# Trekker or Trekkie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833 "2014-08-18T15:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833/21 "2014-08-19T21:49:26Z")
I’m not either because Star Trek aspires to being merely tolerable in book… Star Wars is where it’s at. But as far as I’m concerned, Trekker implies a person who [Treks](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trek), and nobody who merely watches a TV show is doing any Trekking. Trekker is a title for chubby guys who live in their parents basement and mistake watching Star Trek for having a life. They don’t want to be called Trekkie, because they think Trekkie is belittling. And IT IS belittling - you’re a mere fan of a mere TV show, and that’s just fine until you want to elevate it to worshipful Trekker status. If admitting to being a Star Trek fan isn’t at least a little bit self-deprecating, you need to re-evaluate your life. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833/22 "2014-08-19T22:24:15Z")
Like I said in the OP, if you just want to rag on Trek fans, use another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833/23 "2014-08-19T22:33:44Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > But as far as I’m concerned, Trekker implies a person who [Treks](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trek), and nobody who merely watches a TV show is doing any Trekking. Trekker is a title for chubby guys who live in their parents basement and mistake watching Star Trek for having a life. They don’t want to be called Trekkie, because they think Trekkie is belittling. And IT IS belittling - you’re a mere fan of a mere TV show, and that’s just fine until you want to elevate it to worshipful Trekker status. If admitting to being a Star Trek fan isn’t at least a little bit self-deprecating, you need to re-evaluate your life. Warning issued for threadshitting. This is deeply obnoxious and nowhere close to the topic either. Don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833/24 "2014-08-19T22:43:05Z")
All Trekkies are geeks, but not all geeks are Trekkies. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833/25 "2014-08-19T22:43:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Anybody else prefer the term “Trekfan”? :dubious: Yes, with a space between the words as God intended. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833/26 "2014-08-19T23:16:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Anybody else prefer the term “Trekfan”? :dubious: Heh, reminds me of when Transformers fans went by the moniker “transfans.” Yeah, not so much anymore… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekker-or-trekkie/695833.md?page=1)