My favorite is when MTV started up (remember when it showed videos?) and I told my daughter, That's a Good Group; That's a One Hit Wonder; Boy Band, they'll last as long as their fans do; etc, etc, etc. My pre-teen daughter fussed "How would You know, Mom?" Now, as an adult, she better understands, her "old" Mom saw Iron Butterfly Live, The Beatles Live, and some how my hearing lived to tell about the concerts. And has been listening to R&R on the radio since 1960. Go Beach Boys and Jan & Dean! I've seen a lot of rock bands come and go in my day. As for the crowd in our "discussion" - When they claim to be fans but can't bother to go to the cons, or do anything but pontificate on the Internet, I really wonder how fannish they are. They may read the stuff, but they are hardly "FANS" = Fanatics. Pontificating on the internetz is lazy fandom at best, arrogant fandom at worst. It is definitely NOT participation fandom. I know I am an Old Lady, but my daughter is in her 30s and my son just turned 24, and the grandkids at 18,14, 12 and 7. I have a busy presence on Facebook with friends of all ages. And I talk to all of them. I am hardly Out of the Loop by any definition. Well, I guess sort of, almost everyone I'm friends with Goes to Cons, even the 20-somethings. That's how I meet people, and keep my heart and brain young. What a concept. And I ran away from the "conversation" too, when it became obvious, they weren't interested in Real Life Answers or even Real Life, just Pontificating on the Internetz and telling all of us we are Wrong, because that is what they do instead of going out and meeting people. Sad life.
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As for the crowd in our "discussion" - When they claim to be fans but can't bother to go to the cons, or do anything but pontificate on the Internet, I really wonder how fannish they are. They may read the stuff, but they are hardly "FANS" = Fanatics. Pontificating on the internetz is lazy fandom at best, arrogant fandom at worst. It is definitely NOT participation fandom.
I know I am an Old Lady, but my daughter is in her 30s and my son just turned 24, and the grandkids at 18,14, 12 and 7. I have a busy presence on Facebook with friends of all ages. And I talk to all of them. I am hardly Out of the Loop by any definition. Well, I guess sort of, almost everyone I'm friends with Goes to Cons, even the 20-somethings. That's how I meet people, and keep my heart and brain young. What a concept.
And I ran away from the "conversation" too, when it became obvious, they weren't interested in Real Life Answers or even Real Life, just Pontificating on the Internetz and telling all of us we are Wrong, because that is what they do instead of going out and meeting people. Sad life.