Episode 24 - Meuterer, Nanostray and evil fanboys
Have you ever known someone who thinks they are all cool because they have something nobody else has? If you listened to the podcast you already know how much these people bother me. They think they are so special because they have some rare item and they refuse to share it with the world. I say, if you don't share it what's the point of having it? It might as well not exist if it is just sitting uselessly in your collection.
Have you known people like this? I'm sure we can get some funny stories about them.
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And don't worry about the length, I like it when the show runs longer and I think it's great when the show approaches one hour, since I can listen while I work, so I try to have a list of 8 hours of podcasts each day. Along that line, anybody know anyone looking for a pre-press profesional or a printer?
The issue is that the fanboy does not believe in that statement, and will do anything and everything to poo-poo on someone else's enjoyment of a geekdom. They wind up driving people AWAY rather than bringing in new people to enjoy their geekdom, because they don't WANT new people enjoying said geekdom. It's an elitist mentality, and it really winds up giving people outside of the particular geekdom an unfair view of those within said geekdom, thus hedging out other potential geeks.
In other words, share. Don't be a fanboy, because you'll only drive people away and wind up being a selfish asshole. And then a large man with a predisposition to not liking you may break several of your bones to express his displeasure with your chosen course of action.