{"id":37,"date":"2006-02-14T18:13:13","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T23:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/?p=37"},"modified":"2006-02-16T18:26:57","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T23:26:57","slug":"different-fandom-same-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"different fandom, same people"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like it says in this site’s charter, we’re nerds. I, however, am an anime nerd in addition to being a soccer nerd. I’ve spent as much time on the road to various fan conventions as I have matches, and I’m repeatedly reminded of how regardless of whether it’s a pre-WCQ party or a post-costume contest party, it’s all the same people, just a different excuse to get together with your buddies and drink. Same “oh, wow, I haven’t seen him in ages,” same “oh, it’s that fuckin’ guy again.” Same good and bad aspects to being a fan, too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Excuse to travel<\/td>\nconventions<\/td>\nnational team games<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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We got some people together, let’s go to the<\/td>\nJapanese restaurant<\/td>\nIrish bar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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No, really, guys, it’s not that big a treat<\/td>\nPocky<\/td>\nGuinness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ask a fanboy who’s always wrong about<\/td>\nUS licensing plans<\/td>\nUS goalkeeping plans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Browse eBay for the latest in<\/td>\nshitty Southeast Asian bootleg DVDs<\/td>\nshitty Southeast Asian bootleg shirts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Large crowds for events in<\/td>\nLA, DC, Chicago<\/td>\nLA, DC, Chicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Yet surprisingly very little going on in<\/td>\nNY<\/td>\nNY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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OMG HE’S SO DREAMY *tee hee*<\/td>\nScott McNeil<\/td>\nTaylor Twellman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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I just blew my whole paycheck at<\/td>\nBest Buy<\/td>\nNiketown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Obnoxious phony speech affectation<\/td>\nadding honorifics to people’s names<\/td>\npronouncing “derby” to rhyme with “Barbie”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Hey, I haven’t seen that yet, don’t tell me<\/td>\nSpike dies<\/td>\nNewcastle loses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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You just don’t get it<\/td>\n“that Dragon Ball shit”<\/td>\n“Americans don’t care about soccer”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Fire up your Bittorrent client for<\/td>\ndigisubs<\/td>\nmatches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Get your nerd on during a dream vacation to<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\nEngland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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I hate this site, so why can’t I stop reading<\/td>\nAnime on DVD<\/td>\nBig Soccer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Are you sure we can’t come up with a better mascot for the fandom in this country than<\/td>\ncatgirls<\/td>\nLandon Donovan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Like it says in this site’s charter, we’re nerds. I, however, am an anime nerd in addition to being a soccer nerd. I’ve spent as much time on the road to various fan conventions as I have matches, and I’m … tell me more →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tifosi.hooverdam.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}