elfpie@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agoThe burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandomstaylorlorenz.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkThe burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandomstaylorlorenz.substack.comelfpie@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoOriginally it was a portmanteau of “stalker-fan.” Think “super fan.”
minus-squareM. Orange@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoIt was actually a reference to Eminem’s song “Stan” about an insane fan who murders his family or something.
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoLet’s take that etymology one step further: “fan” comes from “fanatic”, so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoOoooooohhh! I never made that connection.
Originally it was a portmanteau of “stalker-fan.” Think “super fan.”
It was actually a reference to Eminem’s song “Stan” about an insane fan who murders his family or something.
Let’s take that etymology one step further: “fan” comes from “fanatic”, so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.
Ooooooohhh! I never made that connection.