Are you stuck inside Gaga's world?

[Gohan 16,411]

A lot of the fanbase doesn't even participate in this stan/forum/community format. It's like a niche within a niche.

And Gaga doesn't have time to babysit her mentally ill fans. She lives in a totally different world than us. Remember when she tried to do a skype chat, or LM.com chats? 

But the people who went on and on about how she needs to be on top, are the same people who are never going to be satisfied anyway. In her mind, they probably don't get to define the whole fanbase.

 

I loved reading it all

 

[chromaticka 4,350]

We all sold our souls to her as soon as we heard Just Dance

[ChicaSkas 22,977]

Well actors are not STAN material, musicians are. She is currently an actor, which means she doesn't do anything very interesting. Your lack of interest is completely understandable.

But she has to open her mouth to speak and it CAN BE REMIXED, THOUGH

 

 

[thierryrreiht 20,981]

She actually inspires me everyday to become more and more myself

She gave me and continues to give me so much emotionally that I can't even think of letting all of this go. Even if someday I don't like her music, I will be a Little Monster because she's helped me so much. I don't do it to be like "I owe her so I'll remain one". It's part of me. She is, somehow, beyond the music.

Her Emotion Revolution conference was actually so relevant for me today because lately I've been feeling negative about everything and I've realized some of the causes are from the "yes vs no" thing, among others. 

So no, I don't feel stuck. I feel embedded. I'm becoming more and more myself each day, and I will forever be grateful for what she has  and keeps doing for me. 

#I'mNotJust a Little Monster. I'm Thierry.

[ChicaSkas 22,977]

We should question her. We should never blindly believe everything about her is as simple as it seems.

I agree on that sometimes. 

[ChicaSkas 22,977]

I definitely agree and you better believe I will be glued to this site when LG5 drops. I just think that some of us with obsession personalities have tendencies to get too involved and addicted to her. I have been thinking a lot lately about my own identity. I have been looking back and noticing all these missed opportunities for self discovery. Spending so much time on Gaga related things and then thinking about her all the time on top of that has definitely slowed my own personal development. And its not like I haven't been doing anything useful during this time. I graduated college and matured a lot. I just feel like i could have discovered more about my interests and desires if I wasn't so relentlessly attached to her.

Your post has made me think about so much.

I just had a crazy thought and I mean it as no shade to you personally.... but maybe something as small as changing your avatar might help. So many people on this site have an avatar of just Gaga's face. Not their own. 

I remember when I first joined, picking a username and avatar meant I had to pick something with some relevance to me, some meaning to the real me. Eventually I grew out of picking lion king faces and finally grew confident enough to post my real actual face. Of course it's all personal choice. But people knew I wasn't hiding behind a Gaga avatar, it was me, good post, good opinion, or bad post, bad opinion. I began to hold myself accountable. I still do. Even when I've been depressed.

(if you want to read why I was depressed, read the spoiler, otherwise, move along)

I was recently depressed about the whole Fusari/Gaga mess. I had to come to terms with the idea that just because I see good in people, doesn't mean it may be there. I was altruistically living in an idealistic dream world where I believed everything could be worked out, that things couldn't have been as bad as people said. Waking up hurt. Still does. No one wants to be told their hopes were stupid. But, growing up is owning up to mistakes. I can't interpret or apologize for Fusari's mistakes, only he can, and not to us -- only to Gaga. My sympathies and understandings of him were because I felt he was perhaps the most under of underdogs and his plight, right or wrong, fascinated my idealist mind. I can't voice opinions on that issue anymore... because I am probably glaringly wrong or misinformed. I also walk the thinnest of lines... how could I work here and feel sorry for him to the point it turns everyone here against me? (for the record, no longer gonna talk about all that crap again because honestly it doesn't help Gaga or the fanbase and it doesn't help me.)

 

Recently I've let weird bouts of temper get me down on here sometimes. I sometimes can't connect with the users on here now because I feel so joltingly more mature then they are, so completely done with the gifspam or gay ghetto talk, etc... But I've been trying hard to get over those feelings. Where I can. I was so insulted the other night by one of them that for the first time in my online life I told a user to f*ck off. Which I've never done before. Ever. I felt bad doing it, later on.

But then I realized maybe I'd done something to possibly deserve the insult. So I resolved to keep unpopular or misunderstood opinions to myself, if not rethink them entirely from their core.

It's all growing up, I guess. We never stop growing up... I mean I'm older than Gaga is. Theoretically I should be trying to achieve more in my life, as other 30 somethings have done, and excel, because by 30 we are supposed to know what the hell we are doing in life... but I've felt very perma adolescent sometimes, I still play Nintendo if I'm stuck in a long line, I still spend hours on weekends downloading and preserving Mp3s... sometimes it looms in the back of my mind, you should be doing better with your time, better with your life... Who would need, who would care about all the these archives when you are dead, you are just a hoarder, etc, etc, etc...

TL, DR... Adulting can suck. Hang in there. 

Here, have a cute meme <3

 

 

[NewYorkCity 10,536]

Being a hardcore Gaga fan won't stop me from living my life and chasing my dreams. I can do both.

this lol

There is time for everything.

[Miaa 257]

Your post has made me think about so much.

I just had a crazy thought and I mean it as no shade to you personally.... but maybe something as small as changing your avatar might help. So many people on this site have an avatar of just Gaga's face. Not their own. 

I remember when I first joined, picking a username and avatar meant I had to pick something with some relevance to me, some meaning to the real me. Eventually I grew out of picking lion king faces and finally grew confident enough to post my real actual face. Of course it's all personal choice. But people knew I wasn't hiding behind a Gaga avatar, it was me, good post, good opinion, or bad post, bad opinion. I began to hold myself accountable. I still do. Even when I've been depressed.

(if you want to read why I was depressed, read the spoiler, otherwise, move along)

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Recently I've let weird bouts of temper get me down on here sometimes. I sometimes can't connect with the users on here now because I feel so joltingly more mature then they are, so completely done with the gifspam or gay ghetto talk, etc... But I've been trying hard to get over those feelings. Where I can. I was so insulted the other night by one of them that for the first time in my online life I told a user to f*ck off. Which I've never done before. Ever. I felt bad doing it, later on.

But then I realized maybe I'd done something to possibly deserve the insult. So I resolved to keep unpopular or misunderstood opinions to myself, if not rethink them entirely from their core.

It's all growing up, I guess. We never stop growing up... I mean I'm older than Gaga is. Theoretically I should be trying to achieve more in my life, as other 30 somethings have done, and excel, because by 30 we are supposed to know what the hell we are doing in life... but I've felt very perma adolescent sometimes, I still play Nintendo if I'm stuck in a long line, I still spend hours on weekends downloading and preserving Mp3s... sometimes it looms in the back of my mind, you should be doing better with your time, better with your life... Who would need, who would care about all the these archives when you are dead, you are just a hoarder, etc, etc, etc...

TL, DR... Adulting can suck. Hang in there. 

Here, have a cute meme <3

 

 

I love you Chica. I wish we could just get a coffee sometimes and just talk about life, you seem such an interesting person. 

Anyway, it was really interesting reading this topic, I had no idea some of you spend this much time on Gaga  but I am glad that you guys are trying to figure out who you are. 

OT: I will always stand by this woman. It's not even about the music anymore, she has given me so much confidence and so many amazing life lessons it's crazy. Just look at her amazing Emotion Revolution speech. She's literally changing this world for the better. One step at a time. Do you know how many people can do that? Not a lot, I'll tell you that. I will be forever grateful to her for making me want to be a better person. 

I hope you all figure things out and be happy with who you are.  

[holy scheisse 22,254]

 

To think that Gaga's some evil mastermind of some high up corporation and she's orchestrating the creation of a fan base is so funny to me.

Laugh all you want! Remember that the field of Public Relations and marketing more generally does exactly just that though.

You ever heard of target demographics? Nielson ratings? etc.? People use consumers' information in order to sell products... popstar are and, the Lady Gaga brand specifically, is a massive product. The corporations you speak of? Interscope.

Remember how in her glory years (or perhaps you werent here) she was so close with Jimmy Iovine, yknow the former head of that high up corporation?

 

In fact perhaps her appeal has gone down in recent years because she stopped crafting her brand once Troy left her... he now crafts Meghan Trainors brand. 

etc.

 

[Truth 90]

Obsessions are never good. There is nothing wrong about liking someone or a certain music, though :)

[djBuffoon 12,115]

We should question her. We should never blindly believe everything about her is as simple as it seems. the fact that she is a celebrity with a PR team?... riiight

If you call that bashing, you're rly sensitive or just overly dramatic 

Not "bashing". "Blaming", ye. You have your opinion and I have mine. It's a beautiful thing.

[AgusPop 4,141]

That's not a response to my post and you know it. Or maybe you don't 'cause I imagine you didn't read it.

yes, I read your post, bashing Gaga as always. saying she is some kind of "manipulative genius" 

It does not deserve a serious response from me, just  this gif:  

[ARTPOPdidntflop 3,987]

Laugh all you want! Remember that the field of Public Relations and marketing more generally does exactly just that though.

You ever heard of target demographics? Nielson ratings? etc.? People use consumers' information in order to sell products... popstar are and, the Lady Gaga brand specifically, is a massive product. The corporations you speak of? Interscope.

Remember how in her glory years (or perhaps you werent here) she was so close with Jimmy Iovine, yknow the former head of that high up corporation?

 

In fact perhaps her appeal has gone down in recent years because she stopped crafting her brand once Troy left her... he now crafts Meghan Trainors brand. 

etc.

 

Then why would Gaga spend all her money on The Fame Ball and The Monster Ball if she's such a product?  

Gaga was already crafted before Troy, he ruined the whole ARTPOP era

[Katie14 4,828]

Your post has made me think about so much.

I just had a crazy thought and I mean it as no shade to you personally.... but maybe something as small as changing your avatar might help. So many people on this site have an avatar of just Gaga's face. Not their own. 

I remember when I first joined, picking a username and avatar meant I had to pick something with some relevance to me, some meaning to the real me. Eventually I grew out of picking lion king faces and finally grew confident enough to post my real actual face. Of course it's all personal choice. But people knew I wasn't hiding behind a Gaga avatar, it was me, good post, good opinion, or bad post, bad opinion. I began to hold myself accountable. I still do. Even when I've been depressed.

(if you want to read why I was depressed, read the spoiler, otherwise, move along)

Hidden Content

 

Recently I've let weird bouts of temper get me down on here sometimes. I sometimes can't connect with the users on here now because I feel so joltingly more mature then they are, so completely done with the gifspam or gay ghetto talk, etc... But I've been trying hard to get over those feelings. Where I can. I was so insulted the other night by one of them that for the first time in my online life I told a user to f*ck off. Which I've never done before. Ever. I felt bad doing it, later on.

But then I realized maybe I'd done something to possibly deserve the insult. So I resolved to keep unpopular or misunderstood opinions to myself, if not rethink them entirely from their core.

It's all growing up, I guess. We never stop growing up... I mean I'm older than Gaga is. Theoretically I should be trying to achieve more in my life, as other 30 somethings have done, and excel, because by 30 we are supposed to know what the hell we are doing in life... but I've felt very perma adolescent sometimes, I still play Nintendo if I'm stuck in a long line, I still spend hours on weekends downloading and preserving Mp3s... sometimes it looms in the back of my mind, you should be doing better with your time, better with your life... Who would need, who would care about all the these archives when you are dead, you are just a hoarder, etc, etc, etc...

TL, DR... Adulting can suck. Hang in there. 

Here, have a cute meme <3

 

 

I agree. Being an adult absolutely sucks. I love having other people make decisions for me and just being able to glide along on a preset path. I have just been having the hardest time figuring out what career I want to pursue and that is why all these feeling about my identity have been bubbling up. I graduated college a little over a year ago and I still can’t decide on a grad program. Well, to be honest I haven’t started exploring grad schools and careers until a few months ago. I have literally been avoiding the inevitable for an entire year.  I have been regretting a lot and wondering why I don’t seem to know who I am. Then I realized that my whole life I have been clinging to people, and in doing so missed out on opportunities to discover myself. As a kid, I was so shy and awkward with people. I would never join any type of club or go to an activity without one of my friends. I was tied to whatever they wanted to do because I was the desperate one. Then in college, Gaga filled that void. Being a fan also kept me happy enough to be complacent with my non-cyber life. So here I am at 23 and I don’t know who I am because I spent so much time following other people.

[Elizabeth 450]

I get what you mean. I think I moved away from that phase a while ago now. I still love and admire Gaga a lot, but she's now just a part of my life rather than me being fully immersed in her every move. I don't think I'll ever stop being a fan, I find her too fascinating for that to ever happen, but I'm not obsessed with her in the way I was a couple of years ago.