Hello
The 'fanboy' concept is starting to make me foam at the mouth. Note that I'm not just talking about the activity of fanboyism in general, which I think we can all agree is an inexplicable and irritating waste of time for everyone on the internet. I'm also talking about the word itself here.
The problem is that fanboyism is so rife on the internet that it becomes increasingly hard to avoid. Any comments section below an article about:
- System exclusives
- New hardware
- Any topic involving animate or inanimate objects
quickly devolves into an raging soup of furious typists, typically declaring that the article is further proof of the imminent death/glorification of a faceless and colossal corporation which makes more money every second than you could ever stuff into your pants.
Things have now started to get a little bit meta, with denials of fanboyism being thrown in there first as a kind of disclaimer, in much the same way as a weird uncle might start a sentence with "I'm not racist, but...". This has led to a situation in which roughly 70% of the internet now seems to consist of fanboyism, accusations of fanboyism, denials of fanboyism and unrelated posts which nonetheless contain the word 'fanboy'.
I'm not enjoying it at all. Every time I even see the word appear, I get the sensation that a little piece of my soul has dribbled out of my ear, never to return. So, given that fanboys will always exist as long as the world contains, er, stuff, I propose that we give them a new name. Either that or I will have to stop reading comment threads altogether, which I would rather not do, because it beats the hell out of any other way of wasting time at work.
Suggestions:
- Flanboys
- Spamtoys
- Ham ploys
- Dicks
Any other ideas welcome.
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