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Originally Posted by packs
I also don't think you're a groupie because you're a fan of a player.... Is it possible to be a fan of something and not be a groupie?
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Yes. I'm a case in point. I'm a fan of many sports and I like certain players much better than I do others. (Some in fact I say I "hate" although that just means I cheer against them and their teams.) But do I hero worship the players I like? No, not since I was a little boy. (In a few ways anyway I guess I've grown up.) To me professional athletes are simply entertainment. They're professional entertainers and they exist to entertain me.
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Originally Posted by packs
We are here because we collect.
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Yes, and I collect too. I understand the collecting gene. But collecting need not be intertwined with hero worship. I collect certain artifacts, e.g. various boomer toys, milk and pop bottles, with basically no human element let alone hero worship involved.
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Originally Posted by packs
I'm not really sure what it is you're implying about people.
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I'm saying that paying $thousands to $hundreds of thousands for artifacts (game used memorabilia) or standing in long lines to pay $hundreds for a signature crosses the line into hero worship, i.e. being a groupie. If of course some of these autograph seekers and such are doing it professionally to make a buck by selling whatever, that I can understand but it just pushes my pondering/questioning a step down the line. And of course some fans/people have so much money that it doesn't really matter so that introduces shades of grey into the question/equation. So it's a case of degree or perspective if you will.
But to me the seeking of such personal contact with a professional entertainer (whether first hand or second hand) by a full grown man just seems silly. Well maybe some athlete or movie star or other might be interesting to meet but paying big $'s? If of course this entertainer has big tits and great legs, well that then is something else again.
