Fame & Glory.

YorozuyaGinSan said:

Is it the idea that people you don't know care about you disgusting to you? Or is it something else?

aloricg said:
I have a small legit fan club.. a few thousand people.

I don't chase fame. I'm great at cocktail parties and can be seen as "the life of the party" but generally dislike most people. I detest massively crowded events.

I think i've applied/auditioned for some reality shows where there's like world travel involved. Never done a taped audition or anything, just filled out some forms and done some essays. Mostly because I wanted a free trip around the world.

That, and I'd be REALLY good at being the Mole on The Mole. I miss that show. I'd also be really good at Solitary. I miss that show too.

tayorous said:
I have mixed feelings on this. But I dont have any talents that would make me famous.

YorozuyaGinSan said:
I wish I had a hate club, no matter how many times I try I just can't get people to dislike me. I'm just too much of a bonafide A-list great American.

Solipsistic said:


Don't worry, I already dislike you, you list-obsessed fegget.

YorozuyaGinSan said:
The only list I'm interested in is the list of my haters, and that's looking quite slim.

PoeticJustice said:


Didn't you have beef with Jojo fans a while back?

YorozuyaGinSan said:
I believe we should look to suppress all D-list thought such as this.

YorozuyaGinSan said:
I'm no poet, but I am an A-lister.

YorozuyaGinSan said:
I'm sure plenty of people have, but this is an A-list all encompassing thread, it shouldn't be compared to D-list threads of narrow scope.

YorozuyaGinSan said:
D-list late night schlock is never properly broadcast with suitable time slots and it really shows in the poor reception, even B+ players can't stand up to the A-1 foundation of #Toeistrong

YorozuyaGinSan said:
I wish I had a hate club, no matter how many times I try I just can't get people to dislike me. I'm just too much of a bonafide A-list great American.

YorozuyaGinSan said:
Can you not speak to impress others and keep individual thought to the individual?[

NicoIsPathetic said:


I meant what I said in a pragmatic sense, meaning, I'm aware there's too many cliques here, and I feel like people try so hard to join MAL cliques most likely because they're wallflowers away from it. On the contrary, there are only subtle cliques around me in real life, among my friends, I'm well-liked, although not popular. On MAL it's too much of a glory hunt, it's all about material gain here. People are trying to "buy" their successes right here on an anime forum, and I think critically of it. While my interpretation might not be 100% the case, this is what I sometimes see here, especially around the CD area.

If I lost you, rephrased what I mean is, most of the impressing is done by deliberately trying to fit in. It's not surprising the standards of MAL users are just low as they can be. Either you act like an idiot and fit in, act like a snob and fit in, act like a pretentious hipster and fit in, act like a douchebag and fit in, there's not really any free-thinking and well-rounded jack of all trades types here (guilty of describing myself as this). I guess it goes along with the stereotypical nerd anal-retentive complex as well as an us vs. them that Keys sometimes brings up when it comes to why MAL users tend to try hard too much. Impressing them beforehand is one thing, but no change is allowed. Because to me, people on MAL are flat as opposed to round, and static as opposed to dynamic. And to top it all off, people don't earn a damn ounce of respect here. They just get it for being someone who they're not.

lnfo said:
i would like to remain anonymous/invisible/a nobody

YorozuyaGinSan said:
When you say MAL cliques are you referring to people that identify themselves this way (chang, cc, o/u, etc.) or just the circles of users one frequently interacts with in cd? You definitely have a point but of course this isn't applicable to each and every person. Personally speaking, whenever I get some form of social gratification in real life it ultimately makes me feel more inspired to seek out the same acknowledgement on the internet.
Most people seem to think critically of it, you don't see many people taking to the cause of MALfame openly in this thread at least. Popular opinion seems to be that it's a joke.

I like to think of it more of sculpting the mold for other people to fit in with me. My "clique" doesn't frequent AD or CD so ofttimes I'm left to my devices.