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I just go by Trek fan, but I've also been known to use Trekkie and Trekker. I consider them all interchangeable.
What's the difference between a trekkie and a trekker?
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You know, fans of "Carmilla" (the vampire webseries) call themselves "Creampuffs."
I wonder if someday people will insist that "Carmels" is a more "dignified" term.
Is that the American mispronunciation of "caramel"?
Am I a Trekkie? I don't know. All I know is, I went to a Star Trek trivia night, gave like 90% of the answers for my team, and we came in 4th out of almost 30.
I prefer Trekologist or Trekstorian.
You know, fans of "Carmilla" (the vampire webseries) call themselves "Creampuffs."
I wonder if someday people will insist that "Carmels" is a more "dignified" term.
Is that the American mispronunciation of "caramel"?
Nope. Just my sloppy spelling.
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^ I thought it was pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove?
Meh I think you have to appreciate how obnoxious fans could be in the mid 90s.
Learning to speak Klingon, etc stuff got obnoxious, absurdly so. I don't think it's insecure to not wanna be associated with people who took there self respect and dignity and flushed it down the tubes.
Thankfully this trend died away, but it's easy to forget just how obnoxious fans of anything(especially sportS) can be.
toH. ro'qegh'Iwchab vIvutta'bogh DawaH 'e' vIchaw'Qo'.
("Well then, you can't have any of my rokeg blood pie.")
Where there's degree, I'm autistic and I generally don't give a f*ck about such things, however there are limits.
I don't think anyone wants to be misrepresented, and I think the media and some select fan groups did this in teh
The only example of "obnoxious" you give is learning Klingon, which I don't think is in itself obnoxious. How does someone else learning a fictional language impede your happiness? I would say that their harmless private behaviour is none of your business.
"In your opinion", correct?
Because a lot of us did NOT consider our "...self respect and dignity..." being flushed down the toilet, as we pursued our Fandom.
In your opinion.
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Now that's just cool.
The only time I ever had my dignity shat on for any Trek-related reason was when I was in New York City once and my cellphone went off. It had a TOS communicator ringtone. People around me laughed when they heard it. 
But that was years ago (old cellphone, too) and I eventually got over it. And nothing like that has happened since. I have the same ringtone on my current iPhone and haven't gotten any crap about it.
But that was years ago (old cellphone, too) and I eventually got over it. And nothing like that has happened since. I have the same ringtone on my current iPhone and haven't gotten any crap about it.
^ Laser, are you sure that wasn't friendly laughter? I had a TNG red alert ringtone for a while, and it never got a negative reaction
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My android phone currently sports an LCARS style theme and an Enterprise D "beep...incoming transmission" on a loop and the notification tone is the TNG era door chime
.I have no plans to change these anytime soon.
Yeah, I'm sure it was not friendly. Sure didn't sound that way.
But this was before iPhones and the subsequent massive popularity of them. I'm sure a lot more people have Trek ringtones now so it probably doesn't happen much anymore.
(Actually I only have the TOS tone for when my dad calls me. Anyone else and I get this.
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