I’ve seen the term “stan” being thrown out a lot on the internet recently, and as far as I know there’s people who constantly refer to themselves as one of them, if I remember correctly that was an early 2000’s song about some *crazed* fan (with a negative connotation) Why?

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I’ve seen the term “stan” being thrown out a lot on the internet recently, and as far as I know there’s people who constantly refer to themselves as one of them, if I remember correctly that was an early 2000’s song about some *crazed* fan (with a negative connotation) Why?

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