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.
“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
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 5 days ago
A Stan is someone who is a fan of something.
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
papalonian@lemmy.world 5 days 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 🙄
DivineDev@piefed.social 5 days ago
Maybe you should consider that language isn't fixed and words change meanings all the time, especially recently coined "internet" words.
shneancy@lemmy.world 5 days ago
langauge can mean whatever we want, stan wasn’t even a word 10 years ago
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
shneancy@lemmy.world 5 days 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
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 days ago
Seems to have quite a few worshippers anyhow.
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 days ago
wut.