ANNONCE:
Den 25. maj er Nørdernes Kampdag kaldet Nerd Pride Day eller Geek Pride Day.
Her hyldes retten til at være nørd.
Dagen er blevet første gang fejret i 2006, hvor en flok spanske (nørder) satte sig for at hylde premieren på den første Star Wars-film, der blev vist 25. maj 1977.
En kampdag er naturligvis forbundet med både rettigheder og pligter.
Kampen står om de 17 rettigheder, der blandt andet omfatter retten til at bære sjove t-shirts og være overvægtig med dårligt syn.
Samt rettigheden og ikke mindst pligten til at overtage jorden.
De 17 rettigheder formuleres således:
1. The right to be even nerdier.
2. The right to not leave your house.
3. The right to not have a significant other and to be a virgin.
4. The right to not like football or any other sport.
5. The right to associate with other nerds.
6. The right to have few friends (or none at all).
7. The right to have all the nerdy friends that you want.
8. The right to wear witty t-shirts
9. The right to not be "in-style."
10. The right to be overweight and have poor eyesight.
11. The right to show off your nerdiness.
12. The right to make an attempt at being as nerdy as Morgana Summers, and the right to fail. (Topher Stumph came quite close, but he too, failed).
13. The right to develop serious crushes on Randall Munroe, Shane Carruth & Bo Burnam, as opposed to say... James Franco. (See 11).
14. The right to carry a Thesaurus with you at all times, as opposed to an iPhone. (See 11)
15. The right to execute shameless self advertisement via the Wikipedia Geek Pride Day page. (See 11).
16. The right to falsely assume the surnames Finkleton, Waldman, Stratzer and Krukemeyer.
17. The right to take over the world.
Du kan læse mere om begivenhederne på
Wikipedia.