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Commonly Confused words/ideas amongst stans
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Commonly Confused Ideas
Popularity ≠ Impact
Commercial Success ≠ Talent
People laughing at your failures ≠ People being jealous of your success
100,000+ Twitter Followers ≠ Relevance
Being a Trending Topic ≠ Being #1 on the Billboard Charts
Commercial Success ≠ Talent
Going Natural and Buying Janelle Monae's CD ≠ Depth
Being able to name drop obscure musical artists ≠ Superiority to other stans.
Screaming, Caterwauling, and Hog-calling into a microphone ≠ Soul
Taking a nap on stage while your background dancers distract everybody ≠ Slaying a dance performance
Singing live for 2.5 minutes without pissing yourself ≠ Slaying a vocal performance
Taking a bath ≠ Not Taking a bath and putting on clean clothes
10 million in the United States = Diamond
10 million Facebook Friends ≠ Diamond
10 million worldwide ≠ Diamond
Starring in a Broadway production ≠ Co-starring in "Your Arms Are Too Short to Vogue Battle With the Lord".
70 million YouTube Views ≠ 70 million records sold around the world
Putting 10,000 tickets on sale, selling 2,000 of them and then saying the capacity was 2,000 ≠ A sold out show.
Selling out geigh clubs, convention centers, theaters, and Chiptole parking lots ≠ Selling out arenas and stadiums.
Having Your Own Line of Perfume at Macy's ≠ Having your Own Line of Egyptian Musk Body Oil at the Korean Hair Store
Endorsement deals with L'Oreal, Pepsi, Polaroid, and other major companies ≠ Endorsement deals with Citi Trendz & Dr. Miracle's Hair Growth
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Most commonly misused words in Stan Wars:
Talented
Queen
Legend
Slay
Epic
Singer
Female
Icon
Superstar
Relevant
Successful
Hit
Sold-Out
Diva
Reign
Overrated
Underrated
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