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Some younger fans point out that accusing fans of ageism may be a way to cover up bad behavior:

Some younger fans point out that accusing fans of ageism may be a way to cover up bad behavior:

{{Quotation| And then sometimes having older fandom friends is like when you go home for the holidays and your grandma says something racist. And it’s like … you love your grandma … but she just said something racist … what are you supposed to do now?

{{Quotation| And then sometimes having older fandom friends is like when you go home for the holidays and your grandma says something racist. And it’s like … you love your grandma … but she just said something racist … what are you supposed to do now?

So you’re sort of left with the feeling of “thank gods your friends aren’t here to hear grandma being racist.” But when this happens on tumblr and “racist grandma” is “racist older fandom friend” all your friends can hear grandma being racist. (Or sexist. Or homophobic. Or biphobic. Or transphobic. Or anti-Semitic. Or ableist.) [snipped] And like how much nastiness are you supposed to put up with from the older generations for the sake of bonds in other areas, whether it’s racist grandma, or a close friend who shares media recommendations with you in a small fandom.<ref>{{source| url = http://out-there-on-the-maroon.tumblr.com/post/134236855375/older-fandom-friends | title = Older fandom friends | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6dR4Lwbwp | archivedate = 2015-11-30 }} (November 2015)</ref>}}

So you’re sort of left with the feeling of “thank gods your friends aren’t here to hear grandma being racist.” But when this happens on tumblr and “racist grandma” is “racist older fandom friend” all your friends can hear grandma being racist. (Or sexist. Or homophobic. Or biphobic. Or transphobic. Or anti-Semitic. Or ableist.) [snipped] And like how much nastiness are you supposed to put up with from the older generations for the sake of bonds in other areas, whether it’s racist grandma, or a close friend who shares media recommendations with you in a small fandom.<ref>{{source| url = http://out-there-on-the-maroon.tumblr.com/post/134236855375/older-fandom-friends | title = Older fandom friends | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200524193709/https://out-there-on-the-maroon.tumblr.com/post/134236855375/older-fandom-friends | archivedate = 2020-05-24 }} (November 2015)</ref>}}

{{quotation2|A number of older female fans are obnoxious, immature bullies who deserve to be called the hell out for their bad behavior, and don’t have the excuse of being too young to know better.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://lj-writes.tumblr.com/post/167827943785/a-number-of-older-female-fans-are-obnoxious | title = A number of older female fans are obnoxious, immature bullies|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20181204110650/http://lj-writes.tumblr.com/post/167827943785/a-number-of-older-female-fans-are-obnoxious|archivedate=2018-12-04 }}</ref>}}

{{quotation2|A number of older female fans are obnoxious, immature bullies who deserve to be called the hell out for their bad behavior, and don’t have the excuse of being too young to know better.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://lj-writes.tumblr.com/post/167827943785/a-number-of-older-female-fans-are-obnoxious | title = A number of older female fans are obnoxious, immature bullies|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20181204110650/http://lj-writes.tumblr.com/post/167827943785/a-number-of-older-female-fans-are-obnoxious|archivedate=2018-12-04 }}</ref>}}

* [[The View from Down Here: A Look at Fans]], an essay by Dave Vergano, a 13-year-old [[Star Wars]] fan, reflecting on the fannish interests of young people  

* [[The View from Down Here: A Look at Fans]], an essay by Dave Vergano, a 13-year-old [[Star Wars]] fan, reflecting on the fannish interests of young people  

===2014===

===2014===

* {{source|url = http://unwrapping.tumblr.com/post/93716151897/age-demographics-tumblr |title = Age ranges of tumblr (Dashboard and Web visitors) |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6bRL2MzT1 }} (2014)

* {{source|url = http://unwrapping.tumblr.com/post/93716151897/age-demographics-tumblr |title = Age ranges of tumblr (Dashboard and Web visitors) |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220426074554/https://unwrapping.tumblr.com/post/93716151897/age-demographics-tumblr |archivedate = 2022-04-26 }} (2014)

===2015===

===2015===

* [[A Note about the X-Files Fandom]] (2015)

* [[A Note about the X-Files Fandom]] (2015)

* [[Why It Is Not Surprising That There Are Old People On Tumblr, and Why We Are Surprised By It Anyway]] (2015)

* [[Why It Is Not Surprising That There Are Old People On Tumblr, and Why We Are Surprised By It Anyway]] (2015)

* [[Too Old for Fandom?]] (2015)

* [[Too Old for Fandom?]] (2015)

* {{source| url = http://out-there-on-the-maroon.tumblr.com/post/134236855375/older-fandom-friends | title = Older fandom friends | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/6dR4Lwbwp | archivedate = 2015-11-30 }} (November 2015)

* {{source| url = http://out-there-on-the-maroon.tumblr.com/post/134236855375/older-fandom-friends | title = Older fandom friends | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200524193709/https://out-there-on-the-maroon.tumblr.com/post/134236855375/older-fandom-friends | archivedate = 2020-05-24 }} (November 2015)

* [http://eeyore9990.tumblr.com/post/105585292478/youre-middle-aged-and-still-have-a-tumblr-lol You're middle aged and still have a tumblr? LOL] (October 2015)

* [http://eeyore9990.tumblr.com/post/105585292478/youre-middle-aged-and-still-have-a-tumblr-lol You're middle aged and still have a tumblr? LOL] (October 2015)

* [https://warlordenfilade.tumblr.com/post/109434705227/im-old-as-balls I’m old as balls] by @warlordenfilade (2015)

* [https://warlordenfilade.tumblr.com/post/109434705227/im-old-as-balls I’m old as balls] by @warlordenfilade (2015)