| |seealso= [[wank]], [[RPF]], [[OTP]] | | |seealso= [[wank]], [[RPF]], [[OTP]] |
− | Derived from the stereotype of conspiracy theorists and other paranoid people wearing tinfoil hats to protect themselves from telepathic, microwave or radio transmissions by aliens, the government, or both<ref>In October 2005, a group of MIT students ran [http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-amplify.html a series of tests] that seemed to prove tinfoil hats actually ''amplify'' radio waves and thus would be no good against mind control transmissions. Other scientists dispute this finding.</ref>: a fannish '''tinhat''' is a person who believes that their favorite celebrities are really a couple, forced by [[The Powers That Be]] to keep their relationship a secret. A lot of tinhat theories are based on fantasies of closeted celebrities (mainly actors) unable to be open about their relationship in their profession, although tinhatting of opposite-sex pairings does occur. The term can refer to the stylish accessory or, by metonymy, to the fan who wears it. | + | Derived from the stereotype of conspiracy theorists and other paranoid people wearing tinfoil hats to protect themselves from telepathic, microwave or radio transmissions by aliens, the government, or both<ref>In October 2005, a group of MIT students ran [http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-amplify.html a series of tests] that seemed to prove tinfoil hats actually ''amplify'' radio waves and thus would be no good against mind control transmissions. Other scientists dispute this finding.</ref>: a fannish '''tinhat''' is a person who believes that their favorite celebrities are really a couple, forced by [[The Powers That Be]] to keep their relationship a secret. A lot of tinhat theories are based on fantasies of closeted celebrities (mainly actors) unable to be open about their relationship in their profession, although tinhatting of opposite-sex pairings does occur (and predates the term itself). The term can refer to the stylish accessory or, by metonymy, to the fan who wears it. |
| The term can also be used to refer to any fans who deliberately ignore parts of a canon they dislike in order to continue enjoying the media, for example bad writing, questionable relationship choices, etc. | | The term can also be used to refer to any fans who deliberately ignore parts of a canon they dislike in order to continue enjoying the media, for example bad writing, questionable relationship choices, etc. |