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Originally Posted by semigoodlooking
I am a Manchester United fan and have just watched as the team getting slapped about 7-0 by Liverpool. But if I could just disconnect and love the football and the memories it will get easier. Doesn't work like that though, does it?
We are here on this forum because we are not casual fans. If we didn't care we wouldn't be here. Now, to what level we care and what does it actually mean "to care" depends on the person. I could be wrong, but I presume no one is getting "riled up".
My personal situation is I see something here I feel like responding to, and I respond to it. Once I do, I barely give any of it a second thought and certainly do not ponder Bon Jovi in my day to day life. Yet, when I come back here I may see something else and respond to it. I guess most people are doing the exact same thing.
I suppose trying to gatekeep it and suggest everyone should just think of the glory days is one way of approaching it. I prefer the discussion personally, which is why I come to a forum.
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To a point, I agree but...to put this nicely...there are users on the board that think what want for the band and think everyone cares as much as we do. I'm not looking to gatekeep discussion, in fact I wish there was more discussion! My comments weren't intended to be a pointing finger at you or a lot of this board. But sometimes when you see people asking how they can contact the Better Business Bureau or tell their credit card they bought something fraudulent / kept thinking the things they are interested are what matters, it's very tough to take seriously.
It's hard to see the band fail and make so many missteps over and over again but I also can see why they're ignoring the diehards and pandering to the audience that will take cheaply made scarves and smile. We are so few in numbers, it makes me sad.
I really don't know where I'm going with this. I love this band so much and there's no easy way to say "I stopped accepting there's something great from them around the corner for me". Maybe i've just checked out. I'll get few songs per album I know I'll love forever but that's about it.
If anything, the way we act can be so gatekeepy. The band putting out a channel that plays concerts people might not know about has been trashed up and down because we already have this stuff, how dare they. It's lazy as hell but man, if I was a new fan and didn't obsessively know every show that's on youtube, why aren't we more gung-ho for that stuff? If it leads to new fans in it for specifically the music and how good the band is live, that's a win.