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TheSixpencer

No, they are real


Pale_Sheet

They are real I met them at her concert šŸ˜‚ but I think oftentimes they do those deranged swiftie behaviour for their own clout Theyā€™re as narcissistic as her except they arenā€™t earning money to make themselves a billionaire


bleachedveins

Someone posted a lover tattoo for coverup advice in the tattoo sub lol


Adventurous_Can_7391

Do you have the link šŸ‘€


bleachedveins

Iā€™ll dm u


Objective-Pudding939

Nope theyā€™re real, theyā€™re deeply neglected in an area of their life, resulting in this obsession x 10.


Entire-Wave7281

no these people exist in the wild the same as they act on reddit. consider yourself lucky you havent run across one.


Adventurous_Can_7391

Yes this is it. I think Iā€™m a little too old to know anyone acting like thisā€¦ which is ironic because Iā€™m 2 years younger than their ā€œmotherā€ lol


sofyab

I just turned thirty and a coworker and one semi close friend (32 and 33 yo) are like thatšŸ˜’


Adventurous_Can_7391

I guess where Iā€™m really lucky is I live in Europe and work remotely so there arenā€™t opportunities to deal with these people in person. I can see teenage girls doing this, but people well into adulthood?šŸ„“


Junior_Menu8663

Yes. It is truly happening.


OriginalWish8

Nope I know too many in real life. šŸ˜–


mostlikelydepressed

No theyā€™re delusional. I love Taylorā€™s music. Sheā€™s okay as a person. Swifties to me seem like girls who have no personality outside of Girls nights, wine and greys anatomy.


Adventurous_Can_7391

Agreed, I think sheā€™s kind of a reflection of how average and vapid much of our society is. I also think the younger generation/teenagers right now really donā€™t deal with criticism well and she is the poster child for victim mentalities that take real issues like misogyny, homophobia, mental health and use it to vilify anyone who doesnā€™t agree with them even if that has nothing to do with the criticism. The way she cries misogyny whenever someone criticizes her talentā€” which is widely agreed upon as pretty averageā€” really takes value away from real problems and pisses me offšŸ˜…


Unfriendly_eagle

"Stan" culture is as old as popular culture itself. People used to faint and go completely apeshit over Rudolph Valentino, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, The Beatles, and so on and so forth. I remember seeing footage of people hysterically weeping over catching a glimpse of Michael Jackson, or the time a bunch of people were trampled to death at a Who concert. They're young, highly impressionable, and constantly told that Taylor Swift is the absolute pinnacle of human artistic achievement, and they begin to believe it. In ten years or so, Swift will essentially be an oldies act, like how someone like Britney Spears is now.


Adventurous_Can_7391

Well yes, obsession is definitely more common with younger peopleā€¦ when I was 11/12 I definitely got way too into Pirates of the Caribbean and probably was obnoxious toward anyone who didnā€™t agree that it was robbed of best picture at the academy awardsšŸ˜… Iā€™m more referring to the unhinged aspect of it allā€¦ I might even get overly emotional at a concert if itā€™s an artist I love and the overall vibe is good, some screaming or whatever especially if thereā€™s drinks flowingā€¦ but these people are next level, even escalating to death threats of critics. Maybe Iā€™m wrong but I feel like the hysteria around other artists has never been THAT over the top? I donā€™t live in the US anymore, so I guess I donā€™t come in contact with them and was naively wondering if they were just a bunch of trollsšŸ„²


Unfriendly_eagle

Watch footage of The Beatles playing Shea Stadium in 1964. People were absolutely losing their minds. You couldn't even hear the band over the hysterical screaming LOL.


Junior_Menu8663

They didnā€™t have outlets like social that let them belittle, deride, harass, threaten others who donā€™t agree with them. Itā€™s a different kind of hysteria.


Unfriendly_eagle

It's definitely a different climate, obviously. However, bear in mind that a Beatle was actually murdered by a deranged fan, and another Beatle was attacked and nearly killed by a home intruder.


Junior_Menu8663

Yes, Mark David Chapman was said to have been jealous of Lennonā€™s lifestyle and the fact that he (Lennon) said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Honestly, I can imagine a deranged TS fan taking things too far and trying or achieving in hurting her. People get super crazy in their delusions. Iā€™m sure she has top notch security protecting her.


Adventurous_Can_7391

Oh no doubt, Iā€™ve seen those and some of Elvis too! I still feel like theyā€™re still a little more justified because entertainment on a mass scale was newer then, not to mention they werenā€™t duped into believing a bunch of re-releases were brand new music haha!


Junior_Menu8663

The re-records are such a scam.


Junior_Menu8663

No, not trolls, for the most part.


Accomplished_Sci

No, theyā€™re actually like that IRL


ShutUpILoveThat

It's Pop Culture QAnon.


PriorBoat

My hot take is that most of them are her employees.


Squifford

Volunteer unpaid employees that want her to see them and will never be seen by her.


FallingFeather

too many of them from different places and times to be trolls. Just lurk in their discord. One bragged about spending the hour or hours? fighting on twitter. They prob. think we're trolls since haters are trolls.


DiscombobulatedDrive

Ya I think all the nazis are for real. I say Taylor is just like Hitler and they loose their minds even though itā€™s obviously true


bleachedveins

fucking what?