{"id":831,"date":"2018-08-21T05:47:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T10:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2021-01-02T23:27:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:27:15","slug":"episode-124-toxic-fandom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Episode 124 &#8211; Toxic Fandom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p>Let&#8217;s paint a mind picture.<\/p>\n<p>You enjoy a thing.. perhaps a podcast where two schmucks from NJ babble incoherently twice a month (with more on the way).&nbsp; You go to the comment section and realize that the uber-fans are gatekeeping your ability to comment about what your favorite episode is. They&#8217;ve already made the decision that it&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=283\">One Hit Wonders<\/a>&#8216; and any attempt to argue that is brought about with name calling and assumptions about not only your taste, but your class as a human.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s toxic fandom, and maybe&#8230; if perhaps you&#8217;ve been on the internet and enjoyed anything ever&#8230; you&#8217;ve probably bumped into it.<\/p>\n<p>So join the boys as we settle in with some of our favorite people, from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterbuzztv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Afterbuzz.Tv<\/strong><\/a>, Megan Salinas (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMenguin\">@T<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/themenguin\">heMenguin<\/a>) and Katie Cullen (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kiaxet\">@Kiaxet<\/a>)! From some of the blowback on Voltron Season 7, to being female nerds on the internet, they have seen their fair share of toxicity<\/p>\n<p>So settle in, grab your pitchforks, and avoid Tumblr at all costs&#8230;. and when you&#8217;re done be sure to check out their Youtube channel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCciI2E_nTX9BU2uCRYS0x8Q\"><strong>Silver Screams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, here we go&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong><a class=\"wpaudio\" href=\"\nhttp:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/www.somethingcast.com\/episodes\/082118somethingcast.mp3\n\"><em>Full Episode<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Let&#8217;s paint a mind picture.<\/p>\n<p>You enjoy a thing.. perhaps a podcast where two schmucks from NJ babble incoherently twice a month (with more on the way).&nbsp; You go to the comment section and realize that the uber-fans are gatekeeping your ability to comment about what your favorite episode is. They&#8217;ve already made the decision that it&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=283\">One Hit Wonders<\/a>&#8216; and any attempt to argue that is brought about with name calling and assumptions about not only your taste, but your class as a human.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s toxic fandom, and maybe&#8230; if perhaps you&#8217;ve been on the internet and enjoyed anything ever&#8230; you&#8217;ve probably bumped into it.<\/p>\n<p>So join the boys as we settle in with some of our favorite people, from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterbuzztv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Afterbuzz.Tv<\/strong><\/a>, Megan Salinas (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMenguin\">@T<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/themenguin\">heMenguin<\/a>) and Katie Cullen (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kiaxet\">@Kiaxet<\/a>)! 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