Perhaps the purity of it is more that it's just an emotion without necessary action attached?
Ah, I like this! It's a sort of...responsibility-free emotion, you can just enjoy it without having to think about practical, grinding mundane things.
Especially when you get (mostly) men going off the deep end about the incredible anguish of sports and how there are no words to describe the intensity and how enjoyable it is to raise hopes, and even have them dashed, and it's the best, truest thing in the world, etc., etc. and you just want to say, "yeah, buddy, you're just having feels, it's ok."
YES, dudes, you have feels too! I've noticed some slight acceptance of fannish emotions in men as well--there's a guy who does interviews who calls it "nerd tears," when you cry out of just sheer intense emotion. I like Feels better, though.
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Ah, I like this! It's a sort of...responsibility-free emotion, you can just enjoy it without having to think about practical, grinding mundane things.
Especially when you get (mostly) men going off the deep end about the incredible anguish of sports and how there are no words to describe the intensity and how enjoyable it is to raise hopes, and even have them dashed, and it's the best, truest thing in the world, etc., etc. and you just want to say, "yeah, buddy, you're just having feels, it's ok."
YES, dudes, you have feels too! I've noticed some slight acceptance of fannish emotions in men as well--there's a guy who does interviews who calls it "nerd tears," when you cry out of just sheer intense emotion. I like Feels better, though.