“Fans” turn ZEROBASEONE’s Ricky trying to go out for hot pot into a horror movie

Today in fandom nightmares is ZEROBASEONE member Ricky and his apparent adventure to have a meal at restaurant Haidilao.

내가 보고있는 게 맞음?… pic.twitter.com/JBwQsL36wX

— 윤젤리 (@jellyun725) September 29, 2023

사람들한테 엄청 둘러 쌓였네… 간만에 쉬는날 열심히 뽈뽈뽈 돌아다녔는데 그래… 하오야 너가 좋으면 돼따.. pic.twitter.com/C7wJg17Yes

— 장하다 짱하오 (@haobin0706) September 29, 2023

아니 ㅅㅂ 미치셨어요?? 상식이 없으세요?? 하 진짜 개념 없는거 아냐 이건;; 화장실 앞에서까지 이러는거 스토킹이에요 학교에서 안배워주셨어요??? 존나 소름돋네 애들도 사람인데 화장실 앞에서 이렇게 기다리고 있으면 얼마나 소름 돋냐고;; 이러다가 나중에 남장까지 해서 들어가겠다고 하겠네… pic.twitter.com/7k6FjzPmzg

— 장하다 짱하오 (@haobin0706) September 30, 2023

Typical horrifying idol public outing, honestly. He looks like a prisoner in the escalator video. The odd thing is this isn’t even that surprising or rare, it’s just how it is whenever an idol is in public and fans know about it.

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But anyway, given the recent “discourse” on male fans existing, sometimes I get genuinely curious who these people think they’re complaining about when they talk about “fans” and “fandom” in K-pop exactly. Like what is the demo of all the sasaengs and antis and all those people who they think are trash? There’s a very odd like cognitive dissonance in that on social media.