I've been rereading Stuff White People Like and the entry on Portland, Oregon struck me as relevant this morning.
"Portland, Oregon, is essentially a Lord of the Flies scenario with white people in the Pacific Northwest instead of children in the South Pacific. In both cases, we have a situation whereby a homogeneous group of people is left alone in an area with no one to keep them in check. Eventually the euphoria and self-congratulation devolves in savagery and murder."
I feel this aptly describes fandom's habit of enabling each other's denial of reality. Bandom seems especially bad about it. Should Fall Out Boy break up it will probably be the equivalent of smashing Piggy's glasses.
In other news, I am still sad Jason Siska left for the Virgin Islands before my Warped date. I wanted him and Todd to autograph my copy of Lord of the Flies.
In other, more interesting, news, reporters really seem to
ship Phleps/Lochte.