Warhammer and 40k in general is that to me.

I found Bruva Alfabusa’s “If the Emperor Had A Text To Speech Device” series to be a treasure, along with his other videos. I believed they were in the spirit of satire and absurdism which is where 40k started and should have stayed.

Unfortunately, the cultural overlap between online “purge the xeno, purge the mutant” :le-pol-face: and “deus vult” :le-pol-face: is almost a circle when I see it and that sucks.

Games Workshop consumer culture, especially in stores, is especially toxic in my area and I assume that isn’t a one time anomaly. I brought my wife once. Never again.

I also used to be a big Star Wars fan (still enjoyed The Mandalorian for what it’s worth, marketing cringe aside), and that’s one fandom I’m glad I left far behind when its loudest elements became especially reactionary.

Also, I really can’t look at space exploration the same way anymore when there’s so many :melon-musk: worshipping bazinga brains polluting any and all discussion of it online.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Are we the same person? For me add “Roman and Medieval technology and history” to the list. I watch a lot of youtube videos about castles and swords, and at one point met up with a local HEMA chapter - but I stopped going after a couple months because half the people were fash.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      3 years ago

      Damn, that’s a good question, because I was particularly fascinated by medieval and Roman technology at the same time and both fandoms disappointed and disturbed me when I reached out to share my enthusiasm.

      I wanted to talk about Republic-era aqueduct technology and the wonders of Caeserian-era concrete, but instead I got “Carthage delenda est” chuddery.

      I wanted to talk about the stirrup, about trade secrets of stained glass, and the ongoing state of the art of castle building century by century, but instead I got “Deus vult” chuddery.

      :desolate:

  • Mardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Opera fandom, though there’s a split between singers and crew (who are basically a secret Vanguard Party) and the audience, who leans so far right they think the Black Hundreds weren’t monarchist enough.

  • riley [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 years ago

    I wish I could watch military history videos on youtube, but that whole subculture is so reactionary that typical bona fides for being “one of the good ones” is acknowledging that the wehrmacht is bad actually.

      • Circra [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        3 years ago

        Iol playing Stellaris at the moment and through sheer fleet power, espionage and diplomatic arm twisting I’ve forced the members of the galactic community to institute shared burdens or utopian abundance, outlaw slavery and tie their political power to the working class or suffer extreme punitive sanctions. The games are fun but the fanbase is not.