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(...) This is probably my biggest issue with it as well. When I hear the word 'fan' I have a hard time disassociating it from 'fanatic'. Also, I work in an environment where I'm besieged with acronyms daily... sometimes two or three per sentence. I (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Suz's drive-by butt-in.. I don't use AFOL in ref to myself because I don't like it either. Not that it's -horrible-, but I don't feel as though it covers me. "Fan" implies "fanatic", which I'm not. (Though I certainly was ten years ago..) Plus (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) What aspect of the term do you feel is inaccurate? From your post, it would seem that you object to the word "fan", because it implies a stronger dedication than the word "hobbyist"? Of course, the resulting acronym with "Hobbyist" is .. uh... (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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"Jason Spears" <spielboyAT@gmail.com> wrote in message news:IH3xAr.st8@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) enthusiast. And (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I posted a few weeks ago regarding my feelings of the term "AFOL": (URL) my post, I don't think (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I'm in agreement with you on this, I'm not so much a fan, as an enthusiast. And I describe myself to others as such. (...) Sure, if enough of the community recognized that one particular acronym was better. Shifting gears isn't easy but can be (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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(...) Looks like my first post was in Sep 15 1996, cool. jt (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Old??? You're a living fossil! :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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I guess that makes me old : ( Google shows a post from Sept '93 as my oldest... (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Wow, missed beating out Nephilim by THAT much. let's trim lugnet.faq off the FUT, ok? (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) My first post to r.t.l. was August 9, 1995. Good grief. Russell BayLUG/BayLTC (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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