To quote:

"Comment: What gets me is that noone asks athletes if THEIR fans are wierd. Here we have pepole who sit for 2 hours in frigid weather painted in the colors of their team - and sometimes not much more. Or the riots when the team wins (like that makes sense). In Denver they just celebrated the retirement of a fan who came to EVERY home game (and many away) wearing nothing more than a barrel with the team colors. And he wore only that even in blizzards. Why is dressing up in costume any different from wearing your teams jersey?"

In her biography, mega fan Bjo Trimble once had an interview where
the cameraman was dumping on all Star Trek fans as weirdos, etc.

When she pointed out that he had a hat on with a sports team and
asked why being a sports fan is any less strange than a ST fan, he
shouted back that being a sports fan was "normal!"

My, how enlightened and open minded was he.

This is why the wider galaxy will not make contact with us.