The SLO train, which is actually quite fast

While my shoe loving wife and I were taking the train up to Santa Barbara, she had forgotten her head phones. So, being that she wanted to talk,  I did the only thing a husband could do, I made her watch Star Trek Deep Space Nine.  I have to tell you it took less time than 0-88mph in a Delorian for her to start asking the train attendants for a set of headphones to watch Felicity on her computer.

I apologize for the crudeness of my analogies.

So, I on this beautiful Valentine’s day weekend I have to come to a harsh, yet inevitable reality.

Not everyone likes Sci-fi.

So, I thought I’d write this post.  Not to encourage people to not like Sci-Fi, but to help us who have embraced the Nerd inside to understand those who are not quite there yet.

This is why you don’t like Sci-Fi:

Aliens

File photo of an alien living among us

You can barely stand the beings on this planet and then sci-fi wants to introduce the idea that not only do you have to put up with the lane changing 90yr old in the fast lane, but you might have to get to know another guy from another planet that probably doesn’t even know turning right on a red is allowed.

New language

He used to be a Kaiser Doctor, seriously look it up

I have a job that has so many achronyms that they should offer playing cards like the military does for Al-qaeda, I mean you think grunts are the only ones who gamble for sigs during their breaks? Learning the language of everyday reality is hard  enough.  But, every sci-fi story teller has two goals::

Telling a story, and educating the viewers/readers on all the new vocab (Phasers, Frack, 88mph, Lightsaber, Hana Montana, etc.) This is just too hard for some.

Obsession with other things

yes but what if the team moves to Washington?

Ok, some people are into things that make no sense to me.  I know a guy that LOVES sports… we aren’t close, but I know him. And there’s another guy that can’t get enough of stamps, which to me are just stickers with purpose. There are so many things that people for some reason view as more worthy of their time then Wookies, Cylons, and Klingons.

There are probably quite a few more reasons people don’t like Sci-Fi, but I can tell you there are many more reasons to Love it.

What do you think?  Why else do you think people don’t like Sci-Fi? Personally I think Janis Dickinson has been horrible propaganda against sci-fi… just my take.