#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

THANK YOU. He's not Paul Kariya, who is a genuinely sad story. It feels like more of the "Pens are cursed, woe!" tragedy storyline I get so tired of.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think we have to grade people's personal tragedies. Both Kariya and Dupuis were done early due to injuries, and it's sad. Dupuis was very popular both with players and fans, so people are emotionally affected by his story. (And I have several Kariya fans on my timeline who get emotional every time a Kariya story comes out, too.) Maybe consider getting a Twitter client that lets you mute his name?

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

da

Dupuis isn't "done early", though. He's well into reasonable retirement age.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

But the cause of his retirement had nothing to do with his age. He's extremely fit, but will be on blood thinners for the rest of his life.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

The thing is, while his individual circumstances may be rare, no one retires voluntarily. At least his quality of life should be fine and he should have enough money. He could be a lower line scrub retiring after only a few seasons making league minimum with post concussion syndrome.

I think what's rubbing everyone the wrong way is the way this is being treated as being a uniquely horrible event, instead of something that is affecting Penguins fans particularly.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I think what's rubbing everyone the wrong way is the way this is being treated as being a uniquely horrible event, instead of something that is affecting Penguins fans particularly.

How is it being treated as uniquely horrible?

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

da

What comes to mind is the Masterton nomination thread with a bunch of Pens fans being all "of course Duper should get it/will get it/how very dare you consider anyone else as worthy!"

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

They're just salty about the Letang snub last year. Most of them who are aware of/reminded of what happened to Zuccarello think he's just as if not more deserving than Dupuis.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

When Mats Zuccarello is another nominee.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

🙄

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I assumed they were talking about reddit threads, tbqh.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Anon, I do believe you are misremembering that thread.

http://dekedangle-rpfanon.dreamwidth.org/6145.html?thread=28867329#cmt28867329

No one even says Dupuis *should* get it. But perhaps you're talking about a couple of Pens fans you saw in a dark alley somewhere shit-talking Zuccarello, not the actual Masterton nomination thread that occurred on meme, that a casual observer might think you are referring to?

I'm very happy to correct what might have been a hilarious misunderstanding! I hope if anyone has evidence of other Masterton threads that occurred elsewhere they will link them, so we can all consider the evidence.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I very strongly doubt you have the empathy to understand how a non-Pens fan feels about it.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, ayrt is the one lacking empathy, in a thread where a player not being able to play without risking death is not "genuinely sad" because he's old and has a cup and it happens to everyone, it's very very common!!! so how dare you be sad about it, cry me a river.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Oh come on. This is why any discussion about the Pens or Pens fandom devolves into absurdity. Nobody said you couldn't be sad about it!!! Just that the rest of us are tired of hearing about it! Don't make it more dramatic than it has to be.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Have you read the thread? People literally said it wasn't "genuinely sad" and that people who were sad could cry a river because Dupuis is old and has a cup. If OP is sick of hearing it they should mute or unfollow those Pens fans on Twitter.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I did read the thread, and saw plenty of people acknowledging that it was sad for Pens fans. I don't think you understand that it's not just OP who is tired of this. I don't even have a twitter, I avoid Pens fans on tumblr and I still feel like exposure limit to "IS ANYBODY ELSE EMO BECAUSE OF DUPUIS" is maxed out. I'm sorry if you feel like people are being dismissive but I think venting in the venting thread about it is legitimate.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

THIS THREAD IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE SICK OF PENS FANS JUST FYI.

Let it gooooooooooo.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I think it has less to do with empathy and more to do with complete cluelessness with a healthy dose of no one's pain is as painful as my pain.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Not a Pens fan, and I think it's perfectly understandable why they are sad about it and more so than if the same thing happend to someone not on their team?

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

That's very neat, anon. When asked for actual details instead of vague huffing, you resort to personal insults - but you make it such a goddamn ridiculous insult in the context of what you're complaining about that everyone takes up the "wtf" banner, instead of noticing you're unable to support your point.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Someone questioning whether you're willing to accept how people can be annoyed by your team's fans after many, many, many different threads and anons explaining themselves isn't really a ridiculous insult.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

da

The question wasn't "how can people be annoyed at Pens fans?? we're so great!," it was a specific question about one claim that was made, that someone else provided a good answer to. Bringing an ad hominem attack about lacking empathy into it is not only over the top, it's a little ironic given the topic of discussion and some of the remarks that have been made. And given that the impetus of the thread was "I am so annoyed that I follow Pens fans on twitter and they talk about Pascal Dupuis all the time, it isn't even that sad, get over it!" (and not a Pens fan coming onto meme saying "let's all be sad about Duper together!), even as someone who frequently finds the Pens fanbase insufferable, I don't have much sympathy for that complaint.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Dupuis and Kariya both retired at 36 after missing a lot of time with their injuries.