Why do diehard Trekkies (now called Trekkers) get teased (especially online?)
Because they obsess over a show that ran two seasons and was cancelled 30 years ago. They OBSESS about it. They're kind of easy to pick on because they don't usually get too offended at being called star trek geeks, in fact they take pride in who knows the most obscure trivia gleaned from snippits of lines. They congregate in sci-fi conventions and aren't typically the type of person who enters into fist fights over being picked on. They are easily recognized and most people are familiar enough with star trek to recognmize the principal characters. Also, if you recall (as we geezers tend to do) William Shatner the man Kirk
himself took a cheap shot at his fans on saturday night live, in a skit poking not-so-gentle-fun at trekkies.
Did you ever see that movie/documentary "Trekkies"? It was a pretty brutal look at trekkies made by some fans themselves with the help of some of the more recent series' stars. Yeek, that guy with the Captain Pike chair.
Now, If you know who Captain Pike was, does that make you a trekkie? I've never actually seen an entire episode of the original Star Trek series, but I know who Captain Pike was, and what a tribble is. Dennis Miller used to make Star Trek jokes in his stand-up all the time. I don't think he was a Trekkie, maybe just a trekker. Geek.