Comments on: Speaking of Star Trek https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/21/speaking-of-star-trek/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:37:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/21/speaking-of-star-trek/#comment-22158 FrankC Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:49:17 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=28840#comment-22158 No, that's it, but both seem equally geeky to me No, that’s it, but both seem equally geeky to me

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/21/speaking-of-star-trek/#comment-22157 alcaray Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:26:20 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=28840#comment-22157 ...people started to refer to themselves as Trekkies. Then some outsiders started to refer to them that way, in the third person. Then some of them took offense and decided they liked Trekker better. cf: negro, teabagger, scifi (Harlan Ellison once had a beef with it. Thought that SF should stand for speculative fiction.) etc. From the way you posed the question I gather you have some other story. Can't wait to hear it. …people started to refer to themselves as Trekkies. Then some outsiders started to refer to them that way, in the third person. Then some of them took offense and decided they liked Trekker better.

cf: negro, teabagger, scifi (Harlan Ellison once had a beef with it. Thought that SF should stand for speculative fiction.) etc.

From the way you posed the question I gather you have some other story. Can’t wait to hear it.

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