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omonatheydidArticle: 'Cultwo's Veranda Show' spotlights sasaeng fans, sasaeng fan makes first ever appearance "Even pregnant women camp out overnight"
The March 29th episode of CulTwo's Veranda Show featured a segment on sasaeng fans along with a special sasaeng fan guest at the studio.
- Sasaeng fan 'L' who's been a sasaeng fan from her 2nd year of junior high to 3rd year of high school: "(I became a sasaeng fan) because you can talk to the celebrities. When you wait at the dorms or other places they frequent, they start to recognize you and you can talk to them. I went because you could get closer. When they recognize you, you're overcome with a feeling of pride, possession, and other imaginative thoughts."
- To get into the dorms, sasaeng fans will use one fan to distract the security guards (pick a fight, etc) so that the group can get past the gates and to the dorm. They'll hide in the storage room or the attic.
- Sasaeng fan 'K' who has 6 years of sasaeng experience: "You wait 30 minutes to see them for three seconds. It's worth it because you're so happy for those three seconds. I'll lay down newspaper in front of the dorm and sleep. There's nothing to do but wait. If you leave to eat, you might miss them so I usually carry around triangle kimbap. I started this at first because I liked the members but it became an addiction later."
- "Sasaeng taxis are really good at following celebrity vans. There is even a lot of competition among the sasaeng taxis. I remember riding one and thinking that I could die."
- On the issue of personal information being hacked: "Smaller sites are easy to find the password to. It takes about two to three days at most."
- The sasaeng fan who guested on the show started in her first year of junior high. "I began as a TVXQ sasaeng and then moved on to another group. There is a wide range of sasaeng fan ages from elementary school students to 40 year olds. There are even some pregnant women who come and camp out overnight, as well as a lot of Japanese and Chinese fans."
- Asked to choose the worst type of sasaeng fan: "Sasaeng fans who touch or hit the star. One time, a member was walking out when a sasaeng fan grabbed him by the back of his hair and caused him to fall over. He ended up injuring his tailbone. She only did it because she wanted to be remembered by him, even if it's for something bad."
- The ultimate goal of sasaeng fans: "To become their friend."
1. [+127, -7] Don't call sasaengs 'fans'... They're stalkers, not fans ㅡㅡ
2. [+101, -5] Crazy b*tches
3. [+87, -4] Sasaeng has to be a psychological disease
4. [+23, -3] The thing that surprised me the most about this broadcast was that I always assumed sasaengs would be in their teens but they were all over 20 years old~ I thought it was just a phase teens went through and gave up once they entered the real world but I guess once you've been a sasaeng for 10 years, your sense of reality becomes warped.
5. [+19, -5] Not sasaeng fans but sasaeng criminals
TV Report via Nate | Netizenbuzz
The March 29th episode of CulTwo's Veranda Show featured a segment on sasaeng fans along with a special sasaeng fan guest at the studio.
- Sasaeng fan 'L' who's been a sasaeng fan from her 2nd year of junior high to 3rd year of high school: "(I became a sasaeng fan) because you can talk to the celebrities. When you wait at the dorms or other places they frequent, they start to recognize you and you can talk to them. I went because you could get closer. When they recognize you, you're overcome with a feeling of pride, possession, and other imaginative thoughts."
- To get into the dorms, sasaeng fans will use one fan to distract the security guards (pick a fight, etc) so that the group can get past the gates and to the dorm. They'll hide in the storage room or the attic.
- Sasaeng fan 'K' who has 6 years of sasaeng experience: "You wait 30 minutes to see them for three seconds. It's worth it because you're so happy for those three seconds. I'll lay down newspaper in front of the dorm and sleep. There's nothing to do but wait. If you leave to eat, you might miss them so I usually carry around triangle kimbap. I started this at first because I liked the members but it became an addiction later."
- "Sasaeng taxis are really good at following celebrity vans. There is even a lot of competition among the sasaeng taxis. I remember riding one and thinking that I could die."
- On the issue of personal information being hacked: "Smaller sites are easy to find the password to. It takes about two to three days at most."
- The sasaeng fan who guested on the show started in her first year of junior high. "I began as a TVXQ sasaeng and then moved on to another group. There is a wide range of sasaeng fan ages from elementary school students to 40 year olds. There are even some pregnant women who come and camp out overnight, as well as a lot of Japanese and Chinese fans."
- Asked to choose the worst type of sasaeng fan: "Sasaeng fans who touch or hit the star. One time, a member was walking out when a sasaeng fan grabbed him by the back of his hair and caused him to fall over. He ended up injuring his tailbone. She only did it because she wanted to be remembered by him, even if it's for something bad."
- The ultimate goal of sasaeng fans: "To become their friend."
1. [+127, -7] Don't call sasaengs 'fans'... They're stalkers, not fans ㅡㅡ
2. [+101, -5] Crazy b*tches
3. [+87, -4] Sasaeng has to be a psychological disease
4. [+23, -3] The thing that surprised me the most about this broadcast was that I always assumed sasaengs would be in their teens but they were all over 20 years old~ I thought it was just a phase teens went through and gave up once they entered the real world but I guess once you've been a sasaeng for 10 years, your sense of reality becomes warped.
5. [+19, -5] Not sasaeng fans but sasaeng criminals
TV Report via Nate | Netizenbuzz
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Date: 2013-03-30 04:09 am (UTC)Um...
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Date: 2013-03-30 04:23 am (UTC)Seriously, people need to stop referring to these wackjobs as fans of any kind. They are mothafucking stalkers.
And the ludicrousness of their goal: "To become their friend". Like HOMYGODS. These people have serious problems and delusions. Clearly there is no stalking law in SK. Wow, like wow.
I also wonder, how do people find the TIME to even do all of this. I barely have time to sleep much less stalk. I mean...school...and jobs...and living. O_O It really baffles the mind.
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Date: 2013-03-30 04:25 am (UTC)lmao this is reminding me of that Stalker Sarah chick that calls celebrities her best friends
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Date: 2013-03-30 04:30 am (UTC)Yeah because people sleep on newspapers outside their friends houses and hide in their attics
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Date: 2013-03-30 05:49 am (UTC)It's such a mess. Basically this--> 5. [+19, -5] Not sasaeng fans but sasaeng criminals.
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Date: 2013-03-30 09:26 am (UTC)This isn't really about an encounter with sasaeng, but made me think later on... In Dec-Jan, I went to hang around SM (because I see nothing wrong about just standing a good distance away looking like an idiot - that is, when you don't even plan on doing anything, just chatting with a bunch of friends). I was at the old building; suddenly, some of the Koreans came to ask me whom was I waiting, and when we hit the language barrier they went to find another fan who could explain me. She actually had a long, long list of addresses to show on her phone: hairdressers, dorms, you name it. All the girls knew where the idols were supposed to be at that given time and could recite their cars' registration plate numbers. It was creepy, although the people were helpful - but I have the feeling they were being helpful just because I was obviously foreign, and had I stayed with them at the old building, who knows. ://
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Date: 2013-03-30 11:53 am (UTC)This is beyond scary!
Who were you waiting for, if you don't mind me asking?!
I think if I ever went to Korea, I would also like to visit the SM building to see if I could maybe see DBSK, SNSD, EXO or Shinee, but like you I would also keep my distance and I would seriously NOT wait for hours outside in the cold or hot weather only to catch a glimpse at my biases for like 5 seconds! o___O
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Date: 2013-03-30 09:44 am (UTC)yeah, sure. I don't think any of those crazy people even know what friendship is.
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Date: 2013-03-30 11:02 am (UTC)every time I read about sasaengs, man. gives me the willies
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