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  i am jack's colon, 5 Feb 2002 @ 11:18am

  
  

  I am the all singing all dancing crAP OF THE WORLD

  Ok, the "trekkie-bashing" has to stop. As a Trek fan who is currently having to endure the crys of thousands of meatheads screaming "Yeaaah, Patriots, baby!!", I'm going to have to take a stand here.
  
  What EXACTLY makes a Trek ISP so unusual? If it were a sports-themed ISP, would you be snickering and rolling your eyes? Have you seen to what lengths sports fans will go to celebrate their favorite teams? It outdoes Trek fandom, times one thousand.
  
  There is such a bias about Trek fans (and SciFi fans in general) that it really is starting to get on my nerves. Recently, DJ's at a local radio station did a bit about the two guys currently waiting in line for Star Wars tickets (unusual, I will admit). They made fun of these two guys claiming them to "two guys who will NEVER get laid". Yet a few minutes later, they confessed that they all cried like babies at the superbowl. Yes, I'm sure the women are just beating down your door.
  
  So, think about it. Just who is the more obsessive fan here? Who is willing to go to literally ANY lengths (including rioting) to celebrate their favorite pastimes?
  
  Think of it another way: Walk down ANY street in America and you'll see people wearing sports uniform jerseys. No one gives them a second look. If I were to walk down the street in my Trek costume, people would point and laugh, and inevitably attempt to repeat that Shatner SNL skit to me.
  
  Just exactly what makes me different from the sports fans?
  

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    Mike (profile), 5 Feb 2002 @ 11:28am

    
    

    Re: I am the all singing all dancing crAP OF THE W

    Ok. You need to calm down. I don't really care one way or the other about Trek fans. I know they get a lot of shit. That's why I said they had "suffered enough" and didn't put in a joke.
    
    I think you are taking this a bit too personally.

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    Brandon, 5 Feb 2002 @ 2:53pm

    
    

    Re: I am the all singing all dancing crAP OF THE W

    If some football fan walked down the street in the full football gear (including helmet) or looked like some of the ridiculous Packer's fans (a big cheese wedge on their head, wearing green and yellow face paint or a green and yellow painted "jersey" in place of an actual shirt) they would be stared out just as much as you in your trek costume.
    
    If, on the other hand, you were just wearing some trek t-shirt, in many places you wouldn't get a second glance (granted, maybe that's just in Silly Valley, but the point stands)
    
    Brandon

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      my thought, 6 Feb 2002 @ 8:41am

      
      

      Ok Great

      Yeah but if you walked down the street in just you Trekie Shirt (or blouse) you might just look
      pretty sharp.
      You know one of those swift poly-blend items with the sporty geometric desing and the flashy insignia (desinger label) and your favorite jeans
      I think that would look pretty sharp
      

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        Schpichen, 6 Feb 2002 @ 2:48pm

        
        

        What's the point

        How much of this can't be accomplished already? You can skin most browsers, I doubt their "exclusive" content is anything special, and my hunch is that the ISP itself isn't that great, otherwise why would they resort to gimicks?

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    I am jack's belly laughing, 6 Feb 2002 @ 5:07am

    
    

    curious

    Just out of curiousity:
    1. do you live in your parents basement?
    2. have you ever kissed a girl?
    3. do you remember the combination to Kirk's safe in episode 33 of classic trek?
    
    "walk down the street in my trek costume"
    
    wow

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  andrea, 5 Feb 2002 @ 6:48pm

  
  

  Great idea, but money-making?

  I think it's a fun idea / gimmick. Not sure if anyone would be able to discern much additional value, though.
  (betraying Trekkie-ness)

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