# Should Trekkies be Allowed to Adopt **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072 "2003-01-01T19:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/21 "2003-01-02T03:46:02Z")
My parents were both Trekkie-- it seemed normal to me when I was really young because I had never lived with anything else, but then by the time I was in junior high it seemed really embarassing-- like . . it wasn’t just that THEY were trekkie, but like. . . at that age things are really hard anyway, and you don’t know what YOU are like, and I was sometimes afraid that I might be Trekkie. Even if I wasn’t a lot of kids at school might assume I was and administer beatings, etc. But then when I got a bit older, like in college and older, I realized that there wasn’t really anything wrong with it. In college I had Trekkie-curious phase (you know, Trekkie-til-graduation and all that). Now I’m really glad I grew up in a different home like that-- what really matters is that they loved me. Now I’m really accepting-- I’m not Trekkie, but some of my best friends are and I’ve even been to conventions with a Trekkie friend (just a friend). If a Trekkie hits on me it’s like a little . . . kinda uncomfortable but not like offensive or scary-- I just politely tell them I’m not into it, but flattered. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/22 "2003-01-02T04:56:23Z")
I was raised by a Trekkie, and for many years I believed it was a normal and healthy alternative lifestyle, because my mother told me it was. She even said that God made Trek for us to enjoy! As a teenager, I experimented with Trekkism myself. I had the books, the movies- even the strange paraphernalia of a Trekkie. It was only as an adult, viewing Voyager with an unclouded eye, that I was able to face the truth about Trek- that it is a terrible social deviancy, and that you CAN choose to refrain from watching Trek. Now, as a former Trekkie, I am careful to avoid Trek in all its forms. It isn’t easy, but I find that my heart is changing. For example, the other day, I saw a little bit of Enterprise, and instead of the love I felt as a youth, I felt only loathing and horror, blended with healthy disgust. All my suffering could have been avoided if I had not been the child of a Trekkie. I only want to save others from my fate. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/23 "2003-01-02T05:02:02Z")
You know, my daughter’s best friend is the child of Trekkies. I’m okay with that; I even have friends who are Trekkies. Heck, I suspect my own brother of having Trekkie tendencies, and that’s fine. It’s just that I’m a little uncomfortable with my child being exposed to a Trekkie lifestyle and I’m afraid that her friend may turn out to be a Trekkie herself. What if she recruited MY daughter? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/24 "2003-01-02T05:02:59Z")
> [@](#): > > (apparently Trekkies can conceive through artificial insemination)! I admit that it really embarasses me when other trekkies don’t have kids and name their _cats_ “Whorf” and the like. Why they can’t just name them “Sappho” and “Mrs Dalloway” I don’t know. It’s almost like they have to flaunt it. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/25 "2003-01-02T05:50:00Z")
Damn you and your racism!! You won’t be laughing after the Million Klingon March this May!! Get me my Bat’leth! ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/26 "2003-01-02T13:54:20Z")
Trekkies should only be allowed to adopt if they’re gay. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/27 "2003-01-02T14:27:00Z")
My 13-month old son loves his (Next-Generation-era) phaser that makes two different noises (stun and, well, really, really stun) and lights up. Meddle not in the affairs of Trekkies. If only it would really work when it’s time to change his diaper and he’s kicking and howling like a Klingon warrior. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/28 "2003-01-02T14:45:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ceejaytee \* > \*\*My 13-month old son loves his (Next-Generation-era) phaser that makes two different noises (stun and, well, really, really stun) and lights up. Meddle not in the affairs of Trekkies. > > \*\* :eek: A clear admission that Trekkie parents will inevitably attempt to raise their children in their own warped (no pun intended, of course) lifestyle. Someone from Family Services will be over to collect the child shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/29 "2003-01-02T14:50:44Z")
OH MY GOD!!! Someone at work has just showed me Trekkie Fan Fiction. You would not believe what these people write these characters as doing to each other!!! Do all Trekkie’s have this stuff lying around their homes? What happens when these children read this stuff? I guess I never really realized just how “alternative” this lifestyle really was. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/30 "2003-01-02T15:59:43Z")
[sub]Best parody thread ever[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/31 "2003-01-02T16:13:45Z")
I don’t want people to think I hate Trekkies. I don’t, I love them. I don’t have to agree with their lifestyle choice, and in fact, my religion teaches that it’s filthy, dangerous, and evil. I don’t think they should be let around children, portrayed in the media, and be allowed to engage in their Trekkie activities. Star Trek conventions should be outlawed, Star Trek should be banned from television, and Starlog magazines should be thrown in a pile and burned. But I don’t hate them. I love them like I should, and I pray for them to find the strength to reject Star Trek. When I see someone acting in an outlandishly Trekkie fashion, I casually slip them a copy of “The Hobbit” or a Star Wars action figure - just to make them think. Some people think this is wrong of me, but if I can get just one person to reject Star Trek, it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/32 "2003-01-02T16:21:32Z")
But can you catch Trekkism from a public toilet seat? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/33 "2003-01-02T16:26:28Z")
Sorry to hijack, I just noticed **poly** is back. I guess I was out of the loop. Good to see you again. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/34 "2003-01-02T16:30:03Z")
Legomancer, You are aware that the translation of “thou shall not Trek” has been alternately translated by people with a knowledge of the ancient language of the text to specifically apply only to the even numbered Star Trek movies based on the original series? Furthermore, that those texts were written in a different era, and its hard to apply them to todays society. Finally, the same texts forbid spin-offs, which we all watch - I mean, do you really think you are damned for watching both Buffy and Angel, or Hercules and Xena? ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/35 "2003-01-02T16:34:38Z")
I personally think that your parents basement is a horrible place to raise a child. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/36 "2003-01-02T16:36:10Z")
What you have to understand is, Trek is not a choice. It’s just the way we are. Why would we _choose_ to make up part of such a spurned, hated minority? You know, we’re not all those “convention geeks” with their pointy ears and battleths, promiscuously quoting episode scripts and writing fan fiction. I think those conventions give a really bad image of Trekkies anyway and I think they should be stopped. Anyway, all we Trekkies really want is the opportunity to enjoy our science-fiction preference with the privacy and dignity due any consenting adult. Many Trekkies see themselvs as unwelcome in society and so adopt these bizarre, antisocial, and unhealthy behaviours. Giving us the right to adopt will allow us to more fully integrate ourselves in society. [/trekkie neo-con] ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/37 "2003-01-02T16:37:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*On the plus side, surely a Trekkoid household is full of really cool toys. \*\* Yeah, Still sealed up in their original packages where you cant play with them. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/38 "2003-01-02T16:40:37Z")
If trekkies had been meant to raise children, they would have been made with the ability to intereact with the oposite sex. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/39 "2003-01-02T17:04:05Z")
So what \*\*Matt \*\* is say is that Trekkies are \*born \* that way. I say they \*chose \* this lifestyle, the freaks. Other people watch shows, like Little House on the Prairie. but you don’t see any \*cons \* for them, do you? What these Trekkies need is some deprogramming, \*Knight Rider \* anyone? ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072/40 "2003-01-02T17:41:50Z")
Nobody discusses the promotion of inter-species miscegenation. Half-human, half-some-other-something-or-other. And this is _acceptable_??? Won’t someone think of the _children_??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trekkies-be-allowed-to-adopt/146072.md?page=3)