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I can be considered Trekkie or just a viewer? (startrek.website)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/startrek@startrek.website
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Recently I was talking with people about how I watch TNG, DS9, Voyager, Picard, Lower Decks and people point if I'm a trekkie, and to be honest I don't feel like a fan of Star Trek despite is mostly the only series I care to watch apart of Avatar Aang/Korra.

I tried to get into The Original Series, but I just can't, today I saw Mirror mirror, I don't know if I'm a trekkie really, but people still seeing me like that.

After that, I have two choises, watch Enterprise or Strange New World and I think I will go for SNW.

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I'd assume that most people are familiar with the term Trekkie, but would have to use context to figure out Trekker ("you like long walks?")

Whatever the intention, coining/identifying as a separate term suggests someone taking it quite seriously. I just consider them synonyms.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    For a time “Trekkie” was seen as derogatory, so “Trekker” was invented by people who didn’t want to be seen as “one of those fans”

    The distinction seems to have slowly fallen away, and now I rarely see “Trekker” used at ask.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Trekker was always the self-identified name for the fandom. Trekkie is what everyone else called them, most often in a disparaging way.

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