Warhammer 40k. I’m still a part of it. There are some cool and smart people in it.
But there are also a large group of raceist, misogynist, jerks. Then there are the people who are incredibly annoying to play against because of poor social skills. There is always at least one guy who really needs a shower.
Anything Anime. Used to watch a lot of it. Every now and then, when I get a recommendation, I still check some out. But holy hell, I will never again engage with any community. Never seen anything so toxic, standoffish and whiny at the same time.
The borderline pedophilia in so much anime is what turns me off. So many popular series are lolicon degeneracy but heavens forbid you try to call it out, or the anime fans come out in droves to tell you that you’re an unappreciative normie who just doesn’t get the themes and how profound they are.
I still watch some series, but I simply cannot engage with an anime community ever again.
All the over sexualized characters, regardless of age, makes it damn near impossible to recommended much to any one. Even the “clean” shows suffer due to the bad rep. I get Japan is more open about it (ironic considering the censor laws), but some shows definitely cross the wrong side of the “adult” line and need to be publicly rediculed for it.
Its also good to remember pretty much every western TV show has borderline porn scenes now too. Ever since they moved away from cable regulations, they’ve been getting bolder.
If we’re gonna normalize one (too late, both are), I’ll take the animated one that doesn’t involve real people (well the voices actors have to act that shit out, but at least their whole body isn’t on full display, ever watch GoT?).
The casual pedophilia is fucked, but I never saw it much unless I was exposed by sheer damn chance from new titles
I am very critical according to the average weeb, and far too lenient if we go by the standards of average folk
The Haruhi fandom forums back when season 2 premiered were a shitshow, even before Endless Eight. I tend to avoid anime fans on the internet after that. However, when the new Spice & Wolf season was airing, I ventured into some fan spaces and was surprised at how pleasant it was. Probably helps that the books and show are both pretty wholesome. Didn’t even see much lusting after Holo. So it might just depend on the show.
It also depends on the community a lot. The anime community on lemmy ([email protected], shameless plug) has been super chill overall. I think it’s in large part due to the lemmy userbase skewing older than your average social media user.
Lemmy. There’s some good stuff here and also people who think you should die in a fire for being straight and white.
Have you tried not being white, vanilla face?
I haven’t seen that here yet but I don’t dicuss those things much so maybe that’s why.
Oh don’t worry I’m trans / bi in the *wrong* *way* too. They just wanna be mad and will find a reason.
Its very unfortunate how judgmental and toxic the loud voices have become. I could see one responding to you “How dare you betray your people, you’re not one of us, die die die”
Making threats just because someone doesn’t check all the same boxes is insanity. I believe the whole point was to not have any box, yet here we are with new boxes to keep track of every week.
Its very unfortunate how judgmental and toxic the loud voices have become.
Especially because they make enemies out of allies.
Well, you’re obviously just a bigot since you call yourself bi. Real progressives don’t use hateful terms like that. /s
(Note that I’ve actually seen people say stuff like this unironically).
Probably Anarchy. Like, the political philosophy.
Andrewism on YouTube is doing so much to make a compelling case for it. But it’s a real bummer when you get a group of anarchists together and go, ‘Damn, hanging out with these people makes me want to implement some rules and structure so we can get things done. This group is totally leaderless and directionless. I’m gonna go see what the socialists are up to.’
It’s sad. In my experience, no one ruins anarchism more than anarchists.
I feel like most self-proclaimed anarchists have very little interest in the political philosophy aspect of it. Which is a shame, because it’s really far better than its reputation.
It honestly feels almost every political community either turns into a charity or legit local non-profit org that does something and maybe even something useful once the narcissists are ousted or a book club/discord server.
/r/opieandanthony
It was a comedic toxic shithole. RIP
I was peripheral to it as a Ron and Fez fan. Good lord that place was awful. Rest in piss.
No place made me laugh as audibly.
Just mean for almost no reason, making references to shows 12 years ago while trolling these c to d list celebrities. Total cesspit
Loved Ron and fez too.
Member that time they tricked news outlets during the nice terror attack?
I miss Ted Sheckler and his many emporiums.
Online Manchester United fans. I’ve never seen such a set of ignorant, fickle, judgmental pricks anywhere else.
The office stans are bat shit annoying same with Harry potter
Sonic the Hedgehog fanboy over here. However I don’t follow the fandom. Those guys are animals.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Those guys are animals.
Literally!
Jesus fandom, Catholic branch. In my defense they enrolled me before I was old enough to say no.
I love Rick and Morty. And to be fair the whole Justin Roland schism got rid of a lot of toxic fans. Just not all.
This is mine too.
I disconnected from R&M after the toxic fans went psycho over Schezwan sauce. There was some news blip that happened not long before that intelligent people tend to have a dark sense of humor, and it’s like it made the worst of the worst decide that they must be super geniuses if they teabag someone in CS:GO after they kill them.
I’m not gonna hate on any season. They’ve all been half filler and half Harmon confessing his sins, and most of them have been roughly entertaining for the most part. Even the meta shit is roughly entertaining.
Doctor Who. It’s a television show, you dorks. Stop making television shows part of your personality.
Everyone here is talking about fandoms they left because the fans were toxic, but the worst fandom I’ve been in is that because I can’t even think about it anymore without cringing: Channel Awesome. Just knowing what was going on behind the scenes makes me I wish I could refund the hours I spent watching the Nostalgia Critic.
Do you have a tl;Dr?
Channel Awesome was run by a guy named Mike Michaud, who was a really shit boss. Pretty much anything you expect HR to do is something he neglects. Harassment was rampant, contributors were scripted into situations that they weren’t comfortable with, nobody was notified about massive changes to the site, the works. Some stayed quiet because they feared retribution from man child Mike, others were either fired or quit in protest. This all bubbled up for years until a 70 Google doc detailing every single instance of neglect and hostility that went on behind the scenes was published, at which point CA collapsed like cheap cardboard. The document is freely available online, but since you’re looking for a short version, I’ll just summarize thusly:
Mike Michaud is a parasite that feeds on content creators and gives nothing in return. Also, his stench attracts roaches.
Don’t worry. He remembers it, so you don’t have to.
I hadn’t thought about fandom’s based around people rather than properties (ex. Movie/game series). I imagine a lot of people feel that way about late Rooster Teeth.
All of them.
Ohio State football fans are notoriously whiny, spoiled assholes.
League of Legends. A little proud to say that it took a lot of time to remember I used to dump hours into that hellscape of a game.
Don’t get me wrong, League can be fun and some champ designs are just chef’s kiss. But at some point I just felt like I wasn’t improving any more and got far less.endorphins And ofc, the community is salty and unable to understand that flaming=lower win chances. And I have to admit, I was easily irritated, too, writing messages to support faster than Karen can call the cops.
After quitting I realized it was either a way to distract myself from my problems or actually a form of punishing myself. I wouldn’t be surprised if many other players were stuck with it for that reason, perpatuating the toxicity further.
