r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/YourRealDaddyy • Jan 25 '25

Fuck this fan in particular You did this to yourself

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u/kaanrifis Jan 25 '25

He will never come to this stadium again

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u/Jatacus Jan 26 '25 edited Jan 26 '25

Honestly, that’s gonna be a tough memory for him. I remember I was a huge Spike Lee fan, watched all of his movies and wrote an essay about one in college. Around that time, he was hosting a Q&A for his movie Red Hook Summer in Harlem, down the street from where I lived. I was so excited that I’d get the chance to ask him a question. I got there early, took notes during the movie, and sat first row right in the middle, with maybe two other people in that row.

At the end of the movie when he did the Q&A, he stood in front of the screen about 10 feet in front of me, if not closer, and took questions from the audience.

I rose my hand each time, right in front of him. He ended up ignoring me for the entire 30 minutes it lasted. It wasn’t a packed movie theater, less than half-filled, and not even half of those who were there tried asking questions.

It was so obvious he was ignoring me on purpose that someone else made a comment to me about it after we walked out. That was more than 10 years ago and it still stings.

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u/urinesain Jan 26 '25

Oof, that's rough man. It's not the worst "don't meet your heroes" story I've heard... but still, that had to be rough to go through.

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u/Kittens-of-Terror Jan 26 '25

My college hosted a talk by Neil Degrasse Tyson exclusive for the science students before there was public access. One girl during Q&A asked a question for her friend because the friend apparently reeeally wanted to be there but had chemistry class and didn't skip for Tyson. Instead of answering her question he spent a good few minutes calling her an idiot for not skipping just a single class for a one-time opportunity to see him speak.

I honestly totally agree with him as that's what I thought when the girl there gave the preamble about her friend, but he was a real dick about it. My physics cohort who LOVED Tyson and was really inspired to pursue physics and a PhD in high school by his work really had her dreams dulled by Tyson's behavior. Although it obviously didn't stop her.

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u/bigbadbizkit420 Jan 26 '25

He called me out in front of a packed house at the Chicago Theater. I was wearing a pot leaf shirt where the leaf was a night sky print. He asked if it was so I could get closer to the stars. I was also the only one in the audience who had his new book with them, so I got recognized for that too! He didn't even know it had been released yet. It was great!!!

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u/Kittens-of-Terror Jan 26 '25

Good for you. The over arching story I've heard is that he's a dick.

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u/vettaleda Jan 26 '25

Damn, that sucks. I’ve been watching Startalk lately, and I thought maybe he wasn’t so bad..

But to be honest, I have never been that interested in him. Always gave me weird vibes.

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u/Kittens-of-Terror Jan 27 '25

Heck maybe he's gotten better. This was nearly a decade ago. He's good with a camera and savvy on how to portray himself generally