"what I now think is really our biggest problem: overentitlement."
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I don't think I can begin to discuss this topic sensibly until I've persuaded you to cease torturing poor innocent bits of the English language. =:o\
The word "overentitlement" would mean "We're more entitled than we should be". But "entitled" means literally "holding the title to", as in property ownership. A person is entitled to something if they do, actually, in fact, own it. You are either *are* entitled to something, or you aren't.
The problem you're trying to describe in fandom is a *false sense* of entitlement. We *think* we're entitled to have a say in how a TV show is run: We aren't. Or, we think we're entitled to a bigger say in things than any of the zillions of people who also watch the show, but who aren't fans. Again, we aren't.
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Date: 2008-07-13 07:05 pm (UTC)[WINCE]
I don't think I can begin to discuss this topic sensibly until I've persuaded you to cease torturing poor innocent bits of the English language. =:o\
The word "overentitlement" would mean "We're more entitled than we should be". But "entitled" means literally "holding the title to", as in property ownership. A person is entitled to something if they do, actually, in fact, own it. You are either *are* entitled to something, or you aren't.
The problem you're trying to describe in fandom is a *false sense* of entitlement. We *think* we're entitled to have a say in how a TV show is run: We aren't. Or, we think we're entitled to a bigger say in things than any of the zillions of people who also watch the show, but who aren't fans. Again, we aren't.