Have you been made fun of for liking Trek?

[BignagMan]

Plenty of times, but I just give them some of this:
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[ArseTreble]

I was in love with a girl, but then she stopped speaking to me after she saw this picture I had on my wall:

Junk edited - Bonz

I sill have the picture, but lost the girl.

 

[Who_Trek]

I was being picked on for simply being short, wearing glasses, and liking to read books. So the 4th Doctor scarf and the ST buttons all over my jacket didn't really add to my sorrows. My best friend towerered over me (still does, for that matter), and that discouraged some of the bullies.

Re: first post. If a girl came into my place and was so rude about something I obviously enjoy, well, it wouldn't have worked out anyways, so screw it.

Luckily my respective women friends have all been cool about Trek -- I met my first girlfriend BECAUSE she was wearing a Spock button, and no. 3 was the captain of the local ST club.

 

[I am not Spock]

Oh god, yes. People still do make fun of me for it. So, I don't normally 'come out' as a Trekkie to people anymore when I meet them. I started watching it when I was 12. I'm 25 now. If anyone comes over to my house, though, I'm caught red-handed. There's posters, action figures, and books lying around everywhere!

It always annoys me that it's OK to be a Star Wars fan, or a LOTR fan, or just about anything else, but when you tell people you like watching Star Trek, they look at you as if you've told them you've recently contracted the bubonic plague.

Some SW fans can be just as geeky as us Trekkies. (That wasn't a slight, I quite like Wars as well)

 

[I am not Spock]

ArseTreble said:
I was in love with a girl, but then she stopped speaking to me after she saw this picture I had on my wall:

Junk edited - Bonz

I sill have the picture, but lost the girl.

Poor guy.

If someone can't accept you for who you actually are, they ain't worth having in my book.

 

[erastus25]

I openly pronounce my Star Trek love but rarely am ridiculed. When I am, I play the huge geek card, or make some logical/kinda BS argument about how if you're making fun of Star Trek you're making fun of exploring the human condition and who would do that blahblahblah.

On the other hand, my former pro wrestling fandom got me a LOT more ridicule than being a Star Trek fan ever has.

 

[mr.peany]

My motto is if you cant love Trek, then you cant love me.

Respect the Trek.

 

[Saul]

Usually if people knew I was a Star Trek fan they'd quitely talk to me about it admitting they were a fan too but would not admit it to anyone else.

 

[egonbeeblebrox]

Oh, yes, but mostly in a fun way. In fact, most of the girls I work with think it's 'Cute,' which is a reaction I never expected to get.

 

[doubleohfive]

My family, my friends, co-workers, everyone has teased me at some point or another. I used to let it bug me, but nowadays i don't really care much. Trek entertains me. As a kid, it gave me hope. If someone feels the need to tease me for liking something, let them.

 

[STIntergalactic]

My wife makes fun of me for liking Trek all the time. Just yesterday, she told me she HATES ENT and gets pissed at me whenever I watch it.

 

[sbk1234]

Oh, lots. When I was younger, it was worse since kids generally don't try to mask their cruelty in any form as adults do, such as being catty, or whatever. As I got older, I new enough to keep it somewhat subdued, until I got to know people better. The worst I ever got was from family. My sports-fan father would refer to me as a freak. He still denies it.
Nowadays, I keep it to myself, but I don't hide it. If someone asks me about it - such as if they see me with a Trek book or something, I ask them if they are fans. If not, I don't say much about it. If anyone gives me a hard time, I mention how Stephen Hawking is a fan. If it's good enough for one of the smartest people on the planet, then I'm in pretty good company.

 

[Chris_Johnston]

I pretty much can't open my mouth without somebody saying, "I'll bet you've been to every Star Trek convention there is," to which I reply, "Nope, just the 25th and 30th anniversary ones. Got to see Gene Roddenberry make his last appearance at the 25th."
They'll get a reconsidering expression on their face, shrug and go, "Oh. Well. That's cool."

 

[Epsilon IX]

More times than I'd like to remember. And when I'd get hmoe I'd want to slash my wrists, until I realised that would merely gratify them!

 

[Tino]

Sure I've been made fun of. But only when I reveal my passion.

Thing is, I don't look like a stereotype-Trekkie with long filthy hair, a computer-fascination and no love life. I do have frieds, I go out and am totally sociable. So people don't expect me to be a Trekkie. It always catches them by surprise. Which I think is a good thing.

Here's how I deal with it:

I tell them that Star Trek isn't about science-fiction, it's about drama and human decisions. Sure, it's space and the future those stories are set in but those stories also work in a western environment.

Star Trek is at its best when it forgets about space and deals with people. Star Trek is at its best when it catched today's problems.

Most people then shut up. Those who don't I give some examples about hard decisions like B'Elanna not wanting to be treated by that Cardassian holodoctor. Great episode with a lot of heart.

When I ask what those fun-makers would decided, they shut up as well. ;-)

 

[aladinsane]

Yes, by my wife every time I watch or mention Trek, which doesn't bother me. She occasionally makes fun of my sci-fi fandom in front of others, which bothers me a bit as I don't advertize my trekiness to many.

 

[DelusionalBritts]

I used to think that Trekkies were creepy and crazy back when I didn't watch Trek, but I've been made fun of countless times. I sort of new to Trek, I only really got in in the summer of '06. I was at my Uncles house with nothing to do, and he made fun of me everytime I turned on Spike to watch some TNG three times a day.

And when I got home, my parents. My Grandmother refers to this as "my obession with that star whatever." (Although, she is also that way with my cousin who is a huge Star Wars fan.) My friends always make jokes about it, but I know they are just pulling my leg.

Some people I tell get the, "Oh, my God, you're one of those freaks, aren't you?" If they do that, then I get all geeky and talk about nothing except Trek. I've never hidden the fact that I'm a Trekkie, and I tell the other girls on my hall. When you enter my room, I've got five of the movies, plus a couple books and usually a season of a various incarnation from the library. They don't seem to think I'm weird.

 

[Brennyren]

Sometimes. Mostly when I was much younger, in junior high and high school. I was already pretty unpopular, being shy, bookish, and having thick glasses and absolutely no fashion sense, so being a Trek fan didn't really do anything to hurt my image! In fact, one of my best friends from junior high and high school -- we're still friends 30 years later! -- first struck up a conversation with me because she saw I was carrying around a Trek book (in those days, it would have been one of the Blish episode adaptation collections). She thought that if I liked Trek, I must be pretty smart! After that, I never really tried to hide it.

These days, I don't usually bring my Trek interests up with total strangers, but if someone asks what my hobbies are, I tell them about Trek. (Besides participating here, I write Trekkish short stories and poetry, so it qualifies as a hobby.) And if anyone asks how I met my husband, I tell them the straight-up truth: we met in a Star Trek fan club. If they ask if I'm a Trekkie, I look 'em right in the eye and say, with a big smile, "Why, yes, I am." Not a lot of grown-ups actually challenge that.

Brennyren

 

[ktanner3]

Oh yes. A friend of mine laughed and called me a geek for watching star trek and called it unbelievable. I in turn called him a moron for watching professional wrestling and for once believing that garbage to be a real sport.

 

[ktanner3]

destro said:
"damn, if some girl did that to me i'd kick the bitch to the kerb so fast her ass wouldn't touch the ground."

Well I did have to have sex with her first! Then quickly kicked her to the curb. She sucked for a lot of other reasons besides hating Trek. Of course she was into Lord of the Rings and saw nothing wrong with that because it was popular...

That's an intersting point. Why is it cool to watch Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter but not Star Trek?

I've personally never been into fantasy so I've never gotten into Harry Potter nor LOTR. Star Wars is the one exeption but that's because it has outer space in it.