Geek Pride Day is an initiative which claims the right of every person to be a nerd Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age-inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered or a geek The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc." Formerly, the term referred to a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the. It has been celebrated on May 25 since 2006, celebrating the premiere of the first Star Wars Star Wars is a space opera franchise conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two immediate sequels, released at three-year intervals. Sixteen years after the release of the trilogy's final film, the first in a movie in 1977. It is on the same day as Towel Day Towel Day is celebrated every May 25 as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams. On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books and the author. The commemoration was first held in 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on May 11, 2001. The towel is a reference to Adams's popular science fiction comedy.
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Origins
In 2006, this day was celebrated for the first time all over Spain and on the Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and, thanks to the publicity given by some media as:
- Salas, Javier (2006-05-26). "Comecocos y mangas toman la calle: la revancha de los frikis". Telecinco. http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/concentracion/orgullo_friki/comecocos/dn_25946.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-26.
- Perez, Javier (2006-05-26). "Orgullo friki". El Mundo. http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/05/26/descodificador/1148596810.html. Retrieved 2005-05-26.
- Ramos, David (2006-05-25). "25 de mayo: Día del Orgullo Friki". 20minutos. http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/122796/0/dia/orgullo/friki/. Retrieved 2005-05-25.
The biggest concentration took place in Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous in the European Union after Paris and London, where 300 Geeks demonstrated their pride together with a human pacman Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the U.S. by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular in the United States from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is universally considered as one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of.
2007 celebration
In 2007, the celebration counted with more help from Official institutions (as the Price Circus in Madrid) and has been more widely celebrated throughout Spain. Official acts were announced in Pilar de la Horadada Pilar de la Horadada is a town and district in the Province of Alicante, in the southeast of Spain. Located 66 km south of Alicante, the city is the southernmost of the Valencian Community, only 1 km north of the regional border The town and its neighbouring villages (Pinar de Campoverde and Torre de la Horadada) are home to thousands of British,, Cádiz Cadiz (Spanish: Cádiz, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaðiθ] ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Cadiz Province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia, Huesca Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2008 it had a population of 51.117, almost a quarter of the total population of the province. That makes it one of the least populated provincial capitals in Spain, Calaf Calaf is the main town in the northern portion of the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain, situated on the Calaf Plain. The town holds an important an important weekly livestock market. It is served by the main N-II road from Barcelona to Lleida, the RENFE railway line from Manresa to Lleida and the C-1412 road from Igualada to Ponts. Calaf, Huelva Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 145,150 inhabitants. The town is home to Recreativo de Huelva, the oldest and Valencia Valencia is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 810,064 in 2008. It is the 22nd-most populous municipality in the European Union and 35th-most populous urban area in the European Union with a population of 1,175,000 or 1,564,145. 1,705,742 or 2,300,000. A Nerd Blood Donation campaign took place. Among other acts, the movie "Gritos en el pasillo" ("Screams in the corridor") was presented.
2008 Geek Pride Day comes to America
In 2008, Geek Pride Day crossed the Atlantic, and was officially celebrated in America, where it was heralded by numerous bloggers, coalescing around the launch of the GeekPrideDay website. Math author, Euler Book Prize winner, and geek blogger John Derbyshire John Derbyshire is a British-American writer. His columns in National Review and New English Review cover a broad range of political-cultural topics, including immigration, China, history, mathematics, and race. Derbyshire's 1996 novel, Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream, was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year". His 2004 non- not only did a shout out, but announced [1] that he would be appearing in the Fifth Avenue parade, dressed as number 57, on the prime number float - prompting some bloggers to say they'd be looking for him.
By 2009, acknowledgment of the day had reached the Science Channel, with special programming on May 25th to celebrate.
2009 Geek Pride Day comes to Ottawa, Canada
Nerd Pride Day is set to come to Canada in May 2009, with festivities planned in Ottawa, Canada, the capital city. Ottawa is home to the Canada Science and Technology Museum as well, the Ottawa Chess Club, and a notable research centre in Canada.[2]
Basic rights and responsibilities of geeks
A manifesto was created to celebrate the first Geek Pride Day which included the following list of basic rights and responsibilities of geeks.[3]
Rights:
- The right to be even geekier.
- The right to not leave your house.
- The right to not have a significant other and to be a virgin.
- The right to not like football or any other sport.
- The right to associate with other nerds.
- The right to have few friends (or none at all).
- The right to have all the geeky friends that you want.
- The right to not be "in-style."
- The right to be overweight and have poor eyesight.
- The right to show off your geekiness.
- The right to take over the world.
Responsibilities:
- Be a geek, no matter what.
- Try to be nerdier than anyone else.
- If there is a discussion about something geeky, you must give your opinion.
- Save any and all geeky things you have.
- Do everything you can to show off your geeky stuff as though it were a "museum of geekiness."
- Don't be a generalized geek. You must specialize in something.
- Attend every nerdy movie on opening night and buy every geeky book before anyone else.
- Wait in line on every opening night. If you can go in costume or at least with a related T-shirt, all the better.
- Don't waste your time on anything not related to geekdom.
- Befriend any person or persons bearing any physical similarities to comic book or sci-fi figures.
- Try to take over the world!
References
- ^ "Hug a Geek", The Corner, Thursday May 22, 2008, 8:44 am
- ^ http://spacesplacesandfaces.ca/march-1-2007/
- ^ 25 de mayo: Día del Orgullo Friki - 20minutos.es
See also
- Towel Day Towel Day is celebrated every May 25 as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams. On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books and the author. The commemoration was first held in 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on May 11, 2001. The towel is a reference to Adams's popular science fiction comedy, which coincides with Geek Pride Day
- Pi Day Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two holidays held to celebrate the mathematical constant π . Pi Day is observed on March 14 (in the mm/dd date notation: 3/14); since 3, 1 and 4 are the first three digits of π. Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22, because of Archimedes' popular approximation of π being 22/7. However, this may be
- Geek The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc." Formerly, the term referred to a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the
- Nerd Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age-inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered
- Star Wars Day Star Wars Day may refer to one of several dates or events honoring or involving Star Wars, May the fourth
External links
- Unofficial Web page of the Geek Pride Day with photos and videos of the celebration (Spanish)
- The first official web page to organize Geek Pride Day (Spanish)
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