Who knows about your Trek obsession?

[Kestra 0]

I was just curious about what everyone else does. My family knows about (and my siblings share) the obsession. My close friends know, but I don't really tell a lot of people because I am easily irritated by any sort of comments or judgments they make about Star Trek. Especially when they say "Really? You don't look like the type to be into Star Trek." It's so ridiculous. Oh, and if you choose "Combination" make sure you tell us what combination it is. Thanks!

[Trichon 0]

Are you kidding. Everyone knows. On my backpack I take to work with me everyday it has a next gen comm badge. Then they look at me and there like "SO you like Star Trek huh." . Ummm yeah just a little

[JesusTrekkie 0]

I randomly chose the best/worst time to tell people I'm into trek... like that moment when they seem to actually want to be my friend and I grin and go, So how do you feel about... Star Trek?

 

No one ever seems to say You don't look like a trekkie. But they don't say I do either.

 

As for simulating... heck only a handful of people know about that... my family, one friend, and one coworker... no one else... ;)

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

Well basically just my close friends know (and frown upon) my obsession for Star Trek. As for my family...my brother only likes Voyager. My mother couldn't care less and I frequently have very heated "debates" (ok maybe even arguments) with my stepfather when I want to watch any of the Star Trek series. A typical scenario: I sit on the sofa and the episode (what series doesn't matter) is just about to start/has just started and he walks in grabs the remote and changes the program. It annoys me and I tell him that I never do that when he watches something. He tells me "Yeah but this is my house." (I don't live with my parents anymore) We usually fight until he leaves, we both are mad and the episode has finished.

Call me stubborn but I ALWAYS have it out with him. I usually get told off for doing this by my mother,too. She thinks it's not worth fighting over.

Oh by the way...you should see what happens when I try to watch Farscape...

[ladymatrix 0]

Hmmm people that know i like Star Trek

 

My parents (my mom was the one that got me hooked lol (putting me infront of the tv when i was a baby lol))

Majority of my friends

The guy who did my tattoo lol

and of all things my BF

[Seiben 0]

Noone really except for my close friends, and I guess my brother (who got me hooked on Star Trek when I used to watch TNG with him), but they don't care that much anyways.

Edited May 16, 2005 by Seiben

[Dumbass 0]

Let's see. You mean other than Star Trek Simulation Forum and Startrekfans.net?

 

2 ex girlfriends (also Trekkies)

Our IT manager at work (also a Trekkie)

My boss (NOT a Trekkie)

My dad (Says he isn't a Trekkie but enjoyed the convention we went to more than I did)

And I'm sure a lot of other people at least suspect it but aren't letting on out of politeness - or maybe they are afraid I will just talk their ear off.

[Brian Graham 0]

immediate family, and close friends, and my boss. And, of course, all you members of STSF!

[Nemesis 0]

Everyone knows that I like trek well not everyone but I don't hide it. Simming, no one...

[LoAmi 0]

Nearly everyone I know already knows or quickly learns that I'm a Trekkie, although I don't have any communicators on my backpack to advertise it.

 

And, quite a few people know I sim also :-)

[mtporter 0]

My family all knows and so do my close friends. Most of them think I am a little crazy for it, so I try and keep it on the down low. I do have a trek tattoo so I guess anyone who see's it would know as well, but that requires them seeing it. ;)

[Duroz 0]

My Family....my dad pokes fun at me but he watches it when I'm at his house. My Mom is the one who got me in to it.... Some of my best friends know...two of them are semi-trekkies....one hates it but doesn't make fun of it.

 

And only two people know I sim besides all of you.

[FredM 0]

Hey there,

 

In the beginning....not that many people knew. As it stands now, most of my close friends are aware that I participate in online games dealing with Star Trek. However, while at one point I would agree I likely took it too seriously, it doesn't "control my life." As a result, most actually find it kind of interesting.

 

I know originally I had some realtives who frowned down on it. This lasted until a few years later when I had developed the ability to type at the speed I do and hold an ability to write a ten page term paper in two hours flat (plus the ability to take two sentences and turn them into two pages of nothing...thank you duty/personal logs). So who knew simming could help with your education? ;)

[NDak 0]

And the Bra and Skirt didn't give you away Fred?

[Vex Xiang 0]

This lasted until a few years later when I had developed the ability to type at the speed I do and hold an ability to write a ten page term paper in two hours flat

 

Oh quite so! Being able to type 100+WPM has advantages in the workplace. I can credit simming for that.

 

Who knows I'm a trekkie? Well...anyone who asks, or who I happen to get into a Trek-related conversation with...sometimes if my hobbies come up. My love for Trek is nothing shameful, its just a TV show, no more strange than a love for sports or the Simpsons. Its entertainment, just as simming (games) are entertainment.

 

Would you think twice about telling someone you love "Friends"?...probably not! Don't give poor old star trek a hard time ;)

[Mithraia Coeur 0]

I'm sure I've mentioned it to most people at one time or another. I proudly let people know that I am a "GeekGirl" and I am not ashamed of it.

 

It's hard to hide anyway .. I see anything remotely related to something I have fangirlism for .. and I immeduately, "SQUEEEEEE! LOOK AT THAT!"

 

And I get odd looks.

 

But that's okay. My fiance is a geek too. And my mother is the one who got me into Trek in the first place! ;P

[Garnoopy 0]

Although I never have hidden my livid interest in Trek, I don't use it as a first liner for meeting people, can you imagine?

 

"Hi, my name is Bob."

 

"My name is Garn, and I'm an obsessive trekkie. Qa'pla!"

 

Although I have recieved many of what I would describe as "are you crazy?" looks when people have found out I'm a trekkie, I've never had anyone who ever would have guessed or attempted to poke fun at this fact of my life. I suppose the rest of my life is just funnier in itself.

 

I do agree with Fred, although my 100+ WPM typing skills came from way back when in an early elementary class that decided typing would be offered for one semester. Not only did I pass up my fellow students, I completed the typing program twice and left the teacher scrambling for something for me to do.

 

Actually, in all honesty, I've found most people are highly entertained and love the fact that I'm a trekkie. When a Haloween party comes around in whcih I haven't met anyone before, lemme tell you, my comm badge that actually makes noise is highly entertaining to everyone else. I've won many prizes for "most realistic" or "most entertaining" costume as people go around through the evening tapping my chest. ;)

[Kansas_Jones 0]

So who knew simming could help with your education? ;)

I am going with "Mostly Everyone I know".

 

Simming these past seven months has improved my typing just a wee bit and personal character logs also help with creative thinking. I was on a job interview not to long ago and they sprang a typing test on me. My score ended up being 78% correct. That would have been much lower if not for simming here at STSF.

 

So, all in all, mostly everyone is aware of me being a Trek fan. As for simming with STSF, so far the only person who is aware of this is my Mom. She likes to give me the "thats nice dear" smile whenever I tell her about the latest adventures on the Hood or Agincourt. ;)

[JesusTrekkie 0]

She likes to give me the "thats nice dear" smile whenever I tell her about the latest adventures on the Hood or Agincourt. ;)

I've trained *my* mom to know what an NPC is, but she still does the "that's nice dear" smile...

[DaryusZaphodDracal 0]

Everyone knows about it. They all just nod their heads at me when I prattle on about Trek this and Trek that, and "I did this in sim tonight." The one who really shares my "obsession" (other than my friends and shipmates here) is Angie5. we sit there and chat about plasma conduits and phaser settings while people look at us with that "maybe one day they'll grow up" look. ;)

 

Zaphod,

"Milk, it does a kitty good."

[Kansas_Jones 0]

we sit there and chat about plasma conduits and phaser settings while people look at us with that "maybe one day they'll grow up" look. ;)

 

Zaphod,

"Milk, it does a kitty good."

Growing up is overrated - and boring. Having a healthy imagination keeps you young and sharp. ;) :D

[Captain Huff 0]

Eh, I only tell people who might find it interesting. Just like I don't bother to tell my Trek friends much about my other activities unless they find those interesting. Now my closest friends - tough luck on them, they have to hear everything, lol.

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

while people look at us with that "maybe one day they'll grow up" look. ;)

 

Well my brother is good at the "maybe one day he'll grow up" look. So is my mother.But I don't think I will ever do them the favour. And to all the grown ups out there...you just don't know what you're missing.

[TerrasJadeonar 0]

poll choice: Combination.

 

No secret my family knows. They know my dedication to watching Star Trek, for as long as i've been able to get Ds9, Voy, and these last four years 'Enterprise', I made it a well known point that I absolutely must be home by/in time for to watch it as the weekly episode aired, and that I would never settle for taping it and watch it later as a substitute.

 

Back when I was in highschool (ds9/voyager days), I was already branded a 'geek' for either/or reading SW & ST books durring class & spares, talking computer techno talk (and knowing what i was talking about). Even for a few yearly photos, I wore my Ensign JG pips on my local startrek club-shirt. But have no fear, I did have the ultimate "geeks' revenge!

 

I had a decently new system back then in those days, and my mom kept plunking money down on upgrading it to keep it top of the line- i needed only ask. I started with a color dot-matrix printer and went up to a very expensive color inkjet of the time, got a incredibly high-end profesional grade expensive flatbed scanner which could've bought a entire new top-end computer system for it's price alone. And I begun my revenge. I delved into a few image editing & graphics suite packages and quickly became an expert at scanning in images, "cutting them out" for use with whatever school project. I'm talking fully typed reports & essays - usually minimum 10 pages long, which included a full color cover/title page with graphics, images and graphics design. Any and all diagrams or photos i could find & scan or re-draw, you name it - it was all done and included in full color ink within the pages like a profesional document, which was neatly bound by those plastic spines and clear pages you can find at most stationary stores for document presentation. Considering everyone else was only had their pens and paper to hand-write their work, or be at the mercy of the old computer lab and early B&W laser printer, (no scanner either, library photo-copier at best). When it came to group assignment/projects, I usually prefered to work alone, doing the whole enchilada asignment myself. (nobody ever invited me into their groups anyways). Suffice to say, it was rewarding each and every time assignments were due in, everyone would stare openmouthed in daze & disbleief and look upon my work. Teachers couldn't help but compliment me, always gave me top marks on those assignments/projects. My whole perspective on it was "Brand me a geek? Fine. Can't be bothered to invite me into your project group? Have it your way, its your loss. I'll be my own self group, my own project boss, for in the end I'll always get top marks and best compliments, and the credit will be all my own."

 

See? its rare but sweet revenge and can be had ;)

 

As far as friends go, yeah most of us watch ST. I've always watched ST, joined the city's small but local ST club (years ago while it was alive). My friends on the other hand were/are "selective" ST fans. They only watched Trek when they figured it was good, but more often than not defaulted to Buffy or Angel ove Trek. None of them really cared to get into the books or join me with the club and sorts, and couldn't care less about doing the ritual 2hour movie premier pre-lineups for the ST movies. I did partake in those with the club and were some of the best nights i've ever had!

 

All in all, my opinion has been this: I love star trek in any way I can get it. It dosn't bother me in the least bit if others know. If i'm ever asked, sure I'll profess, there's nothing to be shy about. Others can join me if they want. For all I ask is this: nobody disturb me for my weekly one hour fix. :P

 

My only peeve is buying startrek merchandise, most notably when its from the toy section. Its at the cashiers, lost of them give me a funny look, though some can't resist acking "you still play with toys?" Grrr... I do happen to have a nice little collection of stuff, for the sake of collecting star trek and the toys these days are darned pricey. My pride and joy is the TOS figure "1701" boxed diorama bridge set. Usually sits atop of my computer desk hutch, though since moving around in the past few years, its safely packed in a storage box.

[Captain Huff 0]

 

My only peeve is buying startrek merchandise, most notably when its from the toy section. Its at the cashiers, lost of them give me a funny look, though some can't resist acking "you still play with toys?" Grrr... I do happen to have a nice little collection of stuff, for the sake of collecting star trek and the toys these days are darned pricey. My pride and joy is the TOS figure "1701" boxed diorama bridge set. Usually sits atop of my computer desk hutch, though since moving around in the past few years, its safely packed in a storage box.

I play with mine.