Comment on Mandatory self-reflection hours

• null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A Stan is someone who is a fan of something.

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  • kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You mean the song “Stan” by Eminem, where he talks about a guy named Stan who is a fan of something (in this case a famous person)? “[term] Stan” has been a thing for a couple years now. It was a song about an obsessive fan who doesn’t understand parasocial relationships, but the term has grown to a much broader usage.

      Don’t be such a Stan Stan, sheesh 🙄

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    • DivineDev@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe you should consider that language isn't fixed and words change meanings all the time, especially recently coined "internet" words.

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• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  langauge can mean whatever we want, stan wasn’t even a word 10 years ago

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  • kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “stan” to mean “obsessive fan” hasn’t entered the vernacular usage of the internet too long ago. the meaning of words change, langauges are fluid, the living almost entity of a language does not care you dislike how the word is used, if it catches on it’ll keep happening until you accept it or grow numb

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• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seems to have quite a few worshippers anyhow.

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  • kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      wut.

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