The Somewhat Ambitious

Yes, today is Nerd Pride Day!* If you’re unfamiliar with Nerd Pride Day, you’re not alone. The burgeoning indie nerd is into the nerd fetishes but typically doesn’t move deep enough in those circles. And the proper geek (I love all of you, by the way) is too busy geeking out to realise such a day is going down. Nevertheless, it’s apparently a pretty big deal, and it comes with a slew of rights a responsibilities.

And here they are, you sexy bastards.

Rights:

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.

Responsibilities:

1. Be a nerd, no matter what.
2. Try and be nerdier than anyone else.
3. If there is a discussion about something nerdy, you must give your opinion.
4. Save any and all nerdy things you have.
5. Do everything you can to show off your nerdy stuff as though it were a “museum of nerdiness.”
6. Don’t be a generalized nerd. You must specialize in something.
7. Attend every nerdy movie on opening night and buy every nerdy book before anyone else.
8. Wait in line on every opening night. If you can go in costume or at least with a related t-shirt, all the better.
9. Don’t waste your time on anything not related to nerddom.
10. Befriend any person or persons bearing any physical similarities to comic book or sci-fi figures.
11. Try to take over the world!

I’ll give this a mention tomorrow morning on Nerds of a Feather. I’ll also be talking about the greatest alarm clock I’ve ever come across, the new Frank Lloyd Wright toy line (yes, I’m serious), and MEAT PANTS.

Which is exactly what it sounds like.

/Paul

*Thanks to Jimmy for the info!