[theqoo] THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF ATTENDING FANSIGNS IS NOT GOOD

"If you’re thinking of going just once, absolutely don’t go, it’s better to just hold back as much as you can...
If the fansign event goes terribly, you’ll feel the urge to go again just to redeem yourself, and if it goes really well, the thrill will make you want to go again too.
Then once becomes twice, twice becomes three times, and before you know it you’re caught in this delusion that you and the idol “know each other, and your life ends up getting messed up. So even if you can, just don’t go....
And ironically, going to a fansign just once is actually the worst cost-effectiveness"

"I strongly advise you not to even start (thinking about it).
You might think, “I’ll just go once…” but when you actually go, you end up surrounded by only your bias' closest fans, and you feel a huge sense of inferiority. After that, you start "applying" more and more just to at least get your face recognized.
And the moment your fave recognizes your face… you’ll realize you’re no longer in your right mind. This is a drug. Of course, it’s cheaper than actual drugs, but… unless you’re a rich kid dying to spend money, don’t even start.

You’ll either end up watching other people, who’ve spent tens of millions of won, having fun, seamless back-and-forth conversations and then put yourself out there with of some vague fantasy, only to have your fansign go “Hello.... I support you... you’re the best...” and be crushed by reality and never go again... or you’ll become addicted and catch a “disease” where you feel like you’ll die if you can’t go to a fansign."

"What's scarier than the “I think we’re close” delusion is the “Why didn’t they smile at me?” disease.
When you keep going to fansigns, it’s always the same familiar faces, so your bias ends up knowing them.
Then it becomes a full-on mental illness where the number of smiles you get that day becomes your emotional metric.

A day with lots of smiles = awww everything's perfect
A day with no smiles = mental breakdown"

"Honestly, the 1.9M~2.5M won range is the peak “mental breakdown cut-off” 
and since most idols right now fall into that range,
a whole bunch of fangirls have collectively lost it.

If it’s under 1M won, you can still act a little dramatic but laugh it off like,
“ㅋㅋ whatever, this is basically like paying premium resold ticket for an A-list concert anyway,”
and justify it to yourself.

But once you go over 5M won, you’re already in deep mental illness territory,
to the point where the madness starts to feel peaceful"

"The scariest thing about watching my otaku friend up close?

Their sense of money is completely different from normal people’s.

They’ll curse out the company for being a “f*cking small agency” and “treating fans like beggars,”

but then buy plane tickets to Japan or the US to see their idols and bulk-buy albums.

Then they come back saying they’re broke and going to d*e"

original post: here

1. I'm jealous of people who can go to fansigns, but I just don't have money ㅎ...

2. This is no different than a cult... It's like spenidng all your mooeny and going into debt..

3. This is why I only go to concerts and I draw the line there..

4. Seriously if you don't have this money to spend and want to spend this money, you're mentally ill 

5. I f*cking agree with the title, I went to my first fansign and it was a total failure

6. This is just like gambling, it's severe

7. This is such a detrimental culture 

8. It's fun though ㅋㅋㅋ It's my dopamine and I have no refrets ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

9. And if you don't have the money to go to fansigns, you take the sasaeng route 

10. Doing drugs is literally cheaper at this point, this is almost the same as going to a host bar

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