• Taleya
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    1 year ago

    I’ve seen that as well, it’s slowly growing. Unsurprisingly the correlation of ren faire goers and trekkers is high.

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        1 year ago

        …considering the term is nearly sixty years old i’d say no.

        Edit: exposing myself as an olde farte but in fandom circles back in the day there was a sharp line between trekker and trekkie . Oooh you didn’t want to be seen as a trekkie, they were the fans that …well looking back at it, the trekkies were openly obsessed over the series and had all the fun cosplaying and being free about it, the trekkers were the ones that pretended they weren’t mad about trek and thus were allowed out into respectable society. Cringe factor i suppose. Heh. But old name habits remain.

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          Fair enough, though I’m not too far behind ya there. I suppose it’s similar to the dichotomy of geek v. nerd, insofar that the distinction is lost on those outside the group (much to our chagrin/cringe). 🖖🏽

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            1 year ago

            It’s also an age thing - I mean every fandom has Those Fans, but in general being a fan of something and buying / wearing merch is now nbd. Nerd’s gone mainstream.

            Back when those terms were coined? Sooo not the case. Like, it could literally get you beaten. Wild times.

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              That’s what I’m sayin’! It took me so long not to reflexively whip around to see who said “nerd” and would there be a slap fight. 🤪

              (FYI: class of '95 was when this was peak for me)