Comment on Nerds of equal standing.

MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re very different takes on futuristic sci fi.

  I enjoy Star Wars but I’m not a “fan”, it’s just a very different series to what I most enjoy watching.

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  • ElBarto@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Uhhhgggh I have to be that nerd, Star Wars isn’t the future, it’s a long time ago, in the past.

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    • grayman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In a galaxy far, far away.

      Literally not in our galaxy. Not in a close one either. Star Trek is, with the exception of 1 episode (?), in the milky way galaxy.

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      • ElBarto@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They’re literally the first things we learn about Star Wars.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would agree. I think ‘fan’ would apply to at least being into the lore. I’m not especially into the lore of Star Wars beyond what I see on screen. In Star Trek, I like discussing the lore, the “science,” etc. I’m definitely a fan.

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• MelodiousFunk@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t we just agree that we’re all sci-fi nerds?

  If only it were that easy.

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  • jawa21@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gundam scares me because I know I will love it, and there is such a huge amount of it that I may never crawl back out of that hole.

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    • MelodiousFunk@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Gundam has so many reboots and varying timelines and stuff.

      I personally think 8TH MS Team is the peak show for a grounded war story version.

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• peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, but I think “FanDom” implies “Fanatical Domination” meaning someone in The “FanDom” of a certain thing is sexually aroused by dominating other with their fanatical following of said thing.

  That’s the only explanation I’ve been able to come up with and I find it hilarious so I’m sticking with it.

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  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And Cons are about conning people into buying fan merchandize and provide a free advwrtisement in a form of cosplay.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My daughter likes going to cons just to look at the cosplay and she never buys anything, so I guess they only conned her out of the entry fee.

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    • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Amd fans are blowhards trying to push their favourite thing on others a spread it further and further.

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  • MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s “Fanatical Domain” but I like your definition better

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• Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Star Wars is actually fantasy though

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  • JWBananas@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As opposed to Q?

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean it’s implied that Q is just from a super advanced civilisation, rather than being innately magic. One of the first things we learn from Q is that he believes humanity has a chance of being a society that will some day be on the same level as them.

      IMO the Q are presented as more of a Clarke’s Third Law (“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”) kinda thing. Think about how the Mintakans view Picard in the episode Who Watches the Watchers - they view him as being a magical, god-like being

      The Force in Star Wars is never presented that way.

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• LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So say we all.

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• Nacktmull@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  NEVER!

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But what if I just like the stars?

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