....o.O

[reenka]

Okay, I really don't get this.

What's an 'other, lesser mortal'?? o_0 What is an 'insignificant' person? Why do people, uh, refer that way [as 'small'] to themselves in all seriousness without any apparent joking self-deprecation or realization this is the height of just... y'know, self-esteem issues? Eh? Whuh? Did I miss something?

Yeah, so apparently there's some sort of... thing going on in the meta-circles currently about Big Bad BNFs & their anti-communist ways or whatever and it's just sort of... funny?? heh.

What I find most amusing is how ready people are to perpetuate such a meaningless hierarchy in every aspect of their lives, including their online hobby. It's like, the person can't truly be a 'BNF', not -really-, unless you accept -yourself- as 'non-BNF'-- ie, a plebe, 'just' a lurker, and/or pathetic loser wannabe [or whatever]. It's funny I even say this 'cause I'm not one of those people big on self-confidence myself, in real life or online-- I'm totally constantly aware what a sad lamer I am. But. There's a difference between not being self-confident and being a willing Tool of the Man, while [of course] bitching at said Man [who, btw, doesn't exist because basically... THIS IS FANDOM, OKAY, NOT WORLD POLITICS] :P

I'm sorry I locked this, but. Wank = inconvenient, even though this is -my- lj, which means [generally] no one ever wanks here unless they like me, but still. Uh. -.- And now I go to sleep.

Comments

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

You know, it probably says more about me than HS, but I didn't even -know- who was popular in my [big & not-so-big] HS. I mean, I kinda knew vaguely in the smaller one but it was like 'ugh, those are the outgoing loud people who they're always making... noise... about. next!'. I mean, yeah, theoretically I do understand it, but... on a personal level I don't get making yourself be The Oppressed Uncool Ones if it doesn't even give you indie cred or whatever, hahah. I mean, I always thought being one of the 'freaks-n-geeks' was cooler, otherwise I'd never have liked the idea. Or something. I dunno, this is why I never really got HS when I was there, I suspect :>

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I think fandom does absolutely often work like that...which is why I can't understand why people don't realize they're not in high school and stop it, you know? I guess I can get people who are just out of high school, but imagine being some 37 year old human resources person in Tennessee and you're sitting in your office wishing you could be as good as that therapist in Miami...wtf, people??

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, most of us in HP, at least -are- in college or HS or at least in our 20s... heh. I sometimes feel unworthy of the writers I think are great [ie, too shy to talk, though I still review and... stuff] but this has nothing to do with how popular they are or aren't. Then again, I actually distrust/dislike people who're too popular 'cause usually it's 'cause they write to the lowest common denominator & actually suck :))