The Psychology of Fanboys 289
Testiiiiing writes "CoolTechZone.com's Gundeep Hora publishes his thoughts on why fanboys act the way they do. 'For fanboys (and I use the term with utmost respect, at least for this article), their appetite to support their favorite company to beat the big, bad corporate heavyweights gets delusional at times. And why not? After all, we all like to cheer the underdog... reasonably. In addition to cheering for the little guy, fanboys also think it's their responsibility to spread the word about their favorite company. Combine their need to do marketing on behalf of their adopted companies and their products with the passion to make others see things their way, and you have a powerful group of people.'"
LOLZ (Score:0, Funny)
Re:But how do you explain the M$ fanboys? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I usually get called... (Score:5, Funny)
I'd like to follow that up with a dissemination of correct information. You are a "fanboi fanboy". Thanks, just wanted to clear that up before this thread got out of hand.
Typical Fanboy (Score:2, Funny)
Re:But how do you explain the M$ fanboys? (Score:1, Funny)
sigh.... (Score:5, Funny)
Cheering for sports teams? (Score:5, Funny)
And in keeping with the tradition of analogies on
Apple hardware is like the Yankees, someone paid far too much and got so little.
Either way, both the Yankees and Apple suck.
Yours Truly,
Curt Shilling
Re:I usually get called... (Score:5, Funny)
That's because you're posting on a Linux fanboy site.
Re:But how do you explain the M$ fanboys? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh come on, that was barely a Godwin honorable mention at best. It was a highly oblique comparison that didn't even invoke the "N" word or the "H" word.
But you're still guilty. Were you following orders, minion?
Grammer Fan Boyz (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Let's talk psychology (Score:3, Funny)
Re:sigh.... (Score:3, Funny)
See also (Score:3, Funny)
Amiga Persecution Complex [catb.org]
Signed,
idontgno
former Amiga fanboi
Re:But how do you explain the M$ fanboys? (Score:1, Funny)
You sir, are clearly a M$ shill. Go push your windoze agenda on some other site, because if you do not believe 100% in free software, then you are clearly too ignorant to know any better! Non-free software is dead. 2007 is the year of free software, and free software only, because any reasonable person can see that free software is the only kind of software that works.
M$ software and windoze are broken, and you're too busy astroturfing to see it. Go get a clue. There's no denying the truth. You can't turn this around.
-Twitter Impersonator
Re:But how do you explain the M$ fanboys? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:But how do you explain the M$ fanboys? (Score:4, Funny)