S-sob. Fandom. Fandom, why did you do the thing?

It's always a little strange to me since my meatspace and online friends are more social-justice-oriented than is the norm, and my workplace takes *isms very seriously (public sector!) and so when I run into the way most people react I sort of blink and mentally stub my toe and go "wait. But, wait, seriously, how do you not realize what you're doing?"

(Not like I'm a paragon of awesomeness, but I do try.)