What is Fanboyism?
1.
The state or act of being a
"There was this Japanese anime TV series called Robotech that I started buying on VHS several years ago. In case you haven't seen it Robotech is about a little town on Earth that gets taken into space in a bubble and then battles evil aliens with giant robots. I had purchased around 25 to 30 Robotech tapes when suddenly they were taken off the market. No one could give me a reason why, and because these were continuing stories, I had no way of finding out how their story ended..." - Pierre Bernard
2.
The collective outlook and behavior of a group of people concerning a subject (movies, games, hardware, comic book characters, etc.) which when challenged results in an antagonistic, passionate, and unreasoned response.
Rampant Fanboyism can be found on most internet message boards when such hot button subjects are discussed. You know a fanboy when you see one.
Example:
Fanboy 1: "Stupid people didn't get this movie"
Fanboy 2: "If you didn't like the movie, you should'nt come here and trash it."
Fanboy 3: It's unrealistic because.....___(fill in the blank about how this movie about flying superheroes is unrealistic.___"
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3.
Owning al S&W comics
Drol: omg, I r teh 0wn teh all
Twas de laatste die ik nog nie had
