According to Urban Dictionary, the word “Geek” means “the people you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult”. It basically sums up the popular opinion about people who were or still are called geeks. The common misconception associated with the term is that geeks are people with no communication skills, usually pale, non-athletic, and barely have any friends apart from those online. The show “The Big Bang theory” practically was based on this module but also showed a different side of it and became a popular sitcom not only among the geek culture but also the audience, who never considered themselves geeks.

Now the term “Geek” has shifted and often means a person, who is so fascinated with a specific subject (literature, science, video games, etc.) that he/she practically knows everything about it. And for those people, who are eager to learn and gain knowledge the Geek Pride Day was created for.

A little bit of history

Germán Martínez, a Spanish blogger, founded Geek Pride Day in 2006, Spain. The date was picked not randomly. In 1977 on May 25 Star Wars was released, and that’s why the same date was chosen for the Geek Pride Day. In Madrid, over 300 geeks played a game of a human Pacman together. The Geek Pride day went viral rapidly, thanks to the Internet, and is celebrated ever since. In 2008 Geek Pride Day was officially celebrated in the United States.

How to celebrate Geek Pride Day 2019?

1. If you are feeling all festive and there is a parade in your city, join in and invite your friends to march for the Geek community.

2. If you don’t feel like an extrovert, you can still celebrate the occasion by inviting your friends over to watch Star Wars or play video games or any other activity that screams to you “geeeeek.” I don’t know what you are geeky about, so feel free to do anything!

3. If you feel extra introverted, then embrace that by doing some activity, that doesn’t require human interaction,-watch a movie, read a book on your favourite subject, paint some board game figures and so on. For example, I’m planning to re-watch the whole Star Wars movies via µTorrents, but the problem that drives me crazy is how exposed my activities online are. I don’t want anybody knowing what I do online, and trackers make me furious. Because of this, I practically do not communicate on social media.

I may sound a bit paranoid, but the number of trackers every social platform has drives me insane. I’m going to spend the Geek Pride Day by proudly watching the whole Star Wars franchise via NordVPN and µTorrents, because when it comes to torrenting you just don’t use it without VPNs protection.

Why NordVPN?

NordVPN offers a discount for this special occasion, so if you don’t use a VPN and care about your privacy online, you can get it following this link for a really affordable price. Why get NordVPN, one of the many VPN services? Well, it never logs or monitors what you do online, has special servers for torrenting and overall has more than 5000+ servers to connect to. Moreover, such tech experts like PCMag, VPNMentor and Restore Privacy.

Want to cozily watch Netflix via a tablet or phone? NordVPN has an Android and iOS apps just for these occasions.

Conclusion

So, all in all, I am happy that this day exists and you should embrace your geekiness and shouldn’t be afraid of it, because what would the world do without us?