Ever been made fun of for liking Star Trek?

[fireproof78]

Answer: yes, by double-digit IQ mouth breathers, back in my school days. I'd like to say that I wonder what became of them, but I really don't care.

Now I work in a field that is full of educated and brilliant people that can appreciate Trek and Sci-Fi in general, so it doesn't bother me anymore.

I tried to find a Calvin and Hobbes comic that related to this but I can't. So, I'll just describe it. Calvin is getting pushed around by a bully, and in the last panel he says, "When I am grown up and successful, and he's in jail, I hope I'm not to mature enough to gloat."

Something like that

 

[CrazyMatt]

I never wore my Star Trek fandom on my sleeve, perhaps because I didn't want agnostics to think I was strange or a geek. Maybe I was oversensitive, I dunno.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I know back in high school and middle school there were students who knew I liked Star Trek, but I don't really recall being made fun of. I vaguely recall making a big deal, myself, that I liked Star Trek during my Freshmen years. (I was trying to be funny with a group of girls, and I kinda overdid it).

I also recall wearing a Star Trek V t-shirt in a store at the time of the movie and some older men chuckled to themselves. Even at that age, I don't think the laughing was hurtful; it was definitely light fun, but Star Trek wasn't really 'cool.'

Occasionally, at other times throughout the years in the 1990s, I would hear the cliched jokes about "Dr. Spock" and even comments about Kirk sleeping with green women (even though he never did on the series).

I would think it's 'cool' to like Star Trek now since the movies are accessible to a wider crowd. A good and bad thing, of course.

Too, I'm also a fan of iCarly and Sam & Cat. So, my tastes vary.

 

[Nerys Myk]

My Dad would make fun of the show, often the "military" aspects because he served a 20 year hitch in the Air Force. Though his go to gag was "Scotty in the Fallopian tubes". But he never directed any mockery at me.

 

[urbandefault]

I never wore my Star Trek fandom on my sleeve, perhaps because I didn't want agnostics to think I was strange or a geek. Maybe I was oversensitive, I dunno.

If this is tongue-in-cheek, I get it. If not,

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I think it was just a metaphor, i.e. a Trek-nostic (somebody who doesn't like ST).

 

[CaptainJohn]

I've been mocked a couple times for liking Star Trek, but nothing major...

 

[Marika]

Well to those who have enough guts to say something i just say

"it's stuff for smart people, you don't understand" trust me it works especially with that t'Pol superiority XD When someone once asked me why i am doing this because people will say that i think i am superior to them, my reply was : Why? of course i am superior !"

No no one dares to even ask why I wear ST earrings XD

 

[JeffinOakland]

No. At least not by anyone who was really serious in trying to "shame" me into not watching ST. More like people kidding around and being silly.

 

[Hypaspist]

Damn some of this is harsh sounding! I've honestly never been made fun of because I like Star Trek. If anything, people would say "YOU like Star Trek?" like it should surprise them that I'm not socially awkward or anything like that, but I figured that was because of the image of nerds in pop culture. I had three small models when I was a kid and it was only on television that people who made them was turned into a silly weirdo.

Ironically, since being an adult, I've seen more people hate Star Trek because they are huge Star Wars fans. Well I like things that are good, in general.

 

[Cyke101]

As a kid and teen, yeah. But as an adult, especially after '09? Nope, not at all.

The funny thing is, when I'm in a social setting and I meet a person who've never heard of Star Trek these days, other people will just straight up question that person -- "What do you MEAN you've never heard of Star Trek?" Then they think that perseon's basic

 

[OpenMaw]

I got the crap kicked out of me for being a Star Trek nerd, during middle school. I learned just how hard a locker can be by having my face smashed into it. Sometimes I was called a "Star Trek Dork/Nerd/Freak" or even one time referred to as being from another planet. Yeah. Kids are nice.

I honestly resented the big release of JJ's Trek where everyone was saying "Trek is finally cool" and seeing all those big Star Trek themed parties. Sure, now that the franchise is suddenly worth millions and millions again all the "cool" and "beautiful" people will proudly pose for Trek.

 

[Cyke101]

I honestly resented the big release of JJ's Trek where everyone was saying "Trek is finally cool" and seeing all those big Star Trek themed parties. Sure, now that the franchise is suddenly worth millions and millions again all the "cool" and "beautiful" people will proudly pose for Trek.

Well, in my experience, some of the coolest and most beautiful people that I know in my life right now have the ability to reference episodes and spinoffs and have gotten over their dislike of Wesley, so they're pretty legit

 

[Hypaspist]

Well now everyone is into fictional worlds. I mean half the shows on HBO are about vampires or wizards or something like that. If there is any stigma I still wouldn't care. I can't believe some of the things you guys are saying...I mean I believe you, but it's so different from how I grew up. Maybe it's because I'm from a small town.
To be honest though, fans are normally the worst thing about any franchise. I think we've been around so long that we are a bit better.

 

[plynch]

When I was a kid, it was at the height of the mania, mid-Seventies, stripped every evening on tv channel 50, it wasn't a "bad" thing, at least in my corner of the world. High School, there were enough like-minded folks (sci-fi, Hitchhiker's etc.), it was fine.

But I was never a dress-up, flash-the-Vulcan-hand type of person. In that sense, being noticeably different for any reason can get you picked on.

 

[YJAGG]

In middle school yes ( my own fault for going as TMP Spock for Halloween) in my last postion I was given strange looks for my vast knowledge of Trek and movies and toys. I would ask them who won what game in what year they rattled it off and I explained there was not sports on my hard drive so this was my foot ball. It was real cliche that the other reps had "big boy" issues like drug and alcohol addiction and philandering leading to divorce and legal issues, so I shrugged it off that being a geek keeps you safer

 

[Green Shirt]

When I bought a toddler size Next Gen sleeper uni for my son many years ago, my wife rolled her eyes and said "Look, a baby Trakkie."

 

[scotpens]

I can't recall ever being openly mocked or ridiculed for being a Star Trek fan. Maybe that's because I was a sci-fi nerd from an early age, so I avoided the "normal" social circles and mostly hung out with fellow geeks.

It's 2014 and the "People who dress-up at conventions" thing still exists?

When kids do it, it's called "playing dress-up." When grownups do it, it's called "cosplay."

I've never been into the dressing-up thing myself, but if that's what some folks enjoy, why should I give a rat turd?

 

[Pondwater]

Nope.

 

[Greg Cox]

I got the crap kicked out of me for being a Star Trek nerd, during middle school. I learned just how hard a locker can be by having my face smashed into it. Sometimes I was called a "Star Trek Dork/Nerd/Freak" or even one time referred to as being from another planet. Yeah. Kids are nice.

I honestly resented the big release of JJ's Trek where everyone was saying "Trek is finally cool" and seeing all those big Star Trek themed parties. Sure, now that the franchise is suddenly worth millions and millions again all the "cool" and "beautiful" people will proudly pose for Trek.

That's an understandable human response, but counter-productive in the long run. High school notwithstanding, "popular" is not a dirty word and we should be welcoming people into the fold, not worrying about whether the "right" people are enjoying Trek for the "right" reasons . . . .

Meanwhile, everyone knows that serious grown-ups don't wear silly costumes. I mean, check out my latest author photo: