Joe Rogan: Rogan fans are the worst kind of men: toxic, childish conspiracy theorists, incels, and the like. Pod Save America: The self-proclaimed politically savvy fans of this podcast run by former Obama staffers would love to debate you, whether you asked for it or not. Mob-mentality far-leftists who are for some reason proud of being extremely online and love “Weird Twitter.” Hard-core regurgitators that claim to be sincere. What? This isn’t real journalism I don’t have to be objective.īTS: There were a lot of rabid replies for BTS/K-pop last year (so it was either a genre or a group within a genre), and as the nomination form indicated, they’d likely be a top contender.Ĭhapo Trap House: The eyes-always-rolled-back-in-their-head political-podcast-lover crowd. Personally, I wanted them to take it all. GoT freaks got real mad this year about season eight’s not meeting their impossible expectations, even going so far as to start a petition to remake season eight “with competent writers” that received over 1.7 million signatures. Game of Thrones: These fans are like Lord of the Rings fans but snobbier and more widely accepted because hey, they can afford HBO. Here’s a little about who those fans are. Tiers were assigned based on number of nominations and recent newsworthy events about the group or fans. It’s worth noting that while some of these fandoms are almost entirely terrible, a lot of the contenders described below are just representative of the worst and most active members of the larger group.
Politics and politically charged figures (let us hate something else about our fellow countrymen for once).Last year's winner Elon Musk is also omitted deliberately- Michelle Spies August 26, 2019 As previously stated, politics and sports are omitted deliberatelyģ. There was a submission form this year so if you're complaining now where where you when I RT'd that 10x and people unfollowed meĢ. How TF is Hanson not on here?- Brianna August 27, 2019 I can’t take any “worst fanbase” contest seriously that does not include Jordan Peterson- Richard Feren August 27, 2019 I encouraged people to just go with their gut when voting, because again, I refer you to the bottom line, which is that none of this means anything.Įven though it was never explicitly stated, a lot of people seemed to assume that “worst” simply represented “toxic” instead of just “annoying as hell.” This was not my objective, but if that informed the votes, then so be it.Ī selection of the most popular nominations for the 2019 bracket.ĭid people still complain that their choice wasn’t included? Come on, you know what a rhetorical question is. One’s method of voting, I believe, should be left up to their own interpretation of “worst.” What do you find more insufferable: supporters of a famous abuser? Loud costumed hordes who crowd the subways? People who happen to be really into a thing you’re positive is stupid? When it comes to voting, “worst” was intentionally left nebulous because it means different things to different people. This is an online joke tournament. It doesn’t matter. So, riding some momentum from last year, I decided to hold a 2019 tournament to determine the next worst fan base.Īh, this question. In the end, it was Elon Musk fans who took the tournament, but that seemed to be a very “of the moment” result.
So, it turned out that people are very passionate about this subject, but no one else wanted to put in the work of creating and curating a tournament. I imagined that a few of my friends would interact and it would be a fun, stupid bit. Last year, with this in mind, I posted a casual tweet containing a bracket of 64 terrible fan bases, pitted against one another at last, because hating is my sport. After all, what could be so bothersome about people who like something (she writes, sarcastically setting up an article about terrible people)?
It’s rare, however, that we pit these fan groups against each other and think about why we dislike certain fandoms for certain reasons. That’s just a tiny slice of the bustling, rabid fan activity of 2019. fans fully supported his consequence-free comeback, and Friends fans went after a writer who dared to say the show is not good. Furious Game of Thrones fans created a petition to have season eight remade “with competent writers,” Louis C.K. This year, not unlike every year prior, was a big one for terrible fans. Illustration: Stevie Remsberg/Michelle Spies 64 terrible fan bases go in … but only one will come out.