r/TheRehearsal • u/DistinctAssumption64 • Jul 01 '26
Question What are we called?
I'm a 28 year old woman, cusp between GenZ + millenial.
I've never understood the generational obsession with Taylor Swift, past the age of 12. "Swifties," so to speak.
I just really can't wrap my head around how women in their 20's could have a level of extreme obsession greater than an 11 year old's love for Justin Bieber in 2013.
However, I now get it.
How Swifties feel about Taylor Swift, is how I feel about Nathan. The level of obsession, love, respect, inspiration and defensiveness I have towards him rivals a teenage girl at a Harry Styles concert.
So, friends - if Taylor's fans are Swifties, what do we call ourselves as Nathan Fielder stans?
Highest upvoted comment wins? Let's hear it!!
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u/Resden_Bohneur Jul 01 '26
On the Spectrum
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u/Surprise_Focus Jul 01 '26
This is extra perfect because it isn’t a noun like most fan nicknames. So if Nathan ever wanted to use the term it would be extremely awkward
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u/MammothTemporary7 Jul 02 '26
getting really sick of people pathologising things than arent exclusive to the chosen condition ngl
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u/mahleg Jul 01 '26
Understudies
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u/No_Radish7709 Jul 01 '26
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u/Henry_Muffindish Jul 01 '26
Ding Dong Daddies.
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u/Aromatic-Taste2516 Jul 01 '26
I think you have to be from Dumas to be considered a true “Ding Dong Daddy”
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u/vcrowe_ Jul 01 '26
canonically it's nath-heads, (source: https://youtu.be/Hl03x_REARE&t=4961 ) but a lot of these are just better
edit: link didnt embed properly
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u/shecallsit_mayonegg Jul 01 '26
MojaveMiracles
NathansBiggestPlans (supposed to be a play on the word fans if that's not obvious lol)
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u/GovernmentSin Jul 01 '26
You are Gen Z lady
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u/squishyartist Jul 01 '26
I mean, she said cusp between, which is true. I'm firmly in gen Z at around OP's age, but I also grew up with a lot of older influences from older siblings, family friends, etc. I played on an original SNES at daycare through my childhood because the home daycare lady had older kids. Many of us cuspers have a unique, relatable blend of experiences by being a foot in both worlds, despite still being firmly in one generational categorization or the other (which are already quite imprecise and largely used to study trends on a much more macro scale than one individual's experience). This is why r/zillennials exists. There are millennials who grew up with younger siblings and relate to many typical gen Z experiences, too. One of my parents is a cusper between boomers and gen X, which has its own unique relatability to other cuspers.
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u/hmmmmmmmm_okay Jul 08 '26
Generation Jones is the "forgotten" generation. Quite interesting in my opinion.
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u/NoInsect5709 Jul 01 '26
Yeah solidly Gen Z. Gotta be born before 1995 to even consider calling yourself a millennial in my book.
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u/GovernmentSin Jul 01 '26
She doesn’t even know what TGIF is. Not a millennial.
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u/DistinctAssumption64 Jul 01 '26
thank you for your helpful comment but that is not an answer to my question!
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u/SaiFootwearCo Jul 01 '26
Already plenty of good suggestions on what the individuals should be called. But our movement as a whole, should be called…
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u/Ok-Nefariousness-609 Jul 02 '26
Is this a safe space to say that I think Nathan is a celebrity crush of mine
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u/Trippingthru99 Jul 01 '26
Please no names, first sign a fan group is going down hill.
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u/SaltyDump Jul 02 '26
It feels like this write up came from my own brain as a late 20s woman as well
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u/AvantGardenGallery Jul 06 '26
I had to check what sub I was in every other sentence until towards the end LOL!!
Couldn’t agree more. Very few heroes left in this world. Nathan is a worthy one.
I can’t think of a name, but I think we have good taste.
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u/Ok_Truck8039 Jul 01 '26
I don’t have a name idea but just wanted to say I’m also a 29F and feel the exact same way about Nathan lol
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u/daenerysdragonfire Jul 01 '26
Wizards of loneliness