Fats ruined Star Trek conventions for me I admit, I'm a nerd.  In particular, I'm a Trekkie.  I love all things Star Trek: the TV shows, the movies, the books, the games.  I used to go to Star Trek conventions on occasion.  But there's one thing that I really hate about them: the cosplayers. When Star Trek came out in the 60s, they were pretty heavy on "sex sells."  The crewwomen wore miniskirts and the guest stars were usually half-naked.  The later Star Treks continued this to a lesser extent.  On The Next Generation, one of the main characters wore a low-cut jumpsuit and Klingon women often bared their considerable cleavage.  However, back when those series came out, most American women were of a normal weight.  Not so much anymore. A lot of people at sci-fi cons wear costumes, especially fat women.  They see these women in a Star Trek movie: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/e/eb/DurasSisters.jpg And they decide that because they are Beautiful Inside, they can dress like those actresses, giving us "costumes" like this: http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2006/05/2006-05-04-klingoncleavage.jpg Or they see her:  http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/tsfs_other/publicity/normal_valkris_st3.jpg And this happens:  http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpeg/2a816152902cf45425fd66c2a29f2b5bc2cc378a.jpg I hate those stupid Duras Sisters.  They weren't even good characters.  The only reason why people remember them is that their armor had cleavage cutouts.  So 25 years after their introduction, Fat women are still visually polluting sci-fi conventions by imitating their style of dress.  If I had to estimate, I'd say one third of every Fat cosplayer at a Trek convention is dressed up like one of the Duras Sisters. It's fucking disgusting.  Except, half the guys at Trek cons are even fatter than they are and pathetically shower them with attention.  That's why the whales do it.  Outside of cons no men pay attention to them.  But they go to a Trek con, prance around half-naked, and thirsty dudes act like they are the next Sophia Loren.