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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Lemmygizer@lemmy.world 11 months agoAt least at the Faires I’ve worked at no one cares.
In fact, I have a second-hand anecdote that one faire staff has a screen accurate combadge inside their doublet. When they see people doing stuff like this, they run over and pull them aside. They would whip out the badge and get in their face. “Does the Prime Directive mean NOTHING to you?! This is an uncontacted pre-warp civilization. You are ruining YEARS of undercover research! Who is your captain? I’m going to have your court martialled if you don’t get under cover FAST.”
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Is “trekker” the new “trekkie”?
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
…considering the term is nearly sixty years old i’d say no.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
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). 🖖🏽
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
God forbid I see some Star Trek cosplayer while I’m watching a comedian crack whips and sing twisted tunes.