Originally posted by: Go-Mer-TonicThe terminology may have been different, but the sentiment was the same. We were looked down upon as "Star Wars geeks" back then. I was 7 when Star Wars came out. EVERYONE in my school was into it then. By some time after Empire came out, mainstream enthusiasm began to fade, people moved on to other things, and it came down to the fanatics. I was one of the last fanatics left, and I did get crap for it. But it wasn't so much a "you're a Star Wars geek" type of treatment as it was an attitude of "Star Wars isn't cool anymore; we're into Dukes Of Hazzard now" or whatever. To my eternal shame, I do remember finally telling people I didn't care about Star Wars anymore just so they'd quit bugging me about it. In truth, I still did care about Star Wars--I just didn't care to talk about it anymore. Certain point of view, you know.
I don't know if anyone ever said it to your face, but I had it said to mine.
By the time I was in junior high/high school, I was well and truly a "stealth fan". I loved it as much as ever, but I didn't have anyone to talk about it with anymore. So nobody knew I was a Star Wars fan. I suppose if I wore it on my sleeve every day, I'd have been called a geek for it. As it was, I got called a geek and a nerd for other things.
To tell you the truth, they had a point.
I rember the old saying that the difference between Star Wars Geeks and Star Trek Geeks was Star Wars geeks got laid.
Of course I can't corroborate that theory.
There may actually be some truth to that. Since nearly everyone liked Star Wars at least a little at one point, girls were more likely to say "Oh, you like Star Wars? Yeah, those movies were a lot of fun!" Hence more likely to lead to action in the bedroom at some point. But with Star Trek it would be more like "You're into Star Trek?! LEPER!!!"