I read "genre fans" and think, "Which genre?" There might not be trouble decoding it in context, but I think it's lazy (and dumb at its root, as you say, ita).

My soon-to-be-boss is named Jonra. It amuses me.

Oh, yes! Is Jonra an Indian name, P-C?

CaBil -- Can I borrow the "be specific" cheer? I don't know what that really means. Changing the rules of its world, I understand. I think people find that flaw very easy to forgive, but it's certainly nicer if they don't have to. But the others...how exactly does a show treat its fans as a given? Or any other way, for that matter? And spitting on sci-fi conventions --hm, actually, do you mean literary conventions or, like, WorldCon? Either way, how does a show do that? And has any show ever required encyclopediac knowledge for comprehension, or relied on technobabble or impenetrabile motives?

I really am curious, so I hope it doesn't sound like I'm nitpicking. The things you're saying do sound like things one should avoid doing (except maybe the one about conventions, obviously, but I Have Issues). I just don't know if they ever happen, since I'm not sure what exactly you're describing.

Oh, yes! Is Jonra an Indian name, P-C?

Nope. She is a Caucasian she-devil.

I don't recall ever hearing that name. I wonder if her parents are genre Sci-fi fantasy speculative fiction fans of stories which may involve (but are not limited to) advanced science and/or magic, or occur in the future, or take place in different dimensions, often involved world building, and may involve humanish characters which are not run-of-the-mill examples of homo sapiens.

Nope. She is a Caucasian she-devil.

so, like an Indian shiksa?

Maybe they were Star Wars fans.

so, like an Indian shiksa?

I...don't know.

The whole name thing gets fascinating. My daughter's best friend is Nishi. She's actually Indian, via Fiji, but her parents heard the Japanese girl's name Nishi and decided it was cool.

I...don't know.

a shiksa is a Yiddish term for a white woman. My understanding is that it has a vaguely negative connotation as in, "oy vey, my son is dating a shiksa!" I think that it can also have a funny/taken back connotation, as in my friend who is married to a jewish guy whose online name is "shiksagoddess"

Aren't Indians considered Caucasian?

"Shiksa Goddess" may be a direct reference to a song from The Last Five Years. Is he or she a musical fan?