the semantic argument over stans vs fans is so dumb. like stan is a word people have adopted to mean a big fan of someone, and in our community in practice we aren’t toxic and we do our best to talk about and try and fix the toxic. just because you can google the definition of+

stan on urban dictionary and see “obsessed stalker fan” doesn’t mean it applies to us and doesn’t mean that we haven’t adapted the word past that meaning. in practice a lot of dream stans aren’t toxic and when people reduce the argument to “but the definition says!!” is so dumb+

the definition of a word is not law about the situation it describes, the situation dictates what the word refers to. a word is a combination of morphemes and phonemes (sound and parts of words) put together, it’s a real world context that give a word meaning. the behavior and+

community of dream stans give meaning to the word “dream stan” not some urban dictionary definition. I’m so tired bruh go outside read a book idc stop thinking you “owned” someone cause you know how to use google dot com

i’m a dream stan, I also have hobbies, I have a job where I don’t talk about dream, I have other friends, I watch things that don’t center around dream, but I find what he puts out entertaining and I want to talk about it and be friends with people who also find him entertaining

end of thread all this to say @dreamwastaken2 you’re doing a great job, we appreciate you standing up for us we’re just trying to vibe <3