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Don't Be Like This Guy Who Ruins Fandoms With Unnecessary Change Requests

This is a 3-panel meme using the classic self-sabotage bicycle template. In the first panel, a cartoon man rides a bicycle happily, with text stating "I should join a fandom of this thing I like". In the second panel, the man shoves a stick into the spokes of his own moving bicycle, with accompanying text: "Guys, we really need to change (list of things) significantly because wider audience and these times etc.". In the third panel, the man lies on the ground next to his crashed bicycle, looking confused, and asks "Why am I getting so much hate?". The joke mocks people who join established fandoms and immediately demand large, unasked-for changes to the source material to appeal to broader audiences, then act confused when long-time fans push back against their suggestions, framing their backlash as a self-inflicted problem.
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I should join a fandom of this thing I like
"Guys, we really need to change (list of things) significantly because wider audience and these times etc."
"Why am I getting so much hate?"

Overview

This is a 3-panel meme using the classic self-sabotage bicycle template. In the first panel, a cartoon man rides a bicycle happily, with text stating "I should join a fandom of this thing I like". In the second panel, the man shoves a stick into the spokes of his own moving bicycle, with accompanying text: "Guys, we really need to change (list of things) significantly because wider audience and these times etc.". In the third panel, the man lies on the ground next to his crashed bicycle, looking confused, and asks "Why am I getting so much hate?". The joke mocks people who join established fandoms and immediately demand large, unasked-for changes to the source material to appeal to broader audiences, then act confused when long-time fans push back against their suggestions, framing their backlash as a self-inflicted problem.

Origin notes

This is a remix of the widely circulated "man inserting stick into own bicycle wheel" meme template, which is commonly used online to illustrate self-inflicted negative consequences. This specific iteration was shared via the Reddit Meme RSS feed as specified in the provided source information, and applies the popular template to common online fandom discourse issues.

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