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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Stan by Eminem was a (fictional) song about a super crazy fan who kept writing letters to Eminem, Eminem wasn’t replying because busy.
The fan ended up killing himself because he didn’t get attention from his idol

Somehow, this has become a cool, hot term to describe oneself when they are a big fan of something. “To be emulating Stan” I guess