^what is this 'Star Trek' you are talking about?
Are you a trekkie...
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I prefer the term “Neurosuperior.”
Some years ago I've read somewhere on the internet, which is known to be a font of absolute, irrefutable truth, that "Trekkies" and "Trekkers" were fans of TOS and TNG, respectively. But after I was able to think about it some more, I feel Trekkie rolls much more nicely from my tongue than Trekker, so I'll call myself a Trekkie with pride. If I have to be even more specific, I'm a Niner, but most people in Hungary would just scratch their heads at that.
Since I was 6 years old. That was 1966.
Ever since I was a kid in the 80s. I'd seen some TOS before, and was intrigued. I became a full blown trekkie on September 28, 1987. I was 8 years old, and TNG premiered. I really liked it, but the reason I fell in love with STAR TREK and scifi in general was Data.
My friends think I am one; I guess they're right.
No, I prefer Dr.Who
No.
I don't even like Star Trek.
I don't know what I'm doing here.
U serious?
Does that make you Whoish?
I first heard the term Trekker in high school to mean “I like Star Trek but without all the antisocial nerdy connotations of liking Star Trek”.
Yes
My problem with the word "Trekker" is that, in practice, it's usually used by one group of fans to put down another group of fans, or at least to distance themselves from, you know, those OTHER fans.
"Oh, we're not one of those embarrassing Trekkies. We're Trekkers instead."
Too often it comes off as putting on airs.
That is his serious face.
Reminds me of some Star Trek fan clubs I used to know. Can't speak for clubs today (as I was recently reminded, the last fan club I belonged to folded in 2002!), but I knew this one club that would only admit you if you got a recommendation from a current member. Seems they were trying to screen out the weird ones. My reaction was like, "I hate to tell you folks, but the people looking at us from the outside? They think we're all weird!"
I first heard the term "Trekker" in a Newsweek cover story about Star Trek IV, nine months before TNG even premiered.
http://mystartrekscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/06/1986-newsweek-star-trek-cover-story.html
"Star Trek fan" covers it pretty well, for me.
To me, a Trekkie is someone who wears Star Fleet uniforms and Spock ears. I have none of that. I just watch the show and read the books. I don't even go to Trek conventions, although I did attend the ORIGINS gamer's convention.
And, honestly, insisting that the correct term is "Trekker," not "Trekkie," is the most Trekkie thing ever.
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