Trekker or Trekkie

[dracoi]

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, 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.

[AncientHumanoid]

Like I said in the OP, if you just want to rag on Trek fans, use another thread.

[Marley23]

@dracoi

But as far as I’m concerned, Trekker implies a person who Treks, 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.

[E-DUB]

All Trekkies are geeks, but not all geeks are Trekkies.

[Bryan_Ekers]

@terentii

Anybody else prefer the term “Trekfan”? :dubious:

Yes, with a space between the words as God intended.

[magnusblitz]

@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…