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John Popa
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Posted: 23 May 2026 at 4:32pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
I think a lot of is people desperate to be 'part of' their fandom, but, again they don't have any real skills to create something, so they just try to latch on by doing something literally anyone can do, with the built in (and generally false) assumption that their thoughts are more interesting than they are.
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Posted: 23 May 2026 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
As I have noted before, the internet contains much of the false sense of empowerment and inclusion that used to go along with getting a letter published. Only the internet skips that whole step of having to catch an editor’s attention.
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Evan S. Kurtz
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Posted: 23 May 2026 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
I can tell you that as a teacher, when I ask my students what they want to do when they grow up, more than a few answer with "become a famous streamer." 
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It’s amusing to me to look back and realize I would not have answered that question with “comic book artist”. At no point, despite my love of comics and occasional forays into producing my own, did it occur to me that there was career potential there.
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And at the risk of thread drift, I always tell them "not only is it ok if you don't know what you want to do, the reality is that even if you THINK you know, you will change your mind many times between now and when you have to actually decide." 

Still, it's always amusing to me when kids who fit the textbook definition of a "wallflower" (i.e., heavily introverted) want to do something that requires a big personality. 
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