a trekker is a fan of the shows, but knows its just entertaining [sic] tv
a trekkie is an úber-geek who goes to conventions in a captains uniform (some go as kilngons, which require a bucket of shit to be emptied on their heads) and ask really gay questions to the actors
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lo, the OTHER greebo warrior,
Wed 3 Dec 2003, 20:57,
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really?
as I understood it, a trekkie was a fan who did the silly stuff but knew it was silly
a trekker is a fan who takes it all far too seriously, denying it's entertainment and treating it more like a documentary? (witness the movie "trekkers")
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JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Wed 3 Dec 2003, 21:05,
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