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About 15 years ago I tagged along with a friend who was going to an anthropomorphic conference in San Jose. One of the small meetings rooms I went into was a bunch of people in cinematic quality Klingon makeup and costumes, talking in the klingon language and getting drunk on specific drink concoctions described in the show using custom made accurate dishware.

That has become my base unit of fandom hobby: 1 klingon. The commitment to the sport of fandom I saw there is my standard and it elucidates wherever I see video like this what I'm looking at.

This video is nowhere near 1.0 klingons but it is the same sport



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