If there's three things that I've learned during my time at BuzzFeed, it's that The Dress is white and gold, the fitness tea the Kardashians hawk on Instagram isn't as bad as it sounds, and you should never EVER fuck with stan accounts on Twitter.
Stan wars — when different stan groups get in fights online — are pretty much a fact of life in 2017. Remember when straight icon Ed Sheeran quit Twitter a week ago? That was because of Little Monsters!
So it didn't surprise me when I came across a total stan bloodbath on Twitter the other day. At this point, I'm used to it. What DID surprise me was who was fighting who. This wasn't Navy vs. Hive, or Britney fans vs. Gaga fans. Oh no. It was something much, much crazier.
It was a fan account for The Sims — YES, THE COMPUTER GAME — that was getting attacked by a Fifth Harmony/Camila Cabello stan. It all started when @TheSimCommunity tweeted out a link to "The Sims Through the Years":
The Sims Through the Years: 10th July https://t.co/Fli3qklSRu
Then, things got messy when @cc1vinyl — a stan account for Fifth Harmony, Dinah Jane (5H member), and Camila Cabello (former 5H member) stepped into the ring with this bold statement:
@TheSimCommunity The Sims 4 flopped
Then, The Sims account clapped back hard, bringing up Camila's single "Crying in the Club" which...hasn't charted well.
@cc1vinyl Crying in the Club says hi
If there's ONE thing about stan accounts you know, it's that they love — LOVE — bringing up sales.
The 5H/Camila account retaliated quickly...
@TheSimCommunity Still in the Billboard Hot 100, and Sims 4? Never entered
...but you know The Sims account wasn't going to stay quiet for long.
@cc1vinyl TS4 outsold Fifth Harmony's entire career
What's hilarious about this whole ordeal is...you can't REALLY logically compare computer game sales against album sales.
@TheSimCommunity Fifth Harmony has hits. Sims 4 expansion packs can't relate
Like...they're two totally different mediums!
@cc1vinyl Get to Work and Get Together say hi (City Living however flopped equally as 7/27)
But, I've got to give it to both accounts...
@TheSimCommunity 7/27 peaked at #4 BB200 and sold 1.5+ million worldwide. Sims 4 stuff packs combined can't even pass 500,000. Try again
...they came ready to fight...
@cc1vinyl Meanwhile 3 #TheSims4 games are charting in Origin's Top 10 selling try again sweaty
...with a PURSE full of receipts!
@TheSimCommunity Sunmer discount, flop!
Put "Sunmer discount, flop!" on my gravestone.
Like, can we get these two masterminds hired for like, the FBI or NSA or something? We'd all feel a lot safer in their hands.
@cc1vinyl CITC says hi once again
Things LOOKED like they had simmered down for a moment when The Sims account acknowledged that they actually were a fan of "Crying in the Club"...
@rc_roisin @cc1vinyl CITC is actually in my most played chill 💅
...but when another user also acknowledged Tove Lo was in their top played, the 5H/Camila account stepped over one boundary too many, and was CLOCKED.
Of course, other people were LIVING for the fact that two random accounts were going at it online...
SOMEONE TELL ME WHY A FIFTH HARMONY STAN AND A SIMS UPDATE ACCOUNT ARE FIGHTING RN YALL I HATE TWITTER
...like, they were SHOOK. THIS IS WHAT TWITTER WAS INVENTED FOR!
I'M SCREAMING
Some thought that The Sims had the last laugh...
@fuckedupdrag
...because they were pouring up a PIPING mugful of Earl Grey tea.
@braviiary @brotherofpablo Did the sims account lie though?
In the end though...how COULD there be any real losers in this fight? IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
(Even though the 5H/Camila account admitted it might have all been in jest...)
Amy, take a chill pill. It was made for humor purposes. But stay pressed that my @ and tweets are everywhere. Jealo… https://t.co/ZKywtW3VnX
Anyway, that's that on that! Have a good one, y'all.
