Same Slam, Different Fandom
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captain_slinkyFurther evidence that Religion is just another branch of Geekism/Nerdism/Fandom. Consider this "Exhibit A", Pat Robertson's recent comments regarding Dungeons & Dragons:
Contrast and compare to Carrie Fischer dissing Star Trek:
One of the great traditions of Fandom is NOT ONLY to sing the praises of your own Fandom, but to also mock/shame/"Diss" other similar fandoms. Christianity gets their rules from a book, D&D gets their rules from a book (but D&D is at least nice enough to put an edition number with each major revision of the rules).
I can remember when I was first exploring Fandom and i was warned against becoming some weirdo Star Wars Freak. It was TREK all the way, and those Star Wars fans? Well they were just awful, terrible people who weren't REALLY sci-fi fans. They were just jumping on the band wagon and going with whatever was popular at the moment! Stay away from them at all costs!
Contrast and compare to Carrie Fischer dissing Star Trek:
One of the great traditions of Fandom is NOT ONLY to sing the praises of your own Fandom, but to also mock/shame/"Diss" other similar fandoms. Christianity gets their rules from a book, D&D gets their rules from a book (but D&D is at least nice enough to put an edition number with each major revision of the rules).
I can remember when I was first exploring Fandom and i was warned against becoming some weirdo Star Wars Freak. It was TREK all the way, and those Star Wars fans? Well they were just awful, terrible people who weren't REALLY sci-fi fans. They were just jumping on the band wagon and going with whatever was popular at the moment! Stay away from them at all costs!
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