said: “Get a Life!” He was right then, and it is still right now. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/114 "2005-10-05T18:41:49Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > fandom is just a god damm hobby vs. fandom is a way of life > As Bill Shatner once said: “Get a Life!” He was right then, and it is still right now. Where do you draw the line though? Is going to conventions considered going too far? Doing fanscripts,cos-plays or doing a webpage dedicated to your hobby? And did shatner really said “Get A Life” to his fans ? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/115 "2005-10-05T18:44:07Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > And did shatner really said “Get A Life” to his fans ? :eek: It’s from a famous Saturday Night Live sketch, where Shatner was a guest at a Star Trek convention, and actually did yell “Get a life!” at the overbearing Trekkie nerd fans. But even though that was a scripted comedy show, a lot of real-life overbearing Trekkie nerd fans took it personally. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/116 "2005-10-05T18:55:03Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > It’s from a famous Saturday Night Live sketch, where Shatner was a guest at a Star Trek convention, and actually did yell “Get a life!” at the overbearing Trekkie nerd fans. But even though that was a scripted comedy show, a lot of real-life overbearing Trekkie nerd fans took it personally. I remember the show and it was hilarious. I was even at 1 convention and Shatner was the special guest. I still found it hilarious. Anyone who didn’t find it hilarious should probably take it as advice instead. 😉 As to the OP: Lameness: The handful of Rocky Horror aficionado that have been non-stop since the early 80’s, regret they couldn’t have started sooner and now act as Rocky Nazi’s during the show if you don’t follow their script. 2nd Place: The Trekkies who are apparently ashamed of being Trekkies and decided to call themselves Trekkers. WTF Most Annoying: The illiterate Star Wars fans who never realized how much Sci-Fi came before and after Star Wars and that the movies are barely Sci-Fi and more Fantasy with gadgets. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/117 "2005-10-05T18:57:39Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Lameness: The handful of Rocky Horror aficionado that have been non-stop since the early 80’s, regret they couldn’t have started sooner and now act as Rocky Nazi’s during the show if you don’t follow their script. Really? What a bunch of weirdos among weirdos! I first learned about Rocky from the Rialto theater in Raleigh, NC. I’ve been to a variety of shows since then, some more obscene than the Rialto’s, but none more raucous. The fun in that crowd was coming up with some new horrible thing to yell, and the folks that came up with the best new lines were the stars of the group. Rocky Nazis wouldn’t have lasted a minute. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/118 "2005-10-05T18:59:10Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Where do you draw the line though? Is going to conventions considered going too far? Doing fanscripts,cos-plays or doing a webpage dedicated to your hobby? I would draw the line if you answer “yes” to any of these questions: [ol] [li]Do you insist on trying to convert people to your cause, even after they have expressed a lack of interest?[/li][li]Do you take offense when someone expresses a negative opinion regarding the subject of your fandom?[/li][li]Do you have a hard time having a conversation without having it involve the subject of your fandom?[/li][/ol] There are people in almost every fandom who transgress these, my personal rules. I have been known to violate #3 from time to time when I’m particularly immersed in a game, and I’ve taken it as a sign that I’ve gotten carried away. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/119 "2005-10-05T19:04:57Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Personally annoyed by Rocky Horror Picture Show Fans (they are about the saddest out there, though, thankfully diminishing as time goes by). Word. I have a lot of friends who are fans. I’ve known former and current cast members. I’m sure it’s fun if you’re into it. I went once and was utterly underwhelmed. I get a lot of geeky fandoms, and I love a lot of really dweeby things, but RHPS leaves me completely perplexed. The movie sucks, so there’s no real fandom around _it,_ just a bg mishmash of people’s experiences with various live shows. So the fans are always re-hashing the “memories,” chatting about their misadventures in putting on the show, reminiscing about old cast members and such, productions in other cities…zzzzz…zzzzz… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558/120 "2005-10-05T19:29:40Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > I would draw the line if you answer “yes” to any of these questions: > [ol] > [li]Do you insist on trying to convert people to your cause, even after they have expressed a lack of interest?[/li][li]Do you take offense when someone expresses a negative opinion regarding the subject of your fandom?[/li][li]Do you have a hard time having a conversation without having it involve the subject of your fandom?[/li][/ol] See, the first and last I agree with, but the middle one? Often when people express that negative opinion, they do it in a very rude way: “You watch _reality shows_?” they say with a sneer, or, “God, modern art is **such** a scam! I can’t believe anyone is dumb enough to fall for it!” Who wouldn’t take offense in such cases? But if you refer to people who hear, “Eh, dark beer just doesn’t do it for me,” and get all bent out of shape, then I’m with you. Daniel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-most-annoying-fanbase/324558.md?page=7)