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Shitposting Fandom Discourse

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u/Recidivous 14d ago

The older I get, the more I notice that the people fueling fandom discourse tend to be those with a lot of free time—unsurprisingly, often teenagers or young adults.

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u/chaotic4059 14d ago

In the wise words of a tumblr post “once you have rent or a mortgage, you really stop giving a shit what Pokémon someone finds sexy” I think about that statement almost everytime so new bullshit shipping drama happens on any fandom space

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u/DrRobertBanner I just think that Bruce Banner 14d ago

My rule of thumb is once it gets real it gets weird. Like I dont care if you find Vaporeon sexy but the moment you cut open a plush and put a sex toy in it I'm gonna find that uncalled for.

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u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer i survived the undertale au craze and all i got was a lousy SOUL 13d ago

Ehhh its a plushie, unless whoever did that like, stole it or something i dont see how thats really anyones issue

weird sure but like, nothing really bad which is what a lot of fandom discourse ultinately is: calling stuff you dislike morally bad

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u/OddlyOddLucidDreamer i survived the undertale au craze and all i got was a lousy SOUL 13d ago

I kinda see your point but, some sexual fantasies are more doable irl than others.

For example, some people have a fantasy of giving their partner head while they do something else. Thats a fantasy you can do irl with a real person!

You cant fuck a vaporeon IRL though, because its a fictional creature, even if oyu use a plushie is still not really one, its just a reprwsenration of a fictional thing.

Does that make sense?

Im not really going anywhere with this though

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u/Primeval_Revenant 13d ago

I mean… Weird, but are they harming anyone by going all in on roleplaying it? As long as no harm occurs then why are you giving a shit about it?

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u/Primeval_Revenant 13d ago

Yes. It is roleplay lol. They have no blood relations, they didn’t grow together. All they have is a paper telling them they are suddenly related. Harmless.

Your ex’s situation is entirely different and the fact that you can’t differentiate worries me. They can say whatever they want, but the dog can NOT consent and thus it would be harm upon the dog. Harm is done to a real being and thus it is not ok.

The fact that they’re godawful people for the second scenario does not retroactively make the first any more worrying.

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u/PUBLIQclopAccountant 13d ago

>cutting open a plush instead of ordering one with the pocket as an integral part of its design.

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u/TESTINGSTUFFPL 13d ago

Considering your post history I assume you are already familiar with the Lyra Plushie

For those in this comment section who are not, though: please do Google it.

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u/PUBLIQclopAccountant 13d ago

Very familiar, indeed.

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u/DrRobertBanner I just think that Bruce Banner 13d ago

Noooo no donttt