So originally I was making this long-ass post about how I run into these kinds of people in real life, but it just boiled down do "you work in a nerd industry, nerds who romanticize that industry to an insane degree will just come up to you and infodump all over you, especially if they have their own art/webcomic/Youtube channel and they think this is some kind of networking opportunity." No I can't give you a job, kid. I can't plug your work if I don't even know you. I sure as hell can't get you an in for "Playing Video Games" as your professional career because that's not a thing!
And for the record, no, telling them to go away is not usually a good idea. I posted before about how these folks can lose their shit if you shut them down online, but at least then you have a record of your interactions with them. Without going into any detailed stories, let me just say that trust me, telling them "no" in real life can be a million times worse because then there's no evidence to the contrary when they run back to their blogs to flat-out make shit up. So if a geek wants to creep on you, stink up the place, or behave hellaciously inappropriately, you either choose to let them, or you choose to live with the consequences when they inevitably construct a tall tale about how no, the real reason they weren't worshiped as the god they are was that everyone else had all these ulterior motives and were unfair and hurf and blurf. It's a pattern, and one that won't go away any time soon. So while it's not nearly as frequent as getting gross messages online, the potential fallout can be even worse.
However, for those of you that don't run into these people much offline, something I did want to bring up is that there is indeed a hilarious side to their lying. As I said, they love to plug their own sites. Naturally I look up these sites after I'm done dealing with their painfully cringeworthy asses, and the best thing I've ever learned from that is that the bad internet strangepants people lie about their lives all the fucking time. Yes it's pretty obvious to figure that out even when you don't meet them. That one kid from the TV Tropes episode did not fuck up the Sicilian mafia. However, seeing the contrast yourself is just a special experience. Any time you read about some Internet Tough Guy Who Tells it Like it Is, or a Beautiful Strong Pink Princess, or Self-Proclaimed E-Celebrity, or a Tender Meek Little Angel Who Just Wants to do Right But Everyone Else is Too Mean, just know that the odds are that person's the exact opposite in real life, and not in a fun way. Mumbling, awkward laughter, creepy staring, overbearing and rude outbursts, annoying nonstop complaining, disastrous attempts at pulling their schticks in face-to-face social situations, etc. The more irritating and insistent they are about their personas online, usually the more socially inept, self-sabotaging, and inappropriate they are offline.
Try picturing it next time you listen to an episode! It's great!
... uh, picture the subject matter. Not the readers. We really are like this in real life, sad as that may be.