I hate Gamers.

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Originally Posted by soloferro

I'm still saying that everyone who games as a hobby is a horrible whiner

Originally Posted by soloferro

And I want to point out that I didn't really mean anyone here, though apparently many people here consider themselves "Gamers." This another topic for another time, but I want to use the example of how defensive people here got when they felt their group being slighted.

See the dichotomy here? You're not much in agreement with yourself, or you stupidly assumed that there are no gamers here. The former seems more likely.

And I don't think people care about their "groups." Or if they do, they shouldn't. When you come out and say "every X is a Z," in the presence of many Z hating X's, you're clearly flaming and trolling, and you know how people are going to react.

Originally Posted by soloferro

If you really are offended, perhaps you should focus on removing the undesirable aspects of your group, possibly by re-labeling them. "Fanboys" is not a very good label, because pretty much everyone is a fan of SOMETHING.

Offended? No, I'm just calling you a moron. One needn't offend me to be a moron. At this pace, it looks like you're the undesirable aspect here. But it's got nothing to do with me if you get relabeled as banned, I guess. *shrug*

Also, there are many fans that aren't "fanboys."
1. Fan GIRLS.
2. Desk fans
3. Completely reasonable people who don't immediately assume that their interests define them as a person and/or that people around them want to hear about ANY/ALL/MUCH of it (choose 1).

For instance, I am a TF fan. But people around me don't know this, making me immediately not a "fan boy." Also, even when NOT in public (ala on the internet), I don't run around telling people what is good and bad about it, as if these things qualify as an expertise or connoisseurship. Which is what fanboying is all about.

Argue that if you want. But it's not really up for debate.